{"id":2927,"date":"2022-12-01T14:56:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dunalastair.cl\/nuestro-colegio\/bienvenida-del-rector\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:03:57","slug":"rectors-welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dunalastair.cl\/en\/about-us\/rectors-welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Rector\u2019s Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Rector's welcome<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A warm welcome from our principal, John Mackenzie<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our three campuses (Las Condes, Chicureo, and Pe\u00f1alol\u00e9n) strive for excellence in teaching and learning and offer a balanced curriculum with a strong emphasis on the use of technology to achieve our goals and facilitate home-school communication, providing parents with up-to-date information.<\/p>

A few years ago, we set out to \u201creimagine learning\u201d in order to address how little we know about the world our students will enter. Our curriculum and teaching methods today focus on developing the skills needed to face that uncertain future, the so-called 21st-century skills.<\/p>

We firmly believe in education as a team effort, in which only a close relationship between school and family can provide the support that children will need as they grow up. Therefore, we invite you to browse our website and visit our campuses to learn more about every aspect of Dunalastair and make an informed decision about such an important choice as your children’s education.<\/p>

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you require any further information. <\/p>

Best wishes,<\/p>

John Mackenzie<\/strong><\/p>

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I hope that the information provided on these pages will be useful to you in understanding what we are as a school, as we are aware that getting to know us is a process that must be experienced and cannot be adequately conveyed through a website.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Members of Cognita, an international network<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I believe that our educational project is much more practical than traditional education. Sitting in front of a blackboard and watching is an obsolete system; it is something that has been known not to work for years. It is better to prepare students for university; here they prepare us for the future, for teamwork and collaboration. I have thought about my future and I think I want to study Commercial Engineering in Chile or Business at Auckland University.
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