Holocaust Survivor Talks to KCP Students
Today our Secondary Students had the privilege of listening to Mónica Dawidowicz, a Jewish woman who survived the Holocaust as a young child. She shared her life story, sending a message of hope and empowerment, urging children to be the voice that makes the difference. She invited us all to have a real commitment to our world´s many problems by not remaining passive in the face of injustice and to reflect upon the need to protect one another, starting with small actions like standing up against bullying towards classmates.
After her remarks Mr. Levno, our Secondary Principal, led a very productive activity in which students reflected upon and shared 3 main messages they were taking away from the conference.
We would like to once again express our deepest gratitude to Ms. Dawidowicz for sharing her story and life lessons with our community!
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Developing Our Student´s Critical Reading Skills
KCP is working alongside the Alberto Merani Foundation, that leads a project called Lectores Competentes 2.0. This project is meant to develop student´s reading comprehension and argumentation skills, thus strengthening their critical reading processes.
Each grade level works with a specific book where lessons are learned as part of our academic curriculum. Using specifically designed books, the content is covered starting with the first years of Elementary School up until the last grades of Secondary School.
For more information on the Merani Founation visit: http://www.albertomerani.org/
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Middle School Copa Parrish Results
Playing with Heart
Copa Parrish was a total success! For two weeks the KCP athletic department hosted a total of 12 schools and 34 middle school teams.
KCP finished:
2nd place girls soccer
2nd place girls basketball
3rd place girls volleyball
3rd place boys soccer
4th place boys soccer
4th place boys basketball
The KCP athletic department prides itself on pursuing victory with honor. The boys basketball, boys baseball, and girls soccer team all won the sportsmanship award given to the teams that displayed adequate behavior on the field, and whose members also work as a team abiding by all the rules. KCP also had three individuals that were recognized for their play in the tournament. Michelle Krausz won best girls soccer goalkeeper of the tournament. Annie Tirado won MVP in girls volleyball. Wulfran Morón was the MVP in boys baseball.
Thank you to all of the parents, students, and staff who came out to support MS Copa Parrish 2018!
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MUN at Uninorte and Liceo de Cervantes
KCP participated in Universidad del Nortes´ MUNUN and in CERVMUN, Liceo de Cervantes´ Model United Nations. Students were excellent representatives of our School! At Uninorte, Juan Pablo Jiménez, Isaac Salcedo and Angela Baquero won BEST DELEGATION (SPAIN). Isaac also won 1st Outstanding Delegate (Male), while Angela won 1st Outstanding Delegate in the female category.
Congratulations to Salomón Salcedo, who was recognized with the “Best Strategist Award in 9/11 SITUATION ROOM during CERVMUN and to our first-time participants Gabriela Siman, Antonio Acevedo, Andres Castro, Salomón Salcedo, Sergio Karagumechian and Moises Segebre.
A special thank you goes to our AP Economics Teacher and MUN Faculty Sponsor, María Eugenia Martelo, for all her hard work during these events!
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We Welcome Our New College and Career Counselor!
We extend a warm welcome to Ms. Carrie Guillen, our new College and Career Counselor, who has more than 20 years of experience in College Counseling at international schools and has ample knowledge handling the admissions process in US and European universities.
Carrie has a degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling from University of San Francisco. She has a California State Accreditation in School Counseling K-12 from University of La Verne.
With a deep sense of gratitude, we also want to say goodbye to Mrs. Maria Cristina Royett, who has been our College & Career Counselor for the past 15 years. Her support and unconditional commitment to all our students will never be forgotten.
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Charla para Padres KCP: Los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria
Por primera vez en KCP tendremos a la experta Ana Margarita Ferro, Mentor Coach (CTA Certified), con su taller Los Trastornos de la Conducta Alimentaria, que busca informar y empoderar a padres de familia para que puedan tomar conciencia sobre la importancia de su papel en la autoestima de la familia y adquirir herramientas en términos de lenguaje, comportamiento, y hábitos para prevenir la incidencia de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA) en sus hijos.
Acerca de la conferencista
Ana Margarita Ferro es Administradora de Empresas de Concordia University en Montreal y tiene una especialización en Negocios Internacionales del John Molson School of Business. Es entusiasta del bienestar, instructora de yoga RYS200, y Mentor Coach (CTA Certified).
Desde su regreso a Colombia en el 2017 creó la Comunidad de Bienestar, I Belong, como una plataforma para promover un estilo de vida consciente y saludable. También ha implementado talleres yoga, de empoderamiento femenino, y de concientización de hábitos saludables en niños y adultos.
Ana Margarita también blogger en el periódico El Tiempo http://blogs.eltiempo.com/annie-ferro/
¡LOS ESPERAMOS!
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Groovy Juniors Bingo 2018
Our Groovy Bingo was a total success! Student’s enthusiasm and commitment resulted in an amazing event with a large turnout, filling out the entire Auditorium and the Foyer.
As is our tradition, the activity was lead by 11th grade students, who displayed exceptional leadership, teamwork and organizational skills and who were completely devoted and on task, both during the event and in the previous planning stages.
This year prizes were particularly interesting, going from Airpods, jewelry and an iPhone 8 to a SmartTV! Families also enjoyed multiple food options, that included burgers from Burget, Dulcerna products and lemonade from Frappe Company.
During our Bingo, we managed to raise $18.983.000, destined to our Housing Project, the core activity from our Community Service Program.
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KCP Continues Reinforcing the Responsible Use of Technology
Global trends point to the responsible use of technology to facilitate learning, without it becoming a distraction that could affect student growth. The French government and recently the Colombian, which is currently advancing a bill in this regard, have identified the advantages of banning the use of cell phones in classrooms. Always at the forefront, for almost two years KCP has been implementing a strict policy prohibiting the use of these devices during school hours. The benefits have already been perceived at all levels! #ProudToBeKCP
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Middle School Copa Parrish 2018
Let’s go Tigers, let’s go! Come and support the Middle School athletes from September 17 to 29 in Copa Parrish at our campus! We hope to see you all at the games cheering our athletes on. The School’s cafeteria will be open all day Saturday 22, Friday 28, and Saturday 29.
Students will be playing soccer (boys and girls), Basketball (boys and girls), Volleyball (girls) and Baseball (Boys)
Check out the schedules and results here: http://www.kcparrish.edu.co/copaparrish/
Contact Mr. Kaether at bkaether@kcparrish.edu.co or the Secondary Office if you have any questions.
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Open House for 2019-2020 Students
On september 12th, we welcomed a group of prospective KCP families with open arms so they could learn more about our School.
Starting with an introductory meeting, parents enjoyed videos with real-life demonstrations of how our academic process works. They also had the opportunity to meet with two of our Seniors, who explained in detail why belonging to this wonderful community is so amazing. Prospective families also mingled with our staff members and talked about their expectations and other key School matters.
Our Open House concluded with a tour of our beautiful campus with its multiple green areas, our 21st Century Library, Preschool area, modern atelier and the gross motor center.
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