Visit to Augusta

On Monday 27, we went to Augusta, the Capital of Maine. There we visited the House of Representatives and attended to a session where Democrats and Republicans applauded us, it was a very interesting experience.

Our Arrival

After taking 3 airplanes, showing our passports and boarding passes 20 thousand times, and sharing several interesting moments e.g. “don’t-take-pictures-in-the-international-area” (ejem: erase the picturee!) After many adventurous moments (trains inside the airports), after some interrogations (gangster Larry), after many yawns, laughs, good byes and memories we got to Portland, Maine.
We left parents, friends, sisters, boyfriends and girlfriends behind and prepared ourselves to face the first adventure we would have. We embarked on the trip of our lives!
We left at 21:30 from Santiago’s airport and arrived at 17:30 to Portland airport. The 24 hour trip was exhausting, but full of laughs and of all the cheer we Chileans are full of. They received us with the warmest welcome ever: signs, flowers, balloons, and smiles everywhere. Our luggage survived the trip without problems; therefore, we could relax and enjoy our first day.
Monday we truly relaxed and got situated with our new homes and families. On Tuesday, we all went to school. We were instantly emerged into the new environment – McAuley School!
Those were only the first couple of days, there are still many adventures ahead of us, and we are ready to face them all.

By: Jose Movillo and Jose Larrañaga

CPH students at Cheverus

"Miss Chechi this experience is wonderful..." "Miss can we speak Spanish now?" ...These are some of the question that are posed by our nice bunch of students from CPH at Cheverus...they are just starting but Teachers at lunch time talk positively about your kids...(My kids here!)...

I just wanted to share some pictures of them studying or checking things in the Internet, looking for bibliography,etc...

That's life at Cheverus...

Love, Miss Cecilia

2007 CPH - CJA Exchange Program

CpH - CjA High School Students are leaving for USA on march 17, 2007.
They will be having an interesting cultural exchange with american families in Portland, Maine.They will also attend classes in two different private catholic high schools there.
The students selected this year to attend McAuley High School are: Constanza Escobar Hayashi, Josefina Larrañaga Recart, Josefa Mendía Oliver, Sofía Mondragón Fischer, Monserrat Bao Quiero and Josefina Movillo Matta. All these students will be chaperoned by Miss María Elena Jünemann, our CJA Headmistress. CPH students: Alvaro Arriagada Elzo, Agustín Díaz Casanueva, Javier Marcos Espíndola, Tomás Ozzano Reyes, Jorge Yavar Hojas and Joaquín Sierralta will be attending Cheverus High School and their chaperone will be Miss Cecilia Gambino.
The group will be staying in Portland,ME for four weeks and then they will continue touring New York City , Washington DC and Miami for the following two weeks.

English as a Foreign Language...Full Immersion

The English language is in today's society one of the key codes to access knowledge, technology and culture. To that effect, the CPH and CJA schools apply a comprehensive academic program starting in nursery school. It becomes more intensive throughout the curriculum and is oriented to master the English tongue from its essence to all its various linguistic mechanisms.
Viewed within the cultural perspective from our own society's, this program actually intends to introduce the student into the social-cultural context of the many english speaking nations, seeking a better understanding of the process of globalization.
An innovative teaching methodology is also used by both schools through introducing creative communicative techniques and advanced software technology as keytools for the learning process, thus overcoming many of the common psychological barriers usually associated with foreign language learning.
In the international field the CPH and CJA schools work closely together with other institutions from overseas such as the Cheverus High School from Portland, Maine in the USA, developing diverse and articulated exchange programs in order to produce a more fluent, linguistic and cultural relationship with their communities.