Our students Ximena Tort and María Franzoni led an inspiring community service project at the NEEDED Institute, an organization that supports girls who are victims of abuse in Querétaro. Their project was focused on three UN Sustainable Development Goals: Quality Education, Zero Hunger, and Reduced Inequalities. Through a series of…
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Creativity, Activity and Service Project: Huellitas Seguras
CAS is one of the essential components of the IB (International Baccalaureate) diploma program. It consists of designing creativity, activity, and service projects for both personal and community development. Today we present a service activity by our high school students. “Huellitas Seguras”: A Project of Love and Awareness Manuela Ovalle,…
NHS Students Unite to Fight Hunger
Our National Honor Society (NHS) students come together every year for a noble cause: fighting hunger by collaborating with the Querétaro Food Bank. Throughout the first semester of this school year, various activities and events were held with great enthusiasm, such as Spinning and Barré for a Cause, dessert sales…
Christmas in the Concá Shelter
This Christmas, our 10th grade students had an unforgettable experience organizing a visit at the Concá shelter. Their purpose was to bring joy to the 24 children who live there. The Celebration was full of games, piñatas, and gifts, creating emotional moments of joy and smiles. We thank all of…
My CAS Experience in Lisbon
By Maya Gómez (12th Grade) During the first week of November, I had the incredible opportunity to travel to Lisbon as part of my CAS activities (Community, Action, Service) with 11 classmates and 2 teachers. From the moment we arrived, I noticed the cultural diversity of the group we would…
JFK National Honor Society students shared a donation to the Food Bank of Querétaro
Last week, our National Honor Society (NHS) students shared a donation of $ $30,564 to the Food Bank of Querétaro IAP. This money is the result of all the projects organized by our students, such as the Bikeathon, Ping Pong Tournament, Bake-sales in the Kermesse and the Christmas Market. Thank…
CAS Project at the Montenegro Community Center / Proyecto CAS en el centro comunitario Montenegro
What is it about? Our Service project at the Montenegro community center is mainly about supporting primary and secondary school children in their homework club and teaching courses. In our case, we did a workshop on personal hygiene habits. What was a memorable moment? Something that really impressed us was…
Middle School service project, “Best Friends Deserve to Eat and Live”
Congratulations to 8th grade student Katya J who is working with Miss Paola on her service project, “Best Friends Deserve to Eat and Live.” This dog food drive is happening now in Middle School to donate it to a local shelter, that way, not only will they be able to rescue…
My experience with community service: Rebe & Isa
Our HS atudents, Rebeca and Isabella, share their experience at CAS project How did the idea for a creative writing workshop come about? “While interacting with the children at Escuela de Jurica during our community service, we noticed a great interest and creativity in many of them, but also a…
Springtime in Prague: “Creativity, Activity and Service” / Primavera en Praga: “Creatividad, Actividad y Servicio”
CAS, is one of the core components of the International Baccalaureate program that allows for acquiring meaningful learning from experience. The program inspires students to confront real-life situations to broaden their perspective of the world around them and to become citizens willing to take action by showing social commitment to…