March 16

Gazette March 2016

<h4><a id=”director”></a>A message from our General Director</h4>
Dear Colegio El Camino Community,
First I would like to wish the teachers, staff and students a restful and safe upcoming holiday, as well as all those parents who are able to take time off work. A reminder that we return to classes on Tuesday April 5th as per the national SEP calendar. It will be Day 4 in the cycle. Please enjoy this quality time with friends and family.
Some important news updates for everyone!
1. We had a really successful rally and inauguration of the soccer field last Friday. Close to 100 spectators attended the friendly match against Mcgregor and congrats go to the girls for their 5-0 Victory! 
2. Our Girls HS soccer team is currently playing in the State Finals for all schools and won their first game against CET MAR 3-1. Great work and good luck to the girls and Profesor Ivan! 
3. Our Elementary Boys Basketball team is also playing in the Municipal League Tournament and are playing very well. Good luck to them and their Coach Ms Raquel. 
4. Culture Week is underway and what a treat to see all kinds of projects including Science, Art, English, and many other subjects. Proceeds from food sales by the students during Culture Week on Wednesday the 15th will go to support of our Girls Varsity Soccer Team´s trip to the National Finals Tournament in Celaya in May. 
5. The scholarship announcement for scholarships for the 2016 2017 school was sent by email. Contact Veronica Armendariz at the school for more information. 
6. Please keep up to date on grades, homework and communication with your children`s teachers through Schoology. If you are still unable to access your account please contact Fernando Gonzalez our IT coordinator at <a href=”mailto:[email protected]” target=”_blank”>[email protected]</a>
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<h4><a id=”kindergarten”></a>Kindergarten</h4>
How can you raise creative children?
Step One: step aside, suggests a writer for The New York Times, who insists in the need of letting your child free so they can pursue their interests.
”I came to the theory of relativity by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition,” Albert Einstein once said. His mother enrolled him in violin lessons at age 5, but he was not attracted to it. His love for music blossomed years later, through Mozart´s sonatas. Love is a better teacher than a sense of duty,” he said.
The story is told in an article in The New York Times, entitled How to raise a creative child. According to its author, psychologist Adam Grant, you cannot schedule a person to be innovative. And he warns those who are parents, if you want your children to sow the seeds of creative thinking, “you need to let them pursue their own passions, not yours.”
The professor also argues that gifted children rarely become geniuses who change the world. As adults, the whiz kids tend to be experts in their fields but not revolutionary creators, and not because they lack social and emotional skills. What happens is that these kids aspire to earn the admiration of their parents and teachers, rather than to be original. “Practice makes perfect, but does not generate innovation,” concludes Grant.
So how do you educate a child to be creative? A study cited by the newspaper compared two families of school communities, and found that the most creative children had fewer rules than the average home. “By limiting the number of rules, parents encourage children to think for themselves,” suggests author.
While these parents encourage their children to pursue excellence and success also they encourage them to find the passion and joy at work. “His children were free to discover their own interests and that made them flourish as creative adults.”
Source: The New York Times – February, 4th 2016.
Interesting isn’t it?
Here are some images of previous events that we hope you´ll enjoy!
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<h4><a id=”elementary”></a>Elementary</h4>
On Friday March 4th Camino celebrated Hawk´s Day, it was an amazing event. Thank you parents for going out there and supporting your children!
On March 9th, students from sixth grade took the “Knowledge Olympics” Test, which takes place every year on a national level.
From March 14th to 18th we hosted “Cultural Week” in which students had a tremendous participation.
March´s Birthdays
Ángela Hernández Razo. 
Alan Martínez Paniagua. 
Alexia Saiza Morales. 
José Ángel Recasens Orona. 
Regina Valentina Ortiz López. 
Juan Adam Dougherty 
Karen Sofía Meza Arizpe 
Carlos Jeshua Caballero Martínez 
Jonathan Ruiz Barrón 
Paul Cota Muñoz
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<h4><a id=”ibpyp”></a>IB Primary Years Programme</h4>
On several occasions we have mentioned the transdisciplinary themes that make up the Primary Years Programme Educational Model we have even shared that from this same themes we develop the Inquiry Programme for Colegio El Camino. Every 5 weeks you will receive a report card by grade according to the transdisciplinary theme your child has worked on in those 5 weeks.
There are 6 total transdisciplinary themes for the Primary Years Programme: 
– Who we are 
– Where are we in time and space 
– How we express ourselves 
– How the world works 
– How do we organize ourselves 
– How we share the planet
So, what is a transdisciplinary theme? Why do owe develop inquiry units form them? 
Transdisciplinary themes have the characteristic of being common aspects that are essential to human experience; they are significant for everyone, for students of all cultures. They are developed in each academic year looking to deeply explore the curricular content and with increasing depth. In this way, teachers will seek in the future to avoid repeating the same themes each year.
In conclusion: A transdisciplinary theme represents shared human experiences.
A good example is the subject taken by our 2nd grade students in their third unit of inquiry “Where are we in time and space” the core idea is “Our cultural heritage determines our customs and traditions.”
In this unit, students had the chance to inquire about customs and traditions from all over the world. As a part of the inquiry process they were assigned to investigate their origin and the way their customs develops over time. They also conducted a comparison between personal and national customs and traditions, revealing that there are similarities in different celebrations according to the cultural geo location.
At the end of the unit some concussions drawn from the students are: 
– “one of the reasons there are different celebrations is because of the diversity of people living in together in one place, but their essence is still present” 
– “Traditions sometimes change because cultures get mixed together” 
– “Customs and traditions depend on the geographical location of a place, it is inherited by our ancestors, nothing happens overnight and it continuously changes with time.
It is important to mention that students discovered the diversity of expressions because of the different cultures around the world.
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<h4><a id=”psychology”></a>Psychology</h4>
We had the honor of receiving Psychologist Lupita Carbajal in our Learning in Family Workshop, Lupita shared with us the subject “Independent Children, Happy Parents” We want to thank all Preschool parents who attended.
What to do to help a child become independent? 
– Give them options to choose from. 
– Allow them to think, encourage them to do so. 
– Give them emotional and physical space. 
– Allow them to process on their own any new experiences. 
– Tel them how to do things in a clear and specific manner. 
– Teach them to look for solutions. 
– Allow them to explore, but always set clear limits and supervise them. 
– The easiest way of learning is games and routine. 
– Allow them to help in the easy tasks at home. 
If they are feeling down, encourage them to overcome the feeling.
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<h4><a id=”sports”></a>Sports</h4>
We are all so proud of our Sports Teams, starting with the women´s soccer team, who had an amazing participation at the CONADEIMS tournament in which they obtained First Place at state level! Congratulations Girls!
In basketball we are playing interschool tournaments in which our students have shown great improvement thanks to their continuous efforts at practice. We hope to have great results, Go Hawks!
In Cycling, late February was the MTB National Championship, celebrated in Hermosillo, Sonora. We had several Camino students participating, below their results:
Nabyanca Garcia Bareño 1st Place 
Luna Garcia Bareño 1st Place 
Zayetzy Garcia Bareño 2nd Place 
Santiago Gonzalez Aguirre 2nd Place 
Eduardo Robles Felix 3rd Place
Our last Sports Academy day will be March 17th.
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