NUACHTÁN PREPA CELTA | June 2022

From the Desk of Claudia Molleda | Principal of Prepa Celta

Dear community:

For Prepa Celta, June is the closing month of the school year, students prepare for their vacations or final exams.

For 10 months we made a journey, not only through academic knowledge, but also through different events such as the Personal Project, Reflective Project, Student’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, etc., which, although during this year have been different, we will take up again with much more strength and joy next school year.

We are grateful to each of you for your preference, for your feedback and, above all, for your valuable support in the education of each of our students.

For those of you who are graduating, and who are ready to begin a new stage, we wish you a life full of success, may you find in your profession the way to support your community and improve the world. May you put into practice everything your teachers taught you and of course, may your dreams always become goals that come true… We hope to see you soon here at your High School!

Here is some important information, in this edition Miss Pili from Middle writes us a message about education in the Middle Years Programme. Our allies from UPAEP send us information about their academic proposal and student Andrés Silva Jiménez, 10th grade, talks to us about how to lead a healthy life and the implications of smoking, work that he presents in his Personal Project.

Healthy Life

From the desk of Andrés Silva Jiménez | 10th grade MYP student

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Developing skills in our students

Collaboration:

From the desk of Maria del Pilar Mones Urtuzuástegui | MS Academic Coordination

On May 2nd, some of our students were invited to the first FAAME contest, an event that promotes coexistence between schools in an academic and cultural environment, offering a space to show their talents and skills. Our students participated in three categories: oratory, scientific challenge and photography. By participating in this type of event, students can show and put into practice all the skills they have worked on and developed through the learning approaches acquired during their time in the PYP and MYP.

In the scientific challenge they built a catapult, for which they had to follow written instructions to the letter to carry out the experiment and make it functional, they had to read to understand the instructions provided to them and thus execute their challenge, using information management and communication skills. In terms of social skills, they worked in a team of three members, negotiating to delegate and share responsibilities when making decisions, identifying obstacles and challenges, each one assuming their role within the group, defending their ideas and points of view. Self-management skills were present, using absolute awareness, attention and concentration, and organizing the time given to them, to successfully conclude the activity.

In photography, the competition consisted of capturing 3 images with different themes: perspective, with model and free. The students participated in triads demonstrating several of the learning approaches such as communication skills, when offering and receiving comments from the same team; social, by achieving consensus, listening to the opinions of the group, negotiating with self-management effectiveness working organizational skills, through the effective use of time, planning tasks, meeting deadlines and, finally, they developed creative thinking through the knowledge acquired to generate ideas and innovative options, evidenced by their photographs.

Finally, 3 of our students participated in oratory where the theme to develop was «Being young today», in this category they had the opportunity to convince the public through their speech giving their opinion and supporting it with different arguments, developing their communication skills, transmitting their way of thinking through the organization and writing of their oratory in a logical and coherent way, putting into practice their critical thinking by structuring information to formulate their arguments.

Our students Ximena Fontecilla España and Fernanda Zapata Cruz won 1st and 2nd place, respectively, in this category.

These competitions allow students to acquire, practice, develop and perfect the skills of the learning approaches, which help them «learn to learn», as well as constitute excellent tools to explore meaningful content favoring their participation, deep understanding, skills transference and academic success.

«The main purpose of approaches to learning in MYP is to help learners develop the self-awareness and skills needed to adopt a lifelong learning attitude» (ibo.org. 2014).

IBO (2014). The Middle Years Programme: from principles to practice. Retrieved May 09, 2022 from https://resources.ibo.org/data/m_0_mypxx_guu_1405_5_s.pdf

Career Guidance

From the desk of Tania Peña Guerrero | Coordinator of Psychopedagogy and Career Guidance

UPAEP, a university located in the City of Puebla, is one of the educational institutions with which we have an alliance and which also provides and Carre-related studies we offer in the Celta´ s High School, Career-related Program.

Below, we share some important information that they have sent us so that you can learn a little more about them.

The Popular Universidad popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP) is an institution of higher education located in Puebla City, Mexico; founded on May 7, 1973. Throughout almost 50 years of history, it has been a breeding ground for professionals focused not only on performing their work and vocation with excellence, but also on seeking social transformation, which has positioned it as The Transformative University.

10 reasons why you should study at UPAEP

1. A standard of academic excellence. National and international organizations endorse our leadership.

2. We are the largest private university in the region. Over 17,000 students make up UPAEP´ s community.

3. UPAEP: University of international excellence recognized by QS Rating System.

In its first evaluation (2021) it obtained 4 stars, which confirm its international excellence, educational leadership, global vision and constant search for the common good.

4. Academic staff

More than 80 professors affiliated with the National System of Researchers (SNI).
Professors who are experts in the theoretical and practical field to boost your talent.

5. Laboratories:

156 laboratories with technology and innovative equipment specialized for each area of study.

6. Classrooms:

183 classrooms for different learning methodologies.

7. Integral Health Center:

Put your knowledge into practice in this interdisciplinary meeting space and put your talent and vocation at the service of society.

Medical clinic
Physiotherapy
Nutrition
Psychological care

8. Sports and cultural spaces:

Develop your leadership and talent in an integral way through sports, art and culture!

Soccer and fast soccer fields, basketball, and tennis courts
Olympic swimming pool
Athletics track
Gymnasiums
Fine Arts
UPAEP Museum

9. Explore and live the world and gain a global vision of your profession!

We have links with 355 universities in 55 countries.
Agreements with 150 foreign universities.

Internationalization Programs:

Exchanges | Faculty Led | Double Degree CityU Bridge Program | Global Campus

10. We stand out with our projects and initiatives!

AzTechSat-1 is a CubeSat developed by the Mexican university UPAEP, launched on December 5th, 2019, aboard the SpaceX CRS-19 mission for NASA and was delivered to the International Space Station, from where it was deployed to begin its mission operations.

AzTech Sat-1, has the primary mission of testing satellite intercommunication with the GlobalStar constellation.

It is the first satellite designed and built by students in Mexico to be launched from the International Space Station.