Colegio Tarbut () is a

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mixed-sex

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founded in 1961 in the city of Olivos,

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.{{Cite book , last=Bingham , first=Derek , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mFhU3jhf5AC , title=The ECIS International Schools Directory 2009/10 , publisher=John Catt Educational Ltd , year=2009 , isbn=978-1-904724-67-4 , pages=446 , language=en It offers early childhood, primary, and secondary education. The institution comprises a school in Olivos and two kindergartens in Belgrano and Tigre. Colegio Tarbut finished building a new secondary school in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Núñez, which opened in 2016.

Pedagogy

Colegio Tarbut is named after the Tarbut movement of humanistic Jewish education and has much in common with that movement's curricular philosophy. The school offers a trilingual education in which

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, English, and Spanish are taught. The focus on academics has ensured that the majority of the graduated students pursue university studies. The school offers their pupils the opportunity to obtain the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) of the

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foundation, the PET (Preliminary English Test) examination and the IGCSE examination, both from Cambridge University. In tenth grade, in secondary school, you can choose an orientation in order to give an IGCSE examination on that subject. The orientations include Visual Arts, Business Studies, Social Studies and since 2015, Science.

Traditions

Yom Sport

During the last months of the school year, usually October or November, an annual Yom Sport (Hebrew for "Sports Day") is held in which students compete in individual ( sprinting,

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, and long and high jump) and group sports (

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and

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). Students are divided into four teams, namely red, green, yellow and blue, and stay in the same team every year. Competitions in the group disciplines are done according to the teams. Athletics records are kept between years. Some weeks after the Yom Sport another event is held in which winners in the individual events are announced and team rankings are published. Team rankings are computed according to the performance of the team members in the individual and group disciplines.

Religious services

During the

High Holy Days the school holds religious services usually attended by current students, their families, and former alumni.

References

External links

Official websiteEntry at the International Baccalaureate official websiteAerial photograph of Colegio Tarbut in Google Maps
Schools in Argentina Jewish schools in Argentina Education in Buenos Aires Jewish educational organizations Tarbut, Colegio Jews and Judaism in Buenos Aires 1961 establishments in Argentina Private schools in Argentina Educational institutions established in 1961