The Principal's office promoted today a welcome session for new students beginning year 10. There are a total of 600 new students, with dreams and expectations, at a reference school and with a quality pedagogical project. Calm but curious, inhibited but eager for knowledge and attentive to a forest of educational opportunities that, in time, they will seize, each with their own life project. This is how the new students are now starting a new and decisive cycle of studies, like countless generations that have marked the centenary history of the \u201cLiceu\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The welcome session was filled with messages of optimism and enthusiasm from the Principal Ana Isabel Freitas, who took the opportunity to outline the institution's values, its Educational Project and the various extracurricular projects that could broaden horizons of the student in so-called informal education. In an intimate and empathetic atmosphere, there was also space for a remarkable moment of poetry, with the president reciting the words of the historic Paulo Freire about the school's mission, precisely to remember that the students are faced with a house that cultivates the culture of work but also about meeting, sharing and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The year 10 class head teachers, from the various courses, accompanied the students to the classroom for the individual presentation and gave a guided tour of all the facilities, familiarizing them with a different universe that will be their second home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ana Isabel Freitas explained, in welcoming words addressed to students and some parents, that ESJM is committed to the values \u200b\u200bof Democracy, intending to enhance everyone's capabilities, whether in pursuing studies or in the job market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Values \u200b\u200bare also a pillar of the \u201cDNA\u201d of the \u201cLiceu\u201d, as mentioned by the Principal: \u201cWe want students to develop the values \u200b\u200bof respect, proactivity, excellence and demand and citizenship and participation to face current challenges of society. We are a reference and prestigious school based on quality educational practices, seeking to provide its students with cognitive, personal and social skills that allow them to deal with a future marked by unpredictability\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On September 12th, this Thursday, the alarm clock will wake up students to the new world of secondary education at the \u201cLiceu\u201d. Classes begin! It's time to face a new challenge, manage disparate situations and gain the opportunities of a train that can take each student very far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paulo Freire's poem, quoted by Ana Isabel Freitas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Escola \u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n … o lugar que se faz amigos.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n N\u00e3o se trata s\u00f3 de pr\u00e9dios, salas, quadros, Programas, hor\u00e1rios, conceitos…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Escola \u00e9 sobretudo, gente Gente que trabalha, que estuda<\/p>\n\n\n\n Que alegra, se conhece, se estima.<\/p>\n\n\n\n O Diretor \u00e9 gente,<\/p>\n\n\n\n O coordenador \u00e9 gente, O professor \u00e9 gente,<\/p>\n\n\n\n O aluno \u00e9 gente,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cada funcion\u00e1rio \u00e9 gente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n E a escola ser\u00e1 cada vez melhor<\/p>\n\n\n\n Na medida em que cada um se comporte<\/p>\n\n\n\n Como colega, amigo, irm\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nada de \u201cilha cercada de gente por todos os lados\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nada de conviver com as pessoas e depois,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Descobrir que n\u00e3o tem amizade a ningu\u00e9m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nada de ser como tijolo que forma a parede,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indiferente, frio, s\u00f3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Importante na escola n\u00e3o \u00e9 s\u00f3 estudar, n\u00e3o \u00e9 s\u00f3 trabalhar,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9 tamb\u00e9m criar la\u00e7os de amizade,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9 criar ambiente de camaradagem,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9 conviver, \u00e9 se \u201camarrar nela\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ora \u00e9 l\u00f3gico…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Numa escola assim vai ser f\u00e1cil!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Estudar, trabalhar, crescer,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fazer amigos, educar-se, ser feliz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u00c9 por aqui que podemos come\u00e7ar a melhorar o mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Paulo Freire)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n