One of the flyers I saw posted.
Isabel's two advanced English classes presented about Brazil. They speak English wonderfully, and did a wonderful job on their presentations. They discussed music, sports, food, cultural sights/activities, and even on Carnival. The room was decorated, and students brought in Brazilian snacks and sweets. (Really lots of sweets!) The sweets in Brazil are very sweet, they use lots of condensed milk it seems. They are tasty, but you cannot eat much of them!
The first class that presented. See all the food!
The second class - more food, could not enjoy as much of this as we were full from previous classes!
Also visited a high school that was next door to CIL, Centro de Ensino Medio Industrial de Taguatinga (EIT). This school opened in 1959 and was originally a technical school, it is the oldest school in Taguatinga. It has 2.500 students with 20 classrooms and 130 teachers, with an average class size of 40. The high school students attend either a morning or afternoon session, then their is night class for adults or students who previously did not graduate. They have a police officer on campus. The principal stated the schools biggest issue is not violence (no fights or guns), gut drugs. Others will come on campus (or try) and sell drugs to students. Social media has become an issue as well with bullying. We are not alone in the US.
The school has implemented a program of "Kindness Produces Kindness", it would be similar to character education. They have workshops for students to attend (they fill up quickly) on graffiti art, poetry, music, visiting local farms, and parts of this address cyber bullying. Every classroom has a projector, and teachers have laptops. They do allow students to be on campus for extra help when they are not in session. 
Flowers planted by students.
Typical classroom.
PE classes
Emily, Edson the Principal, and myself. He was very happy to receive a Toby Johnson shirt!
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