12th Model United Nations The school participated in the 12th edition of the Model United Nations, being represented by 13 students from the Higienópolis Unit and 9 students from the Granja Vianna Unit. This is a project from the International Relations Department of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC) de Minas Gerais (Catholic University of Minas Gerais), gathering high school students from all over Brazil to live out sessions typical of international organisms, in which the students play the role of “country delegates”. The exercise requires previous research on current themes and training communication and verbal expression skills, in Portuguese and in other languages, teamwork, argumentation, negotiation and mediation. The students are separated into committees and defend ideas and postures related to several themes such as migration, disarmament and international safety, among others, focusing on the interests of the countries that they represent. GRADUATION High School and Middle School Graduations The graduation ceremonies of the high school and middle school students were marked by homages to parents, graduates and teachers, and speeches of encouragement and faith in the future. Class valedictorians relived memories and projected their dreams, emphasizing the importance of effort in facing the challenges to come. Graduates created videos showing themselves in different moments throughout their years, at the school and also of the friendships built with fellow classmates and teachers. Parents and teachers paid homage to the graduates DIGITAL CAMPAIGN The Digital Campaign is a project from the Fundação de and Carapicuíba on how to use Information Technology and Rotarianos de São Paulo under the school’s coordination Communication resources in teaching. The group learned the and teachers from all entities maintained by the Foundation Rio Branco teaching and learning methodology, working in volunteer in this project. laboratories assigned by the Faculdades Integradas Rio Branco, In 2011, the project trained public school teachers from having access to the Moodle platform after the course – this is several regions of São Paulo and from the cities of Caieiras the virtual learning environment used by the school. The project received teachers from several regions in São Paulo 69
Anual Report 2011
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