2020

MOSTRA DE ARTES E MÚSICA & INTERNATIONAL MINDEDNESS DAY

International Day - Music - Visual Arts

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST VIRTUAL END OF YEAR CELEBRATION

It has been a real pleasure to join this welcoming community, albeit at a particularly challenging time for teaching and learning! Teachers, students and parents, as well as all operational and administrative staff at Beacon are to be commended for collaborating and managing these uncharted waters so bravely and effectively this year. Together, we made it work! Change is the mother of invention, and we have all excelled as inventors. The greatest gain we have had this year was the re-invention of how we do things and the questioning of traditional methods. No doubt we will keep some of what we learnt and even get rid of some less useful routines we had in the past.

Our mission, to strive to offer an international, bilingual education that is open to the world and at the same time values its Brazilian identity, was kept, and, with a caring, enthusiastic and respecting environment, Beacon provided an academically challenging, inquiry based education, aiming to foster responsible citizens who believe in diversity as an opportunity to enrich and broaden their own development, as well as that of society. Congratulations to one and all for their achievements this year, and this small sample of what we accomplished, a celebration of music, art and International Mindedness we hope you all will enjoy.

Sincerely,

Audrey Peverelli

Pedagogical Director - Beacon School

Tradução

BEM-VINDOS À NOSSA PRIMEIRA CELEBRAÇÃO VIRTUAL DE FINAL DE ANO

Tem sido um verdadeiro prazer fazer parte desta comunidade acolhedora, mesmo num momento particularmente desafiador para o ensino e a aprendizagem! Professores, alunos e pais, assim como as equipes Operacional e Administrativa da Beacon, devem ser elogiados por colaborar e administrar essas “águas desconhecidas” com tanta coragem e eficácia durante o ano. Juntos, fizemos dar certo! A mudança é precursora da invenção e todos nós nos destacamos como inventores. O maior ganho que tivemos esse ano foi a reinvenção de como fazemos certas coisas e o questionamento dos métodos tradicionais. Sem dúvida, manteremos parte do aprendizado e até nos livraremos de algumas rotinas menos produtivas que tínhamos no passado.

Nossa missão - de nos esforçarmos a oferecer uma educação internacional bilíngue, aberto ao mundo, ao mesmo tempo que valoriza sua Identidade Brasileira foi mantida e, com um ambiente acolhedor, entusiasta e respeitoso, a Beacon proporcionou uma educação academicamente desafiadora, baseada na investigação, visando a formação de cidadãos responsáveis que acreditem na diversidade como oportunidade de enriquecimento e ampliação do seu próprio desenvolvimento e da sociedade. Parabéns a todos pelas conquistas neste ano - e esperamos que todos vocês gostem desta pequena amostra das nossas conquistas, com celebração da música, arte e mentalidade internacional.

Atenciosamente,

Audrey Peverelli

Diretora Pedagógica - Beacon School

Dear Students,

What an amazing year, this 2020 has been! The pandemic has turned our known world around.

Here at Beacon we have seen some fantastic solutions in maintaining the school alive and in keeping the students in their path to learning and progressing! We have to thank a very hard-working, creative, committed group of educators, a marvelous group of students that were able to engage and value the possibilities of this new mode of teaching and learning, and a very supportive family environment! Many, many changes.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new” these words are attributed to Socrates, a Greek philosopher who lived more than 2500 years ago, and seem so updated!

Many changes happened. Some extremely positive, that came with the growth of the school, and that we must welcome and build on.

In this light, I would like you to join me in welcoming our new Pedagogical Director Audrey Peverelli who has been working with us since March of this year and is now responsible for working close to the students, teachers, coordinators and families. Audrey brings with her a vast experience in international schools and will help us enrich our program.

I will be dedicating myself to aligning the Beacon School Curriculum with the Brazilian curriculum and international standards, and researching recent educational developments throughout the World. I will continue to work with the Student Council, definitely my most cherished meetings, and this will carry on as before.

Congratulations for having taken a greater ownership of your learning! We are extremely proud of you! This is a change that we must celebrate and nurture as well!

All my love,

Vera Giusti