Welcome to our school, Mikayla Mangotich, from St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School, Ontario, Canadá! We hope you'll enjoy every minute of your stay in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and look forward to your testimonial and photos!
St. Mildred's is also a Round Square Member School.
BDS' hostess student, Micaela Diven (Senior 4), will in turn be travelling to Canada during our forthcoming summer holidays 2016. 
Earlier this month very good results were received from Cambridge for those S6 students who sat for History, Literature in English and Mathematics at A/S level. In each subject the highest grade A was achieved reflecting the commitment and hard work of some candidates and the detailed preparation offered by members of staff. Congratulations to all.
During the week 14 September students will have their mock examinations (practice examinations) in preparation for the real ones that take place in October and November. All students from M1 and S4 will participate while in S5 and S6 only those taking examinations later in the year will have this opportunity.
Following on from the ESSARP Conference that takes place at the end of August BDS will host on Monday 31 August Michael O’Sullivan, CEO of Cambridge International Examinations. During his visit he will attend an English class and then meet with authorities of the school. He will be accompanied by Richard Gilby, Head of Cambridge Examinations throughout Lain America and Lucila Marquez, Senior Schools Development Manager, Latin America. BDS’s relationship with Cambridge goes back almost a hundred years when students sat for their “Cambridge Locals”. This is chronicled in the 1916 edition of "The Evergreen".
Steven Page, P.G.C.E - Headmaster & Rector
BDS will be participating in the second Latin American THIMUN (The Hague International Model United Nations) Conference to take place in the British Schools in Montevideo, Uruguay, from September 9th to September 12th.
This is an authentic simulation of the UN General Assembly and other multilateral bodies and the debates are all in English. A Model United Nations promotes student and teacher interest in international relations and related subjects, increases the capacity for students to engage in problem solving, teaches aspects of conflict resolution, research skills and communication skills and creates the opportunity to meet people and make new friends.
This year the delegation of our school has been assigned two countries: New Zealand and the Republic of Turkey. New Zealand is a non permanent member of the Security Council.
The following students will be participating: Valentina Cappa and Lucas Reynoso from S5H, Mercedes Mariño from S5L, Ana Paula Velástegui from S5S, Pilar Di Salvo,Milagros Huang and Julieta Perelman from S4A, Camila Quintana from S4B and Andrea Erbetti, Daniela Riggio and Federico Rojas from S4C.
The topics to be debated are the following:
Political 1
- The question of government’s right to limit civil liberties in times of conflict
- The question of the Mexican war of drugs
- The question of the restoration of Cuban-American relations
Political 2
- Measures to combat corruption in Latin American economies
- Affordable and non-discriminatory financial services as a tool for human development and economic growth
- Developing sustainable agricultural technology
Health & Youth
- Measures to improve access to maternal care facilities for both mothers and new born children
- improving sanitation in terms of clean water and sewage disposal in LEDCs
- The question of childhood obesity
Legal
- The question of cyber surveillance on civilians
- Criminal accountability of UN officials on mission
- Enhancing international cooperation regarding extradition
Human Rights
- Achieving full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people
- The question of the discrepancy between literary rates for men and women
- The questions of international recruitment of young persons by terrorist groups
Security Council
- The question of the Islamic State
- The question of the territorial integrity of the Ukraine
- The question of terrorism in Sub Saharan African Countries (Chad, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria)
The students have been working very hard preparing their policy statements and resolutions. We were able to schedule a meeting at the embassy of New Zealand for Thursday August 20th and our delegates will be able to interview Mr. Hayden Montgomery, ambassador since March 2013. They will ask him questions related to their topics and discuss New Zealand`s foreign policy. This will no doubt be a very enriching experience.
Human Rights, Peace Education and a special guest
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Last Thursday, Monica Shah, a Washington DC teacher visited our school. She is a teacher at Brightwood Education Campus, where she has taught U.S. History & Geography, and now also teaches Human Rights and "Peace classes", at different school grades. She also runs the Student Government and Model UN clubs. Before coming to Argentina, she was in India for three weeks to participate in a Peace Education and Nonviolence Immersion program. She is working with Freedom Beat to promote nonviolence, social change through music, and conflict solving.
We invited her to attend one of Fabiana Burgos' classes in S5H (Formación Ética y Ciudanana, FEyC and Derecho/ Law), as Human Rights is part of her syllabus. Monica spoke to the students about her work to promote non violence and invited the class to participate in an exercise she puts into practice with her students. She asked them to place five chairs at the front of the classroom and then asked for volunteers to move them around into a position to show power. The students participated in the activity very enthusiastically and then they had to explain what power meant to them and justify the way they had placed the chairs to reflect this.
This led to a fruitful debate on the meaning of the word power. The students enjoyed Monica`s visit and continued debating on the topic even after she had left. We thank Monica for her interesting input and wish her all the best in her pursuit to make the world a better place.
Monica Bruck - Head of Humanities, Middle & Senior 
Llega el play 2015 de la mano de The BDS Players de Middle & Senior, que este año estrenan no solo una pieza inédita en el escenario de nuestro Auditorio, sino además, un nuevo director, Pablo Drutman, que ha logrado armar un excelente equipo con Carina Cristina (Old Facrectean, Directora Musical), Laura Albarracín (Coreógrafa) y Marisú Barón (Old Facrectean, Producción, Escenografía, etc.). A Marisú le agradecemos la información y las fotos.
"On June 26th and 27th, ESSARP will be organizing a new Model United Nations Conference at St. Alban’s College, in Lomas de Zamora. The topic of the Conference is “Development and Sustainability”. Eighteen students from S6, S5 and S4 will be participating in the different forums. The issues to be debated in each forum are the following:
In the GA1 - International Security and Disarmament: establishing protocols concerning the militarisation of the Arctic and increasing transparency in the trade of armaments to and within regions of conflict.
In the GA3 - Social, Humanitarian and Cultural: Improving the living conditions of asylum seekers and implementing measures to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation.
In the GA4 - Special Political and Decolonisation: Establishing protocols regarding the exploitation of natural resources in LEDCs, and reducing the effects of atomic radiation.
SC - Security Council: The question of Iraq and the situation in Central African Republic (CAR).
ECOSOC - Economic and Social Council: Establishing measures to combat the corruption related to Foreign Aid distribution in LEDCs and mitigating the growing income gap and its resulting effects on the standard of living.
Environment Commission: Measures to combat light pollution and measures to ensure corporate environmental responsibility.
Human Rights Council: Ethical and social implications of new and emerging technologies and the increasing number of unaccompanied immigrant children.
Our students will be delegates of the following countries:
Australia: Candela Kalaidjian, Martina Freire, Malena Fronza, Sofia Terán, Lucas Reynoso, Ana Velástegui y Merecedes Mariño.
Iraq: Camila Quintana, Daniela Riggio, Ana Cruz y Pilar Di Salvo.
Syria: Federico Rojas, Andrea Erbetti, Michael Page y Valentina Cappa.
World Health Organization: Julieta Perelman, Luz Mautner y Milagros Huang.
While S5 & 6 students are experienced participants, it will be the first time for S4's. We wish them all good luck and hope they will enjoy and make the most of this invaluable experience".
Mónica Bruck - Head of Humanities, Middle & Senior