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Snow in IES Jorge Manrique - Palencia

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Kurt-Tucholsky-Gymnasium Library - Hamburg

IES Jorge Manrique Library - Palencia

"West Side Story" in Tørring Amtsgymnasium

Kurt-Tucholsky-Gymnasium - Hamburg

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You can download our new tones for your mobile. / Puedes bajar nuevos tonos o melodías para tu móvil lejos de los archiconocidos. Busca el enlace.

Learn some of the limericks made by clas-mates / Aprende algún "limerick" (poesía breve y jocosa) hecha por compañeros.

Have a look at the statistics compairing the use of the NEW MEDIA in our three countries / Echa una ojeada a las estadísticas comparando el uso de los nuevos medios entre la juventud de nuestros 3 países.

Calendar

Deadlines:

The questionnaire results (Deadline): Results should be passed on to the partners by November 30.

Background studies are done individually in the countries and with the subjects who want to take part (social science, literature, biology, etc.)

The results of the polarity profile must be passed on to partners latest February 28

The three best short stories must be passed on by March 26.

Conference in Palencia: 18-20th of April, 2007

Conference in Hamburg: Autumn 2007

Conference in Sliven: April, 2008

Annexes on the Hamburg Conference April 18th - 20th, 2007

Annex 1

Annex 2: IES Jorge Manrique High School – PALENCIA (By Sotero García)

STRUCTURE AND PRESENT FAMILY SITUATION

A.- PRESENT SITUATION:

Do you belong to a traditional family or to a different one? (by traditional family is understood = not divorced parents + children).

yes o no o
How many members form your family?

2 o 3 o 4 o 5 o more o
How many brothers and sisters have you got?

0 o 1 o 2 o 3 o more o
What is your parents’ marital status?

married      o
divorced    o
widow/er   o
separated   o
permanent relationship p
others o
Do you belong to a single parental family?

yes o no o
Have your parents been married before?

yes o no o
Is your family a patchwork family?

yes o no o
Did your parents live together before they got married?

yes o no o
Did your parents have any children before they were married?

yes o no o
Apart from your parents, is there any other relative or person living with you?

yes o no o
Can you specify?

o uncle / aunt
o grand father / grand mother
o cousin
o others

B.- NEW MODELS:

Do you approve marriage between people of the same sex?

yes o no o
Do you think that a couple formed by homosexuals should adopt children?

yes o no o
Do you think they should adopt a different sex child?

yes o no o
Do you think this couple could appropriately guide their children sexually?

yes o no o
Do you intend to form a family in the future?

yes o no o
Would you marry somebody for…? (choose only the most important one for you)

o love o money o interest o sex
What is your idea of living together with somebody else?

o traditional family
o same sex family
o to remain single
o liberty to get divorce or separate when things do not work

C.- MOBILITY:

Did your parents have to migrate from another country?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
Did your grand parents or great grand parents migrate from another country?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
Do your parents live in the same place they were born?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
Do your parents work?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
Do they work in the same town or city where you live?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
Do they have to travel to another city to work every day?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
Have your parents ever changed jobs?

both of them o none of them o one of them o
In case they changed jobs; did it suppose to move from village to city? (from small place to a bigger one)

yes o no o
In case they changed jobs; did it suppose to move from town to town? (from a place to another one of the same features)

yes o no o

Annex 2: IES Jorge Manrique High School History

(Article prepaired for Comenius News Magazine)


IES JORGE MANRIQUE HIGH SCHOOL – PALENCIA Though the present building of IES Jorge Manrique of Palencia is from 1915, our history goes back to the middle of the 19th century, 1845, when our school was founded in the old convent of Saint Buenaventura, not very far from the Gothic cathedral, to cover the gap that the city had on secondary education. It had a very hard beginning. The former second headmaster of the centre, the clergyman Mr. Inocencio Rodríguez, requested County Council economic aid in order to be able to establish a boarding school for pupils coming from a rural background, and to compete with the prestigious Diocesan Seminar located in the same city. The precariousness of its deteriorated facilities (the convent was built in 1603) and the insufficiency of space for the new needs derived from the Moyano Law of 1857, made authorities think about a new building, in accordance with the tendencies of the new century. That is how the Jorge Manrique was set up, with the name of “General and Technical Institute”. Work began in 1908, according to architect Jerónimo Arroyo's plans, and in 1915, the building was finished and inaugurated by the Minister of Public Education, Mr. Saturnino Esteban Collantes. This stunning building, which follows the guidelines of Viennese modernism, and was placed next to the park of Queen Isabel II, has been and still is one of the main icons of Palencia city; it is also known as “the old institute” by everybody. Its outstanding features include its wide library, with some bibliographical funds proceeding from the former disentailed convents, its impressive entry with a magnificent staircase (the envy of other schools), as well as its auditorium, with some beautiful stained glasses proceeding from the Mauméjean Frères House of Paris and, the clock tower (where an ancient astronomical observatory was located). In 1940 our high school was named after Jorge Manrique, in honour of this celebrated Renaissance poet, on occasion of his 5th century birth. Throughout the years there have been prominent figures in our classrooms, who have obtained reputation not only on a provincial level but also nationally and internationally, such as: Alejandro Casona -the playwright-, Gómez de la Serna –the writer-, Trinidad Arroyo -the doctor-, Felipe Ruiz, Becerro de Bengoa and Julio Valdeón -the historians-, Francisco Vighi, the poet and engineer… and others. It is one of our eminent figures, Doctor Dª Trinidad Arroyo, who leaves a fund of money for the provision of scholarships to those pupils less favoured economically. Nowadays, both secondary education and grammar school, as well as some professional training courses are given in our classrooms. There are three shifts: Morning, Evening and Open Teaching (for those who can not attend regular) classes, with a total of 1,562 pupils and 100 teachers. We might emphasize, as the signs of identity of our school, that it has always been a pioneer in the technological field in its classrooms and laboratories, as well as an impeller in language teaching. English, German and French constitute our main appeal. The impulse given to the student exchanges with the countries that speak the above mentioned languages (the USA, England, Germany and France) and the participation in projects of international relevance, as Comenius, are a motive of pride for the whole school community. Sotero García

Comenius 1-1: School Project

"Freedom and Limits - Conditions and contradictions for young people in Europe"

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