CA–ORT Alliance

During this meeting, ORT students will get information on the program and on IT security.

CA (one of the leading companies in IT management software) and ORT Argentina, through its Entrepreneurship Center (“CEO”), present the Academic Alliance Program, which will provide training to high-school students and teachers of the Institution. This program will introduce students to state-of-the-art tools of the IT Security field.

Through this program students will get in contact with the professional environment and will acquire knowledge to stand out in a labor market, which is more and more competitive, like the IT market. This activity targets Electronics, IT and ICT students.

Venue:

Friday 2nd, November 2007

From 9.30 am to 10.30 am

Montañeses Hall- Belgrano Campus

Teacher Training in Jewish Studies

ORT graduates can get a degree as Teachers of Jewish Studies, and may later on work in any of the following ORT areas:

* Development of teaching material (CREA)
* Jewish Education Department
* ORT Virtual Campus

For further information and enrolment, contact: ORT Jewish Education Department or BAMÁ (4964-4040, extension nº 206/ 207) - formaciondocente@bamah.org - http://www.bamah.org/).

Face to Face with Entrepreneurs

ORTArt 2007

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 2007

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.

Some students obtained distinctions for their performance at the Delegations they represented: Matías Andina, Leonel Stermann, Yair Litman, Eitan Rozenszajn, Eitan Dobzewicz and Tamara Broitman (Chemistry); Constanza Butler and Micaela Kraushaar (Constructions); Gastón Hilú, Sharon Gluschnaider and Charise Yudewitz (Business Administration); Piero Liebman, Tomás Ramos and Ary Szpic (Electronics); and Dan Mecikovsky and Irina Nabel (Musical Production).

Swimming Tournament

Within the framework of the recreational activities organized during the year by the Physical Education area, a swimming tournament was carried out on October 18th at Almagro campus. 160 students from 1st and 2nd year took part in the competition.

After the sports activities, the giving of awards took place and the students shared lunch with their teachers at the school cafeteria.

Face to Face with Entrepreneurs

The participants will have the chance to meet 2 successful ORT graduates. They will tell us about their experience as entrepreneurs.

Jonathan Altszul
Co-founder of Core Security Technologies. Co-founder and Managing Director of Aconcagua Ventures.
Jonathan is a graduate student from the Electronicks track, and continued his studies at the Buenos Aires University (UBA). In 2000, he was chosen the Entrepreneur of the Year by Endeavor Global, Inc.

Gustavo Stekolschik
Co-founder of Perfectos Dragones, a design company. Gustavo is a graduate student from the Mass Media track (both from ORT High School and from ORT Institute of Technology). He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires as an Industrial Designer.
Perfectos Dragones is a well-recognized company in the design sector, and has enxhibited its products at the MOMA Store of NY.

Venue:
Wednesday 31st, October 2007
From 9.20 am to 10.30 am
Montañeses Hall
Belgrano Campus

Parents, Adolescents and Alcohol

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 conference will be on “Parents, Adolescents and Alcohol”, and it will be given by Carola Diamondstein, scientific advisor of the Program.

We would really like you to take part in this activity, since having the opportunity to discuss this issue is very important.

United Nations Model

During this month, the students from ORT Belgrano campus have participated in 2 simulation Models of the United Nations, organized by MINU association.

The International Model of the United Nations was carried out on October 8th, 9th and 10th, 2007 (MINUBA 2007)

Our students obtained the following mentions:

• Delegation of the United States, General Assembly 1 (GA1): Martín Gendler (6th year, Mass Media), Ariel Zajac (6th year, ICT).
• Delegation of the United States, Ambassadors Summit: Jonathan Mulki (6th year, Mass Media).

The United Nations Model on HIV/ AIDS 2007 (MINU-Huesped Foundation) was carried out on October 23rd and 24th.

Our students obtained the following mentions:

• Delegation of Zimbabwe: Martín Gendler (6th year, Mass Media), Milton Ramos (6th year, ICT), and Ariel Zajac (6th year, ICT).

2nd Workshop on Disability and Design

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.

MASA-ORT Project

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.

Simulation of the Knesset at ORT

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/

Invitation to a Play in English

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.

ARROZ A LA ZORRA in Concert

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.

Talking with Scriptwriters– Mass Media Track

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”.

Venue: Tuesday 23rd, October 2007 – 7 pm.

Sarmiento Historical Museum

Juramento 2180 - Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Sent by Viviana Jasid, ORT School Principal, Belgrano campus.

Show organized by Tzedaká in favor of Children. Guest artist: Diego Torres.

Venue: November 27th, 9 pm.
Salón Dorado – Parque Norte

To get further information or buy entrance tickets, please contact Fundación Tzedaká: 1821 Santa Fe Av, 3rd floor. Telephone: 5237-4000 (extension 127). saberquesepuede@tzedaka.org.ar

Conference by the CIPPEC

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).

Venue:

Tuesday 23rd, October 2007, 9.20hs.

Noel Werthein Auditorium

Almagro Campus: Yatay 240.

The activity is free of charge, though previous registration is required: ceo@ort.edu.ar

-Limited vacancies-

Winners of Gaming.NET Competition

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/).

The team -constituted by these brothers- is one of the 10 winners of the online competition, and will be traveling to the National Final, to be held at the Universidad de La Punta (San Luis Province) at the beginning of November. Congratulations and all the best for the Final!!!

Exhibition of Games and Toys of the 20th Century

ORT Technical School –Belgrano campus- and El Galpón museum have organized an exhibition of “Games and Toys of the 20th Century” for October 17th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th. It will be from 8 am to 7.30 pm at ORT Belgrano campus (2845 Montañeses St.). The exhibition will focus on games and toys of the 20th century which are of great historical value and are very costly as well.

There will be 3 different sections at the exhibition: the first section will show pedal and pull-along toys; the second, will be organized as a timeline, from 1900 to 1980, to show characteristic toys of each decade; and the third section will have a scale model, so that people can interact with the toys built mainly with the Meccano of the different times. There will also be a funfair, harbor cranes and trains to operate.

Computer Animation and Digital Photography Workshop

The ICT track of ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus, would like to invite 14 and 15-year-old boys and girls to a workshop on Computer Animation and Digital Photography (Stop Motion Animation and Stereoscopic Photography). During the activity, the participants will learn to produce animated short films and to compose videos and images. The workshop consists of 4 meetings, which will be held on Fridays –starting on October 26th - from 2.30 pm to 4 pm at Belgrano campus (Montañeses 2845), and it will be given by specialized teachers.

Those who are interested in getting more information on the topics the workshop will deal with can visit: http://ticbelgrano.blogspot.com/.

To get enrolled, please send an e-mail to ccatic@ort.edu.ar or call us 4789-6540.

Limited vacancies.

11th National Olympiads in Philosophy

Melisa Szpaicer, 5th-year student from Almagro campus, was one of the five local finalists of the City of Buenos Aires at the 11th National Olympiads in Philosophy, organized by the University of Buenos Aires. Melisa got a very good score. More than 60 students, representing different schools from the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, took part in it.

This year’s theme was “Ideology, Imagination and Community”, with 3 sub-themes, among which Melisa chose the ethico-political one.

On November 2nd, our student will participate in the National Competition, along with representatives from all the provinces of the country. The winner of this phase will take part in the International Olympiads.

Talking with Natives

Within the program “Talking with Natives”, the English Department –Almagro campus- invited Mrs. Millie Cent Gimburg from American ORT to give a talk to all the 4th-year students of the IT track on October 9th at Noel Werthein Auditorium.

Mrs. Gimburg, who has worked for many years at American ORT, talked about her experience and the solidarity work she carries out at the Institution. The subject-matter of the conference was "Fundraising, a hand for the others". It was an unforgettable meeting, where students actively participated by asking her questions.

Gold Medal at the National Biology Olympiads

The students Melina Goldenberg, Carla Nudel, and Ivan Derechinsky from Belgrano campus obtained the gold medal (and maximum score) at ‘Level I’ of the National Biology Olympiads, which were held on October 4th and 5th at Río Cuarto University (Córdoba). The students attended with Agustin Sanguinetti, their coach.

National Day of the Solidarity Student

The Federal Council of Education has decided to add “The National Day of the Solidarity Student” to the school calendar. Last September 19th, at the 4th Meeting of the Federal Council of Education, the Minister of Education, Science and Technology, Daniel Filmus, and the top educational authorities of the 24 national jurisdictions agreed to settle October 8th as “The National Day of the Solidarity Student”.

During the meeting, the national educational authorities passed the measure in recognition of the solidarity carried out daily by thousands of Argentine students, and in memory of the 9 students and the teacher of Eco School of the City of Buenos Aires, who perished on October 8th when they were returning from a solidarity activity conducted at School Nº 375, El Paraisal, Chaco Province.

The authorities also agreed to create a document to register solidarity activities developed by students and teachers. The article Nº 32 of the National Law of Education establishes that the Federal Council of Education has to encourage the jurisdictions to guarantee youth voluntary activities and solidarity educational projects to cooperate with the community development. Text taken from the educational website: http://www.educ.ar/.

ORT Technical Schools adhere to this national initiative, which recalls the tragic events that took place on the date of “The Day of the Solidarity Student”. This action stimulates the work of the students who carry out various youth voluntary activities to cooperate with the community development, and promotes the teaching of road education.

Conference: Why do we believe that dark matter exists?

On October 10th, Dr. Susana Judith Landau will give a lecture called “Why do we believe that dark matter exists?” at Noel Werthein Auditorium, Almagro campus.

Dr. Landau works at the Physics Department of the Mathematical and Natural Sciences School of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics from the UBA, a PhD in Astronomy from the Astronomy and Geophysics School of the National University of La Plata, and she is an Assistant Researcher at the CONICET.

Those who attend the meeting will have the chance to know what astronomers and physicists call ‘dark matter’. Then, they will get a detailed description of astronomical observations in galaxies and clusters of galaxies, which lead us to think that such type of matter exists in the universe.

There are limited vacancies, so those who are interested in attending please contact the Physics Department.

Results of the 13th Team Olympiads in Physics

On October 1st, the 13th Team Olympiads in Physics took place. More than 120 students, representing 15 schools, competed in two levels - elementary and advanced - through theoretical and experimental exams.

The results were as follows:

Advanced Level:

• 1st Position: ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus
• 2nd Position: Saint Andrews Scots School
• 3rd Position: Phillips School

Elementary Level:

• 1st Position: Phillips School
• 2nd Position: Saint Andrews Scots School
• 3rd Position: Nacional Buenos Aires School

We congratulate our students, Nicolás Ponieman, Alejandro Baldasso, Felipe Xauss and Iair Poloniecki, and we wish them all the best for the National Olympiads in Physics, since they will be representing ORT Technical School, Belgrano campus, in Córdoba. We now invite you to have a look at the photos of October 1st: http://ogfort2007.blogspot.com/

A Night of Dreams

ORT Argentina’s annual dinner will be carried out on October 11th at the Hilton Hotel, with the aim of raising money for the Scholarship Fund and for the creation of academic and technological areas. Students’ exhibitions, shows, and interactive games have also been organized.

If you would like to participate, please contact Mrs. Elba Rubio: 4789-6509 / eventohilton@ort.edu.ar

TELECOM-ORT Meeting

On October 3rd, Marcelo De Carli (Telecom Argentina Operational Director) visited us, and met Marcelo Schurmann (Chairman of ORT Argentina’s Technology Committee), Adrián Moscovich (ORT Argentina General Manager), Rubén Hawryluk (ORT Argentina IT Manager), and senior staff from ORT Schools and ORT Institute of Technology. The aim of the meeting was to exchange information and analyze the possibility of carrying out joint academic and technological projects and initiatives.

Expo University at Almagro Campus

The vocational and occupational guidance program for 6th-year students creates a meaningful context for reflection and exchange, which helps our students to autonomously choose according to their interests and personal needs.

Within this framework, we organized yesterday “Expo University 2007”. The leading public and private universities of the country took part in it. At the Expo, the students learnt about different alternatives in higher education, and also about the universities’ scholarship programs.

To have a look at the photos of the activity and get more information about the vocational guidance program for 6th-year students, visit the following blog: http://orientacionvocacional2007almagro.blogspot.com/

Media Colleges Visit ORT Mass Media Track

On September 25th, people from UBA Communication Sciences visited us. Prof. Glenn Postolski gave a conference to 5th and 6th-year students from ORT Mass Media track. He explained that the course curriculum consists of 24 common subjects and 5 tracks, which are: Journalism, Public Opinion and Advertising, Communication and Educational Processes, Policies and Planning of Communication, and Community Communication. The Communication Sciences course trains people to become professionals in a field of great social significance: the territory where mass media, communication and culture merge. At the end of the activity, the lecturer answered the questions and doubts of the students.

Football, Passion and Identity

Alejandro Apo was the first guest-speaker of a series of conferences, and inaugurated the Football Corner at the library. Within the framework of the project “Football, Passion and Identity”, carried out by the teachers Juan Pablo Todaro and Martín Legizamón from the Social Sciences area, the well-known sports journalist Alejandro Apo was invited by ORT Belgrano campus to initiate the series of conferences.

Alejandro Apo developed his idea of football as a vehicle of ideas and identity. He also answered very enthusiastically the questions that students made in relation to his profession, the current violence in football, and the crisis that some national clubs are undergoing. Apart from that, he narrated a story on football, and inaugurated the Football Corner at the Belgrano library and the blog of the project. For further information: http://futbolpasionidentidad.blogspot.com/

Sony Employees Took an Exam at ORT

On September 16th (Sunday), employees from Sony Style Argentina took their 4th exam at the ICT track – ORT Belgrano campus- on technology and products manufactured by Sony (Digital Imaging, Display, Vaio, Audio, Home Theatre, Audio Car, Cell Phones).

The instrument of evaluation was elaborated by the ICT track, together with Sony Product, Marketing and Human Resources Managers, and it was administered and corrected by ORT ICT track.

On this occasion, 60 employees from the Capital City were evaluated on-site, at the ICT laboratories, and 12 employees were evaluated off campus, in Córdoba Province. The activity was organized by the ICT-teachers Juan Ignacio D’Amore and Dario Mischener.