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Headmaster’s Letter Twenty-twenty began smoothly as the leadership team envisioned a year of consolidation ahead; as the natural progression following the previous year’s Primary (February) and Kinder (July) moves to the new Campus in San Fernando, and the relocation of Secondary students in Olivos to group Intermediate (Y7-9) in Nogoyá, and Senior (Y10-12) in Roque Saenz Peña/Pelliza, thus vacating the Rawson building, at the year end. But only a couple of weeks had gone by and the COVID19 pandemic hit with the resulting lockdown of schools, requiring academic and support teams to promptly devise a plan to ensure, overnight, the continuity of teaching and learning through virtual means. Far from being short, this adverse context unfortunately lasted for most of the year, continually challenging academic teams to sustain engagement and learning through passion, commitment and resourcefulness. It was only in late November that governmental authorities allowed students to attend school premises in carefully managed subgroups or "bubbles" to the delight of students, teachers and parents alike, allowing some respite before the year end. In spite of these most challenging times, we continued on our path to becoming a competency-based school. Based on Michael Fullan’s work, staff worked on an initial maturity model of six competencies or lifeworthy skills: Character, Communication,
