It is with great pleasure that we announce the appointment of Nilde Pais as the new Director of Primary at UWC Maastricht, effective 1 September 2022. Nilde joins our school following a twenty-year career as Primary teacher, coordinator and Primary lead at various international schools in Switzerland....
Our Primary School students hosted a fundraising event and raised over €2000! This money will be donated to giro555.nl. The event was an effort to raise funds for relief in Ukraine, but also a moment of togetherness with music and poetry. There were homemade crafts from...
Our Year 5 kids had some visitors over this morning! Students from Basisschool De Vlinderboom were there as part of a language exchange programme and they played games together. In English and in Dutch, because those are the two languages kids from both schools are...
UWC has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize! While we are still a long way from being awarded the Prize, the nomination is such a wonderful recognition of our mission and vision as we enter the 60th anniversary year of the UWC movement. It...
Our students at the opening of the SDG photo exhibition "Werelddoelen in Beeld #2"! Earlier this year they received lessons about the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and learned how to translate them into images. And now their works are presented at Pathé Cinema, Boschstraat)...
Victoria, student at UWC Maastricht primary school, is part of a photo exhibition! She made a picture about her view on 'Global Education', one of the United Nations Global Goals. “I like photographers and I like to come up with creative things. I took a picture...
Today we celebrate the diversity and strength of the UWC movement. It doesn’t accidentally coincide with the UN’s National Day of Peace. As a school committed to peace and sustainability, together we #reimaginetomorrow Picture by DP1 student Julian Haverkamp...
Summer break is around the corner! UWC Maastricht is closed until 30 August. We look forward to seeing students and staff back in the new school year! ...
LIOF (regional development company of the Province of Limburg) interviewed our students about their view on a more sustainable and healthier society. Of course they spoke about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. And ours students shared concrete ideas for making the world a better...
"Every visit to UWC Maastricht leaves a mark.” These are the words of Heleen Petter, HR business partner at Arlanxeo Holding BV, during a visit to meet Christelle, one of our scholarship students. The company Heleen works for finances an annual scholarship which helps students...
