Elementary
Message From the Principal
In Elementary School at Colegio Atid we provide our students with an outstanding education which focuses on each individual with particular needs and unique qualities in order to enhance their potential through collaboration, encouraging students to take ownership of and responsibility for their learning, their peers, their community and the planet we inhabit as they investigate local and global contexts and learn to design, create, solve, innovate and communicate proficiently in three different languages: Spanish, English and Hebrew with a deep sense of understanding and pride for their mexican and jewish heritage and traditions.
Alexia E. Quiroga Santa Cruz Koechli
Elementary School Principal
Message From the Principal
In Elementary School at Colegio Atid we provide our students with an outstanding education which focuses on each individual with particular needs and unique qualities in order to enhance their potential through collaboration, encouraging students to take ownership of and responsibility for their learning, their peers, their community and the planet we inhabit as they investigate local and global contexts and learn to design, create, solve, innovate and communicate proficiently in three different languages: Spanish, English and Hebrew with a deep sense of understanding and pride for their mexican and jewish heritage and traditions.
Alexia E. Quiroga Santa Cruz Koechli
Elementary School Principal
Message From the Principal
In Elementary School at Colegio Atid we provide our students with an outstanding education which focuses on each individual with particular needs and unique qualities in order to enhance their potential through collaboration, encouraging students to take ownership of and responsibility for their learning, their peers, their community and the planet we inhabit as they investigate local and global contexts and learn to design, create, solve, innovate and communicate proficiently in three different languages: Spanish, English and Hebrew with a deep sense of understanding and pride for their mexican and jewish heritage and traditions.
Alexia E. Quiroga Santa Cruz Koechli
Elementary School Principal
Overview
Elementary School continues to care for and promote the natural curiosity inherent in children. Within the framework of the bilingual PYP (IB Primary Years Programme) curriculum, teachers work together to design transdisciplinary programs and projects that stimulate the questioning process and the sense of discovery.
As children grow, their critical judgment matures and they are encouraged to think more conceptually. Elementary School offers kids simulations of and contact with real-life situations in which learning is more significant. Students learn and practice socialization skills in a non-threatening atmosphere. They are encouraged to become both independent learners and effective team members who strengthen the foundations of their Mexican-Jewish identity.
Overview
Elementary School continues to care for and promote the natural curiosity inherent in children. Within the framework of the bilingual PYP (IB Primary Years Programme) curriculum, teachers work together to design transdisciplinary programs and projects that stimulate the questioning process and the sense of discovery.
As children grow, their critical judgment matures and they are encouraged to think more conceptually. Elementary School offers kids simulations of and contact with real-life situations in which learning is more significant. Students learn and practice socialization skills in a non-threatening atmosphere. They are encouraged to become both independent learners and effective team members who strengthen the foundations of their Mexican-Jewish identity.
Overview
Elementary School continues to care for and promote the natural curiosity inherent in children. Within the framework of the bilingual PYP (IB Primary Years Programme) curriculum, teachers work together to design transdisciplinary programs and projects that stimulate the questioning process and the sense of discovery.
As children grow, their critical judgment matures and they are encouraged to think more conceptually. Elementary School offers kids simulations of and contact with real-life situations in which learning is more significant. Students learn and practice socialization skills in a non-threatening atmosphere. They are encouraged to become both independent learners and effective team members who strengthen the foundations of their Mexican-Jewish identity.
Curriculum
Our goal is to develop intellectual, individual, and social skills through a personalized educational pedagogy. Students acquire a construction of knowledge and skills essential to develop understanding and competent performance. Our teaching staff focuses their expertise and professionalism on student learning to help form a sense of identity and social awareness. An attitude of inquiry in the pursuit of learning and self-improvement is encouraged in the classroom. The PYP curriculum integrates essential knowledge, concepts, skills, and attitudes. Similarly, the learning and teaching processes include academic and non-academic activities, all offered by the school. The following elements comprise our Elementary School Plan:
Knowledge: the organization of relevant information, topics, facts, and data with which our students should be familiar.
Concepts: Transcendent and important ideas within the different disciplinary areas that students inquire about for better understanding.
Skills and competencies: Abilities that students develop, use, and improve in the cognitive, social, research, self-management, and communication fields.
Attitudes: Willingness to express values, beliefs, and feelings toward themselves, their community, their families, their country, and the world.
The Elementary School curriculum is divided into seven major subject areas:
- Languages
- Math
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Literature
- Personal, social, and physical education
- Judaism
In addition, the Atid School encourages the development of students’ linguistic potential by promoting learning through languages. Students learn English while studying subjects in English; Spanish proficiency is achieved during academic activities and collaboration. Students establish a deep bond with their Mexican-Jewish identity through the study of basic Hebrew.
Constant contact with technology has impacted our world and presents an incredible opportunity for learning and expressing ideas; it connects us with people from other cultures and countries, allowing us to discover the reality of human nature that we all share.
Curriculum
Our goal is to develop intellectual, individual, and social skills through a personalized educational pedagogy. Students acquire a construction of knowledge and skills essential to develop understanding and competent performance. Our teaching staff focuses their expertise and professionalism on student learning to help form a sense of identity and social awareness. An attitude of inquiry in the pursuit of learning and self-improvement is encouraged in the classroom. The PYP curriculum integrates essential knowledge, concepts, skills, and attitudes. Similarly, the learning and teaching processes include academic and non-academic activities, all offered by the school. The following elements comprise our Elementary School Plan:
Knowledge: the organization of relevant information, topics, facts, and data with which our students should be familiar.
Concepts: Transcendent and important ideas within the different disciplinary areas that students inquire about for better understanding.
Skills and competencies: Abilities that students develop, use, and improve in the cognitive, social, research, self-management, and communication fields.
Attitudes: Willingness to express values, beliefs, and feelings toward themselves, their community, their families, their country, and the world.
The Elementary School curriculum is divided into seven major subject areas:
- Languages
- Math
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Literature
- Personal, social, and physical education
- Judaism
In addition, the Atid School encourages the development of students’ linguistic potential by promoting learning through languages. Students learn English while studying subjects in English; Spanish proficiency is achieved during academic activities and collaboration. Students establish a deep bond with their Mexican-Jewish identity through the study of basic Hebrew.
Constant contact with technology has impacted our world and presents an incredible opportunity for learning and expressing ideas; it connects us with people from other cultures and countries, allowing us to discover the reality of human nature that we all share.
Curriculum
Our goal is to develop intellectual, individual, and social skills through a personalized educational pedagogy. Students acquire a construction of knowledge and skills essential to develop understanding and competent performance. Our teaching staff focuses their expertise and professionalism on student learning to help form a sense of identity and social awareness. An attitude of inquiry in the pursuit of learning and self-improvement is encouraged in the classroom. The PYP curriculum integrates essential knowledge, concepts, skills, and attitudes. Similarly, the learning and teaching processes include academic and non-academic activities, all offered by the school. The following elements comprise our Elementary School Plan:
Knowledge: the organization of relevant information, topics, facts, and data with which our students should be familiar.
Concepts: Transcendent and important ideas within the different disciplinary areas that students inquire about for better understanding.
Skills and competencies: Abilities that students develop, use, and improve in the cognitive, social, research, self-management, and communication fields.
Attitudes: Willingness to express values, beliefs, and feelings toward themselves, their community, their families, their country, and the world.
The Elementary School curriculum is divided into seven major subject areas:
- Languages
- Math
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences
- Literature
- Personal, social, and physical education
- Judaism
In addition, the Atid School encourages the development of students’ linguistic potential by promoting learning through languages. Students learn English while studying subjects in English; Spanish proficiency is achieved during academic activities and collaboration. Students establish a deep bond with their Mexican-Jewish identity through the study of basic Hebrew.
Constant contact with technology has impacted our world and presents an incredible opportunity for learning and expressing ideas; it connects us with people from other cultures and countries, allowing us to discover the reality of human nature that we all share.
Special Programs
Social Skills (Community)
- Community Class: Students participate in workshops to improve social skills for responsible and respectful coexistence. They develop a sense of community and understanding as to how these qualities are an essential part of a good education.
- Anti-Bullying Prevention Program: This program develops respectful and harmonious socialization to ensure student learning and development in an atmosphere of safety and peace.
- Socialization and Community Building Programs: Each year students take part in a field trip, the ‘Atidiada,’ a formative, social, cultural and educational experience during which they build positive bonds.
Social Skills (Community)
- Community Class: Students participate in workshops to improve social skills for responsible and respectful coexistence. They develop a sense of community and understanding as to how these qualities are an essential part of a good education.
- Anti-Bullying Prevention Program: This program develops respectful and harmonious socialization to ensure student learning and development in an atmosphere of safety and peace.
- Socialization and Community Building Programs: Each year students take part in a field trip, the ‘Atidiada,’ a formative, social, cultural and educational experience during which they build positive bonds.
Reasoning Skills
- Math Program: This program opens a learning space for students to develop problem solving abilities in either applied arithmetic or algebra. It enables students to improve their abstract skills in a playful and collaborative environment.
- Chess Lessons: As part of our students’ integral growth, classes are given by experienced teachers from the National School of Chess. All students take part in an annual tournament where they test their analytical and strategic planning capacities against others. As they prepare, they develop their learning and abstract reasoning abilities.
Reasoning Skills
- Math Program: This program opens a learning space for students to develop problem solving abilities in either applied arithmetic or algebra. It enables students to improve their abstract skills in a playful and collaborative environment.
- Chess Lessons: As part of our students’ integral growth, classes are given by experienced teachers from the National School of Chess. All students take part in an annual tournament where they test their analytical and strategic planning capacities against others. As they prepare, they develop their learning and abstract reasoning abilities.
Reasoning Skills
- Math Program: This program opens a learning space for students to develop problem solving abilities in either applied arithmetic or algebra. It enables students to improve their abstract skills in a playful and collaborative environment.
- Chess Lessons: As part of our students’ integral growth, classes are given by experienced teachers from the National School of Chess. All students take part in an annual tournament where they test their analytical and strategic planning capacities against others. As they prepare, they develop their learning and abstract reasoning abilities.
Linguistic and Communication Skills
Oratory, Declamation and Debates: Students have numerous opportunities for the development of linguistic skills as a means of expressing learning, reflections and viewpoints. In the process, they practice and consider the appropriate use of the English, Spanish and Hebrew languages.
Plays, Presentations and Staging: Students perform plays in English which allow them to practice and apply the language; the annual grade play provides a venue for the academic focus studied during the IB inquiry unit and a forum for personal and social formation, the development of both self-confidence, and oral expression skills.
Reading and Reflection Projects about Language. Students develop the ability of analysis and synthesis as they make meaning of a wide variety of print and digital texts; they become critical readers, in three languages, as they learn about the world.
Linguistic and Communication Skills
Oratory, Declamation and Debates: Students have numerous opportunities for the development of linguistic skills as a means of expressing learning, reflections and viewpoints. In the process, they practice and consider the appropriate use of the English, Spanish and Hebrew languages.
Plays, Presentations and Staging: Students perform plays in English which allow them to practice and apply the language; the annual grade play provides a venue for the academic focus studied during the IB inquiry unit and a forum for personal and social formation, the development of both self-confidence, and oral expression skills.
Reading and Reflection Projects about Language. Students develop the ability of analysis and synthesis as they make meaning of a wide variety of print and digital texts; they become critical readers, in three languages, as they learn about the world.
Self-control and self-management skills
Sports Events: These activities offer students the opportunity to participate in various disciplines both at school and in the community. As a result, students exercise their psycho-motor skills which, in turn, benefit their body’s well-being.
Movement Workshop: Specialized classes help students develop their psycho-motor, postural and spatial abilities as part of their integral development during sensitive growth stages.
Self-control and self-management skills
Sports Events: These activities offer students the opportunity to participate in various disciplines both at school and in the community. As a result, students exercise their psycho-motor skills which, in turn, benefit their body’s well-being.
Movement Workshop: Specialized classes help students develop their psycho-motor, postural and spatial abilities as part of their integral development during sensitive growth stages.
Self-control and self-management skills
Sports Events: These activities offer students the opportunity to participate in various disciplines both at school and in the community. As a result, students exercise their psycho-motor skills which, in turn, benefit their body’s well-being.
Movement Workshop: Specialized classes help students develop their psycho-motor, postural and spatial abilities as part of their integral development during sensitive growth stages.
Action and Service
Social Action Projects: Students join these projects, led by the Atid Parents Association, in order to help other communities as well as to their own. Students put into practice what they have learned and come to conclusions, as they become more aware of other realities, ready to make a difference in their surroundings and themselves.
Campaigns and Fund-raising Programs: Along with the Atid Parents Association, students participate in the step-by-step campaign and fund-raising process. They promote social and environmental awareness at home and abroad. They get involved in organizing, planning, collecting and delivering resources for community, national, international, and humanitarian organizations.
Action and Service
Social Action Projects: Students join these projects, led by the Atid Parents Association, in order to help other communities as well as to their own. Students put into practice what they have learned and come to conclusions, as they become more aware of other realities, ready to make a difference in their surroundings and themselves.
Campaigns and Fund-raising Programs: Along with the Atid Parents Association, students participate in the step-by-step campaign and fund-raising process. They promote social and environmental awareness at home and abroad. They get involved in organizing, planning, collecting and delivering resources for community, national, international, and humanitarian organizations.