ENGLISH WAS THE HIGHEST SUBJECT IN THE SABER 11 TEST!

The 2010 promotion from ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua made history in Huila, Colombia, after being the first institution that obtained a score over 70 points (71,09) as a group in the “Pruebas Saber 11”, before called “ICFES or Pruebas de Estado”, applied the twelfth of September, 2010.  According to the excellent scores, we will be among the first “Calendar A” 50 schools in this country.  In spite of the fact that the 16th of November the Instituto Colombiano Para el Fomento de la Educación Superior (ICFES) will let us know the classifications of schools, we strongly believe that ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua will be classified as “Muy Superior”, where it has been during the last six years.  Furthermore, we will be the first school in Huila and one of the best schools in the south of Colombia. “Dinero” will be the magazine that will publish the school ranking based on the ICFES information about the SABER 11 test.

Congratulations to the 2010 promotion of students, parents, teachers, and the school community such as the administrative staff and the board of directors from ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua for the reached success and the achieved goals. Every student got over 55 points in the test. Below you can see the graph with the scores per subject in the eleventh grade group.  Moreover, it is relevant to highlight the great improvement in scores in each subject, but at the same time it is important to highlight how the English subject is the one with the highest score, which makes English teachers proud of it.

To sum up with, we are already working on training the future students from prom 2011 who will start eleventh grade next sixth of December to have a successful performance and excellent results in the SABER 11 test.

 

 

THE 2010 SPELLING CONTEST WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS!

The 2010 Spelling Bee Contest was a huge success! Due to the participation of different public and private schools in Neiva and Huila, the event was magnificient. We want to thank all contestants, tutor teachers, judges, sponsors and organizers for their support and help.

The winners of the 2010 Spelling Contest were:

CATEGORY A

 Valentina García - Colombus American School, Champion.
 

María Claudia Vásquez Bárcenas - ASPAEN Gimnasio Yumaná, second place.

Laura Daniela Tejada - La Presentación School from Pitalito, third place.

CATEGORY B

 Manuela Acosta Chacón - Colombus American School, champion.

Cristian Camilo Castro - Eduardo Santos School, second place.

María Camila Penagos - Colombus American School, third place.

Congratulations to all of them and thank you very much to our sponsors and supporters who made this event possible:

- Our principal Matías Sandino Cuéllar and our manager Leonardo Rojas Téllez.
- Richard Parker and Kristy Ramkisson, judges of the event.
- English teachers and protocol students from ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua.
- Libardo Zúñiga, technology teacher from ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua.
- Instituto YES LTDA and YES.NET LTDA.
- Instituto de Lenguas Extranjeras ILEUSCO.
- Cámara de Comercio de Neiva.
- ByG sistemas.
- All Books.

We hope to see you next year for the XIII Spelling Bee contest! B-Y-E.!

TOTAL SUCCESS AT COLOMBO-INGLÉS SCHOOL POIESIS ENCOUNTER!

Our fourth B pupils had an outstanding participation at the IV POIESIS Encounter at Colombo-inglés school on October 1st, 2010. They acted out a sketch called "Harry Poppins", an adaptation of the original tale named "Mary Poppins". The students had a lot of fun and at the same time learned how to appreciate English literature. Here are the pictures of this wonderful experience:

LA FRAGUA STUDENTS ARE GETTING READY FOR EXTERNAL ENGLISH EVENTS!

Good news continue at ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua! On October 1st, fourth B students will be acting out a sketch called "Harry Poppins" at Colombo Inglés del Huila for the POIESIS Encounter. This important event promotes students' ability to modify literary works and create their own version of tales and short stories. The students who are going to represent our beloved school are:

Juan Diego Ahumada Luna

Juan Felipe Díaz Rojas

David Santiago Forero Montealegre

Sergio Andrés Méndez Vega

Tomás Montero Paredes

Juan José Ramírez Mosquera

Mateo Ríos Molano

Juan Fernando Sánchez Polanco

Juan David Tafur Barrera

Juan Fernando Vásquez Bárcenas

The sketch will be directed by teacher Jhon E. Devia.

On the same date, our school is going to participate in the Colombian-English Song Contest, organized by INEM JULIÁN MOTTA SALAS School. Two students from sixth grade are going to sing in Spanish and in English. The students are:

Daniel Alfonso Talero Ninco

Felipe Solano Díaz.

Their performance will be directed by teacher Rogelio Márquez Pérez.

OUR BEST WISHES TO LA FRAGUA STUDENTS IN THESE CONTESTS. WE ALL HOPE YOU WIN!

GETTING READY TO TAKE THE MOVERS TEST!

On September 7th, 2010 our fifth grade students took the "MOVERS" mock test in order to be ready for the real examination, next October 29th, 2010. "MOVERS" is one of the Cambridge ESOL exams, which evaluates the level of English proficiency at level A1, according to the Common European Framework (CEF). Taking the mock test was a wonderful opportunity for learners to discover how they can improve their performance in the real test. Students expressed that the mock test was easy and important when taking the real examination. The exam administrator from the British Council, Oswaldo Tautiva, expressed that the students did an appropriate performance in the oral part of the test. Anyway, we will be waiting for the results in order to keep on training our students for the success on this test!

OUR XII SPELLING BEE IS COMING !

ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua is glad to invite you to our XII Spelling Bee Contest.

DATE: October 21st and 22nd, 2010

PLACE: ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua, Kilómetro 4 Vía Nacional al Sur.

TIME: October 21st at 7:00 a.m. Category A (schools from Neiva)
October 21st at 10:00 a.m. Category B (schools from Neiva)
October 22nd at 8:00 a.m. Categories A and B (schools from Huila towns)
October 22nd at 10:00 a.m. Semi-final and final rounds (Categories A and B)

Note: The contest parameters and the list of words will be sent to English teacher's e-mails on August 13th, 2010. After this date, If you have not received the information please contact Wilson Burgos:

Cellphone: 3158544677
E-mail: wilsdom01@hotmail.com
Phone: 8730042 ext. 107

Hard copies with the contest information will be sent to each institution from August 17th to August 20th, 2010.

Our II Project Fair was a total success! Our students socialized the results of their pedagogical projects with all ASPAEN Gimnasio La Fragua community members. They included presentations, sketches, posters, videos, and songs. Students from elementary school researched about paper cars, healthy and unhealthy food, touristic places in Huila and food recipes.

On the other hand, students from high school discussed about medieval times, modernity, festivals around the world, Renaissance, endangered animals and environmental issues. The projects helped students to improve their English level and their research skills. All English teachers want to congratulate Fragua pupils for their wonderful projects and invite them for next year, where we will hold our III Project Fair!