BRAMUN

Brazil MUN is coming close and all the Chapel delegates must be starting to feel very anxious excited waiting for this event that is arriving. BRAMUN is the same thing as Sao Paulo MUN but it happens at Angra dos Reis at a luxurious hotel where the students participating stay for about 5 days. It is a bigger event because many different schools from around Brazil participate. It is a great experience to learn and debate. Also to meet new people and open new connections. A lot of hard work is put into it but in the end it is totally worth it. For those not participating I recommend to join next year. It is an activity that everyone who participates enjoys doing.

Carnaval

Carnaval break is here and we have 10 full days to relax. Teacher, students, well basically anyone is excited for this particular holiday. Is a great season at Brasil, full of celebration and festivities. Especialy in the beginning of the week , which is when all the "desfiles de samba" happen. Everybody is traveling to different places, some o Rio, some to the beach, some to Salvador. Well but it doesn´t matter because anywhere you go during carnaval will definetly be exciting!

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Research Paper

All the 10th grade students from Mrs. Feitosa's class are in the process of writing a research paper. Each student has chosen a topic of their own liking, and have started to look for websites and books to implement their work. Last year when we were in 9th grade we also wrote a research paper, but it was about careers. Now we are able to pick our own topic, and that makes it easier to write the paper, because when you are writing about something that you like it becomes fun at the same time.By now we have only researched and haven't got to the writing yet, but we will probably start that this week. Although research papers tend to be long and a lot of hard work they end paying off at the end, because you learn and other people who read it learn too.

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Christmas Break

After a very stressful week of final exams vacation had finally arrived. Each student had their plans of how to spend their 40 days of summer. Some people when to the beach and others traveled outside of Brazil. Of course we couldn't be 40 days without doing any homework so we had two books to read during the break, one in portuguese and the other one in english. As we came back to school for the second semester everybody now more prepared and ready to learn. There is still a lot of getting use to do, because it is definitely very hard to having nothing to do all day and waking up at 12 o'clock and suddenly having a ton of things to do and having to arrive at school at 8 a.m.. Soon everybody will be wide awake and back on track!

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Chapel Day

December 8th is Chapel day, and as tradition we celebrate it every year. We start out the day with a mass, and this year every grade has prepared something unique and special to present. After that we will be organizing some activities for all the students to participate but it´s mainly for the elementary kids. Before Chapel used to be a comemoration that took the whole day but because last year some students decided to skip some activities the school thought it was better to cut down the time. Chapel day is a day that is always kept in our memories because for those who are in school since little they can probably remember all the fun years of games they had and enjoyed.

Big 8

After months of practice and games 8 different school meet at NR to compete against each other. Basketball and soccer games are held during the Big 8. The schools that participate are Chapel, Graded, EAC, PACA, EARJ, ASA, OLM, and EAB. It is very competitive between the schools but everybody enjoys it because we get to interact and meet people from different schools. Schools get together, support each other, and cheer for each other. It is a very uniting tournament and´for sure nobody gets out of their complaining. The girls basketball team came back with 4th place , the boys unfortunately were only able to make 6th place. In soccer the girls also got 3rd place and the boys 4th place. Participating in the Chapel sports team is an enriching activity so everybody should consider that for next semester.

Pep Rally

During the Blue and White day at the last period of the day the pep rally happens. All the students from grades 7-12 get together at the gym to participate in different games and activities. First all of the athletes in the teams are presented and then two people fro each grade participate in different games. Every year they vary but most of the time is a food competition game which the person who finishes eating their food first wins. There are the two cheerleading competitions the one from JV and the one from Varsity. There is also an activity where teachers play a certain sport against the students. Everybody enjoys watching the pep rally but the only complaint most people have is that it´s too short, but the administration only grants us one period.