My adventures today surronded visiting the largest high school in South America. It's run by the CLM and is an absolutely beautiful school! More than just being physically beautiful, the anthropology of it is amazing.
The school is called San Pedro (St. Peter-the Rock!). The school is separated between a boys and a girls school from K-12th grade. At the bottom of the hill, you have the younger children and each year you graduate, you move up physically to the next level. It's a beautiful strategy that teaches the children the importance of being role models for the younger students.The picture above is the Quad where they meet around the "Rock" as a community.
Alejandro is posing here for me in one of the mini-symposiums that the children experience. Here the children, as young as kinderguarden, meet in a round type like environment to discuss different important topics. They may have a guest speaker like a priest or the principal to have an open Q&A session.
The chapel above is truly beautiful. Again, continuing the idea of the "Rock", the alter is made of one giant stone, simple but beautiful. Students are required to attend Mass weekly, but a number of them chose to celebrate daily.
This was a really neat aspect of the school, a paintball battle field. In addition to having they typical sports, they also offer the ability for men to be men, to teach courage and strategy.
Something else very fascinating about this school, is that they naturally collect their own water for the plants on their grounds. At the top of this mountain, you can see what looks like fence posts. Essentially what they do is they run a tarp which caputures the winter mist, condense it, and channel it down a canal like system to water the soccer fields and plants. Pretty amazing!
Alejandro is posing here for me in one of the mini-symposiums that the children experience. Here the children, as young as kinderguarden, meet in a round type like environment to discuss different important topics. They may have a guest speaker like a priest or the principal to have an open Q&A session.
The chapel above is truly beautiful. Again, continuing the idea of the "Rock", the alter is made of one giant stone, simple but beautiful. Students are required to attend Mass weekly, but a number of them chose to celebrate daily.
This was a really neat aspect of the school, a paintball battle field. In addition to having they typical sports, they also offer the ability for men to be men, to teach courage and strategy.Something else very fascinating about this school, is that they naturally collect their own water for the plants on their grounds. At the top of this mountain, you can see what looks like fence posts. Essentially what they do is they run a tarp which caputures the winter mist, condense it, and channel it down a canal like system to water the soccer fields and plants. Pretty amazing!
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