In the Gimnasio Moderno we promote the culture of recognition of actions and character of the students. Since its early years, the Gimnasio has awarded prizes for personal effort, beautiful character, hiking and fellowship, through discussions between administrative staff, group directors and teachers who, at the end of each school year, study the virtues and merits of each candidate.
- Cup for Personal Effort
- Beautiful Character Badge
- Field Trip Spirit Badge
- Cup For Fellowship
In addition to these four traditional awards, academic excellence is also rewarded through our recognition of the Best Research Projects in grade Eleven and a distinction is awarded to the students who have obtained the best results in the State tests. In the future, this same recognition will be given to the most outstanding students in our international tests, since we want to educate leaders committed to their country, but also citizens of the world.
Cup for Personal Effort
With the Cup for Personal Effort, the Gimnasio recognizes the student that, through the full fulfillment of his duties, perseverance, discipline and the achievement of academic and personal achievement, has achieved important advances in his academic and education process. The fact that the student has shared his achievements and rectified his mistakes generously, and that he projects himself before his classmates as an example of self-improvement and humility is also taken into account.
Beautiful Character Badge
The Beautiful Character Badge recognizes the student who is distinguished for his respect for human dignity reflected in their feelings, in their thoughts and in their actions. This conviction is the result of self-knowledge and the firm formation of their autonomy. The nobility of character leads the student to live with chivalry and simplicity, but with frankness and without hypocrisy. With a desire to serve, but without falling into servility. With tolerance, but never giving up on leadership. With a sense of companionship, but away from all complicity. With a multifaceted spirit in their vocations, but clear in their principles. Detached from all eagerness for prominence and ostentation, but proud of himself.
Field Trip Spirit Badge
With this award, the teachers of the Gimnasio Moderno seek to highlight the right balance between the physical qualities of the student and the spirit that should distinguish a good hiker. It is a joyous, enthusiastic, supportive and adventurous spirit, a revelation that manifests itself in the close dialogue that the student manages to establish with the environment, with the new cultural conditions that he is facing, with relationships with his peers and with their teachers.
All these qualities of the student flourish in the pines of the Gimnasio and come to life, particularly on field trips, when the student faces situations that require from him, with the greatest care, the highest responsibility, the best sense of respect, and that only a character formed in temperance and nobility can prudently circumvent.
Cup For Fellowship
This award is the recognition of the grade that best represents the school spirit and its collective values such as healthy union, sense of coexistence, belonging and loyalty. These values should have been built by virtue of tolerance of differences with others, solidarity with the problems of others, respect for unbreakable principles and commitment to common causes. The scale of values of this course must have led its members to forge strong bonds of friendship, to achieve joint and individual school achievements and to develop fair mechanisms to settle their conflicts.
In addition to these four traditional awards, academic excellence is also rewarded through our recognition of the Best Research Projects in grade Eleven and a distinction is awarded to the students who have obtained the best results in the State tests. In the future, this same recognition will be given to the most outstanding students in our international tests, since we want to educate leaders committed to their country, but also citizens of the world.
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