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May 2023, The Palapa Society Newsletter

May 15, 2023 by jimena

May 2023, The Palapa Society Newsletter

 

 

 

 

May 2023: Palapa Society News
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  • Donor Appreciation Party
  • The Palapa School: School Reunion on the Beach
  • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska
  • Puente al Inglés para Niños (Children’s English Program)
  • Puente al Inglés para Adultos (Adult English Program)

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Filed Under: Home Middle, Newsletter Tagged With: Education, Mexico, the palapa society, Todos Santos

April 2023, The Palapa Society Newsletter

April 6, 2023 by jimena

 

 

 

 

 

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      • The Palapa School: Exchange with Colorado High School Students
      • Student Blog: Men Participate in Women’s Day
      • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska
      • Puente al Inglés para Niños (Children’s English Program)
      • Puente al Inglés para Adultos (Adult English Program)
      • The Palapa Society’s Community Event Calendar

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The Palapa School: Rotary Helps Students Win Robotics Competition

March 15, 2023 by jimena

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.
 
https://www.firstlegoleague.org/
 
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.

Filed Under: Home Middle, Student Blog Tagged With: Education, Mexico, the palapa school, the palapa society, The Rotary Club, Todos Santos

March 2023, The Palapa Society Newsletter

March 15, 2023 by jimena

March 2023, The Palapa Society Newsletter
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  • Masquerade Ball: A Benefit for The Palapa Society
  • The Palapa School: Vocational Day 2023
  • The Palapa School: Rotary Helps Students Win Robotics Competition
  • Bi-Lingual Education Partnership
  • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska
  • Agent Zero Certification Achieved
  • Puente al Inglés (Children’s English)
  • Puente al Inglés (Adultos)
  • Remembering Anita Harris
  • The Palapa Society’s Community Event Calendar

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Filed Under: Home Middle, Newsletter Tagged With: Education, Masquerade Ball, Mexico, the palapa society, Todos Santos

February 2023, Palapa Society News

February 22, 2023 by jimena

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Palapa Society Newsletter

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  • 12th Annual Todos Santos Open Studio Tour
  • The Palapa School
  • The After School Art Program is Back
  • Global Gateway Visiting Teacher Program
  • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska
  • Todos Santos Writers Workshop
  • Puente al Inglés (Niños)
  • Puente al Inglés (Adultos)
  • The Palapa Society’s Community Event Calendar
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Filed Under: Home Middle, Newsletter Tagged With: educacion, Education, Mexico, the palapa society, Todos Santos

Student Blog: The Palapa School Embraces Zero Waste

January 9, 2023 by jimena

Since September 2022, The Palapa School has undertaken an intensive learning process to transform itself into a zero waste campus. Under the leadership of the school’s Co-Directors and CSU Zero Waste Coordinator, Antonio Diego, the school has made tremendous progress.

Tangible results include:

Creation and implementation of a waste separation strategy. The Palapa School now has designated bins for specific types of waste and information on proper separation techniques. A dedicated team of students drives this project.

The Palapa School is part of the waste separation program run by the municipality, which includes regular pickup of recyclables. All kitchen and garden waste are now composted on the school grounds.

 

The Zero Waste program at the school has been hands-on and dynamic. Students have been an integral part of the waste analysis and waste strategy development for the school and have created and implemented the school zero waste information campaign. In addition, Palapa students have gone outside the classroom to visit and help clean up illegal dump sites around town and lend a hand at Punto Verde where they prepared three tons of cardboard for transport. Supporting themes in the classroom have included “The Myth of Recycling,” learning how to create eco-bricks, understanding the history of compost in Mexico, and learning about sustainable industries.

CSU Zero Waste Coordinator Antonio Diego has brought in terrific local resources to inspire and inform the students and faculty alike. These include Alianza Cero Basura Program Director Juan Salvador Aceves, Punto Verde Recycling Center director Alex Miró, and Sierra La Laguna Biosphere Reserve Director Victor Anguiano who discussed their efforts with respect to waste.

The Palapa School faculty and students have demonstrated tremendous resolve in transforming their facility and are strongly committed to staying the course. By the end of the school year, we expect to see Palapa School Zero Waste Ambassadors (Agent Zeros) with the knowledge and passion to share their hard-won expertise with other students throughout Todos Santos and Pescadero.

Filed Under: Home Middle, Student Blog Tagged With: Education, Mexico, the palapa society, Todos Santos, Zero Waste

January 2023, The Palapa Society News

January 9, 2023 by jimena

 

 

 

 

 

The Palapa Society Newsletter

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  • 12th Annual Todos Santos Open Studio Tour
  • The Season of Giving Continues
  • The Palapa School Embraces Zero Waste
  • The Palapa School: Robotics Club Gearing Up For Competition
  • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska
  • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska for Children
  • Puente al Inglés (Niños)
  • Puente al Inglés (Adultos)
  • The Palapa Society: Does your company match donations?
  • The Palapa Society’s Community Event Calendar
  • Special Thank Yous
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December 2022, The Palapa Society Newsletter

December 7, 2022 by jimena

December 2022, The Palapa Society Newsletter
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  • The Season of Giving is Here
  • Science Trip to Puebla
  • The Palapa School “Moms in Action”
  • The Palapa Society’s Holiday Party
  • Biblioteca Elena Poniatowska
  • Puente al Inglés (Niños)
  • Puente al Inglés (Adultos)
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