149:(Economy, Management & Organisation, Statistics, Math and History), NW: Natuurwetenschappen (Math, Physics, Biology and Chemistry), and HU: Humaniora (Spanish, History, Geography, Economics and Drama classes). VWO students are not eligible to opt for the Humaniora course. Each subject combination has a compulsory specialized component which includes a project relating to the pupil’s specialized subjects. In addition, students choose one or two optional subjects relating to their subject combination and one other optional subject. For their school leaving examinations,
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occasionally to 3:00 pm. Every period lasts 45 minutes, with the exception of the week in which the teachers and mentors of the students come together and discuss the report cards. In that week all periods are cut with 10 minutes. This usually happens the week before the report cards are given to the parents, in which this period every class lasts 35 minutes.
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fights have been going on for several years, each year with a new twist. On the last official school day in 2014, balloons were prepared early in the morning, some containing glitter or ink. These 'fights' are often harmless and enjoyable. Bottles are also filled with water and emptied on laughing or surprised students as a second resort for balloons.
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Domestic Continuance Exam will strongly increase.
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Another festivity which has risen in popularity in recent years are the water balloon fights. These are coordinated by students of different grades, albeit often happening on the last day of school for the ones who have finished their exams successfully or on the last day of school in general. These
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The admission exam was heavily critiqued and debated due to the fact that the test was considered strenuous and was also considered what many thought to be 'a snapshot of the academic performance of elementary students', leading in distorted results of the admission exam. It is believed an estimated
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Admission to
Colegio Arubano is known to be tenacious. Potential students take part in rigorous testing on the fields of mathematics and the Dutch language. The admission exam was utilized to test the academic level of the potential students, and to control and limit the number of students admitted
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The school teaches the
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Classes start at 7:30 am, but the last hour of school is different for every class and depends largely on the profile of each individual student. Students from VWO 3 (9th grade), HAVO 4 (10th grade) and on, generally will have school time from 7:30 am to 1:25 pm or 2:10 pm and
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On 15 February 2008, demonstrations took place surrounding the quality of education in
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As of the academic year 2019-2020, the
Ministry of Education conjoined with the Department of Education of Aruba, is introducing a Domestic Continuance Exam for all elementary school students. The domestic exam will replace the admission exam of Colegio Arubano. The Domestic Continuance Exam, in
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Certain subjects such as CKV (Acting/Dance/Music/Painting class) and LO (physical education) which are given once a week occur in a two-period timespan, thus lasting one hour and thirty minutes. Other subjects are also often given this, commonly subjects relevant to the grade or depending on the
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Starting May 1, 2015, former director and biology teacher left
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difficulty of the material dealt with during that specific year. The number of hours given to each subject is generally equal to all classes of the same grade, with certain differences between
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explanation. In March 2016 his contract was terminated. From 2018 to 2020 Michella van Loon was the director of
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