Meet Destinee, the new language assistant!

Hello everyone,

My name is Destinee Pray and I am the new Language Assistant for the year 2015 - 2016. I am from San Diego, California, but I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. I am 23 years old. I graduated from Elon University in North Carolina where I studied Human Services, Psychology and Spanish. In the Spring of 2013 I studied abroad here in Seville. Last year I was an auxiliar in Don Benito, Extremadura. In my free time I love to read, study French, spend time with friends and most of all travel. Here are some pictures of my travel.

Last year in Amsterdam, Netherlands for the New Year!

Last year in Berlin, Germany for Christmas!

Me in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

Last year in Paris, France 

This summer in Rabat, Morocco

At Sea World Amusement Park in San Diego, CA

At the cheese festival in Trujillo last spring

With 6th A we have talked about different geographical wonders such as waterfalls, canyons, rivers, lakes, mountain ranges and caves. Below is a powerpoint I prepared with my trips to the Grand Canyon, Arizona, Honoluli, Hawaii, Monfragüe National Park, and other places in the U.S. Feel free to have a look.

Geographical Wonders

Goodbye to Language Assistant Rachel!

Rachel finished her job as Maestra Isabel Álvarez's English Language Assistant at the end of May. She was very sad to say goodbye to all of the wonderful teachers, staff and students of the school. She will miss Maestra Isabel Álvarez very muchc! Rachel traveled throughout Europe in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Switzerland and Germany during the summer. Rachel has returned to the United States to live with her family and to look for work improving her Spanish and helping Spanish-speaking immigrants.

Here are some fun photos from Rachel's last days at the school! Rachel played several games with the students. The most important game the students played was the trivia race about the United States and English things that Rachel had taught them throughout the course. Enjoy the pictures!

 Reyes singing with the students in the chorus:

 Students showing off their America tattoos:

 Dario won a great prize because he was the only student in his class that could spell Pennsylvania correctly! It's a Pittsburgh Pirates t-shirt. The Pittsburgh Pirates is the name of the baseball team of Pittsburgh:

 Playing the trivia race game about English and the United States:

Language Assistant´s Best Friend Visits Maestra Isabel Álvarez

English Language Assistant, Rachel´s best friend from the United States visited the school for one day last week. Her name is Grace. Grace lives in Michigan, where she studies at the university for her Masters degree. Grace and Rachel grew up in the same area in the countryside of Pennsylvania and went to the same high school. 

Grace accompanied Rachel to the bilingual classes of the 2nd, 4th and 5th courses. The children asked Grace a lot of questions about her life, hobbies, work and Michigan where she lives. Grace also showed the children photos of Jamaca. Grace visited Jamaca various times to explore and do volunteer service work. Here are some of Grace´s photos from Jamaca!

a classroom at a primary school in Jamaca:

 some primary school students:

a primary school:

 the Jamacan flag and a sunset:

  the nature:

Visting the Town Hall.

On Wednesday, June 6th The students of the 6th course went on an excursion to the Sevilla´s town hall (Ayuntamiento) that is located in between Plaza San Fransisco and Plaza Nueva! The town hall is where the mayor (alcalde) and many other government people work. Sevilla´s town hall is very beautiful and has a lot of interesting history.

A guide led the students around the inside of the building and explained many things about the history, architecture, paintings and sculptures, and functions of the many rooms. The students took notes aout the history of the different parts of the building. They learned that the town hall was first built in the 16th century. Since then, there have been many changes to the building.

The students visited rooms where ceremonies take place and where government officials have meetings. The students even had the opportunity to sit in the seats of one of the grand meeting rooms where there are huge paintings of past monarchs and the current king, Filipe IV. The town hall is also very famous because it has many beautiful and important paintings inside. Most of the paintings show important Spanish leaders or show religious scenes and figures.


The most exciting part of the tour was visiting the mayor´s office! The students entered the office and could see all of the mayor´s things. They also had the opportunity to stand on the mayor´s terrace. It is very lovely and looks out onto Plaza San Fransisco and Avenida de la Constitución.

Learning the Vertebrates and Invertebrates

In the 4th year science classes the children are learning about vertebrate and invertebrate animals. They have learned the characteristics and examples of both. Each student chose an animal and had to identify the type of animal it is and it´s characteristics. They had to create a poster of this animal in English and draw a picture of it.  Here are some examples of the students´s posters!