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The Palapa School: Rotary Helps Students Win Robotics Competition

March 15, 2023 by jimena

The Palapa School: Rotary Helps Students Win Robotics Competition
 
By Ardice Farrow
 
The Palapa School Robotics Club won BEST in Innovation at the recent Regional First LEGO League Robotics Competition and was selected to participate in the National Competition on March 11 & 12 in Mexico City.
 
This is the first time club members have participated in a competition, and we are all thrilled with their creativity, hard work, and success.
To prepare for the regional LEGO competition, students were required to build and code several different robots to compete in multiple challenges. The second requirement of the competition was to “reimagine a better energy future,” identify a local energy and environmental problem, and propose an innovative solution.
 
As electricity in Baja California Sur, Mexico, is costly and production contributes to CO2 emissions, the students proposed an electrolysis plant to produce hydrogen and use it for the thermoelectric plant in La Paz, the capital city of Baja Sur. This solution would decrease CO2 emissions, reduce production costs, and make electricity cleaner and more affordable to Baja Sur.
 
The Palapa Robotics Club was made possible because of generous donations from local Todos Santos supporters, a District Grant from the Pilot Knob Rotary Club, and Texas Rotary District 5790, and support from The Denton Texas Rotary Club.
 
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As a result of pre COVID contributions from Palapa supporters, a Rotary District Grant from The Pilot Knob Rotary Group, District 5790 and the added support of members of the Denton Noon Rotary Club The Palapa School was able to launch its first Robotics Club with eight students in late 2022.

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Student Projects: TV Projects

September 26, 2021 by jimena

Teacher Citlali created a fun an innovative project for the 9th grade History class. Students created cardboard television displays to illustrate the Mexican Independence of 1810.
“On September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Dolores” (Dolores referring to the town of Dolores, Mexico). The revolutionary tract called for the end of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality.”

Filed Under: Student Blog Tagged With: Education, Mexico, student projects, the palapa school, the palapa society, Todos Santos

Student Projects: Computer Science Projects

September 26, 2021 by jimena

The project first investigated the major components of a computer:
Processor (CPU)
Monitor
RAM
Power Source (PSU)
Hard Drive / Storage
Inputs and Outputs: Mouse, Keyboard, Camera etc.
Motherboard
Afterwards, they made a mockup of a Desktop-style computer and recorded a video explaining the process of making it or explaining some of the components.

Filed Under: Student Blog Tagged With: Education, Mexico, student projects, the palapa school, the palapa society, Todos Santos

Student Projects: Basics of Náhuatl By Perla C.M.

September 26, 2021 by jimena

During the week of January 25 – 29, 2021 our seventh grade students prepared presentations to share with their fellow classmates and present during classes.
Perla and her classmates prepared a presentation about the basics of the indigenous language of Náhuatl. It’s so amazing to share such creative and talented work by our students with you.
To view this creative presentation, please click here to view.
Nahuatl Básico

Filed Under: Student Blog Tagged With: eduaction, Mexico, nahuatl, student projects, the palapa school, the palapa society, Todos Santos

Student Projects: Drawing Dreams

September 26, 2021 by jimena

The students from the eighth grade, as a part of their Spanish class, attended a workshop called “Literary Cafe” in which they explored and developed reading and deep reflection skills. In this part of the course they read “The Old Man and the Sea” by E. Hemingway.
The activity was to focus on a scene in which the character expressed his dream while observing life in the sea. The student had to express in a drawing their own dreams to achieve, taking the example of reading and making a brief explanation of the drawing.
Drawing Dreams

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Annual Giving

August 13, 2021 by admin

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SAHM and Learning About Emotions Through Art

August 13, 2021 by Jamie

Throughout the Student Support Program, some activities have been carried out with the support of the SAHM Foundation Family. The previous school year has been a great challenge for the students of the The Palapa School, as well as for their families, for which social-emotional support has been provided through art-therapeutic tools in workshops that include the plastic arts and mindfulness from corporeality.

One of these workshops, facilitated by Mónica Rodríguez Cortés, aimed to provide tools for stress management in students, starting with a series of breathing and mindfulness exercises, where they identified the way in which stress and anxiety inhabit the body and the drawing was used as a tool to visualize these areas where there are body blockages. At the end, an exercise was done to mobilize that area of ​​the body and improve mood.

This workshop was aimed at both educational levels, both secondary and high school.

Filed Under: Student Blog Tagged With: Education, Mexico, projects, student blog, student projects, the palapa school, the palapa society, Todos Santos

Student Support Program Second Episode

March 29, 2021 by jimena

Second Episode.
In this Video you’ll find tips and advice for a better version of you for your children.
Would you like to support your kids and you don’t know how?

 

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