School Bulletin 3 – 10th of February 2023

Upcoming Dates

 
Whole School
 
New Campus Presentation
We would like to invite all members of our Community to a presentation evening about our plans for our new campus.  The presentation will be on Wednesday 15^th of February at 6:30 pm in the School Auditorium.
 
International Fair
Our International Fair is returning this year, on the 4^th of March, after an absence of two years.  We would like to invite any parent who is interesting in performing during the Fair (music, singing, dancing or any other talent) to please contact Teacher Joseph on jloveday@bscr.ed.cr
 
Google for Education
We are proud to share with our Learning Community a short video, which showcases the work we have been doing in the last couple of years integrating Google for Education into our learning pedagogy – Video Link
 
Parent Council 2023
We are pleased to share that the Parent Council for 2023 has now been created and is made up of the following year-level Parent Representatives:
 
EY1 – Carolina Jiménez                     Year 6 – Mónica Rojas
EY2 – Laura Baltodano                      Year 7 – Priscilla Somarriba
EY3 – Sylvia Castro                            Year 8 – Rocío Zamora
Year 1 – Stephanie Hudson                 Year 9 – Elena Prado
Year 2 – Manuel Soto                         Year 10 – Shirley Fajardo
Year 3 – Laura Gómez                        Year 11IB – Syomara Bremont
Year 4 – Gerardo Castillo                   Year 11NB – Elluany Rodríguez
Year 5 – Catalina Bruce                      Year 12 – Gloriana Echandi
 
We would like to thank each of our Parent Representatives in advance for volunteering to serve as a communication channel between their allocated year group and the School’s Administration.  Meetings for the first quarter will take place between the 20^th and 23^rd of February.  Therefore, if there are any topics of general interest (i.e. not of interest to individuals or a small group of students/families – such topics should be addressed with the relevant staff member directly) that parents would like to raise then please let the relevant Parent Representative know ahead of these meetings. 
 
Friendship Day
To celebrate Friendship Day, February 14^th, we invite all members of our Community to come to school in either white, pink or red clothing.  School uniform is not required for this day.
 
Early Years and Primary
 
Student Elections
Over the past week, Primary have been having elections to vote for this year’s House Captains and Student Council members.  As a result, we would like to recognise the following students upon being elected to the following leadership roles for the 2023 academic year:
 
House Captain and Deputies
Arenal:             Antonio San Martin and Sofía Pontigo
Barva:             Jimena Eugenin and Mateo Delgado
Irazú:               Tomás Estrada and Sara Martínez
Poás:               Elena Casafont and Daniel Mora
 
Student Council
Y5A:   André Tristán
Y5B:   Luca Visoná
Y4A:   Victoria Zamora
Y4B:   Rafael Zamora
Y3A:   Adriano Vázquez
Y3B:   Emma Visoná
Y3C:   Fernando Díaz
 
Field Trips
This week Year 3 visited Braulio Carrillo National Park as part of their IPC study into Rainforests.  In addition, our Year 5 students are currently taking part in their teambuilding and leadership camp at La Montaña Camp.
 
Secondary
 
IGCSE Information Session
On Wednesday the 8^th of February, our IGCSE Coordinator, Ana Rojas (anarojas@bscr.ed.cr), provided Year 9 and Year 10 parents with an informative presentation on our IGCSE programme.  If you were unable to attend the meeting but would like to view the presentation then please click on the following link to access a recording – Presentation Recording.  Ms. Rojas also provided parents with a link to access our IGCSE site which contains lots of useful information about our IGCSE programme.  To access this site please click on the following link – IGCSE Site
 
Smart Connections
The ‘Smart Connections’ discussion club were thrilled to have BSCR alumnus Ignacio Carnevale share some of his key experiences with a group of Year 10 – Year 12 students on Tuesday of this week. Ignacio emphasized the importance of being open to change in life, how our ‘failures’ are learning opportunities and that balance is essential to success. He also emphasized the importance of goal setting and having a plan for the future. Ignacio is a successful businessman who also competes in Ironman events and his words serve as a reminder and inspiration to our future entrepreneurs at the British School.
 
University Counseling
We would like to remind parents from Year 10 to Year 12 that they can sign up for an individual introductory meeting with our University Guidance Counsellor, Ana Lourdes Baumgartner, during the week of the 20^th to the 24^th of February.  The objective of these meetings is to answer any initial questions that parents may have about the university application process.  You can reserve your meeting time with Ana Lourdes by clicking on the following link – Ana Lourdes Meetings
 
National Games
Lien Tzu Wo (Year 12C) participated in the National Games during our first week back this year representing Escazu in swimming.  She qualified by placing in the top eight in the country in her age category in each of the swimming stroke categories – many congratulations!