Gazette October, 2017

General Director

Welcome everyone to the 2017 – 2018 school year. Colegio El Camino continues to offer the vanguard education and is celebrating 24 years of quality bilingual education this week. Happy birthday Camino!

Here are some fun facts about Camino!

Did you know

• October 4th was the 34th anniversary of the opening of Colegio El Camino
• Colegio El Camino was the first private school in Los Cabos
• There are 99 new students in our school this year
• We have 420 students currently enrolled, the most ever in our school´s history. We have grown 25% over the last 5 years.
• There are over 25 nationalities in our school and eight identified religions/belief systems.
• In June of 2012 there were less than 500 books in our school, today there are over 2700 shared books in the kindergarten to grade 8 classrooms along with over 1300 volumes in the library.
• We now have an online library we will give you and your children exclusive access to in the coming weeks.
• We are the first and only IB World School in BCS and one of 4600 in the world.
• We are one of only 33 schools in Mexico to be accredited as a quality school with SACS advancED.
• In the last 4 years Camino has come together with an anual goal joining efforts with the Parent society, student council and school board : the results have been the new cafetería space, the playground, the roof over the soccer field and the new library.

Some special thanks to 

• the Parent society for donating 30,000.00 pesos to assist in paying for the new shelves on the second floor of the library. 
• the Parents, Staff and Children who donated to the relief efforts for both Tropical Storm Lidia and the recent Earthquakes 

IGY Marinas once again for the generous donation of 510,000.00 mxp for the installation of the retractable shading over the soccer field. 

Upcoming News 

Your children are being assessed with Lexium, MAP and CPAA this month. Please be sure they attend these important assessments and do their best. We will be giving you the results in the near future. 

We will be launching a survey for the cafeteria services this month for the children. 

We will host another social event for Day of the Dead and everyone will be welcome to join us. 

The CEC Parent Society is hosting a welcome to new families breakfast this Friday October 6th in Villa Serena. Buy your ticket from your class vocal. There are prized and guest speakers!

Administration

Dear Camino Parents,

We would like to inform you that due to problems with Banamex we can no longer receive deposits in that account. All deposits to our school should be in the following BANORTE ACCOUNT 

Bank:   Banorte 

Account:  0273455060

Interbank Code:  072041002734550604

Name:  El Camino Cabo San Lucas AC

Kindergarten

We want to welcome our students, parents and the new members of the Camino Community:

Pacheco Peralta from Nursery

Moreno Sambrano, Marrón Molina and Truillo Bejar from K1

Espinoza García from K2

Clarke, Guinovart Flores, Mahlstedt Aviles and Beberly frm K3

Congratulations to our birthday boys and girls.

K1                                                                                                             

Ian Claro Huitrón                                                              
Victoria Becerrill Morales                                               
Mikael Martinez Alonso                                                  
Isabella y Valentina De Miguel                                     

K2

Luis Sánchez Ortiz
Ryan Silverstein
Zoe Adame Olvera
Axel Enriquez  Boles

K3

Owen Cameron Cantarell
Emilia Tovar Hilder

For our students to develop properly and have a healthy life is essential to have a healthy diet, regular physical activation and a healthy environment. Let´s talk about eating habits.

Healthy eating habits are:

COMPLETE. Since it includes all the nutrients (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins and minerals.

BALANCED. The foods that are consumed contain the nutrients in adequate and balanced proportion.

INNOUCUOUS. Regular consumption does not imply health risks because it is free of pathogenic microorganisms, toxins and contaminant and is consumed in moderation.

SUFICIENT. It covers all nutritional needs.

VARIETY. Contains different foods from each group at each meal.

ADEQUATE. It is according to the tastes, customs and economic resources, without sacrificing the overall healthy characteristics.

Taken from the “How to prepare school lunch and have an adequate diet” SEP document.

It is necessary to learn and understand the good eating habits to understand how to prepare a breakfast and lunch fitted to our child´s needs, they will have energy and willingness to learn along their school day. If it comes from the ground it is good, but if it comes from a box, is it?

Upcoming events: Halloween, get your costume ready!

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Elementary

We want to congratulate students, teachers and all staff who assisted and helped in our Noche Mexicana. Your enthusiasm and motivation for students to come out to celebrate our traditions is much appreciated.

We also want to congratulate students from 6^th Grade for having the most attendance and dress up according to the outline of the night´s events.

Dear Parents, first bi-mester exams will be taking place from October 2^nd to the 12^th Teachers from each grade will contact you via Schoology to provide information. These tests are not necessarily a written evaluation.

Remember that on November 2^nd we will host our “Altares de Muertos” night at the Elementary school yard to celebrate our Mexican traditions.

August, September and October Birthday´s

Elías Sánchez JiménezSamantha Alardet Contla
Noah Sebastián Sparrow Zaldívar
Leonardo Borrego Mugge
Juan Fernando Flores Lugo
Elaina Lisa Forward/Amstrong
Adriel Ávila Maya
Romina Matla Velázquez
Azalea Denise Clarke
Vanessa Alardet Contla
Ariana Joan Hernández
Karime Elías Félix
Regina Guerrero Verboonen
Aurora Regina Romo Maldonado
Santiago Sánchez Mayaudón
Paloma Aleshka Cornejo Horna
Alma Ximena Araos García
Marcos Claro Huitrón
Sofía De La Peña Taboada
Silvana Arce Rubio
Bernardo Vizcarra Gutiérrez
Regina Barba Villalpando
Nicolás Alejandro Villagomez González
Mateo Ceyca Espinoza
David Gregg Adame Olvera
Fernando Santino Azcona Ruelas
Kristine Catharina Lacle

Middle and High School

My name is Santiago Nedel Leal Flores, Director of Middle and High School, I have 25 years of experience in the Education field. My email is [email protected], if you wish to set up an interview please contact Karina Arizpe at [email protected].

I want to thank all parents who came to the beginning of the school year meetings, where we had the opportunity to meet and also explain our teaching process. Parents who did not have a chance to attend are invited to set up a meeting if there are any questions.

As a way to preserve our traditions and promote the culture of our country in our students, last September 15^th we hosted our traditional Mexican Night in the facilities of our school, where we enjoyed exquisite Mexican food, fun time in games like lottery, bowling, tomb cans, target shooting etc.

Thank you to the Parents Society who in coordination with Cecilia Montes put this magnificent event together, where we all had the opportunity to have fun

I want to personally thank the Camino Family, teachers, students, parents, administration and staff for their attendance and support.

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Primary Years Programme PYP

In this first contact of the 2017- 2018 school year, I would like to introduce myself.

My name is Maria Ines Mayaudon, Venezuelan dedicated to Education since 1998. Graduated from the University of Carabobo with a Degree in Education (1997) and a Master in Reading and Writing (2007); I belong to the IB Educators network since 2008, which has given me experience to

share with teachers from many countries who share the passion of educating.

During this school year I will be part of the Colegio El Camino Family, leading the Coordination of the PYP.

It is wonderful to receive you in this period, where we will continue to strengthen minds and

the hearts of our students, in order to grow and develop the profile of the community of

knowledge, attitude, concepts and actions that support each student to be able to continue to secure an international education where they can build the community, the country and the world in which we want to live. Below, I present a brief overview of what the Program is and the profile of the learning community of Colegio El Camino.

Getting to know the Primary Year Programme (PYP)

The International Baccalaureate (IB) offers a continuum of international education programs. The

IB programs encourage students to achieve their academic goals and what leads them not only to stand out in their studies, but also in their personal growth.

What is PYP?

The PYP prepares students to be active, supportive and adopt an attitude of learning

throughout their lives, who show respect for themselves and others, and have the capacity to

participate in the world around them. It focuses on the overall development of the child and his ability to inquire and discover, inside and outside the classroom.

The PYP curriculum

The PYP curriculum includes three key components, which explain the learning process, how

Teachers teach, and what are the principles and practice for effective evaluation within the framework of the Programme. Each school organizes in this framework what is proposed by the National Curriculum of its country and promotes students to learn about their country, their customs and beliefs, then look in perspective at others countries; taking a globalized view of the world. To form the student in an integral way, the attributes of the profile form an important point

that guides this development from the perspective of knowledge and the personal – social area.

The profile of the learning community 

The profile of the learning community of the International Baccalaureate (IB) is the expression of a wide range of abilities and responsibilities that go beyond academic success. These attributes entail a commitment to help all members of the school community learn to respect themselves, others and the world around them.

Each of the IB programs is committed to the development of the IB in the students.

This profile aims to train students who are:

• Inquirers
• Informed and instructed
• Thinkers
• Good communicators
• Healthy
• Open minded
• Solidary
• Bold
• Balanced
• Reflective

Every day we want the Camino Community to identify with these attributes, to guide life

as a community and thus together build a more global world. If you wish to continue to know the PYP, we invite you to consult the page www.ibo.org from where this information was taken.

Learning Experiences Start school year

For the beginning of this school year our students participated in a variety of experiences where the development of understanding of tools was promoted for:

• Team work
• Graphic organizers
• Managing emotions and time
• Reading comprehension
• Working, study habits; among others

Within these activities, the students worked collaboratively and oriented to live the philosophy of the schools of the IB World; where their productions and participation showed how they are oriented to be whole, solidary, thinkers, open minded; that is to say to project in the work the attributes of the profile.

We would like to share some graphic samples of the significant, pertinent and interesting results of this cycle.

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Diploma Programme DP

The International Baccalaureate through the Diploma Program (DP) is an opportunity for personal and academic development for the student, staff and professional for the teacher.

The IB stimulates within the “Profile Attributes” to promote skills such as: Inquiry, Communication, Open Mind, Audacity, etc. It is on this line that our school, faced with the educational needs of 11th and 12th grade students, found a great opportunity to confront our students with the real and interactive world of communications, through technology, offering two weeks of online biology subject classes. A bilingual teacher trained in the subject IB from Barcelona (Spain) allowed our students to summarize through this experience everything that the IB proposes through its attributes and academic demand.

Colegio El Camino thanks the support of Elizabeth Villa, who with her experience and work allowed to experience “in situ” the benefits and the pride of being an IB school.

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Psychology

As part of the preparation of our students, Colegio El Camino is now offering Vocational Guidance as one of the subjects in the 3 years of high school Vocational Guidance helps to forge the future of human beings committed to themselves and to society, so to questions like: Who am I?, Where am I going?, Where do I come from? This gives them the tools to make the right decisions that forge a future based on their personality profile and their abilities.

In this process, both national and foreign universities work hard together with the school to establish agreements and close ties recognizing our students as the best academically prepared to enter them. It is a pride to our community to have our students achieve greatness in the name of Los Cabos and our institution in different parts of the world.

Library

The beginning of this school year (2017-2018) means a period of goals to be fulfilled with a specific time frame according to the needs that are generated by the growth both in the structure and in the number of readers that visit the library each day.

It is satisfying to announce that work from the previous school year keeps growing. We now have a more organized service for the school, teaching and administrative community. But I work is not complete, there are new challenges to overcome with all aimed at making this space a reading center.

During Elementary section break periods, the library becomes children´s favorite place to visit. Their curiosity leads them to interesting topics and various stories. While high school students had the opportunity to get closer to their library knowing how bibliographic material is classified, and in this way, to guide themselves to request their book and that the level corresponds to their reading ability.

The inquiry room is fulfilling its function: teachers and students use it daily to carry out their research, develop projects and make various presentations; keeping order and showing responsibility during your stay at this place.

Our sincere thanks to the families and students who have made their donation of books and have contributed for this reading center to have a larger bibliographic material:

1. Galbrath Family
2. Sparrow Zaldívar Family
3. Thoma Alvarado Family
4. Jett Halliday 11^th Grade A
5. Alec Carbó López 12^th Grade
6. Alondra Zúñiga Pastrana 9^th Grade A
7. Diego Felipe Fumachi Montes 9^th Grade A
8. Stella Zamora 10^th Grade A

Likewise, we invite you to continue donating and collaborate with the people of the second floor of the school library with new stories to read, more books to explore, touch, smell, study, share, imagine, etc. Bearing in mind that with support and will this project will continue to advance for the benefit of the educational community.

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Technology

A new modem has been purchased and installed which will increase our bandwidth. This has allowed the school to mitigate the damages caused to our network of telephone and internet by the recent tropical storm. Gradually the damaged lines have been replaced and the service is being restored for optimal performance.