#English Middle & Senior School Blog

26 Nov 2015 | Comunicacion BDS
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(Español) Exchanges / Intercambios: próximos viajes de alumnos de BDS al exterior

(Español) 0315_RS BDS goes GlobalInforma Francisco Lehmann (Educational Innovation) que durante enero y febrero de 2016 los siguientes 11 alumnos participarán de intercambios, asistiendo a clases en otros colegios de Round Square, por aproximadamente 4 o 5 semanas cada uno:
Alumno Curso  2015 Colegio País
Natasha Belén S5 Inter Community School , Zurich: http://www.icsz.ch/ Suiza
Ana Cruz S4 Emma Willard, Troy, NY: http://www.emmawillard.org/ USA
Daniela Riggio S4 Emma Willard USA
Mercedes Mariño S5 Emma Willard USA
Paloma Holgado S5 The Athenian, San Francisco Bay: http://www.athenian.org/ USA
Lucas Reynoso S5 The Athenian USA
Micaela Diven S4 St. Mildred's, Ontario: http://www.smls.on.ca/ Canadá
Luz Mautner S4 RNS (Rothesay Netherwood School), New Brunswick: http://www.rns.cc/about Canadá
Federico Mysler M3 Hackley School, NY: http://www.hackleyschool.org USA
Morgana Parravicini S5 Fountain Valley School, Colorado: http://www.fvs.edu USA
Juan Ignacio Grosso M3 Providence Day,  North Carolina: http://www.providenceday.org/ USA
Asimismo, hemos recibido varias postulaciones e interés de estos y otros colegios del mundo (se han agregado instituciones de Sudáfrica y Australia) y nos encontramos trabajando en los futuros intercambios, para el período 2016/17." ...Y un imperdible: Chicago Por fuera del marco de Round Square, un grupo de alumnos de  M3 y S4 2015 participará del ya tradicional exchange con el Walter Payton College Prep,  el colegio americano de "high achievers" de Chicago, con el que llevamos varios años de intercambios (de corte cultural, más que académico). Se trata de:
  1. KOTSIAS, Manuela
  2. MÚGICA, Luján
  3. PANIGHINI, Franco
  4. PAULOS FRANCISCO, María Macarena
  5. RODRÍGUEZ CARDÍN, Camila
  6. KOHAN, Nicole
  7. LA VECCHIA GALÁN, Morena
  8. MAUTNER, Ezequiel
  9. RUBINO MASSAGLIA, Agustín
  10. RUBIO, Vera
  11. BRUNO, Pablo
  12. PERELMAN, Julieta
  13. CASAS, Francisco
  14. KEVORKYAN, Marina
  15. QUINTANA, Camila
  16. HARUTIUNIAN, Cristina
  17. LEHMANN, Melanie
  18. ROJAS, Federico
Las acompañantes adultas serán Gaby Correa (English Coordinator), Jessica Giordano (psicopedagoga, COr) y Fernanda Demirjian (IT). Jessica nos cuenta que ya han estado en contacto con sus próximos anfitriones vía video-conferencia y que hay otro encuentro virtual en agenda, el  próximo 18 de diciembre. Los chicos realizarán videos para presentar en Payton: los de S4, sobre Buenos Aires (relacionando la ciudad con la obra de Borges) y los de M3,   sobre Argentina y su cultura en general. En todos los casos, esperamos informes y fotos y les deseamos la mejor de las suertes.
18 Nov 2015 | Comunicacion BDS
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(Español) Premios literarios en castellano e inglés

(Español) [gallery link="file" columns="2" ids="30825,30826,30827,30828"] El Colegio del Arce, que organiza anualmente un Concurso Literario de Cuento Corto y Poesía, seleccionó trece de los trabajos que enviamos.este año. El miércoles 28 de octubre tuvo lugar la ceremonia de premiación, en dependencias de la Universidad de Belgrano. Aquí, los resultados: * Primer Premio - Short Story, Category B: Nicole Kohan * Segundo Premio - Short Story, Category  C: Sofía Terán Corsini * Segundo Premio - Poesía, Categoría C: Mercedes Mariño Agradecemos la información y las fotos a la coordinadora del Departamento de Lenguas y Expresión Artística de Middle & Senior, Prof. María Andrea Donnini, quien expresó: "¡Enormes felicitaciones a los participantes, selecionados y ganadores por la altísima calidad de sus producciones!"  
29 Oct 2015 | Comunicacion BDS
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English News!

1015_The TestCoordinator Gaby Correa (M&S) shared in the intranet (and it's certainly worth sharing here, too!): "I just wanted to share with you a beautiful poem filled with sounds that Santino Galuppo, from M1B, wrote in class. Yes, he is that creative! Enjoy!"

The Test

The rustle of papers, the clicking of pens, The teacher says "shh", but it won't make it end, The whispers of cheaters, the hums of the thinkers, An almost dead silence but for tapping fingers, The tick of the clock, and then the bell rings, The hubbub of children, talking about things.

8 Oct 2015 | Comunicacion BDS
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Round Square Conference: Thursday, 8 October (last day in Singapore)

[gallery link="file" ids="30324,30325,30327,30328,30329,30330,30331,30332,30333,30334,30335,30336,30337,30338,30347"] This morning our delegates were handed over to us having spent their last night with their Singaporean hosts. They had been very well cared for throughout the six nights that they had been in the homes of students from UWCSEA. After returning to our hotel we did a little sight seeing, visited the Art and Science Museum and later wandered through the Botanical Gardens. Tomorrow sees us depart Singapore at 10.45pm (11.45am Argentina) and arrive in London on Saturday morning at 5am local time. What will this do to our body clocks? Steven Page - Headmaster & Rector Note: Also in the photogallery, the "Baraza Groups" -the intercultural discussion groups our students joined throughout the week and in which, as Mr. Page put it in an earlier post, friendships and alliances were welded. 
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7 Oct 2015 | Comunicacion BDS
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Round Square Singapore Conference: Wednesday 7 October

The last day of the conference started with a keynote address by Nidhi Kapur, a former student of UWCSEA who after graduating became a humanitarian aid worker. She has lived and worked in a number of trouble spots around the world and is presently based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, working on gender equality issues in this war torn country. Later baraza groups met for the last time. This proved to be an emotional moment as it would be the final work/discussion session from which, throughout the week, friendships and alliances had been welded. In the evening our delegates were one of three cultural presentations in which four students danced tango while being accompanied by piano and violin. It was very well received by an enthusiastic audience. Other presentations came from Kenya and the Middle East/S.E. Asia. After dinner delegates enjoyed a social/musical extravaganza! Some delegations are flying to their respective countries this evening and throughout the night. We shall stay tomorrow, Thursday in Singapore and begin our 40 hour journey home late on Friday night. Steven Page - Headmaster / Rector [gallery link="file" ids="30309,30310,30311,30312,30313"]