Primer lugar del Club ReciLectura en la Feria CIMAT 2020👏👏

Los estudiantes del Club ReciLectura presentaron el proyecto: Club ReciLectura en la Feria Virtual CIMAT 2020, obteniendo el primer lugar en la categoría Arte (Educación).

El alumno representante J.L  nos comparte que el propósito del club es promover la educación, conciencia social y ambiental en la población mediante la cooperación entre instituciones académicas. Deseamos seguir realizando actividades para la juventud y continuar influenciando a niños y a centros escolares de una manera positiva. Sí creemos que podemos realizar juntos un mejor El Salvador para futuras generaciones.

Puede encontrar mayor  información del evento en premiación Feria CIMAT 2020.

Felicidades a los estudiantes del Club ReciLectura por obtener el primer lugar en la feria virtual CIMAT 2020.

Felicidades a todos los participantes y organizadores del evento.

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Library Books2Go

 Library Books2Go

 One week ago we launched our new Library Books2Go initiative, which is similar to curbside pickup, only it is a park and pickup system. More information on this can be found below. 

ABC LRC Book Pickup Service *Library2Go

 

The ABC libraries have worked very hard to put together a safe, efficient system for library book reservations, pickups and drop offs, which has been functioning for two weeks now. The booking and pickup service will be paused during the half term break but will resume again when we return to lessons again on Monday 2nd November. 

 

It is a system whereby our librarians will be available to check out books that students have reserved through the system, using the Hold It option. The librarians will closely monitor the holds each week, prepare student book bags and ensure that students who reserve books are contacted, as soon as their book bag is ready for pickup. Please do take a moment to read more about how this system works, here.

ABES 2020 Online Conference

Each year we support the Salvador Librarians' Week by hosting a conference, which focuses on sharing ideas, techniques, and tools for libraries and teachers. This year, due to closures and quarantine in the country we moved the conference online.

It took place using GSuites Google Meet, Slides, and Google Chrome and was a great success. We plan to pick up where we left off in September with a followup in preparation for the new school year.

Media From the Event

• The Invitation
• The Virtual Library We Built with Certain Attendees
• Group Selfie
• The Recording

The Presentation 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dKL7rFEtzBmhB5KLqGKAvA4VpDdokJ51Lx9sN8A7h1o/edit

CELEBRACIÓN DE LA SEMANA DEL LIBRO

El Día Internacional del Libro promueve el gusto y placer por la lectura, este año el LRC lo celebró de forma virtual. En esta nueva modalidad virtual, realizamos una variedad de actividades diarias para que nuestros docentes, estudiantes y padres de familia participaran desde casa. 

Cada una de las actividades fue compartida y promovida en las diferentes redes sociales y por medio del correo electrónico. La librería Internacional se nos unió un año más y esta vez lo hizo compartiéndonos un video sobre ¨Mitos y verdades de los libros¨ 

Dentro de la variedad de actividades que desarrollamos durante la semana fueron un reto de lectura compartiendo tu libro favorito, disfraz de personajes de libros, separadores de libros  con origami, escribir aventuras con tu mascota y ofrecerles algunos de nuestro libros favoritos.

Para finalizar la semana Internacional del libro  hicimos algo muy especial para nuestros estudiantes. Debido al Covid 19  y la cuarentena que atravesamos como país nos vernos en la obligación de permanecer en nuestras casas, así se nos hizo oportuna la ocasión para hacer un gran cierre de la semana con un Book Drop.

Por medio de este vídeo que realizamos con muchos de los docentes de secundaria, quisimos expresarles a nuestros estudiantes cuanto los extrañamos y ofrecerles algunos de nuestros libros favoritos y de esta manera motivarlos a que lean en su tiempo libre. 

BOOK DROP

                   Librería Internacional 

LRC Team

Celebramos juntos la Semana de la Tierra 2020

¿Cómo celebramos los 50 años del día de la Tierra?

Este año ha sido diferente la realización de las actividades de la Semana de la Tierra debido a la pandemia del coronavirus.

La invitación  se realizó a través de  redes sociales, correos electrónicos, página web de la Semana de la Tierra y mensajes por Whatsapp al grupo de docentes, para que toda la comunidad educativa participara en las diferentes actividades de la Semana de la Tierra sin salir de casa.

El reto era explorar el jardín y tomarles fotografías a la vida silvestres y plantas para conocer sobre la fauna y flora de El Salvador, luego las compartimos a través de las diferentes plataformas que cuenta la biblioteca del LRC.




Sembrar nuestra propias verduras y hortalizas durante la cuarentena es una buena opción de comer fresco y saludable.

Clases de cocina mágica en microondas con 

Mrs.Garcia a través de Google Meet.

No podemos olvidar esta fecha tan importante porque nuestro compromiso de cuidar el planeta es de todos.

¡Gracias a los estudiantes y docentes por ser parte de la celebración del día de la Tierra!

Fotos en Flickr Earth Week 

Equipo LRC

Covid-19, Closures and Coming Together as a Community

Some might think that a global pandemic, which requires school closures and social distancing would really isolate students and teachers, and separate them from teaching and learning. I have to say that the experiences we have had at our school so far despite being physically separated from our campus, classrooms, and students and them from us, have been positive, productive and united in so many ways. 

As a teacher, I have found distance teaching to be somewhat intense at times. I sometimes feel that it is not always possible to give my students the right amount of personalized support through a Google Meet lesson when compared to a physical classroom. However, as we enter our second month of school closure I have found small ways of coping with this, and students have really stepped up and embraced their online classroom culture. The situation has brought out the best in all of us, pushed us past what we may have thought our zones of proximal development were, and proven just how creative, openminded, and resilient we all are.

It isn't easy, students, their parents, and teachers are working extra hard to make this function, but attitude makes all the difference. I saw a post a few weeks ago that caught my attention, as I was teaching encryption and decryption to my 11th grades. It is a bit shallow but at the same time an enjoyable activity to engage in.   Basically, it demonstrated that while...

E   F   F   O   R   T
5   6   6   15   19  20  = 69%

A   T   T    I   T   U   D   E
1   20  20  9  20   21  4   5  =100%


I would add to that ...

R    E    S    I    L    I   A   N   C   E. 
18   5   20   9  12    9   1   14  3   5 =96%

All fun encoding exercises aside, I do believe we will do more than simply succeed in getting through these tough times. I believe with the right attitude,  and enough effort and resilience, we will thrive,  albeit differently, from the ways we would in regular school, but thrive just the same, as we devise creative ways to move the teaching and learning forward. As Horace said, "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." Adversity prods us into action and forces us to use our creativity, rethink our methodology and implement our creativity.

In addressing some of the potential issues which could be seen to some extent as potential barriers, we have found ways at the LRC to continue to support our students and teachers, as well as provide an incredible variety of resources for them to use during school closure. 

The world has come together through social distancing. So many companies have opened up their doors and provided free resources to teachers, students, and parents all over the world, free of charge during school closures. We have been compiling the best of what we have come across on our LRC website. In doing so we have had to reorganize the home page 4 times in the last month just to accommodate all of the wonderful learning resources. We would like to invite anyone who reads this post to visit the website and peruse all of the COVID Closure resources at their leisure. 

In addition, the companies that provide us with paid subscription services have also provided us with short term access to a wealth of journals, magazines, research archives, and ebooks. These are fully accessible to all members of our school community with a school GSuite account.

The library staff members, in conjunction with the ICT department, have now moved all of our Term 3 events, as well as those from Term 2, which were canceled due to school closure, online. 

Our  Earth Week Website has launched today and Book Week starts on Monday both feature a variety of daily activities for students and their families to engage in at home. Members of the community are encouraged to submit digital images and videos of their activities, which will be posted on the various sites to share with the community. 

The 2020 Digital Video Awards have also been moved online and voting on student videos from 1st to 12th grade takes place this coming weekend. Our STEAM Fest Event, which we had set up for the afternoon before the Ministry of Education closed all schools, will also take place online with galleries of students' projects visible for the community to enjoy, via our STEAM Fest Website. 

The LRC Recilectura Club that focuses on Earth-friendly reading activities, has also moved online. Students requested that we continue running it and have pitched in their ideas for building the club's online presence. The Microwave Magic Cooking Club for senior students will continue this month, online as well. 

When considered all of this in conjunction with the many other clubs and activities being run by staff members and departments, activities which include special opportunities for teachers such as Taskmaster competitions and free yoga lessons, as well, the richness, the versatility, the flexibility and evident enthusiasm for online learning experiences become readily apparent.

Now, if we put all of this into a global perspective and consider that other schools and other organisations around the world are also engaged in building creative, accessible experiences and activities for their communities,  as well as providing support fo community members with a lesser degree of access to technology; it is impossible to not feel a certain level of pride in humanity. Schools are certainly not perfect and we won't get it right all the time, but educators, parents, students, and their school communities are resilient and are amazing at making lemonade from lemons. It is truly exciting and heartwarming to think that the world has pulled together, in such times of great uncertainty, adversity, and tragedy. 

Student Access to Online Reading Materials

Dear Parents and Students, 

The LRC wants to ensure that you have continued access to quality reading materials throughout the school closure weeks. In doing so we would like to remind the community about the various options we have available and clarify any concerns you may have.

Please note that during this time, the LRC Library System will not be generating late/missing book messages or fines. We have set up the system in such a way for the closures that this should not be an issue. Students and parents need not worry about this. 

The ABC through the LRC has invested in several options for online reading for students from KS3-IB. All of these are available through the LRC Website, which is easily accessible 24 hours a day 7 days a week through the Student Portal section of the ABC Website.

At the LRC we have been busily updating our website to include a great many online magazines, databases, and fiction collections thanks to the generosity of EBSCO, Gale, JSTOR, and Audible, which can be accessed during the school closure.

These can be accessed along with all of our regular resources from the home page.

We hope you will check back regularly and encourage your children to take advantage of this opportunity.

Regards,
The LRC Staff Members