During the week of October 14-18, the Santa María de los Volcanes School became a small continent of shared learning. We celebrated Erasmus Days, that annual event in which Europe is written in the present tense and the walls of the center dissolve to make way for a map woven with experiences, languages, and dreams. "It was not only about showing what we do as an Erasmus+ accredited center, but about celebrating the essence of that spirit that drives us to learn from each other, with each other, and for each other," they point out.
Being an Erasmus+ school is to assume that education does not stop at the border of what is known. It is opening the windows of the soul and letting the winds of other cultures enter. It means understanding that learning is not accumulating knowledge, but sharing it. In that constant transit between here and there, our students discover that borders, whether physical or symbolic, are not limits, but starting lines. Erasmus Days has been a mosaic of accents, gestures, and emotions.
The 4th year ESO students, hosts to seven students arriving from Finland, Norway, and Germany, found in the sea of Lanzarote a liquid classroom where coexistence became rowing and collective effort, a favorable current. Together, in a Physical Education class next to the Los Marlines Club, they sailed towards a pedagogy of encounter, where each stroke became a wordless dialogue.
The journey continued to the neighboring island of La Graciosa, where a day of international coexistence strengthened the bonds of friendship and cooperation between the students who, although born under different skies, share the same European horizon. Then, learning became conversation, and culture, a game. The visiting students became teachers for a day, giving conversation classes in Finnish, Norwegian, and German to the little ones, who learned new words amid laughter, as if the language were a gift passed from hand to hand.
On the other hand, ten teachers from Germany, Finland, and Belgium have joined us throughout the week to observe our methodology and share educational models. It has been a week in which we understood that teaching is, above all, learning with others. And while the echo of these days slowly fades, the spirit of the celebration culminates today with a very local finishing touch: the Canary Immersion Fair, organized by the 2nd year ESO students for visitors and the entire educational community.
A meeting full of color, music, and roots, where island culture intertwines with European culture in a dance of shared identities. The presence of Elisabeth Cedrés, head of the Corporate Social Responsibility area of the CACT of the Cabildo of Lanzarote, once again underscores the importance of initiatives that link education, territory, and social commitment.
As the Erasmus Days come to a close, we are left with the certainty that education is a journey of no return: one in which each experience transforms us and each encounter expands our inner map. Each student carries the compass of Europe beating along their path, charting routes that cross borders, unite cultures, and transform their view of the world.
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