Colegio Tarbut
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Colegio Tarbut is a Jewish private school founded in 1961 in the city of Olivos
, in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
.
movement of humanistic Jewish education, and has much in common with that movement's curricular philosophy. It teaches at the kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels, and is a trilingual school in that Hebrew
, English
and Spanish
are taught.
The school takes pride in what it views as excellent academics, although this comes at a price: financially in September 2005 it was identified as among Buenos Aires's most expensive schools while, as part of its curricular approach, pupils who fail are asked to leave the school rather than repeat a grade. The focus on academics has, however, ensured that 100 percent of its recent graduates have pursued university studies, and no other Jewish school in Argentina -- and few others in the Americas -- offers its pupils the opportunity to obtain the diploma programme (DP)
of the International Baccalaureate Organization
.
, Shot Put
, Long
and High Jump
. Group disciplines are soccer and handball
. Students are divided into four teams (Red, Green, Yellow and Blue) and stay in the same team every year. Competitions in the group disciplines are done according to the teams. Records in athletics are kept between years.
Some weeks after the Yom Sport another event is held in which winners in the individual events are announced. The ranking among the teams (color) is also published. The ranking is computed according to the performance of the team members in the individual and group disciplines.
High Holidays, religious services are held in the school, and are usually attended by students, their families and alumni.
Olivos, Buenos Aires
Olivos is an Argentine city in Vicente López Partido in the Province of Buenos Aires and a suburb within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area....
, in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires Province
The Province of Buenos Aires is the largest and most populous province of Argentina. It takes the name from the city of Buenos Aires, which used to be the provincial capital until it was federalized in 1880...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Pedagogy
Colegio Tarbut is named after the TarbutTarbut
The Tarbut movement was a network of secular, Hebrew-language schools in parts of the former Jewish Pale of Settlement, specifically in Poland, Romania and Lithuania...
movement of humanistic Jewish education, and has much in common with that movement's curricular philosophy. It teaches at the kindergarten, primary, and secondary levels, and is a trilingual school in that Hebrew
Hebrew language
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
are taught.
The school takes pride in what it views as excellent academics, although this comes at a price: financially in September 2005 it was identified as among Buenos Aires's most expensive schools while, as part of its curricular approach, pupils who fail are asked to leave the school rather than repeat a grade. The focus on academics has, however, ensured that 100 percent of its recent graduates have pursued university studies, and no other Jewish school in Argentina -- and few others in the Americas -- offers its pupils the opportunity to obtain the diploma programme (DP)
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
of the International Baccalaureate Organization
International Baccalaureate Organization
The International Baccalaureate , formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization , is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. IB offers three educational programmes for children ages 3–19.The organization's name and logo were changed...
.
Yom Sport
Each year during the last months of the school year, usually October or November, a Yom Sport (Hebrew for "Sports Day") is held. In this event students compete in individual and group disciplines. Individual disciplines are SprintSprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
, Shot Put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
, Long
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
and High Jump
High jump
The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....
. Group disciplines are soccer and handball
Team handball
Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
. Students are divided into four teams (Red, Green, Yellow and Blue) and stay in the same team every year. Competitions in the group disciplines are done according to the teams. Records in athletics are kept between years.
Some weeks after the Yom Sport another event is held in which winners in the individual events are announced. The ranking among the teams (color) is also published. The ranking is computed according to the performance of the team members in the individual and group disciplines.
Religious services
During the JewishJudaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
High Holidays, religious services are held in the school, and are usually attended by students, their families and alumni.