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L.I.N.K (Literacy, Innovation, Network and Knowledge)

L.I.N.K (Literacy, Innovation, Network and Knowledge): is a school wide program at KCP, aimed to develop our students’ technology and STEM skills, starting from the earlier stages in their education.

The program is divided into several levels : Beginners (K-2), Explorers (3-5), Developers (6-8), Creators (9-10) and Innovators (11-12). This program includes courses with a wide variety of levels and scopes, starting with coding and robotics classes all the way through AP Computer Science courses.

During the course of the L.I.N.K program, students will not only develop their technical abilities in coding and robotics, but they will also work on their digital citizenship skills, with the aim of educating them in the responsible use of technology, and creating awareness of the way technology interacts with and affects society.

New podcast: “Reading Cubversations”

This year, the Burton B. Fox Library launches a new podcast “Reading Cubversations”, that will deliver the latest insights from research on the benefits of reading and the impact books can have in our daily lives. Parents find this amazing content in their registered e-mails and can enjoy the first episode with information on all that we have prepared for this school year! If you have any questions please contact: library@kcparrish.edu.co

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Because YOU are your child’s first — and best — TEACHER

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University Fair

A group of renowned international universities is visiting schools in Colombia, brought by JCT 4 Education. They stopped by KCP today and spoke to our Secondary students, who are now starting to trace their paths for higher education! We were glad to see so many of them engaging in deep conversations with representatives from the following universities:

• BABSON COLLEGE
• BOCCONI UNIVERSITY
• DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
• EHL HOSPITALITY BUSINESS SCHOOL
• GRINNELL COLLEGE
• HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
• IE UNIVERSITY
• JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY
• LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
• ONTARIO TECH UNIVERSITY
• SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
• TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY
• UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
• UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD 

New Student Center Services

The operation of the KCP Student Center is now run by the school, and we welcomed students with a new range of products and a better service after having hired the best kitchen staff so that eating at the Student Center is an even more wonderful experience!

The Biology Challenge 2022

Congratulations to 41 of our students from 9th grade who took part in the Biology Challenge 2022. This is an international online competition open to 13 – 16 year-olds, organized by the UK Royal Society of Biology. The aim of the competition is to encourage an interest in Biology and to stimulate curiosity in the natural world. Worldwide, 41,000 students from 550 schools took part.

This is the list of the students who were recognized:

Gold Award (top 5% of all participants worldwide)

• Isabella Lopez
• Camila Molina
• Silver Award (top 10%)
• Daniel Certain
• Andres Castro
• Alejandra Montoya
• Angela Carreño
• Estefania Salas
• Sophia Merizalde
• Nathan Lerner

Bronze Award (top 15%)

• Ana Cristina Perez
• Maria Jimena Marquez
• Manuela Jaramillo

Highly Commended

• Gabriel Peralta

Commended

• Gabriela Molina
• Orlando Retamoso
• Gabriella Siman
• Sofia Sedan
• Shadia Janna
• Rafael Muvdi
• Ilana Watnik
• Giselle Saab

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Biology: Mammal Madness Competition

Our 9th grade Tiger, Daniel Fernandez, was the winner of this year’s March Mammal Madness competition. March mammal madness is an annual tournament organized by Professor Katie Hinde at Arizona State University, which has been running for the last ten years. It involves a series of simulated battles between different animals.

Based upon their knowledge of different species, adaptations, feeding relationships, etc., students predict which animal they think would come out on top, and receive points for each correct prediction. Of the KCP students who took part this year, Daniel Fernandez was the champion, scoring 80 points. Orlando Retamoso was the runner-up with 79 points, followed by Maria Jimena Márquez with 77 points. #GoKCPTigers!

A Bubbly Science Project: Making Elephant Toothpaste

During our STEM Club extracurricular ( Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) our students had fun while learning about the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide. (H2O2) into oxygen and water.

Adding a catalyst speeds up the reaction and the oxygen gas forms bubbles. These bubbles would usually escape from the liquid and quickly burst. But adding a bit of dish soap provides additional surface tension, allowing bubbles to get trapped and lots of suds to form. This foam looks like a giant squirt of toothpaste.

This cool experiment was a fun way for students to learn about how chemical reactions happen!

GoKCPTigers!