The Argentine delegation received 3 bronze medals at the Junior Science Olympiads in Taiwan. One of ORT students, Sebastián Vishnopolska, was awarded; another student who represented us, Ezequiel Genender, also had an outstanding performance.
ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus, invites the community at large to attend a concert of the symphony orchestra of Channel 7, composed of more than 50 musicians. The event will take place on December 11th at Montañeses 2845, 8 pm. This activity is part of the solidarity initiative “To Give is to Give” (“DAR es DAR”) carried out by students, graduates and teachers of the Institution.
We congratulate Martín Fixman, 4th-year student of the ICT track, Belgrano campus, for his outstanding performance at the final phase of the Mathematics and Computing Tournament, thus achieving the 1st position in his category.
Today morning, ORT Almagro students participated in the Physics conference “Weather Forecasting, Science or Guesswork?” by Andrea Celeste Saulo. The speaker talked about some aspects of weather forecasting: how the basic meteorological information is obtained, the laws of Physics which explain the atmosphere behavior and its evolution, and the interpretation of the results obtained by solving various equations.
A few days ago, the students who will travel to March of the Living 2008 participated in the first meeting of the event, which was held at Hebraica theater. On such occasion, the Kristallnacht (“The Night of the Broken Glass”) was commemorated.
On Monday 12th, members of the UJA-Federation of New York Island Mission visited ORT Belgrano campus. They had a tour around the building and learnt more about the Schools.
We congratulate all the students of the Chemistry track –Almagro campus- for their outstanding performance at the national phase of the Chemistry Olympiads, which took place in Villa Glardino (Córdoba Province). The participants were: Yair Litman (Gold Medal), Dani Averbuj (Silver Medal), Yael Dobzewicz (Bonze Medal) and María Duperron of Category 2, Alan Gelis and Yoel Levy (Bronze Medals) of Category 1.
Within the framework of “Talking with Experts”, ORT Entrepreneurship Center (“CEO”) invites you to participate in this activity with MercadoLibre -the business Internet platform, which is present in 12 Latin American countries and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Musical Production track and ORT Entrepreneurship Center (“CEO”) have organized a meeting, where important companies of the Sound Technology will present the latest advances in the discipline.
Within the framework of the student solidarity program, we began to sponsor the School nº 40 from Villaguay, Entre Ríos Province. A group of teachers visited the Institution and saw what their major needs are. Therefore, we have committed ourselves to this cause, and all our students and teachers will collaborate with the “Training Shoes Collection Campaign”. Students from ORT senior high school will collect training shoes from November 12th to 16th, so we need your help: please, send footwear in good conditions and write down their size number on the soles (size nº 20 to 40). Thanks.
Once again, ORT students from both campuses participated in the national phase of the Physics Olympiads, which were carried out at the Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics Schools of the National University of Córdoba from October 21st to 27th, 2007. The delegation was constituted by: Alejandro Baldasso (5th-year / ICT track), Diego Delgado (6th-year / Electronics track: 3rd position), Nicolás Ponieman (5th-year / ICT track: 2nd position), Leonel Stermann (5th-year / Chemistry track) and Ezequiel Wajs (5th-year / Electronics track: 1st position). We congratulate them on their participation and the results obtained!
Next November 11th, there will be a long walk from Plaza Congreso to Recoleta, which was organized by B´nai B´rith Argentina, The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and the AMIA. COME AND WALK WITH US!!! WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER!!!
Federico Nozyce(3rd year), Yair Litman(5th year), Julián Eisenschlos(6th year) and Federico Waisberg (6th year), students from Almagro campus, have passed the Regional Contest of the 24th Argentine Olympiads in Mathematics. Now, they will participate in the national phase, which will be held in Huerta Grande -Córdoba Province- from November 12th to 16th.
Roboliga, the annual event which comprises Robotics Olympiads and a Project Fair on Automation and Robotics, was held on November 2nd.
On November 5th, the actor Juan Palomino and two members of popular libraries from the Secretariat of Culture (Government of the City of Buenos Aires) visited us to record a new story, which will be edited with the help of students from the Musical Production track. The chosen short stories cover issues related to different regions of the country and include the following authors: Liliana Bodoc, Jorge Luis Borges, Abelardo Castillo, Filisberto Hernández, Juan José Hernández, Enrique Anderson Imbert, Cristian Aliaga, Juan José Saer, Antonio Di Benedetto, José Edmundo Paz Soldán, Augusto Roa Bastos, Roberto Bolaño, Horacio Quiroga, Cesar Vallejo and Juan Carlos Onetti. The name of the record will probably be “El lugar en el que yo me sé" (i.e. the place where I know myself), taken from César Vallejo’s story, which Palomino read. In the last weeks, other people, who participated in the workshops on popular narration, also came to participate in the recordings.
The University of the CEMA (“UCEMA”) has organized the “2007 UCEMA National Contest” for high schools from all over the country. Such event consists of the presentation of a business plan to start a business or launch a new product or service. These works will be evaluated by recognized professionals of the University, who will select 6 finalists among the works submitted.Cindy Rozental and Yanina Waisgold got the 4th-position for their PACKY project, which consisted of the development and launch of a set of hygiene products to be carried in one’s bag or briefcase. The set included toilet cover, paper hand towel, toilet paper and a sachet of hand disinfectant.
On October 31st and November 1st, ORT (represented by the ICT track) was the only high school which participated in the exhibition of technological projects, together with leading companies, like GameLoft, Calipso, Sia Interactive, and IBM, among others.
The TV program Feria de Ciencias (Science Fair), broadcast on channel 7 from 5 pm to 7 pm, visited ORT Belgrano campus and filmed 5 projects carried out by our students. At this program, the students themselves show their own inventions and talk about them. With a pleasant, didactic tone, the TV broadcast presents valuable knowledge through different segments, where the TV viewers are taught to make their own experiments, trivia questions, and glossary of scientific terms.
We congratulate ORT Almagro students for having passed the Regional Phase of the Computing and Mathematics Olympìads, which was carried out on October 12th.
During this meeting, ORT students will get information on the program and on IT security.
ORT graduates can get a degree as Teachers of Jewish Studies, and may later on work in any of the following ORT areas:
On October 26th, the 11th Art Festival -“ORTArt”- was carried out at Almagro campus. A lot of students were able to make exhibitions or enjoy the many different artistic expressions there were, such as music, dance, theatre, drawing, painting, and literature (among others). As usual, the Musical Production track, and its students of course, organized the event. We invite you to visit the blog: blog del encuentro.
MINUBA -the International Model of the United Nations in Buenos Aires- was in session during October. More than 90 delegations of students from different national and international institutions participated. There were also 3 delegations from ORT School, Almagro campus, whose students will be the authorities of the 11th ORT Model of the United Nations.
The participants will have the chance to meet 2 successful ORT graduates. They will tell us about their experience as entrepreneurs.
Within the framework of the Health and Prevention Program that we have been carrying out in our Schools, we are very pleased to invite you to our next meeting for parents, which will be held on Wednesday 14th, November 2007, at 8 pm – Almagro campus (Yatay 240); and on Thursday 15th, November 2007, at 8 pm – Belgrano campus (Montañeses 2847).
The 2nd Workshop on Disability and Design will be carried out at ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus, from October 29th to November 2nd. Some of the activities will include: a lecture on ‘Self-Improvement’ by sportsmen of non-conventional sports; an experience-based workshop on ‘Paintings in the Dark’ by blind painters; an integrative sports meeting with the participation of special schools; a sports activity on wheelchairs; a lecture on ‘Architectural Barriers’, etc.
The School offers a program with multiple activities, both for students and graduates; among these activities, we would like to stand out the Masa-ORT Project for graduates (from 18 years old onwards). This is a 5-month program to stay in Israel, which includes many different activities: visits across the country, academic seminars, Ulpan Kibutz, visits to Hi-Tec companies, etc. The next group will travel in January 2008. For further information visit the blog: http://masaort.blogspot.com/, or send an email to rroger@jafi.org.
On October 22nd, the simulation of the Knesset was carried out at ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus. 160 students from 5th year discussed present Israeli issues of the Parliament of the State of Israel. Some of the issues were concerned with: the Arab-Israeli Conflict (considering the Defense Wall), the present and future situation of the Kibutzim (from the perspective of Agriculture vs. Urbanization), and finally, they analyzed to what extent national symbols represent the whole Israeli population. This is the first time worldwide that a school adopts this educational tool to transmit the ways in which the Israeli Parliament works. For further information: http://www.diun.org.ar/
Within the framework of the extracurricular activities organized by the English Department, a group of 2nd and 3rd-year students from Almagro campus will attend a play by The Stage Company, an English theater company, on October 25th. On this occasion, they will interpret “Frankenstein, Laugh at Your Fears”, a musical comedy for people of all ages, which is attractive to all audiences for its dramatic value, the power of the story, the human dimension of the characters, and its great music. The students will enjoy this unique theatrical experience, no matter their level of English. We invite parents to participate in this activity with their children.
On October 31st, at 6 pm, there will be a popular music concert a capella at Noel Werthein Auditorium, Almagro campus. The Students’ Choir of ORT Technical School and the singing group “Arroz a la Zorra” will be directed by the choirmaster Fernando Polonuer, who has also made the music arrangements. We invite all the students, their families, and the teaching staff to enjoy this event. Those who are interested in participating should confirm their attendance by email: dvisok@ort.edu.ar.
On October 22nd, 3 young TV scriptwriters visited ORT School (Belgrano campus) to give a conference for 5th-year students from the Mass Media track. Laura Farhi, Bruno Luciani and Alejandro Quesada worked for many TV programs, and were part of the script team of “El tiempo no para” (Channel 9, 2006). They talked about their everyday writing activity, the peculiarities of the TV script, and the present and future of fiction. The activity was carried out at the school TV Studio within the framework of the ‘Script’ subject.
Invitation to participate in the inauguration of the exhibition: “Itineraries. A Walk along Belgrano – Nuñez through Time, Space and Culture”.
Invitation to participate in a conference on “The Argentine Economy: Perspectives and Scenarios” by Lucas Llach, economist and Ph. D. in History at Harvard University, and Senior Researcher – Fiscal Policy Program, CIPPEC (Center for the Implementation of Public Policies Promoting Equity and Growth).
The brothers Leandro and Gonzalo Lera Romero – from the IT track of Almagro campus – have won “Gaming.net”, a competition organized by Microsoft (http://www.microsoft-gaming.net/).
