P.E. CLASS

November 26 - 27, 2013

“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself…”

Week 7…  well, more like “day and a half 7”…

As always, Ladies & Gentlemen, for P.E. class:

-  No dresses for the girls

-  No jeans

-  No crocks

-  No sandals

-  No boots or shoes

(Please, mom & dad collaborate with us by sending a proper sunscreen or sun block with your son or daughter to avoid any skin rash, and there is a need for a fly repellent as well.)

9^th – 11^th grade, week 7 is going to be merely a taste of the basketball drills and exercises that we are going to rehearse when we come back from the Thanksgiving Break. Many of you already handle the basic skills of the game, but still, will go over all the skills necessary to play basketball, that is: bouncing the ball, dribbling, shooting, defending, etc…

For the “Workout project”, the performers for this week will be:

·       Tuesday: for 7^th Ian, 9^th Luis, for 10^th A Diego

·       Wednesday: 8^th  Javier, 10^th B Luis

6^th to 8^th grade, we will have some basketball matches, but not before we go over the skills required to play.

P.E. CLASS

November 18 - 22, 2013

“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles...”

Week 6…  Smells like Roasted Turkey! Yum!…

As always, Ladies & Gentlemen, for P.E. class:

-  No dresses for the girls

-  No jeans

-  No crocks

-  No sandals

-  No boots or shoes

(Please, mom & dad collaborate with us by sending a proper sunscreen or sun block with your son or daughter to avoid any skin rash, and there is a need for a fly repellent as well.)

9^th – 11^th grade, week 5 is over with, and we are moving to another sport; basketball. We will begin with exercises that will improve students jump and speed, and we will look at terminology proper of the sport.

For 11^th graders, we still have some exciting volleyball matches pending from one-on-one tournament: Dylan vs. Cata / Dylan vs. Andrea, and then semis and the Final Match.  Once again I would like to thank the kindness and amiability of the secondary teachers by name, for allowing the incentives for the winners of this tournament:

Mrs. Ashley Lardizabal

Mrs. Cristina Agurcia

Mrs. Gloria Palacios

Mrs. Regina Ochoa

Mr. Cesar Martinez

Mr. Charles Richard

Mr. Kjell Fenn

Mr. Sergio Andino

Mr. Vincent Taylor

For the “Workout project”, the performers for this week will be:

·       Monday: for 8^th Ian, 10^th B Jose, and 11th Cata.

·       Tuesday: for 7^th Ian, 9^th Isabella, for 10^th A Daniel

·       Wednesday: 8^th  Isabella, 10^th B Juan Diego, 11^th Katz

·       Thursday- for 7^th Chema, 9^th Luis and for 10^th A Franklin

·       Friday- for 8^th Javier, 10^th B Luis and for 11^th Dylan

6^th to 8^th grade, volleyball is done and now we are moving towards basketball. We begin by learning to bounce the ball properly.

Just as 11^th we have some exciting matches coming over, in the one-on-one volleyball tournament for 7^th grade, in the quarter finals: Rebekah vs. Kelvin / Paola vs. Ian…

Take notice about the information below.-

MIDTERM REPORTS – Midterm reports will be issued this Friday, November 22. Please make sure you ask your child for his/her report. If a conference was not requested by a teacher but you would like to have one, please contact the school to set up an appointment.

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FROM THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA -  Please visit the Cafeteria bloghttp://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com/ for information on the delicious Pecan, Apple and Pumpkin pies that can be ordered for your Thanksgiving celebrations. The cafeteria is also offering a meal for the classroom festivities at a very attractive price!

LAST WEEK FOR DONATIONS  FOR “YA TENGO DONDE ESCRIBIR”:  Don’t forget to send in cereal boxes. Wednesday, November 20 is the last day! The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE:  Nuestro Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) is an international organization that takes in abandoned and orphaned children, providing a home and education.  Here in Honduras, the NPH organization provides for over 500 children in at large ranch near La Venta and home in Tegucigalpa for severely handicapped children.  While many children at the ranch have aunts, uncles, or grandparents that come to visit them and can provide some Christmas gifts, some children at a ranch have no family to visit.  It is these children whom we would like to provide for this Christmas.   On the second floor of the secondary building, a NPH Giving Tree will be set up.   Choose a paper tree that has a child’s information about his/her size for shoes or socks.  Purchase the new item and return it to Mrs. Agurcia’s Room (Rm. 7) by Tuesday, December 10th, with the tree tag taped to it.  As well, there are tree tags for basic food items that will be donated to the orphanage.  Cash donations will also be accepted to provide shoes and socks for children whose tags were not selected.  Thank you for giving this Christmas!  For more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/. 

For Grades 4 – 6 only:

Dra. Karen Funes ( gynecologist) will be giving an informative talk on Wednesday, November 20 to the girls from grades 4 – 6  on changes that occur during the puberty stage of development. This will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.  We will be sending a permission slip with your child this week for parents to sign if they wish for their daughter to attend this presentation.

For Secondary Only:

COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB:  There will be a meeting of the Community Service Club on Tuesday, November 19th in Mrs. Agurcia's Room (Rm.7) at lunch.  All secondary students are welcome.

SCIENCE FAIR:  Please remember that Science Fair will be held on Friday, December 6th.  That day, all 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10A students will be involved in the fair during 3rd and 4th periods. First period will proceed as normal and 1/2 of 2nd period will be used to set up the fair on the second floor of the secondary building.  As well, students with top projects will be asked to present their project to a visiting judge that afternoon in the library (meaning the library will not be available for classes that afternoon).  Students from other classes will be invited to visit the fair in the following schedule:  6A, 6B, 10B, 11, and 12 during 3rd period, and elementary classes during 4th period (10:53-11:43).  More details about the schedule will be given closer to the fair.

P.E. CLASS

November 11 - 15, 2013

“Better is a poor man who walks in integrity than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.”

Week 5…  Midterms just around the corner…

As always, Ladies & Gentlemen, for P.E. class:

-  No dresses for the girls

-  No jeans

-  No crocks

-  No sandals

-  No boots or shoes

(Please, mom & dad collaborate with us by sending a proper sunscreen or sun block with your son or daughter to avoid any skin rash, and there is a need for a fly repellent as well.)

9^th – 11^th grade, the last week in which we will enjoy the fascinating sport of volleyball, we will practice the last basic skill, the serve, and close the midterm having a small one-on-one tournament (per grade) that will account for an attractive price; thanks to the kindness and amiability of the secondary teachers.

For the “Workout project”, the performers for this week will be:

·       Monday: for 8^th Ruth C., 10^th B Esteban R., and 11th Vicky L.

·       Tuesday: for 7^th Edgard C., 9^th Ana C., for 10^th A Nicole F.

·       Wednesday: 8^th  Efrain O., 10^th B Fernando H., 11^th Anabella I.

·       Thursday- for 7^th Francisco E., 9^th Adriana F. and for 10^th A Daniel B.

·       Friday- for 8^th Gabriel G., 10^th B Gabriel R. and for 11^th Catalina C.

6^th to 8^th grade, you will be part of this one-on-one tournament of volleyball, so prepare yourself for it.

Take notice about the information below.-

FROM THE SCHOOL’S CAFETERIA -  Please visit the Cafeteria blog http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com/ for information on the delicious Pecan, Apple and Pumpkin pies that can be ordered for your Thanksgiving celebrations. The cafeteria is also offering a meal for the classroom festivities at a very attractive price!

DONATIONS NEEDED:  Don’t forget to send in cereal boxes for“Ya Tengo Donde Escribir” between now and November 20. The grade that brought the most boxes will be awarded a pizza party or ice cream party! Please help us help those in need!

For Early Childhood and Elementary Only:

CHILDREN’S OPERA – Thanks to all our parents who accompanied us to the Theater last Wednesday. Your contributions helped to the success of this field trip.)

For Grades 4 – 6 only:

Dra. Karen Funes ( gynecologist) will be giving an informative talk on Wednesday, November 20 to the girls from grades 4 – 6  on changes that occur during the puberty stage of development. This will take place from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m.  We will be sending a permission slip with your child this week for parents to sign if they wish for their daughter to attend this presentation.

For Secondary Only:

PASSING GRADE ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCTION - We would like to remind parents that the passing grade, according to new regulations, is 70% for the Ministry of Education. Your child needs to score at least 70% in order to avoid coming to recuperation exam/s. We encourage you to check blogs and Engrade on a weekly basis, and to keep close communications with teachers.

STUDY SKILLS WORKSHOPS - To help improve students' overall academic performance we will be offering the following mandatory Study Skills Workshops taking place at the Library:

• Middle School (grades 6-8): Wednesday, November 13, from 8:00-9:40 am
• High School (grades 9-12): Wednesday, November, 13 from 10:00-11:40 am

These workshops are geared to students in particular.On a later date we will offer workshops that are more focused on parental support at home.

The University of Michigan and Hope College will be visiting us on Tuesday, November 12 at 10:00 am.