The Mayor and the Minister of Education have participated this morning in the symbolic opening of the school year 2013-2014 that took place this morning in the school premises The Atayala, one of 23 bilingual schools in the city, which has stood for normality of the return to the classroom
Normality has been the dominant note Monday morning September 9, in which about 165,000 kindergarten and primary students from more than 600 centers across the Region of Murcia returned to the classroom.
In Cartagena, the college's Atalaya was the venue chosen for this symbolic opening that has benefited from the presence of the Minister of Education, University and Employment, Pedro Antonio Sánchez López, and the Mayor of Cartagena, Pilar Barreiro.
Also present were the mayors of Education, Joseph Marotta, and Culture, Maria del Rosario Montero.
Until ten o'clock, the incidents recorded were minimal, in the words of the director, who explained that he had put in place, by the education inspectorate, a special operation.
At twelve will meet the Board of Directors of the Council so that the end of the day are all issues resolved.
During his appearance, Sanchez also emphasized the work of the technicians of the Ministry, the collaboration of different municipalities as well as in the quality and commitment of teachers and AMPAS, citing the college of La Atalaya, whose facilities are newly created, and ranks as one of the 23 bilingual schools in Cartagena, a city that is above the average of bilingualism in the region, 50%, and that in five years expected to reach 80%.
In the last three years, Cartagena has invested some 12 million euros in order to improve educational infrastructure.
Reason it by the director said that the city offers a good start to the school year, better than the other years experienced.
This effort has been verified by the mayor in his speech.
All works and repairs have been made, except the incidences occurred in the month of August for the robberies at three centers in the city which meant an additional investment of around € 21,000 as the Councillor for Education reported last week.
NEW SCHOOL IN ALJORRA
Sta ‰ É has ​​been one of the day's news: the announcement by the Minister on the compromise agreed with the mayor of the city so that in the coming weeks to take place the bid and award of a new school in the Aljorra that entail a investment of 3.5 million euros.
Barreiro has welcomed this news and commented that it was very necessary for the locality.
On the problems raised in the school Azorin Marfagones Mills, the Minister explained that the creation of a mixed classroom is backed by legislation, while the ratios of students are below the limit of the law.
Just today, the Department will hold a meeting center with the educational community of this school to try to reach an agreement between the parties, although the quality is guaranteed, stressed Sanchez.
CLASS PROJECT XXI, ONE STEP AT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE
Along with the normal beginning of the school year, some of the words that has excelled has been teaching quality, along with the commitment of the authorities, regional and local, to continue working for excellence.
Thus, along with the implementation of the Plan II against truancy and school failure in the teachings of Elementary, another important initiatives has been the XXI Classroom Project.
25 centers in the region, 3 of them in Cartagena, specifically IES El Bohio, Galileo and IES IES Pedro Penalver, have adhered to this educational project which aims to replace the paper book by mail, in a step to normalize the use of new technologies among schoolchildren.
In all, some 1,200 students from the region are part of this pilot project, in the words of the CEO of the same, Joaquin Buendia, with the collaboration of the AMPAS.
THE WATCHTOWER, CHOSEN FOR COURSE Inauguration
The school chose to display the data of the start of the school at the regional level has been Cartagena Watchtower school, located next to the future Placio Sports Benipila Rambla.
It is newly established public center characterized by a line-based pedagogical educational innovation projects developing different knowledge areas: art, science, literature, mathematics? Working for the interests of our students to achieve their full development.
It is a bilingual integrated network Bilingual Center of the Region of Murcia.
This course has 7 units of education (children 3-5 years).
In total it has about 228 students, an average of 25 or 26 students per class and 14 teachers this course, working with an innovative line of projects that develop between all without publishing books.
This course will start the dining room.
It takes place a methodology where the student is the protagonist of their learning, experimenting, experiencing and promoting the development of learning strategies for critical and reflective thinking.
Families have an important role in this process and invite them to participate in workshops, activities, lectures, parties, theater, library?
There is a very participatory AMPA, which manages the Classroom morning.
The center has classrooms and a pavilion where services also have Ecological Garden, Gym, Library, Sports areas, locker rooms, multipurpose room, computer room and Audiovisual, and psychomotor Room for Children.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena