News of Students

The past 5 February CGA2 students and CaF2 accompanied by two of their teachers, We had a brilliant and intense day in Madrid, in the morning we visited the Congress of Deputies hand riojanos two deputies who looked after us brilliantly and in the afternoon visited the Amazon logistics warehouse in San Fernando de Henares, which impressed us all very pleasantly, we expected to find robots and yet many people are working, It was a nice surprise.
Definitely an experience to be repeated in coming years.

The past 7 February, students of 1st and 2nd year of Grade Medium Vehicle Electromechanics paid a visit to the Mercedes factory in Vitoria, there they could see the different assembly processes of a vehicle until its final manufacture.

In compliance with Resolution issued by the General Directorate of Community Education Autónoma de La Rioja in its Program of Educational Quality and Excellence in School IES Valle del Cidacos (Calahorra), during the month of January Evaluator defended before the court the following draft Investigation.

• Maria Moreno Vicioso: historical analysis, architectural and geometric facade of the cathedral of Calahorra
• Estefania Martinez Lana:Skirts for men
• Jeremy Jimenez Palma: Analysis of the wheel design throughout history
• Manal Echbinate Oumerane: geometric and historical analysis of capital letters emilianenses

These research projects, They correspond to disciplines Artistic Drawing Technical Drawing, have been directed from the Department of Fine Arts by the teachers Olga García Sánchez and Patricia Martínez-Losa Fernández.

As on previous occasions they asked students, Besides the Educational Excellence in School, Excellence in English Linguistics, by what good part of his exhibition was developed in this language.

Thursday February 13, come to the information sessions and open doors of the IES Valle del Cidacos de Calahorra, at 16:30 and 18:00 pm.

In the future the days of open doors for school and vocational training shall be made.

TheFederation of Entrepreneurs of La Rioja, in collaboration with theIES Valle del Cidacos, organized last Thursday 5 In December, some talks in which leading companies spoke to our students about their experiences in modernizing management, the innovation, the internationalization and evolution of their businesses. Ideas that can permeate those more entrepreneurial students or those who see self-employment as an opportunity to join the labor market. The meeting was held in the Cajarioja cultural hall and VET students from the various training cycles attended, as well as the students of 2nd year of Baccalaureate of Social Sciences.

Ana Sofía Flores,  It has won first place in Category D (4No. E.S.O., baccalaureate and F.P.). His work recreates a Christmas stamps of the old town of Calahorra seen from the bridge Cathedral. Your postcard will be greeting the Consistory during the holidays. A contest were presented 1.184 cards made by students of all schools in the city. The awards consist of a diploma and school supplies.

2nd prize in the same category was won by another student our center, Gema Gutierrez Powerful.

Between 27 and the 29 November, exams finished the first evaluation, students of 2nd Baccalaureate enjoyed a fascinating trip to Salamanca and the Natural Park Arribes of the Duero. Sixty-two students plus three teachers and a guide who accompanied us throughout the tour could visit during the first two days the most iconic buildings in the city:

• New Cathedral and Old Cathedral ascending to the top, what it allowed us to closely observe the structure of Gothic buildings and the beautiful Romanesque dome or tower Gallo

• Plateresque facade of the XVI century old university or Higher Schools (the oldest university in Spain founded by Alfonso IX of Leon in 1218 and located between the oldest in Europe with Paris, Oxford and Bologna)
• Little Schools and Cielo de Salamanca representing the constellations and zodiac signs that decorated the ceiling of the library
• Casa de las Conchas with its beautiful facade and courtyard, Today the municipal library.
• Casa Museo de Unamuno or Casa Rectoral, where we could learn more aspects of one of the most important intellectuals of our country
• San Esteban Convent of the Order of the Dominicans or Preachers, responsible for evangelizing Native Americans. Here Columbus presented his project to the confessor of Isabel the Catholic, and here he lived Francisco de Vitoria, Dominican priest famous humanist, who raised the humanity of the Indians and, in his defense, was precursor of Human Rights, defending freedom as well holiest man and questioning the right of the Crown to submit violently Indians.

• La Casa Lis, Modernist Museum with its fine collection and architecture and the Museum of Automotive ended the day

The last day we went towards Los Arribes of the Duero, but, on the way, we visited the beautiful Visigoth church San Pedro Ship. Once in Miranda do Douro, did the environmental boat tour cliffs carved by the river Douro. Technicians biological station helped us interpret wildlife, flora, geology, ethnography and even the microscope could observe some species of plankton and mallards and cormorants sighted a pair of Bonelli's eagle. A return enjoyed the otters in the reproduction of the program for children with special needs, they gave us a funny show their swimming skills.

A great trip, which it has served to learn otherwise, outside the classroom and in contact with the medium and to relax the nerves of the latest tests.

Taking advantage of the release of the film by Alejandro Amenabar on the figure of Unamuno at the beginning of the Civil War, we contacted the manager of Cines Arcca of Calahorra, Alfonso Benegas Zamora, who happily received our proposal. We wanted to make extensive activity to students of ESO, choosing a film suitable for them and, seek an affordable price for that participation was high. Celebration in late October the Film Festival, We came as ring finger, so we proposed to Cines Arcca a morning screening for our students the 30 October.

Cinema is not just entertainment, It is also art, and, to a large degree, education. We are confident that the projection “As the war” It has been a great contribution to high school students, 4º ESO and FP Basic II, who have enriched their knowledge about the Civil War and the figure of Unamuno, thus approaching our past differently than we do in the classroom, understanding the complexity of social and political events, without facile simplifications, understanding to be able to see the reasons for the other. They have witnessed, even in fiction, part of our history, and they have been able to understand humanity and complexity of one of the great intellectuals who have given our country, always critically. On the other hand, this film brings ethical values ​​and civic essential in the formation of our students.

Students of 1, 2º and 3 attended projection “maleficent” of Joachim Ronning Norwegian director. Being more commercial cinema, moral and pure spectacle with some reflection on the feminine condition, the English version brings to language learning, colloquialisms that do not appear in textbooks, It allows to acquire vocabulary and grammatical structures and, perhaps most importantly, our ears accustomed to the sounds of English, improving our understanding. The activity was a complete success (a few 500 students) and we hope to repeat. Thank you very much for ponérnoslo Cines ARCCA so easy.

Last Thursday, 24 October, José Antonio Herce the calagurritano, Professor of Economics at the Complutense University, managing partner of Financial Analysis international (AFI) and an expert on pensions, He moved to Logroño to receive the award "Economist Gran Reserva" hands of the College of Economists of La Rioja.

The day previous, Wednesday 23, he came to his hometown, Calahorra, to expose some of their knowledge to students of Superior Cycle Management and Finance and the Baccalaureate of Excellence IES Valle del Cidacos through the paper "The work of the future".

By way of simple and very educational tried such interesting topics as the workplace current; the digital revolution, its risks and challenges; work with Best and Worst opportunities for the future, and pensions and measures to ensure maintenance.

Carlos Hita, student of the IES the Cidacos Valley participated in the Championship of Spain Junior Powerlifting and Subjunior, held in Bollullos Par Condado (Huelva) the 5 and 6 October of 2019, obtaining the position of Champion of Spain in subjunior -83kg category and absolute runner. Having beaten the four records in Spain Squat, bank press, dead weight and the total of kilos.

These were his trademarks :

• squats : 205,5
• Press bank: 142,4
• Dead weight: 243,0
• Total kg: 591,0

A modality that although minority and we must support unknown.

Congratulations Carlos!