The last day 22 November students of IES Valle del Cidacos received the 1st prize in the National Poster Contest Contest Crystallization School organized by the Specialized Group on Crystallography and Crystalline Growth of the Royal Spanish Society of Chemistry and Physics and in which they have part of the best posters 8 communities organize regional competitions.

The project during the course 2017/2018 IES students performed Valle del Cidacos advised by professors Santiago Ruiz Abeytua (Physics and chemistry) and Inés Fernández Death (Fine arts) It was to crystallize different chemicals, performing a laboratory notebook, a poster, an explanatory video of its work and prepare an assembly for showing its crystals.

The granting of this award at the national level has allowed the poster made by students of IES Valle del Cidacos has participated in the 31st European Crystallographic Meeting, organized by the European Association of Crystallography and held in Oviedo from 22 to the 27 August 2018.

The days 13 and 15 November, The Department of Social Sciences visited with students of 1st and 2nd of ESO Museum of Romanization of Calahorra.

Museum director, Rosa Aurora Luezas Pascual, He showed us the different rooms dedicated to the Romanization in Calahorra and the celtibérica culture in La Rioja. After the visit, each group held a workshop dedicated to the area we are studying at this moment the subject of Geography and History.

1 students held a workshop in Roman mythology and 2nd a workshop dedicated to different architectural typologies. Thank you very much to the Director for opening the doors of the museum for a few hours and move to live in another era.

Three students of IES Valle del Cidacos Rebeca de Arruda, Carmen Pérez García and Aitana, currently they enrolled ESO 3, They have participated in a program of collaboration with L 'Académie de Dijon (France). These students spent the month of September in three French institutes and October were their French correspondents who were on our institute. In both cases the students attend class during the week and the weekend, They took the opportunity to do some sightseeing. Like this, the Spanish students visited Paris and around Dijon and French students have visited Olite, Logroño, Arnedillo….

Both Spanish and French families have been overturned so that they feel at home and experience has been very helpful at all levels. They have practiced the language and have known closely every day, culture and cuisine of the respective regions.

This exchange was also very interesting for schools and experience for the students has been enriching both personally and academically.

As already they are habitual, students 4º ESO IES Valle del Cidacos They traveled to Berlin to live with students of German institute Luise Henriette Chulegymnasium, of the 10 to the 17 September of 2018.

During the week in the German capital, visited numerous neighborhoods such as Kreuzberg, the Prenzlauer Berg or Mitte. They walked the Museum Island and conducted a guided tour to Pergamum. They also discovered the cathedral, the dome of the "Reichstag", Brandenburg Gate, Hack Höfe, and how could it be otherwise on a trip to Berlin, They conducted a tour of the exhibition on the wall and walked through the neighborhood of Friedrichshain and the "East Side Gallery" (East Berlin).

It was definitely an intense week that was completed with the arrival of German students to Calahorra. These were in our city 3 to the 10 October to live with our students and their families.

Meeting parents FP, Thursday 18 OCTOBER 2018

The meeting of parents of High School students with tutors, will take place on Wednesday 10 October at 18pm.

The meeting of the association of parents AMPA, will take place on Wednesday 10 October at 19:15h in the music room.

The past 2 October students of 2nd year (Science, Letters and Arts) They traveled to Zaragoza in the company of two teachers. The exit, organized by the Department of Geography and History, He was intended to visit the Roman Zaragoza (Caesar Augusta): River port, Forum, Thermal Baths and Theater. They enjoyed it so, a guided tour of the Museum of Zaragoza located in the Plaza de los Sitios. There were divided into two groups, half visited the rooms dedicated to Rome, and half the rooms Goya. The trip was very fruitful, especially for subjects of History, Art History and Fundamentals of Art. They also enjoyed good moments of leisure and free time to enjoy the city and shopping.

The project of students of IES Valle del Cidacos 4th ESO and 1st and 2nd Bachelor of Science has received 1St prize in the National Contest Posters Contest Crystallization at School, organized by the Focus Group on Crystallography and Crystalline Growth of the Spanish Royal Society of Chemistry and Physics and in which participated the best posters of 8 communities organize regional competitions.

The granting of this award nationwide, allowing said part of the poster 31st European Crystallographic Meeting, organized by the European Association of Crystallography and to be held in Oviedo from 22 to the 27 August 2018.

The students of IES Valle del Cidacos in Calahorra have participated in several exchanges, all in June.

They were the first to visit German students from the institute Castle High School de Kirchheim (Germany). They spent a great week with us the 11 to the 18 April. And our students of 3rd ESO visited them the 22 to the 29 June.

Students from the Isle of Wight (England) have visited the 2 to the 9 and our students June 1st and 2nd of ESO accompanied them back the same day 9 June and were there until 16 June.

At last, 2nd ESO students have made an exchange with Cardinal School School New Brighton (England). English students were the 13 to the 20 June and our students traveled the day 22 June and returned the 29.

They have been days of frenetic activity, But it was worth it, since these exchanges allow one hand promote multilingualism of our young, which it is so necessary today, and on the other it allows students to learn about other cultures, promoting tolerance and respect for them.