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December 2021
December 2021
The creation of spaces of imagination and joy of reading are necessary in order to promote literacy, critical thinking and creativity in our children, contributing to their development not only in regards of academic life but also their growth as ethic human beings and global citizens😊
That is why we are so happy to share with you some pictures of the Santiago College Holiday Book Fair, which took place in the corridor towards the Library on December 14th to December 16th, 2021. A number of wonderful providers joined us and offered us fantastic book recommendations, as well as lead interactive activities to promote literacy and joy of reading.
There is really no greater gift than the gift of reading!
Read a book that has been made into a movie
November 2021
November 2021
Read a book with a
BLUE COVER
October 2021
October 2021
Halloween in the Library!
This year we celebrated Halloween for a whole week and we had so much fun!
Read a Horror Novel
Starting with our Reading Challenge of the Month! In which we recommended Horror Novels to each level and encouraged reading spooky pieces of literature, be that short stories, graphic novels or fiction.
The Middle and Upper Libraries set up displays to showcase different examples of horror Literature
The star of our Halloween celebrations is definitely our Haunted House! Our Lower Librarians did an amazing job telling scaru stories in our activity "Scary Readalouds", making all students jump scream!
We also created not one, but TWO ESCAPE ROOMS, one oriented to Lower and Infant and the other one for Middle and High School. You can play them online, all you have to do is answer the questions, follow the clues and escape the room!
Here are more pictures of our wonderful celebration of Halloween in the Library!
Happy School Days! ¡Felices Días del Colegio!
Our School celebrates today its history, its traditions, values and the entire SC community ✨
Santiago College has been at the forefront of education since 1880, providing academic excellence and preparing students to face a globalized world with values, curiosity, joy of living and integrity.
During this Thursday 7th and Friday 8th the school has been filled with colors! Green💚, Blue💙, Red❤️, Yellow💛 (and let’s not forget the Student Council 🖤)
The SChool Houses will participate in several activities and games, be sure to participate!
What is your SC House? Who do you think will win the SChool Days this year??
Have fun and happy anniversary Santiago College!
September 2021
September 2021
August 2021
August 2021
Read a Classic Novel
July 2021
July 2021
Welcome back! We wish you a wonderful start of the semester 🥰 And we hope to see you in the Library!📚
We remind you that we are partially closed and working on a closed shelf protocol, which means that ONLY librarians are allowed access to the shelves.
You can come in the Libary (max. Capacity is 2 people at a time) and ask for books in the main desks😃 or return in the drop boxes located around the school.
Remember to follow all Safety Protocols and take care of each other!
Have a great week!
June 2021
June 2021
Remembering Book Week
Remembering Book Week
We celebrated Book Week during the whole month of April 2021, we held a virtual book fair, a book character costume contest, several literacy quizzes and many more activities you got to enjoy from home!
In June, we want to look back to one of our activities in which we celebrated the books that marked our childhoods. This is a video compilation of your teacher's testimonies and their favourite books they read when they were younger!
What a heartfelt thing to see how much reading means to our community!
May 2021
May 2021
Eric Carle, goodbye and thank you!
Eric Carle, goodbye and thank you!
We are sad to announce that German-American writer, illustrator and designer of children's books, Eric Carle, passed away a few days ago.
We love Eric Carle in our library and his books are amongst the favourites in our Lower Library. Who doesn't remember reading the story of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", "The Grouchy Ladybug", "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?", "The Mixed Up Chameleon" and many more?
We will remember this author and treasure his books, his gifts to the world of children's literature!
What's your favourite Eric Carle book? 🥰
Ubuntu, the Library Mascot!
Ubuntu, the Library Mascot!
Dear everyone, you'll be seeing a lot more of Ubuntu as he shows us around and shares with us facts and information about our SC Library and other libraries around the world!
Say hi to Ubuntu!
BOOK CHARACTER
BOOK CHARACTER
CONTEST WINNERS!
CONTEST WINNERS!
We are overjoyed with the immense participation and enthusiasm about this contest! 🥰 The Library Team congratulates every student who participated, we had such hard time as a jury!
The winners are:
POPULARITY VOTE 📱(Instagram)
1️⃣st place: Agustina, from 5C, as The Grinch... with a total of 105 votes!
2️⃣nd place: Orlando, from PKF, as David... with a total of 103 votes!
3️⃣rd place: Joaquina, from 2B, as The Gruffalo... with a total of 90 votes!
LIBRARY VOTE 📚
Lower and Infant winners:
1️⃣st place: Olivia, from 1C, as Monstruo en la oscuridad (for her creativity with makeup and setting and accuracy to present the character)
2️⃣nd place: Laura, from 3A, as Winnie the witch (for captivating the essence and charm of the character and a creative setting)
3️⃣rd place: Emilia, from 4E, as Carmen Sandiego (for her accuracy in presenting the character and setting)
Middle and High winner:
1️⃣st place: Dominga, from 12D, as Patrick Bateman (for presenting a captivating rendition of the character and use of props and digital resources)
SPECIAL MENTIONS
For creativity and teamwork:
⭐Isabel, from 6B, as Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling)
⭐Colomba, from 6B, as Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling)
For creativity and use of natural resources:
⭐Sofia, from 4A, as Boy (The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein)
For crafting and originality:
⭐Naomi, from1F, as Crayón Rosa (El día que los Crayones Renunciaron by Drew Daywalt)
For original setting and crafting:
⭐Giuliana, from 3A as Dorothy (El Mago de Oz by Lyman Frank Baum)
For makeup and interpretation of a villain:
⭐Mateo, from PKD, as The Lizard (Adventures of Batman by Bob Kane)
For characterization and use of props:
⭐Emilia, from 2C, as Seba (Grandes amigos de Linda Sarah y Benji Davies)
Día del Estudiante
Día del Estudiante
¡Feliz día del estudiante!👩🎓👨🎓
¡Feliz día del estudiante!👩🎓👨🎓
Hoy los celebramos a ustedes, los estudiantes, quienes dan sentido y significado a nuestras profesiones y nuestra vocación como profesores, bibliotecarios, psicólogos, psicopedagogos, etc.
Hoy los celebramos a ustedes, los estudiantes, quienes dan sentido y significado a nuestras profesiones y nuestra vocación como profesores, bibliotecarios, psicólogos, psicopedagogos, etc.
Cada día estamos comprometidos con su educación y nos sentimos orgullosos de estar involucrados en su crecimiento y desarrollo en cada paso del camino.
Cada día estamos comprometidos con su educación y nos sentimos orgullosos de estar involucrados en su crecimiento y desarrollo en cada paso del camino.
Como Biblioteca, estamos convencidos de que la lectura cumple un rol esencial en su proceso de aprendizaje y su desarrollo como ciudadanos del mundo.
Como Biblioteca, estamos convencidos de que la lectura cumple un rol esencial en su proceso de aprendizaje y su desarrollo como ciudadanos del mundo.
📖 Leer abre la mente, nos provee conocimiento y perspicacia para entender otras perspectivas, y en general contribuye a nuestro desarrollo no solo dentro del mundo académico sino en la sociedad, formándonos como seres globales, comprensivos, creativos y empáticos.
📖 Leer abre la mente, nos provee conocimiento y perspicacia para entender otras perspectivas, y en general contribuye a nuestro desarrollo no solo dentro del mundo académico sino en la sociedad, formándonos como seres globales, comprensivos, creativos y empáticos.
CELEBREMOS el día del estudiante para que sigan aprendiendo día a día y creciendo en este mundo intercultural que es la comunidad IB 🥰
CELEBREMOS el día del estudiante para que sigan aprendiendo día a día y creciendo en este mundo intercultural que es la comunidad IB 🥰
¡Sigan aprendiendo!
¡Sigan aprendiendo!
¡Sigan creciendo!
¡Sigan creciendo!
¡Sigan leyendo!
¡Sigan leyendo!
April 2021
April 2021
Book Week 2021
Book Week 2021
Book week was a smashing success and we want to thank you all for your amazing contribution and participation in all the different activites we had lay out for you to enjoy and celebrate books and reading!
We had our first ever
Our wonderful providers joined us this year for a very unusual type of book fair. You were all able to browse through our list and take a peek of their catalogues and choose a new treasure from a very different variety of books!
We got to know about the books that changed the lives and marked the childhoods of our teachers and staff! BOOKS THAT MARKED YOUR CHILDHOOD was a lovely activity that compiles the written and visual testimony of our community. It was so touching to hear about the deep conection we can develop with books and stories and how these stories accompany us through the course of all our lives!
We held, not one, but TWO Literary Quizzes through our Instagram page! And you all got the opportunity to demonstrate all of your literary knowledge by answering questions related to universal Literature.
And last but no least, we organized a BOOK CHARACTER COSTUME CONTEST in which every student is invited to dress up as their favourite book character! We have received wonderful submissions for the contest and we will be publishing the contestant's pictures on Instagram for them to collect votes (Popularity prize)... Meanwhile, this week, the Library team will debate and select the winners for each category... We wish you good luck!
22 of April: International Earth Day
22 of April: International Earth Day
Earth Day is about taking a moment to reflect about our planet and the impact we have in it. It is about taking meaningful action across a variety of important issues such as climate change, plastic and pollution, conservation and restoration of natural resources, etc. It is also a day to highlight the importance of science and education and the role of people and communities to make a significant change in our planet!
Be conscious, take action, make a change!
"Every year, millions of people across the globe recognize Earth Day by coming together to promote awareness and appreciation for the world." (National Geographic)
That is why we want to share with you this amazing celebratory event that includes the participation of AURORA, Angélique Kidjo, José González, Maggie Rogers, My Morning Jacket, Rostam, Valerie June, Willie Nelson, Yo-Yo Ma, and Ziggy Marley.
Book week is coming!
Book week is coming!
Every year, on april 23rd, we celebrate World Book and Copyright day! The whole school is preparing for this ocassion and the Library is not the exception, of course ;)
This year, pandemic and virtual mode included, will not be the exception! Although we'll experience a different book week, we will still have the chance to celebrate and promote our love for reading and books with a number of wonderful, inspiring, creative and fun activities that you can join to from home!
For now, we want to share with you a couple of the activities we will be involved in during the last weeks of April:
The first one is called "Books that marked your childhood", we are asking EVERYONE in school, especially teachers, admin team and more, to join in and tell us about the books that changed their lives and marked their childhood!
Find out more here.
The Spanish department is organizing a fun literary contest! Write a microstory, in Spanish, of course, and they are calling in EVERYONE in the SC community to participate: students from 5th grade to 12th grade, teachers, admin, alumni, parents, etc.
Read the bases here.
We sincerely hope you guys will get inspired and motivated to participate in this month's activities! We'll keep you updated on the rest of the activities that we're organizing :)
March 2021
March 2021
Click here to read more about this activity and participate in our challenge!
We are back!
We are back!
VID_23140419_063037_646.mp4And so it begins... a brand new school year full of opportunities, new adventures, new challenges, new memories, new experiences, new chances to learn!
The books have missed you, and so have we! We welcome you back and we hope you have a fantastic new school year!🥰
May you read a lot and learn a lot! 📚 Remember that you can come in the library following the safety protocols and maximum capacities!
What book will you check out first?🤔
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