United.... is the key word!!!

"United in diversity is the slogan used by Erasmus projects whose main aim is in fact work together in international teams to exchange good practices and experiences and to  acquire not only linguistical competences, but overall intercultural, social and soft skills to overcome walls and build bridges and to unify  Europe.

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United in diversity could be also our ideal school 's slogan because it is  made up by several sectors, which have worked together in this Erasmus project through the framework of science, in a friendly atmosphere and with a  great sense of European identity. Thanks to all teachers, students and their families for the big effort done especially in this particular and difficult era "

This is the welcoming speech of our headmistress Lidia Di Gangi to our partners of the Erasmus Project SUS Schools United by Science.

 

In November 2021 from the 8th until the12th  in fact  the IIS E Majorana A Cascino of Piazza Armerina in Sicily, Italy has been coloured with the warm and vibrant colours of Erasmus with 42 students and teachers from Spain, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania and Turkey. In compliance with the anticovid rules we have  united our schools through science. The protagonists  have been our students representing all sectors of the school who, during the opening ceremony  of the 8th, have  welcomed partners in our Auditorium with scientific activities, focus of the project, introducing the figure of Ettore Majorana, whose name, together with the no less prestigious one of General Antonio Cascino, echoes and characterises the high school.  The first day has been also enlivened by typical Sicilian dances performed by students of the tourism sector. On the 10th it has been  the turn of the students from the chemical sector who, guided by their teachers, have  led  a workshop characterised by interesting and in some ways tasty experiments (they made a prickly pear liqueur and limoncello as a typical Sicilian gift for our guests).  The final Erasmus events, after the visits to the beautiful Catania and the volcano Etna with the visit of the museum dedicated to it, and to Siracusa with the visit to the Archimedes and Leonardo museums and to the beautiful city rich in monuments and history, took place at the scientific high school with its laboratories and the Planetarium, where very suggestive and interesting activities have been experienced . We have closed project   with an  ecological walk in our city  gardens and woods to touch nature and admire its wonderful landscapes. The Tourism Councilor  of the city Ettore Messina has  received the group in the Hall of Lights of the Cityhall, and the visit to our UNESCO site of the mosaics of the Roman Villa of Casale has been  the more  appreciated  jewel of  our city's crown. Cultural heritage, traditions and science have been   the guidelines for a large-scale international event involving the whole school community and our territory. Then ENJOY  ERASMUS FOREVER!

 

Thanks to all partners, to the headmistress Lidia Di Gangi and her staff, to the DSGA Caterina Falciglia and all teachers involved :

1)all teachers and technicians of Chemistry and particularly  :Giordano Enzo, Stefania Anzaldi, Parlascino Concetto,Vittoria Garao, Bisignano Betty, Manuguerra Cinzia, and Castorina Giuseppe, Armando Casanova, Raffaella Arena. Pivetti Giivanni, La Morella Maurizio, Giuseppe Larganà, Daniele Tornetta.

2) all teachers of Scientific sector and particularly :Zuccarello Piera, Marotta Angela Maria, Petitto Paolo, Ida Speranza , Cristina Alessi,La Quatra Giuseppe.;

All students involved and their families.