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Instituto Nuestra Seora De La Asuncin

EDITION 4

DECEMBER 2013

Saber 11 Exam Results

The Saber 11 Exam is a national exam that all high school

seniors in Colombia take and that is used by the

universities in their selection process. INSA students now

have their results from this years Saber 11 exam and they

are excellent. Five of the 29 seniors had scores at the high

superior level and INSA was in first place compared to the

other calendar A schools in Cali. Dr. Francisco Piedrahita,

Rector of ICESI University, after seeing the results wrote to

Father Amico:

These results are excellent. Effusive congratulations for

you and the other directors, the teachers and employees;

and, of course for the students and their parents. If all the

schools were like INSA, this country would be very

different. Hopefully many of these students will want to

come to ICESI.

Recognition for INSA`s

Best and Brightest

On the first Friday of November, the INSA community of

students, teachers, administrators and workers assembled

to honor its best and brightest. Five Star awards were

conferred on students, employees and administrators. In

the selection of the five star winners everyone participated

by voting for the candidates in each of the categories.

The three best Latin students according to the results of

the Latin contest, won scholarships: 100% for first place,

50% for second and 25% for third. Similarly, according to

results of the competition between the best math

students, the very best were recognized and given prizes.

The top prize, however, was for the Basilian Student of t

Year, Dilan Vallecilla, a tenth grader who was judged

best combine scholarship with Christian values. First t

candidates were selected by their teachers and the

considering all the candidates, Father Amico selected t

winner.

Patricia Escobar

Coordinadora

Ivan Muoz

Maestro Primaria

Fernando HenaoMantenimiento

Karen MondragonEstudiante Basiliano 11

Hugo BasanteProfesor Secundaria

Dilan VallecillaEstudiante Basiliano 10

Edward CabreraGrado 6.1

Nicolas RoseroGrado 3-b


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Science Center

Construction is going strong thanks to another generous

donation by a friend of INSA and we are optimistic that it

will be completed before classes start next January. On

top of that another friend has promised funds for the

equipment and supplies needed to do experiments. So,

before long, INSA students will be watching and doing

experiments in there own lab! It was something INSA

needed very much in order to provide a first class

education in science for our twenty-first century students.

Soon it will be a reality thanks to the help of our friends.

INSA Summer Festival

INSA held its summer Festival on a Saturday in September,

but it was different this year. This time there were no

cases of beer, nor a prominent stand festooned with

advertising and banners for Colombias best selling beer.

In fact there was no beer at all, nor aguardiente, nor any

other alcoholic beverage. Instead t-shirts with the slogan,

En INSA nos queremos, nos cuidamos, no tomamos!!! (In

INSA we like each other, we care for each other, we dont

drink) were seen worn by students and teachers. There

also was a community police van with videos inside for the

public to see about drug addiction, alcoholism and

parental abuse of children. The theme for this years

Summer Festival was where there are children there is n

room for alcohol. It was groundbreaking because

Colombia parties and social events are almost alwa

celebrated with alcohol. Contrary to expectations of

few, the Festival had a great turnout and everyone had

good time. INSAs students learned through experien

that day at the Festival that the widely held belief that yo

cant have a good time without alcohol is no more than

myth, a very important lesson for anyone growing up

Colombia today.

Educating for Problem

Solving

ICESI University and the Gabriel Piedrahita Foundation a

advising INSA in a project aimed at increasing the proble

solving capacity of INSA students. ICESI and the GFoundation applied questionnaires and made classroo

observations for second and third grade students this ye

in March and October to evaluate how well proble

solving was being taught in INSA. They found that there

room for improvement in the formulation of problems a

in tailoring the teaching to each students learning leve

As a result preparations are being made to start changi

teaching in these areas in the next school year beginning

January. INSA will also collect and analyze data next ye

to evaluate the effects of the changes and make tappropriate adjustments. Thus, with a little help from o

friends, INSA forges ahead, ever improving the education

experience of her students.

THE INSA COMMUNITYWISHES ALL OF ITS

FRIENDS ANDBENEFACTORS A

MERRY CHRISTMASFILLED WITH THE

BLESSING OF THE LORDJESUS


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Bricks and Mortar

Changes for INSA in 2014

When INSA opens its doors to start the school year in 2014

the students will be surprised at the transformation. The

science lab will no longer be on the fourth floor, but will be

a much bigger and better version on the east side thirdfloor. And the old science lab will become a computer

room, next to the other computer rooms. The old

computer room will become an expansion of the culture

center library while the first floor of the library will

become a much needed expansion of the cafeteria that

will enable INSA to serve lunch to all its students at once.

Doing away with the two shift system for lunch will reduce

the noise level while classes are in session and facilitate

the programming of classes. Finally, the music room will

be moved from the fourth floor to a room next to the

auditorium, far from the other classrooms. There, music

practice will not disturb anyone and when they want to

rehearse a performance, the stage of the auditorium is

right next door. INSAs administrator, Paolo Sabogal, will

be very busy the next two months converting these plans

into realities. Its a big job and it must be finished before

the students return from vacation. Hes got all our support

during this race against the clock.

Happy Birthday INSA,you are 21!

INSAs Symphonic Band

INSAs Symphonic Band will be born next year, giving INS

students, for the first time, the wonderful opportunity

develop their talents for playing musical instrumen

Undoubtedly many INSA students already have that tale

but until they are given the opportunity to develop it,

must remain forever dormant. INSAs band will become

reality next year because of a generous friend w

donated the funds to purchase of the instruments in t

States and will provide the logistics to bring them to Ca

and because of Frank Lotario, a retired music teacher fro

New York who lives in Cali. Frank has known about IN

and its good work for years. When he retired recently

offered his services to INSA as a volunteer. He has alrea

started work by showing and instructing INSAs mus

teacher, Benjamin Mosquera, the pedagogical methods

teaching the different musical instruments. He is now

the States purchasing the instruments and when t

school year starts he will accompany professor Mosque

in training the band. If all goes well, the instrumen

should be here when the school year starts and 25 four

and fifth graders will begin their musical adventure

learning to play an instrument and becoming members

a band.

DESEAMOS INVITAR A TODOSNUESTROS EXALUMNOS,AMIGOS Y BIENHECHORES A

LA EUCARISTIA DE LA NOCHEBUENA EN ACCION DE

GRACIAS A LAS 8 PM EN ELTEMPLO PARROQUIAL.


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INSAs Young Ambassador

returns from the United

States

Lina Maria Atillo, INSAs tenth grade Native American,

selected by the American Embassy as one of Colombias

young ambassadors is back from her trip to the States, and

what a great experience it was!

The experience started with her trip to Bogota for her visa.

It was her first airplane flight. She arrived at Calis Bonilla

Aragon airport accompanied by her mother, her sister, her

grandmother, her cousin, her cousins nine year old

daughter, and their neighbor who drove the taxi. It was a

little crowded but that didnt matter. In the waiting room

she recognized Victor, another young ambassador from

Puerto Tejada, because she had been in contact with him

on internet. Victor, having flown before, calmed her

anxiety about flying a bit. Nevertheless, she hesitated at

the door of the plane. It was hard for her to believe that

such a big machine could actually fly.

At the airport in Bogota, a man with a sign with their

names on it was waiting to take them and two other young

ambassadors first to the hotel and then to the Embassy for

their visas. At the Embassy they had VIP treatment and

were able to leave with their visas stamped in their

passports in a few hours. While there they met Carolina

Cruz, the TV anchor woman from Cali who was also getting

her visa. That was pretty special.

The next day Lina and the other young ambassadors we

taken to a farm near Bogota where they got to know ea

other, took a workshop on leadership, and ma

presentations about where they were from. Lina made

double presentation, first about Cali, then about t

Native American community of which she is a member, t

Nasa.

A little more than a month later, on October 6 Lina le

home to start on the big trip, to Washington D.C. Fi

stop, Bogota, where they stayed overnight, then on

Washington the next day. All twelve of the Colombi

young ambassadors got to Washington late at night, an

there they met the twelve Ecuadorian ambassadors. Th

didnt go straight to the hotel but instead had a mini-to

of Washington. For the next two nights they stayed in t

4H Study Center, four to a room. In Linas room there w

another Colombian and two girls from Ecuador. Li

learned not only about the American culture but about t

Ecuadorian culture as well. Unfortunately their stay

Washington coincided with the political conflict of the de

ceiling, so they were not able to go inside the Capitol

the White House.

From Washington the ambassadors went to Delaware

stay with 4H families. With the families as their bases th

set off every day on excursions to points of interest. Lina

family had a mother, a father and two daughters living

home. The other three children were married and livingtheir own homes but Lina got to know them too. Jessi

from Quindio stayed in the same family with Lina and sin

Jessica spoke little English, and the family spoke n

Spanish, Lina served as their translator. Lina showed h

host family the INSA webpage. They were so impressed

the video and the newsletter on the web page that th

said they wanted to come to Cali for a visit. Lina thoug

that the Catholic Mass she attended with the family w

more solemn than the Mass in Cali. Everyone was quiet

she said.

For their three days in New York City they stayed in a hot

near the Empire State Building. Linas impression of t

New Yorkers she saw rushing about on the sidewalks w

that they are intent on what they are doing, and doing

fast. They took tour busses and carriage rides arou

Central Park, had dinner in an elegant restaurant, went

Radio City and then to a Broadway show, Spider Man. S

had the time of her life!

Dr. Richard Lee, President of the American Society of Cali,

presents Lina with a gift for her visit to the USA.


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INSAs fifteenth

Graduation

At five oclock, Saturday afternoon, November 23rd

the

program for the fifteenth graduation began with a solemn

Mass in the school chapel. The Mass was celebrated in

thanksgiving for the educational experience in INSA that

has enriched the lives of the graduating students duringthe past eleven years.

The second part of the program was the graduation

ceremony in the school auditorium, beautifully decorated

with floral arrangements. The graduating students were

dressed in formal attire, the boys in black tuxedos and the

girls in white gowns. The invited speaker, Ivan Ossma, MD,

gave an inspiring account of how, overcoming obstacles,

he became an Ophthalmologist and now has an important

position in Calis leading medical center, the Valle de Lili

Foundation. The diplomas were handed out and the

awards given to the best students, then in a pause in the

ceremony, came the most moving part: the graduates,

diplomas in hand left their seats to go to their families to

share with them their grand achievement. For most of the

students, their graduation from INSA was the crowning

achievement for their families, and also a critical step in

their path to even greater success in life.

The final part of the program was the dinner in the school

dining hall for the graduates and their families. It was

beautifully decorated and served as the perfect setting for

the formally dressed graduates to end their celebration of

the most important moment of their young lives.

We want to express a special word of thanks to Paolo

Sabogal, INSAs administrator, who was responsible for

many of the details that made each of the three parts of

the program work so well.

The INSA Yearbook

OPTIME is out and fast running out of stock because it

the most beautiful OPTIME ever. We have Diego Orozc

an eleventh grader, to thank for the colorful and exciti

design of the cover and the interior. He did a great jo

The photos and texts are really very well done too, than

to the OPTIME team directed by Maria Elena Gaspa

Great job by all! Contact Father Amico if you want a cop

but you better move fast. They wont last long.

New Desks

Thanks to the generous donation of Cine Colombia an

other friends of INSA all the second and third graders, o

hundred forty students, have new desks. The seven

fourth graders need new desks too. If you think you cou

help out just contact Father Amico. He would be very gl

to hear from you.

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