Sixteen students of Middle School participated in the TJMUN Santa Monica in its XIX edition, having a wonderful experience and learning about current events happening in our world. Students worked very hard throughout the three days in which the model was carried on, they exercised different skills and abilities such as investigation, critical thinking and oral expression, among others. Students took home a different perspective on how international problems are solved and how does the international community cooperate to make the world a better place to live. It was a great experience!!

Yes, we know, by now you are probably Project Based Learning experts, but why do we talk so much about it? Because PBL brings authentic, empowering experiences from the world into the school. It keeps learning real. This bimester,  5^th grade  led the “Class President” project  for all of Upper Elementary and we know that what our 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th graders learned will be with them for the rest of their lives. They learned about political campaign rules, budget and logistics. They learned directly from  IFE how voting booths are set up, monitored and how the results are counted and published. They learned how the people that work in the voting booths are chosen and trained and what happens when someone doesn’t show up on election day. They learned that their vote is their voice and choice.  Keeping it real will lead to real changes. Just wait and see.

Con mucho orgullo agradecemos la presencia de los alumnos del Sistema Thomas Jefferson que participaron en el musical Los Miserables, School Edition. El auditorio Josefa fue la sede de la espectacular presentación con un público de más de 1000 personas. La obra dura tres horas en las cuales los alumnos se entregaron y disfrutaron de sus interpretaciones, al final los aplausos se ofrecieron de pie y las voces de reconocimiento por su labor.  Felicidades chicos, ¡nos sentimos muy orgullosos!

Las clases abiertas son la oportunidad  para conocer el trabajo  de los niños y sus adquisiciones de acuerdo a su etapa de desarrollo   así como,  la dinámica  dentro del aula con compañeros y maestras.  Los alumnos construyen sus aprendizajes a partir del juego favoreciendo así  habilidades: cognitivas, sociales, motoras y de lenguaje. Gracias papás por su asistencia siempre valiosa para nosotros.

Hans Christian Andersen once said, “When words fail, music speaks.” Music speaks to us of times long gone. It reminds us of the greatness that is inside each one of us. It helps us to believe again. All of Upper Elementary had the privilege of enjoying a private concert by a group of musicians from the Philharmonic Orchestra of Querétaro. The pieces they played went from Vivaldi, to Pachelbel, to Gardel, and with each song we learned a little and lived a lot. Music spoke to us, and we loved what it had to say.

El participar activamente en el entorno natural nos da mayor pertenencia y sentido de responsabilidad así como un lugar en nuestra tierra. Al observar los procesos naturales con su causa –efecto y la influencia que sobre ello se tiene da a los pequeños la oportunidad d obtener aprendizajes significativos y perdurables. Hace unos días nuestros niños del Kinder sembraron en su hortaliza diferentes vegetales, que regaran y cuidarán para posteriormente cosechar. Nuestros pequeños serán entonces testigos de un interesante ciclo de vida en el cual ellos tuvieron ingerencia. La experiencia hace la diferencia en el aprendizaje.