They belong to the Secondary School No. 35 Cabo 1º Furriel Jorge Alberto Sendrós, who achieved First Place in Educational Innovation with the project "Mosquitoes? No More!".
During this Thursday morning, the mayor Francisco Azcué, accompanied by the Undersecretary of Education, Carlos Gatto, visited the school establishment and personally congratulated the students who obtained the achievement, granted by the Grupo Petersen Foundations.
At the meeting, Azcué presented the certificates of recognition to the students Sol Casas, Hernán Isaac Gómez, Milagros Ana Gómez, Ariana Mia Cheres, Antonella Anahí Altamirano, and David Héctor Nuñez.
Addressing the students and teachers, the mayor of Concordia stated that “this is a job that you have done jointly, in an articulated manner; you have represented our city and have placed it at the highest level”.
In that sense, he congratulated the entire team “because this project particularly has a very important component because you have addressed a very delicate issue that affects our city, that affects the entire province and the entire country”.
“We all have to commit ourselves to solving this problem, to working together because the municipality cannot do everything; the municipality is not going to enter each of your homes to turn over water buckets, it cannot enter each family's patio to clean it and remove debris; each person has to do that and for that we need commitment”, reaffirmed Azcué.
Indeed, concluded Azcué, “it is what you did, you have made an effort to win this, nobody gave it to you, you had to go out and work, to study, and the same thing happens with these problems that we have to solve”.
For his part, Gatto, Undersecretary of Education, expressed: “This award is a sign of the talent and commitment that our young people have with their community and with the future. It fills us with pride to see the students of Concordia create tools that are not only innovative, but also address current problems and contribute to the collective well-being”.
WITH EDUCATION, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
In his turn, the rector of the institution, José Ferrari, pointed out that “we are continuously training ourselves and we thank the Municipality of Concordia, precisely because they come for that”. In that sense, he exemplified by saying that “in these last few weeks they have been training on the subject of entrepreneurship, that makes our neighborhood and our children start to think differently”.
Regarding the award, he stressed, “the mayor's office of Concordia has a lot to do with it”, with these “talks that they come to give us and help us a lot: in this school there are many children, there is a lot of capacity, and here the children demonstrated that with fewer resources it was still possible”.
THE PROJECT
The winning project, titled "Mosquitoes? No More!", consists of the development of an application that allows for the identification of risk areas through the analysis of the presence of larvae of the mosquito that transmits dengue.
This tool offers the possibility of carrying out a preventive intervention in the areas of greatest risk, contributing to public health and the quality of life of the community.
The Grupo Petersen Foundations Award for Educational Innovation, which in its fifth edition brought together more than 100 schools and 300 teachers from Entre Ríos, San Juan, Santa Fe, and Santa Cruz, promotes the development of projects with a focus on science, technology, and sustainability. Through six months of training, students and teachers developed active learning strategies that position young people as protagonists of their educational process, strengthening their skills and fostering curiosity and critical spirit.
During the awards ceremony held in Paraná, the participating schools presented their proposals at a Project Fair.
In addition, representing Concordia, student Elías Cheruzzo presented the monologue "The passion for soccer, I don't understand it..." as part of the Clubes TED Ed activity, a space that promotes the development of communication skills in young people.
The jury, composed of prominent professionals such as Dr. Diego Golombek and the Director of Educational Innovation of UES21, Melania Otaviano, selected the project of Secondary School No. 35 Cabo 1º Furriel Jorge Alberto Sendros as one of the most innovative, awarding it first place, in addition to three special mentions in the categories of creativity and innovation, teamwork, and communication.
During this Thursday morning, the mayor Francisco Azcué, accompanied by the Undersecretary of Education, Carlos Gatto, visited the school establishment and personally congratulated the students who obtained the achievement, granted by the Grupo Petersen Foundations.
At the meeting, Azcué presented the certificates of recognition to the students Sol Casas, Hernán Isaac Gómez, Milagros Ana Gómez, Ariana Mia Cheres, Antonella Anahí Altamirano, and David Héctor Nuñez.
Addressing the students and teachers, the mayor of Concordia stated that “this is a job that you have done jointly, in an articulated manner; you have represented our city and have placed it at the highest level”.
In that sense, he congratulated the entire team “because this project particularly has a very important component because you have addressed a very delicate issue that affects our city, that affects the entire province and the entire country”.
“We all have to commit ourselves to solving this problem, to working together because the municipality cannot do everything; the municipality is not going to enter each of your homes to turn over water buckets, it cannot enter each family's patio to clean it and remove debris; each person has to do that and for that we need commitment”, reaffirmed Azcué.
Indeed, concluded Azcué, “it is what you did, you have made an effort to win this, nobody gave it to you, you had to go out and work, to study, and the same thing happens with these problems that we have to solve”.
For his part, Gatto, Undersecretary of Education, expressed: “This award is a sign of the talent and commitment that our young people have with their community and with the future. It fills us with pride to see the students of Concordia create tools that are not only innovative, but also address current problems and contribute to the collective well-being”.
WITH EDUCATION, IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS
In his turn, the rector of the institution, José Ferrari, pointed out that “we are continuously training ourselves and we thank the Municipality of Concordia, precisely because they come for that”. In that sense, he exemplified by saying that “in these last few weeks they have been training on the subject of entrepreneurship, that makes our neighborhood and our children start to think differently”.
Regarding the award, he stressed, “the mayor's office of Concordia has a lot to do with it”, with these “talks that they come to give us and help us a lot: in this school there are many children, there is a lot of capacity, and here the children demonstrated that with fewer resources it was still possible”.
THE PROJECT
The winning project, titled "Mosquitoes? No More!", consists of the development of an application that allows for the identification of risk areas through the analysis of the presence of larvae of the mosquito that transmits dengue.
This tool offers the possibility of carrying out a preventive intervention in the areas of greatest risk, contributing to public health and the quality of life of the community.
The Grupo Petersen Foundations Award for Educational Innovation, which in its fifth edition brought together more than 100 schools and 300 teachers from Entre Ríos, San Juan, Santa Fe, and Santa Cruz, promotes the development of projects with a focus on science, technology, and sustainability. Through six months of training, students and teachers developed active learning strategies that position young people as protagonists of their educational process, strengthening their skills and fostering curiosity and critical spirit.
During the awards ceremony held in Paraná, the participating schools presented their proposals at a Project Fair.
In addition, representing Concordia, student Elías Cheruzzo presented the monologue "The passion for soccer, I don't understand it..." as part of the Clubes TED Ed activity, a space that promotes the development of communication skills in young people.
The jury, composed of prominent professionals such as Dr. Diego Golombek and the Director of Educational Innovation of UES21, Melania Otaviano, selected the project of Secondary School No. 35 Cabo 1º Furriel Jorge Alberto Sendros as one of the most innovative, awarding it first place, in addition to three special mentions in the categories of creativity and innovation, teamwork, and communication.