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School
Day |
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| 7:30 am |
Start of School
Day |
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7:50 am - 8:10 am |
Silent Reading |
| 11:10 am -
11:30 am |
Secondary Break |
| 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch Break |
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3:00 pm |
End of school day |
| 3:15 pm - 4:15
pm |
Talleres Extracurriculares |
| 4:15 pm |
Selection |
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In Secondary we seek to provide an educational space where a creative,
critical and autonomous person can develop and be able to make decisions
using a clear and coherent set of values. Likewise, we intend to offer
an educational scheme that fosters bilingual communication as a tool, a
critical and imaginative spirit and the capacity to make autonomous
decisions.
About the Nature of the Courses
The courses in Secondary promote intensive and comprehensive reading to
be analysed based on the Harvard University Model of Teaching for
Understanding. As a bilingual school, we offer our students daily
exposure to contents and activities in both languages, English and
Spanish.
The diverse curriculum develops the students’ ability for observation,
to find analogies, and to elaborate their own opinions. Students are
trained to freely express their ideas in a reflective spirit but
respecting other people’s opinions as well.
In addition to the English class, two other courses are provided in
English in Secondary: Personal Social Education and Global Citizenship.
Moreover, relevant information in ICT, Integrated Sciences (Chemistry,
Physics and Biology) as well as in Mathematics are provided in English
inasmuch as the preparation for the IGCSE requires the students to have
both textbooks and materials also in English.
About the Teachers
Our teachers have a sound professional training in addition to wide
experience in their fields. Most of them are bilingual and have
in-service training. To reinforce their language skills, the staff
are given English and Technology classes to keep themselves updated.
About the IGCSE Exams
It is the school policy that IV year students sit the IGCSE exams
organised by the University of Cambridge. Both the preparation and
the exams themselves are a valuable opportunity to develop
analytical thinking, problem resolution, and critical extensive
reading skills in both languages on the subjects chosen.
Our school offers the exam in five areas: Integrated Sciences,
Mathematics, IT, English as a Second Language, History and Spanish
as a Native Language. Satisfactory results are an excellent
reference of the academic and bilingual level of the candidates, and
provide them the opportunity to pursue higher education abroad.
About the
Exchanges
As part of their holistic approach to education, our students are
provided with the opportunity to travel inside and outside our
country to strengthen their academic and socio-cultural development.
We currently offer a cultural trip to England every other summer.
Every year we host international AFS (American Field Service)
exchange students. The integration of these students to our school
has always been very positive and their interaction is very
profitable for our community as well. At the moment, Brenda
Richards, from New Zealand is attending classes as a regular S5
student.
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