Miss Christine Salgado, Principle of Marymount, out of 20 becas this prestigious school gave out, 2 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL students, Andrea Urbina Figueroa and Andrew Joseph Eapen, received their “BECA AL MERITO” 2003-2004 for their high academic scores on their admission tests.

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by Dorothy Prats  May 11,2004

 

 The Best  Primary School of the Year:                                                

 

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

 

I’ve watched it through the years and it only gets better. It’s been hit hard a few times with forced moving and re-adjusting to new areas and new problems but they have always come up with real solutions and stayed on top of the charts…International School has my recommendation because I believe in it. It has earned through application and dedication the honors and the prestige that it enjoys in our community, our city, our state…

 

It’s wide open, clear in its objectives and the students distinguish themselves year  after year in both Spanish and English on all kinds of tests, in all  kinds of competitions. International School has gained its fine reputation based on a solid, effective working English language program. Students learn English and speak it as if it  were their mother tongue. They study at levels equivalent to U:S students of the same age, and are inspired and motivated to learn and read English. They are not primed to pass tests and look good, they are given a solid, sturdy foundation, they are taught how to study, how to speak in public, how to get across an idea…they are taught to think.

 

They are receiving the fundamental values that will last a lifetime.

The teachers and directives are all highly qualified, certified, professional individuals. The English teachers are native speakers. International students distinguish themselves because of their mastery of both the English and the Spanish languages.

 

Moral values, social skills, artistic education, sports, an international interest in countries, histories and people is what sets them apart.

 

International School is a tiny United Nations. Children learn to live and comprehend different accents, different tonalities and voice pitches… they are guided to understand that as earth brothers we are alike and have that in common, but on the other hand, we are unique human beings and only one of a kind. So instead of fighting differences these children are encouraged to enjoy the cultural patterns, the different ways of preparing food, the favorite dishes of a certain country and learn to accept and enjoy different customs and life styles.

 

International School promotes young citizens of the world.  They are building a very united world.

 

There are rules, they’re strict, unbending… they are taught, learned and obeyed.  They are solid, adhered by all… they don’t change, they are the base/the law/the way of manner/the underlying philosophy of the education practiced at that institution.

 

As a mother, a teacher of over thirty five years, a former school director, I applaud and admire the steadfastness to principle that exists at the International School.  Right is right and there is no question about it.  Not easy to abide by for some children not used to discipline and it’s not often in today’s world that people actually say what they mean and mean what they say… but once they’re used to it, they love it.  Proof of the pudding, very few students ever leave International until they are graduating from Sixth Grade.

 

Children from other countries learn Spanish fast and native children speaking English make the new boy or girl in Mexico feel right at ease.  They make them fit in.  It’s a family outside of home.

 

Graduation is always a sweet and sour moment.  Great to be moving on, sad to be moving out, happy to moving up. 

 

I want to felicitate Lic. Yvonne Leonard and her faithful staff, both administrative and educational, because once more in 2004, as a result of an excellent curriculum, her students are placing high on admission tests both in and out of Mexico.  Small groups, individual attention, a group attitude in the caring and development of the school, complete devotion to betterment of the individual as well as obtaining good grades, a sturdy matter, involvement in community projects and of course, a true bilingual program are all small parts of the whole picture… and it is a… masterpiece.

 

To one and all… felicitations for a great school year and happy graduation.

 

                                                                                       

                                                                                           Dorothy Prats

 

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