In this activity, High School students in SWAS wrote a script and performed a role-play in pairs, where one student acted as an interviewer and the other as an environmentalist. The discussion focused on the environmental impact of artificial intelligence (AI)—specifically ChatGPT—and the effect of Studio Ghibli-style picture generation on…
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Reflection and Learning in Unit 5: SWAS
As part of their summative assessment for Unit 5, 4th grade students stepped into the world of public health by imagining a fictional virus during a made-up pandemic. This creative challenge allowed them to consolidate their learning by designing informative brochures that highlighted key aspects of health and wellness. In…
Board Games for Change: SWAS Students Raise Climate Awareness
As part of Unit 4 in Spanish, “Discovering Environmental Impact: Data That Speaks,” SWAS students designed and created a board game aimed at raising awareness about climate change through data and interactive challenges. Throughout the project, they collaborated in teams to develop questions in both English and Spanish, and illustrated…
Multicultural Roar: Multicultural Fair 2025
“Lo mejor que el mundo tiene está en los muchos mundos que el mundo contiene.” — Eduardo Galeano Durante muchos años, la Escuela John F. Kennedy, The American School of Querétaro, ha conmemorado el Día de la Bandera (24 de febrero) con una ceremonia de honores a la bandera de…
SWAS students celebrate Mexican traditions
This holiday season, High School SWAS students embraced the rich traditions of their host country by creating their own version of the classic Mexican pastorela. Inspired by their recent studies on the Spiritual Conquest of Mexico and how the traditions were introduced during that time, they dived into the culture…
Inventing a Nation: SWAS Students Explore Customs and Traditions
As part of the exploration of Customs and Traditions in Unit 2, Middle School students in the SWAS program embarked on a creative project titled “My Imaginary Country.” Students used shoeboxes to construct models of cities that reflected essential elements of cultural and societal life, such as customs, traditions, religion,…
Rural Community Mural: A Creative Project by SWAS Elementary Students
Students from Lower Elementary at SWAS, took on the roles of architects and engineers as they designed and planned a rural community. This hands-on activity sparked their curiosity and engagement as they explored the essential services that a rural area requires. The journey began as students compared different types of…
Fostering cultural and reading comprehension through role-playing games in SWAS
With the goal of allowing our SWAS (School Within a School) students to apply the knowledge acquired in their unit of study to real-life situations, role-playing game sessions have been organized in recent weeks. “During these sessions, we focus on the importance of reading short stories and how language is…
SWAS Graduation
We are excited to announce that Jiin Park, Quentin Manso, Kaavya Kumra, Ian Morena De Costa Buss, Zoe Hoareau, Lou-Ann Manso, Alexis Dugas, Elissa Bourit, Seungwoo Kim, and Hyunwoo Kim successfully graduated from SWAS. These students have shown exceptional resilience, dedication, determination, and a positive attitude in their studies, while…
Flag Ceremony and Multicultural Day
Last Thursday, February 22, the ceremony was held where we celebrated the 84th anniversary of one of our most important national symbols: Our National Flag. The ceremony was carried out with great respect, highlighting the value and importance of our national symbol. Within this celebration we had the participation of…