Presentation of Cambridge Certificates
El jueves 22 en horas del mediodía se hizo entrega de los certificados otorgados por CIE a los alumnos de Senior que a fines del año pasado rindieron satisfactoriamente sus respectvos exámenes internacionales. Como es habitual, las palabras alusivas estuvieron a cargo del Director de la sección y Coordinador Académico del BDS, Prof. Steven Page, quien expresó:
Cambridge examinations are for all students and reflect their proper levels. These levels cross national borders and even pass from one continent to another. Cambridge examinations are taken worldwide and offer a benchmark of quality and reliability. Cambridge school examinations have been offered for more than 200 years and the first such examinations were taken in BDS as early as 1917.
Why do we offer them? Our own National bilingual curriculum is very good but an international curriculum/examinations complement this by developing skills and the thinking processes to differentiate information -not just to memorize. The development of these skills and thinking are highly important in the preparation for university life, both here and abroad.
Articulate young people with 2 or 3 may be 4 languages; able to think on his/her feet, who can manage difficult concepts, have impeccable social skills and work well in a team (not only as leaders) offers an individual a strong CV and great potential anywhere in the world. Success does not come by chance but through hard work, determination and passion.
As Nelson Mandela says ‘Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel unsecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do’.
Seguidamente, el Vice Director General, Lic. Federico Johansen, y la Rectora, Lic. Silvia Thomas, hicieron entrega de los certificados correspondientes al International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) a los alumnos que rindieron cuando cursaban Senior 4 (hoy, en S5): Candela Abalo Chichi,Patricio Albornoz, María Agustina Arslanian, Felipe Baena, María José Baglioni Burgos, Agustina Barros, Iara Bessone, Alexia Bréard-Anderson, Lucas Cacchione, Félix Carossia, Alejandro Cibello, Mateo Collarini, Juan Ignacio Contino, Sofía Coto, Julia Curto, Martín De Marco, Micaela Djivelekian, Brian Giner, Pelayo González, Pedro Guarracino, Nicolás Helou, Celina Homps, Ezequiel Isikawa, Eric Kim, Judith Klimovsky, Sofía Kuchikian, Hong Lee, Manuel Maliar, Kunal Manghanmal Chatlani, Octavio Martínez, Tomás Maumus, Macarena Mazzola, Luca Montefiore, Pilar Múgica, Gabriel Paik, Mariana Papp, María José Paz Cerminara, Agustina Penela, María Paz Roberts, Rodrigo Safdiye, Ximena Serrano, Federio Smith, Bernardo Sosa, Martín Steinweg, Axel Smulewiez, Nadia Tabet, Juan Cruz Tubio, Guido Verna y Manuel Vispo.
A continuación, la Sra. María Matilde Villanueva de Green y el Prof. Page hicieron entrega de los certificados correspondientes a alumnos que cursaban Senior 5 en 2009 (hoy, S6): Camila Almaraz, Leonardo Barujel, Nicolás Cervera, Ailen Díaz Negro, Tomás Ferrer, Matías Poirrier, Juan Martín Porrini, Sacha Steinman, Agustín Albornoz, Francisco Goity, Martín Gold, Pedro Lylyk, Soledad Martín, Nicholas Page, Camila Serra, Juan Ignacio Souto, Lucas Trevisi y Melina Zapata.
El momento culminante fue cuando la Sra. Matilde hizo entrega de las distinciones for best results and special awards. Los padres de estos alumnos habían sido especialmente invitados sin que sus hijos lo supieran, de manera de conservar el suspenso y la emoción hasta último momento. Los premios fueron para:
BEST RESULTS IN IGCSE (S4): Hong Jung Lee, Gabriel Paik, Axel Szmulewiez , Bernardo Sosa y Martín De Marco.
BEST ICE RESULT (S5): Nicholas Page.
BEST RESULTS IN AS/A LEVELS (S6 2009): Joaquín Stankus.
Congratulations to all.
