This Friday the 3rd of July, we are having a jeans day for all our students from 1st grade to 12th grade. You have to remember to bring $500 pesos, money that will be used to finance different activities of the student council, social and sport activities.
Enjoy your day!
By Paula Sierra and Camila Pumarino.
On Tuesday, June 30, Juniors from the English Elective class debated a controversial idea–the motion was “Decriminalize Marijuana in Chile.” The students chose the topic and were sincerely divided about the issue, which allowed them to argue with enthusiasm in front of the audience of Miss Andrea’s 9th grade and Miss Sonia’s 10th grade classes. The students remained very professional while they made arguments based on research, philosophy, and theology related to the consequences of both legalizing marijuana use and continuing to prosecute those who buy, sell, and use it. No one in the debate promoted the use of marijuana. Analyzing the recent decriminalization of the drug in various US states was important to both sides as they argued that their policy would better reduce violence and marijuana use and dependence in Chile.
The debate followed the following format, which is based on that used by the international debate organization Intelligence Squared. It is adapted to last about 50 minutes, and allowed 7 different students to participate from each side. Students chose to review the spectacular debate from the US about banning college football as their model. There is even a transcript available which was useful for many of them to follow on their laptops as we watched and analyzed the debate.
(Keep reading to see the format details and the results!)
The new album of the band called “The Book Of Souls” was finished a long time ago, but Iron Maiden has been going through some troubles. A few months ago Bruce Dickinson said that he was well recovered from his tongue cancer.
The album will be released in 4/09/2015. This is their 16 album, it has 11 songs and it lasts 92 minutes.
Source: La Tercera
On June the 5th, 74 12th grade students, in company of two parents, received the sacrament of confirmation, in a ceremony celebrated by Monsignor Galo Fernandez and Father Hector Guarda.
The confirmed students show their commitment to the Catholic Church. For this they were preparing themselves in communities guided by teachers that joined in all the process giving their testimonies about the commitment with Jesus Christ and the Church.
Congratulations in this new phase of your lives!
By Camila Pumarino and Paula Sierra.
There is a new kind of videos on youtube!
They are the 360° videos, which are videos where you can move the camera around as you like.
This allows you to watch the video from different points of view and enjoy it even more.
In my opinion this is a great technology advance, and very interesting at the same time. It is difficult to explain it better, so you should live the experience by your own.
https://youtu.be/j81DDY4nvos
For more of this videos you can search for “360 videos” on youtube.
America’s cup 2015 is the forty-fourth edition of this tournament, the oldest in the world that is still active and is the principal futball competition between national teams of South America. This is organizated by Comebol, the administrator of South America´s futball and the futball organization associated with FIFA.
The tournament will take placen for the seventh time in Chile, between June 11 and July 4th1.
The competition has already started, Chile and Ecuador playing the first match.Chile won 2-0.
Here’s the official page of America´s Cup, where you can find all the information: http://www.ca2015.com/e
English Day viene el lunes, 2 de noviembre.
Información importante para apoderados.
Los alumnos deben llegar al colegio el día jueves, 24 de septiembre, preparados para cumplir su rol durante este especial día. Todos están autorizados para usar la vestimenta típica de su país, o algo del color que fue asignado a su curso. Una vez terminadas las actividades a las 12:00, los alumnos de 3º básicos en adelante tendrán que cambiarse al uniforme normal. (Vea la lista de países y colores asignados más abajo.)
What role does my student have? ¿Qué papel tiene mi hijo/a?
Vea las responsabilidades que tiene cada curso abajo y siga los enlaces para mayor información.
1º-2º básico: Outfit contest (competencia de vestimenta típica) – Pinche aquí para mayor información
3º básico: Food contest (competencia de comidas) – Pinche aquí para mayor información
1º-3º básico también van a presentar una canción folklórica de su país. Para revisar las canciones asignadas a los alumnos de 1º-3º básico, pinche aquí!
4º básico, 5º B-D: Poster contest (competencia de presentación de poster)
5º básico A: Costume contest (competencia de vestimenta típica)
5º básico C: Food contest (competencia de comidas)
6º básico-III Medio: Depende el proyecto que eligieron los alumnos
IV Medio – Guías, vicepresidentes de los países, anfitriones.
Para la lista de países asignados a cada curso, busque abajo.
Are parents invited? ¿Están invitados los papás?
¡Sí! Las festividades van a partir a las 08:45 en el gimnasio. Habrá una presentación de música por parte de los alumnos de 1º a 3º básico a la que están todos los papás de esos cursos cordialmente invitados.
International Festival Country Assignments and Colors:
1st-4th Grade A: USA – Red
1st-4th Grade B: Great Britain – Blue
1st-4th Grade C: Australia – Gold/brown
1st-4th Grade D: Ireland – Orange
5th Grade: New Zealand – Black
6th-8th Grade Elementary and Upper 4: USA – Red
6th-8th Grade Upper 1: Great Britain – Blue
6th-8th Grade Upper 2: Australia – Gold/brown
6th-8th Grade Upper 3: Canada – White
9th A & C: South Africa – Light Green
9th B & D: India – Purple
10th A & C: Guyana – Yellow
10th B & D: Nigeria – Dark Green
11th: International Organizations
12th: Special presentations, special guest judges, and tour guides
On Tuesday May 26th, two important national athletes, Fernanda Mackenna and Javiera Errazuriz came to the school to give us a talk about track and field in our school, this meeting was organized by the student council.
Both athletes told us about their experience and their lives, about how they became athletes of high performance and represent our country in international competitions. Thank you for all the athletes and students who assisted this new event.
By Camila Pumarino and Paula Sierra
The famous genius Stephen Hawking, said at an interview with TechWorld that we should be careful because machines are able to submit us from here to a hundred years long.
He also claimed that we shouldn´t worry about who controls the technology but we should worry about the fact that if is it the technology controllable.
In my opinion, Hawking is overreacting about something not probable. I think it´s not a clever supposition but the world takes it in mind because of his previous achievements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp7zg7snIhY
A beekeeper in China has a set a new Guinness World record after coating his body with more than 109 kg of bees.
