Me Divierto Sin Alcohol

En el colegio se llevaron a cabo las charlas de Me Divierto Sin Alcohol, proyecto que nació en Buenos Aires y se está difundiendo por todo el país.


“Somos un grupo de chicos entre 16 y 19 años que estamos buscando concientizar a los demás jóvenes que nos podemos divertir sin alcohol. Esto surgió por una carta que escribió un amigo nuestro el año pasado donde daba a conocer su postura frente al tema del alcohol: lo mucho que se evita hablar del tema y lo mucho que se necesita de él para pasar un buen rato. ¿Verdaderamente necesitamos del alcohol para divertirnos? Quizás por miedo, quizás por verguenza no decimos lo que pensamos, pero estamos todos en las mismas! Cansados de tantas caretas, de tanta 'escapatoria' queremos animarnos a ser nosotros mismos sin importar lo que piensan los demás! Creemos que la vida ES divertida y creemos en que los jóvenes pueden entendernos.
Es por eso que creamos este proyecto llamado 'Me divierto sin Alcohol' donde cada uno que quiera sumarse a nuestra causa se anime a llevar puesta una remera que transmita el mensaje, que, sin vergüenza, grite lo que pensamos: YO..ME DIVIERTO SIN ALCOHOL.
Esta remera no esta a la venta, simplemente la entregamos a cambio de que el interesado firme y asuma un compromiso pautado en 3 pts:
1. Que mi diversión en fiestas, preboliches, viajes, reuniones, etc, no gire en torno al alcohol
2. Respetar mi decisión y la del otro al elegir no tomar
3. que nuestros conocidos, amigos, etc aprendan a diviertirse sin alcohol generando los espacios necesarios

Nosotros no creemos que el alcohol es un enemigo ni vamos encontra de los que sí lo consumen. Simplemente queremos generar el espacio para que chicos que piensan como nosotros se animen a ser ellos mismos, y se animen a vivir una vida diferente. El mensaje que queremos transmitir es muuy simple:
ME DIVIERTO SIN ALCOHOL, Y VOS?”

Texto de presentación del proyecto MDSA

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Blog: http://mediviertosinalcohol.blogspot.com/

Los invitamos a dejar sus comentarios y opiniones sobre lo que fue la jornada llevada a cabo en el colegio del proyecto Me Divierto Sin Alcohol, o bien, lo que piensan del mismo.

CHANGES AT SAINT PATRICK'S

Sofía and Lourdes are rushing through the hallway because they have to be on time for a meeting. They represent First Polimodal in the Student Council’s meetings. School Week is near and there must be lots of activities to organize. They are only two of the representatives of each grade. There they will discuss and give ideas.
This Student Council was created last year when a new system was implemented at school. Now Third Polimodal students aren’t the only ones who make all the decisions, now they take into account all the students’ ideas and opinions. This gives the events that they organize a new sense and meaning. Those events consist of ceremonies and different perfomances, including School Week.
One example is the Student’s Day celebration they organized last year. It consisted of dividing the school into three different groups, determined by three colours (red, blue and yellow). Every student had to wear a t-shirt with the colour of their group. Every grade had to design a game to be played by the rest of the students. That day, school dressed in those three colours, we could see students and teachers playing and having fun. We all ended up eating cakes and dancing! It was a really nice activity because all the school was there, sharing a different atmosphere in the same building where we study every day. That afternoon, everyone would go home talking about the great time they had spent.
This organization method is implemented in lots of schools but at Saint Patrick’s it hadn’t work. It has never been an option to change the system that students had been using all these years, but last year a new project came up. With everyone’s help it was implemented and it have had a positive impact. It was really difficult to propose this kind of change but we received everyone’s support. Now, students feel they are being listened to and they like that, whereas before no one cared about their opinions, something that negatively affected the organization of all the events, especially School Week.
School Week consists of usually three days of activities such as sports tournaments and different competitions, which includes futbol, volleyball and rugby games. In the morning these activities are only for our school students, but in the afternoon several other invited schools participate. In the evening there are shows such as Choreography Night and Concerts. Every year this was all the same and students got bored.
Over the years, monotony became a problem, since students didn’t like the activities that were planned so they weren’t willing to participate. This situation has remained but this time is expected to be different. As a consequence of the new system, everyone gives and propose ideas and activities that are interesting for them and their classmates. In that way, they can have a good time participating in acitivities they have proposed, and not in activities in which they are pushed to do things they don’t like.
Another consequence of this plan is the better relationship the younger and the older students have now, something that hardly ever happened before. Also the idea of one school is starting to develop among teachers and students, wich is very important because they spend most of their time at school and they need to be in a place where they feel comfortable.
In conclusion, we all have been part of a change, a really good one. All of this hasn’t been only for a better School Week, but to create a better concept of school, one which isn’t only study and homework. This time, School Week will be just another good consequence of the work done by all the students and all the group work they have done.

Here are some pictures about last year School Week. There, only Third Polimodal was in charge of making all the decisions and the organization. The other pictures are about the Student’s Day Celebration, which was organized by Student Council with members from all the grades.

Sports at Saint Patrick's School Week.


























Choreography night.


























Students Day Celebration.

The Student Council also organized a camp and invited all the students to spend the night at school. It was the first time something like this was organized. We all had a great time together.

Primera Salida a Tafí del Valle

Los alumnos de 3º de polimodal de ambas divisiones viajaron a Tafi del Valle el dia jueves 17 de abril. El objetivo de la salida era conocer la planta de clasificación de residuos del Mollar y realizar una tarea de limpieza comunitaria. Los profesores que los acocmpañaron fueron, Alejandra Barea , Silvina Denegri, Alejandra Torres, María Marta Albornoz, Jane Hayman y Silvia Sánchez.

En la planta de clasificación recibieron una charla del gerente de la misma Señor Roberto Zonca, que les explicó cuales fueron los beneficios de la planta para el valle , cuales eran las dificultades operativas de la misma y les habló tambien de los precios de los distintos subproductos de los residuos que ellos clasifican.

Después de la charla y de observar el funcionamiento de la planta los alumnos encargados de hacer los videos de concientización realizaron entrevistas a operarios de la misma y al Sr. Zonca.

Todo el grupo almorzó en la plaza de El Mollar, y luego se dirigió a la rotonda de entrada al Lago la Angostura para iniciar una tarea de limpieza del perilago y de la ruta hasta la zona de la entrada del cementerio. Se llenaron en esta actividad 50 bolsas de consorcio de residuos!

Luego transitamos con los ómnibus por la villa para ver en qué lugares se emplazarían las “islas ecológicas” para selección de residuos que estan diseñando los alumnos.

Finalmente concluímos con nuestra actividad con una merecida merienda en El Blanquito, desde donde partimos con destino a Tucumán a las 17 horas.

IB Diploma Programme

In my article I've tried to share the information I have about the International Baccalaureate and its Diploma Programme, and everything I have been experiencing with the purpose of encouraging young entrepreneurs to immerse themselves in this amazing syllabus.

The International Baccalaureate was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968 with the original purpose of making it easy for students to prepare for university by teaching them some sort of curricula recognized by them. Nowadays the programme has been applied in 128 countries all over the world with 2.319 IB schools and more than 616.000 students.

In Argentina there are forty-three schools teaching the IB Diploma Programme. In the north-west area of the country there are only two, ‘Colegio Santa Rosa’ in Salta and ‘Colegio San Patricio’ Yerba Buena, Tucumán, where I attend.

For the school to be authorized as an IB member, it has to go through a process based on two phases which may take two or more years. San Patricio was authorized in 1988 and the programme is taught by teachers that have developed the IB profile through courses the IBO offers regularly and on the Internet. They can also become exam moderators or workshop leaders.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma is a two year curriculum aimed at 16-19 year old students; it is worldly recognized by the most important universities, in Argentina around forty universities do recognize it. During the learning process students are not only taught facts but to think on their own and develop their own judgement.

The curriculum consists of the study of six areas of knowledge represented in this hexagon:

Apart from the six major subjects you’re also required to send an extended essay, theory of knowledge monography, and a creativity, action and service (CAS) paper.
Towards the end of the programme the students sitting for Diploma are assessed in nearly all subjects, both internally by school teachers whose mark is then overseen by other teachers around the globe; and externally in which student are evaluated by international IB teachers from abroad or works are sent out f the country to be corrected by foreign teachers.

For further information visit the official website:

www.ibo.org/diploma

I have had some problems in the past to decide whether I should study the IB Diploma programme or not. It was pretty hard for me to arrive at the right decision by myself, so I decided I had better do some serious research; first at school with teachers and with other students. I also looked up information on the internet. But research would not make my decision any easier, for I had a personal experience missing, either positive or negative about the educational offer.

I finally concluded I should sit for the exams, but it was not any easy for me to decide if I should do it or not, that motioned me to write this article and try to encourage people to do it too. It is true, sometimes people are afraid of ‘the unknown’, and they decline doing new activities because they ignore and prefer not to explore what they don’t really know. Another impulse I felt at the moment of writing this article was the necessity to share the experience I am going trough, and maybe try to convince young kids, just like me, to take a chance, make the effort and go through this wonderful experience I am going through today, which I will never forget.

It is true though that if you sign up for the programme you will have to dedicate most of your time to the six subjects you will sit for. It is also true that someday soon that hard work will pay off because you will realize you have learnt to think, and you will have widened your mind.

The Diploma Programme is one of the best investments you can ever make concerning your education; GET READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP, a whole fresh new start, UNIVERSITY, feel how great it is to have some important foundations to start that new scary phase in your life.
For the last two months of my life, I have been working within the programme, I have noticed how different and better the education I was receiving was, and how some day it will surely make a difference.


SOME USEFUL TIPS:

• Do not ever feel incapable; you’re always a lot more capable than what you give yourself credit for.

• Bear in mind you will have to take great responsibility of managing your times. Use it as well as you can. That’s the key to get things done.

• Last but by far not least, DON’T EVER GIVE UP!!! Just keep trying, and you’ll always find the way to success!!!

GUILLERMO FUENSALIDA -- http://www.elbote91.blogspot.com/

Get to the heart of CSP

Do you feel part of your school? I am proposing the chance you do!! Read the following and give it a try, it would be great if you participate!!
Let me explain myself a little bit more. The idea consists of YOU writing about your after school activities and telling about your feelings while doing this activities. In order to get things organized, you can follow the guidelines suggested below.
The structure will be divided in the following points:
· Introduction: here you will introduce yourself (name, age, and grade) and the kind of activities you practice for example sports.
· Body: when you starting doing this, where and with whom, etc, to mention some examples. How do feel while doing this is the most important part of your text because here is when the real you appears. Your feelings are only yours.
· Conclusion: end the text and write a final idea that sums up your whole text.
· Photograph: it would be nice to include a picture of you while doing your activity.

Remember a lot of people from other countries check out the blog so don't be shy at describing places.
At the end when we have collected lots of information from different students, this section will show the uniqueness of Saint Patrick’s school kids’ identity… Be part of the heart of CSP!!!
Example:

Fun Rugby Fan
My after school activity is rugby. As I live in the city of Yerba Buena, Tucumán, I practice this sport in a club situated in the same city, Tucumán Rugby Club. I started playing this sport at the beginning of 2008 but I’m already very much into it. Well, I suppose that everyone agrees about the roughness of this sport, but there’s something that atracts me in such a strong way, and it is not the fact I like to get hurt. It is the adrenaline of having to run faster than you ever ran before to score THAT try that all the team have worked so intensively hard during the match by tackling 100 Kg opponents. The best feeling is for you to get the chance of scoring the decisive point to win the match. Or maybe it is the responsibility and the commitment this sport demands, because the effort is not only yours, but of all the team members, who train all week as hard as you to play.
There's something about rugby that makes determined me to do this sport for as long as my body allows me.

Name: Fernando López Rubio
Grade: 3rd polimodal
Age: 16 years old

Student Council 2008!

In comparison to the previous years when the Student Council was only conformed by fifth formes, our school’s student council 2008 has changed a lot .The main objective is to make all the students at school take part in it in all aspects-from taking decisions to collaborating in activities.It is also important to create a new atmosphere at school,in which we all know each other and have a great time together-what in my opinion is essential considering we spend seven and a half hours each day at school.And as Ignacio Veron one of the authors of this change who is also the ex president says:
”There’s no change if a few people believe in something different,but if there is a group of people with different opinions and way of thinking working together for something they believe is possible.When this happens we can say that the Project begins...
Why begins?because this Project was thought without an ending.The principal objective is that all the people who take part in it can reach it.For making it possible we need constant renovation of ideas,activities,etc.
We must be protagonists of this change.What this proyect needs is that all the people that take part in it be able to give their personal opinion and have the ability to make these ideas come true.While doing this we can say the project is growing and later as a result we have the project which belongs to everyone...”
He talks about the neccesity of constant renovation and we can see this is happening,Ignacio used to be the president and now Eli is doing that job the same as Guillermo Cáceres who wasn’t part of the Counsil and took Tomás Casanova’s place as publicity secretary.And like this there are more changes taking part all the time.
Last year the school council 2008 organized some great activities for the holidays so we all enjoyed some time together with teachers acting as students and students acting as teachers,games,conversations and dancing. The same as Columbus Day in which a competition of different country stands was organized and we decorated classrooms representing the culture and students acted as native people.And the final activity was the overnight camping at school,close to the end of school to which all the students were invited and atended at least eighty .We stayed up late that night we spent the time acting in skits,chatting and playing games.We all had a great time.In my opinión,these activities were very useful to meet students from all the grades,to show we are all students of the same school and we can have a lot of fun together.
In lots of schools students know each other from the first to the last form only because of the fact of studying in the same institution and this makes the school change a lot,which you can see just by talking to children.And this is what we are looking foward to, we want every student to have a good time atending Saint Patrick’s School.Continuing with activities like the ones we did last year would in my opinion help the Project a lot.The school is also helping-may be without knowing it-by the change they did whith the gym classes that used to be one for each form and now all polimodal has classes together in three different groups acording to the sport each student wants to learn.This new methodology is great because at the same time of having class you can meet students from other forms and the classes are better too!
Talking to Eli Chaila and Javier Merlini they told me how excited they are whith their new jobs as president and vice-president respectively...
"We are really happy because of the great challenge we have in front of us.It is a great responsability but at the same time we now we are not alone in this,there is a lot of people working at this and this makes everything easyer.And other thing that helps us a lot is the fact that we can notice every day,in every reces, all the changes at school since last year when the project began"
This year the Council has set the bar higher.Ignacio emphasized the team spirit of the group.”As we all work together students of all grades will be in charge of organizing Internal Week.This way we want to have a Week in which everybody has a great time”.In my opinion this change of the Student Council was a great idea and it is going very well,we can see lots of changes and huge ones!.We must continue with all the energy we have put in so far!
What do you think about it?Do you have any idea?Let us know!Get involved.Your contribution is important!

The New Student Council 2008

May 5 Meeting

St. Patrick's Ceremony 2008

The cloudy day seemed just right for this year's ceremony in which the school celebrates our students' success in international examinations. Several students from the Class of 2007 were back and after the religious service led by Father Gomez Aranda and a speech by Prof. Jane Yocca, the certificates and diplomas of IB, FCE and CAE were given to the Class of 2007, 2008 and 2009.

DEPARTAMENTO DE EDUACIÓN FÍSICA

Inscripción en Talleres de Deportes

A partir de este momento, los alumnos de 1ro, 2do y 3ro Polimodal se podrán inscribir en un taller de deportes para el primer cuatrimestre del año. Solamente se admitirá hasta 30 estudiantes por taller y se inscribirá por riguroso orden de llegada. Una vez cubierto el cupo de 30, los que se hayan inscripto después del 30° lugar, serán asignados por los profesores a otro taller donde hubiera espacio. Habrá seis (6) talleres disponibles:
VARONES:
1. Fútbol Cadetes (Nacidos en 1992 y 1993)
2. Fútbol Juveniles (Nacidos en 1989, 1990 y 1991)
3. Volleyball
MUJERES:
4. Volleyball
5. Softball
6. Hockey

CÓMO INSCRIBIRSE
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Great IB News!

We just got access to the English B and A2 grades of last November's IB exams of our Class of '07. ALL of our students passed!
And the first group that took on the challenge of the A2 exam also passed, and with flying colors! The grades were 5's and 6's -out of 7. To them and all of the graduating class, CONGRATULATIONS!
More information about IB scores in the other subjects will get published as we get them!

Campamento de fin de año

Miércoles 28 de noviembre, 6:30 de la tarde, íbamos llegando de a poco al colegio y empezando a armar nuestras carpas. Chicos de distintos cursos iban juntándose con sus amigos y buscando un lugar apropiado mientras desplegaban plásticos, bolsas de dormir, almohadas y mochilas. Fue muy raro y divertido a la vez ver el mismo paisaje de todos los días tan cambiado. Había carpas en el mismo lugar donde estudiamos y escuchamos a los profesores dar clases. La noche se iba apoderando del predio, los reflectores se iban encendiendo, cada vez más chicos, más profesores, y carpas de todos los colores dispersas por el colegio.

Empezamos la noche con unas palabras del presidente Nacho Verón y vice presidenta Eli Chaila, un poco de música, y después una búsqueda del tesoro escondido. Nos separados por cursos, en la oscuridad, varios grupos corriendo de un lado para otro. El curso ganador fue 1º de polimodal. Después comimos lo que cada uno había llevado y nos juntamos de nuevo en el fogón. No se pudo llevar a cabo la despedida de la promoción 2007 planeada, pero se hizo una despedida simbólica a cargo de Diana. Cantamos todos juntos, guitarreamos, jugamos al juego del zoológico, y nos reímos un rato. Después vino el turno de los sketchs, y el curso ganador fue 9º, con un Gran Hermano de profesores en el que inventaron conflictos y amoríos que nos hicieron reír a todos los presentes! La noche siguió con gente corriendo, andando en bici, saltando la piola, tirando cohetes, tocando la guitarra, cantando, divirtiéndose de mil maneras, y algunos durmiendo (sólo algunos). Logramos conseguir el desayuno un poco antes porque todos estábamos muy cansados después de 2 semanas rindiendo materias y sin tiempo de descansar, así que desayunamos tortillas con jugos y después de desarmar las carpas se podía visualizar cuerpos desparramados por toda la galería de la entrada del colegio, algunos dormidos, otros en el limbo, esperando ser buscados.

Pasamos una muy linda noche compartiendo con chicos de todos los cursos, con profesores, con la naturaleza… y peleando con el sueño y el cansancio. Ver carpas en el mismo lugar de todos los días era una sensación muy rara, pero a la vez generaba cierta emoción, un sentimiento de pertenecer al colegio, de ser todos parte de lo mismo, de la misma familia, estar todos juntos.

Personalmente, quiero agradecer a los chicos de 2º por la idea, por las ganas, por llevarlo a cabo. A los profesores, preceptores y conserjes que dejaron sus camas cómodas, nos acompañaron y se quedaron toda la noche despiertos con nosotros. A todos los chicos que fueron y colaboraron con el evento. Y a todos los que de una forma u otra me hicieron pasar una noche tan divertida, tan linda, y que sea una de las cosa que me llevo del colegio y no me las voy a olvidar más!

Exposición de IB de Arte

Están todos invitados a la muestra de los trabajos de las alumnas que rindieron Bachillerato de Arte el viernes pasado. Es en el salón de actos del jardín del colegio y va a estar hasta el miércoles siguiente, 10 de octubre. Pueden asistir hasta las 19 hs el lunes y el martes. Los esperamos!!

Alumnas que exponen:
Flor Tinnirello
Lauri Yanotti
Anto Majorel
Vale Becker

Una tarde en el Hogar San Agustín

No puedo no contarles la experiencia que vivimos con Sofía la tarde del jueves con los alumnos de 9º año. El colegio nos pidió que acompañáramos a Rosa María a una convivencia con niños de ese hogar.

Nuestros alumnos debían llevar el almuerzo para compartir y al momento de colocar las cosas sobre la mesa, el escándalo estalló porque cada uno sentía que lo que llevaba era único y sólo suyo.

El impacto fue impresionante cuando vieron que el hogar nos recibía con gran alegría y además 50 pizzas para compartir...por supuesto, las cosas sobraron para la merienda de los niños.

Así fue pasando la tarde: con un texto que Rosa María les había preparado, actividades a través de las cuales podían descubrir y observar al otro, un video con un hermoso ejemplo de vida mostrado por el sacerdote del lugar y luego una oración en la pequeña capilla donde se logró un clima de total silencio, reflexión y ¡hasta agradecimiento por todo lo que habíamos aprendido esa tarde!

Para entenderlo mejor, comparto el texto que trabajamos:

OJOS PARA VER

El maestro dio una orden extraña al discípulo: "Tráeme un gato negro con la cola blanca. Sólo entonces podrás seguir el curso como discípulo mío". El discípulo se lanzó a la búsqueda. Lo que más le interesaba era continuar en la escuela del maestro cuya dirección aseguraba el progreso espiritual y la iluminación definitiva. Llevaba ya años a su servicio. ¿Cómo podía hechar a perder todo eso? Había que encontrar a toda costa un gato negro con la cola blanca. Y salió en su busca.

Vio muchos gatos. Vio gatos negros con cola negra, y gatos blancos con cola blanca, y gatos de mezclas de colores; los vio de día y los vio de noche, los vio de cerca y los vio de lejos, y muchas veces creyó haber encontrado el ejemplar que buscaba, pero nunca resultó ser así. Pasaron los días. Pasaron mil gatos. Pero no pasó ante su mirada un solo gato negro con la cola blanca.

Volvió a su maestro y confesó su fracaso. El maestro escuchó con paciencia. Mientras escuchaba, acariciaba el gato de la escuela que correteaba a placer por todos los rincones y se refugiaba a ratos en el regazo del maestro como un discípulo más. El maestro escuchó al discípulo y no dijo nada. Sólo siguió acariciando al gato. La mirada del discípulo bajó del rostro del maestro al cuerpo del gato, y luego del gato a la cola. Era un gato negro con la cola blanca. Era el gato de siempre, el del maestro, el de la escuela. Mil veces lo había visto...pero nunca lo había visto. Esa era la lección. Lo tenemos delante de los ojos y no lo vemos. Aprendamos a ver.

En fin, creo que hay que crear los espacios para poder ver y sentir con el otro, ésto también es un aprendizaje que hay que ejercitar... y nuestros alumnos son absolutamente capaces de hacerlo.

¡Gracias a Rosa María , los preceptores que acompañaron: Pichi y Gustavo y al sacerdote que removió nuestro interior!

Nora Gelsi

Recreational afternoon for Student’s Day

For Student’s Day we had another recreational afternoon on September 19th. Ricky gave a great speech to the whole student body and the final part of it was dedicated to 3rd polimodal. After that, one teacher gave each of us some sweets and a little card with a phrase saying that it was our last Student’s Day at school and with the a task or skill that characterizes us. Then the kids from the other grades received their sweets and the singers of the school sang a couple of songs from High School Musical. All the school sung with them and we were all a choir singing ‘We’re all in this together’.

Then the games started. We were not divided in colors, but in the different grades. After all the sports and games, we played ‘musical lottery’ and we danced every song in our chart with teachers and students altogether. 1st polimodal was the winner of the sweets. Finally we ended our afternoond with some Coke.

It was another recreational afternoon feeling all like a family and sharing with people. But the sensation being in the same team with people from different grades made us feel more united.

The following day the celebration went on with ice-cream and Coke in the afternoon break.

Recreational afternoon for Teacher’s Day “Horacio Campero”

On September 17th the new Student Council organized Teacher’s Day celebration. It was a new experience for everybody, new activities and a lot of fun. We felt we were all a huge family and really felt part of the school. The afternon brought so much joy with a satire, the Color Festival, dance, presents, Cokes and medialunas.
The afternoon started with teachers and students getting dressed in the teachers room and some curious eyes looking through the window.

Our dear Ricky said some beautiful words before the performance.






For the satire some students imitated the most outstanding features of some teachers dressed like and talking like them. The teachers acted as students doing what we usually do in class: eat a lollypop, talk, swing in the chair, read a magazine... The whole school laughed a lot and we thought that people would talk and would not pay attention, but it was the other way round: everybody was silent, listening to what we were doing and saying and laughing at every single move! After the satire, Ayelén Ormaechea gave a great speech to the teachers and we gave a present to every teacher of the school.

We went to school with a t-shirt of our color: blue, red or yellow and we lived again the enthusiam of the Color Festival of the Primary School. There were some games and we were in teams of each color. People from different grades and a same color got together and competed against other color, not just one grade against the other as usual. That made us feel close to people we never had the chance to share something with.

Then we all got together at different tables to have some Coke, medialunas and cakes made by kids from the school. After that students and teachers danced together a lot! A couple of boys from 2nd polimodal were in the role of entertainers with the microphone, which made people enjoy the afternoon a lot more.

The whole celebration of Teacher’s Day was great as we all had fun, we all shared with people from different grades and teachers and we felt we all belonged to the same family. That’s how we should feel every day and for the first time, we've felt it. We spent an afternoon different from every other and we remembered our dear Horacio on this day.