The mayor of San Pedro del Pinatar, Visitation Martinez, accompanied by the general director of Educational Innovation, Ana Millan, the Councillor for Sports, Daniel Perez and the Councillor for Education, Guadalupe Garcia, attended the opening of the I Olympics organized by the Institute 'Manuel Escribano Tárraga'.
Addressing some 500 students who have passed in the Municipal Sports Pavilion, representing the countries participating in the Olympic Games, the director of IES, José Antonio Pareja has collected and hoisting the Olympic flag.
After the emotional moment, the authorities have taken the floor in the traditional inaugural speech in which he stressed couple diversity of nationalities Manuel Tárraga Institute, 192 foreign students from 18 different nationalities, united by sport and education.
The general director of Educational Innovation, Ana Millán, focused his speech on the effort, competitiveness and removing barriers to achieve goals in sports and in life.
Finally, Visitation Martinez recalled that sport promotes values ​​such as friendship, coexistence, solidarity, etc and wished the participants to enjoy the Olympic days with respect and tolerance.
During the morning and Friday, students of IES played different tests such as high jump, speed, shot put, etc., in the renovated facilities of the sports center that has worked hard for these I Olympic Games organized by the Institute 'Tárraga Manuel Escribano' develop in optimal conditions.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar