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!

Students in 2nd year of the Ies the Cidacos Valley traveled to Zaragoza last 3 October, to visit the Patio de la Infanta and the Goya Museum with his teachers of History. This is certainly another way to learn history and art that brings students from the monotony of the classroom

4th year students of the IES Cidacos Valley participated during the day 9 a. 16 in September exchange with the school mates Berlin Luise Henriette Gymnasium with the In order to increase awareness of the culture of the country and make contact with the operation of a different educational system to the Spanish.

After the welcome warm by families, students and teachers at the Berlin airport, be They conducted during the week a series of trips that took them to know the center of the city through the neighborhood not, where they are located the modern Alexanderplatz and a tribute to the historical roots of Europe represents the Museum island. Within the latter site highlights Pergamon Museum inside which is reconstructed legendary Ishtar Gate, sample power of Babylonian dynasty in the sixth A.C..

Within this tour the history of the country highlighted the visit to the neighborhood Spandow, in which the historic wall that divided the two stands city ​​and partially preserved as Interpretation Center. In this memorial phases are explained construction and human drama that occurred in the epicenter of the global confrontation during the Cold War (1947-1991). With the purpose of understand the cultural and social impact that lived in the part of Berlin controlled by the USSR, a visit was made to the DDR Museum (German Democratic Republic), showing of illustratively the hardships the population lived under the regime communist. The tour of the Spandow quarter ended in East Side Gallery, an art exhibition open to the air in which many artists They decorated the remains of the wall to integrate this structure based color, imagination and recreation themes and icons of culture latest.

The union of the two German (RDA RFA s) after the fall of the wall (1989) He made this city would become again in the capital of the country as evidenced by his reconstructed Reichstag (Parliament). Given the significance of this emblem of democracy, students and teachers visited their glass dome from which they could see one of the constructions more Berlin representative, Door Brandenburg. This recognizable monument, built by Frederick William II, It serves as a gateway from the luxurious avenue Unter den Linden to the vast garden zoo. Created on the model of access to the Acropolis Athens, It has witnessed major events in the history of Europe since the invasion of Napoleon, to the horror of the Third Reich or the division of the wall why it was integrated into its design. Today represents a monument imperative for thousands of tourists who pass through this busy artery city ​​in search of a "selfie" with which to document their travel experiences.

Tradition, modernity, green areas, skyscraper, mixture of cultures and artistic forefront, all This is part of the city of Berlin where students and teachers of the IES They enjoyed the Cidacos Valley and created a bond of collaboration and friendship with he Luise Henriette Gymnasium. German comrades shortly visit Calahorra to complete this enriching experience. classmate, We are looking forward to your visit!