Week of December 16

Thanks to all the students and parents who participated at the Christmas party for the orphans of NPH!! Your participation is appreciated by all! Thanks for being in the Christmas spirit!!

 

The 6th grade class will continue to read their novel, Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls. Students will continue to understand the themes of the novel as presented in each chapter and understand the overall purpose of Mr. Rawls for writing.

 

The 7th grade class will finish watching the movie Invictus and follow it with a discussion of what they have learned of the life of the late, great Nelson Mandela. Students will finish the week by reading their self- selected novel.

 

The 8th grade class will finish the week by viewing the movie Freedom Writers. Students will compare and contrast the themes of  these different genres and understand how the author and the writers of these movies use different characters, ideas, and events to make connections to the reader or viewer.

 

Let's have a great  week leading in the Christmas break!! Achieving is Believing!!

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela

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Nelson Mandela

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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.

Nelson Mandela

 

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! – We wish to express our gratitude to all our parents and students for opening their heart this holiday season to share with those around you. The donations of the disinfectant were delivered to FUNDACION ABRIGO last week in the name of our student body. The shoes and socks that were given for the children at NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS are ready to be handed out at a Christmas event at the orphanage.  Your contributions for the SUPPORT PERSONNEL HOLIDAY BASKETS are being organized and will be given to them this Wednesday.  Since all these donations were voluntary, we deeply appreciate our community’s willingness to reach out and share with others.

 

DPTO NEWS- The DPTO wishes to remind the parents who have not yet done so, to please pay the L.200.00 fee to support the DPTO. This contribution fee was agreed upon on the last Assembly, and is a vital contribution in order to keep on planning fun events for all of our school community to enjoy!  You can leave the payment with Ms. Carolina at the reception.

 

We also want to let you know that our DPTO blog has been updated, so please check it out!

 

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Week of December 9th

The last (3) days of the week I attended an international teachers job fair in Atlanta, so the students were in the care of a very capable substitute, Ms. Rojios. I'm sure I spelled the name wrong, but what I am sure of is that she did a capable job in my absence. Nonetheless, I accepted a new job, but it will still be here in Tegucigalpa. Next year, I will be the new MS Art 6-8 teacher, a job I've wanted to perform since I became a teacher. This is my opportunity to embark upon my career teaching the subject that I majored in and love.

 

The first day or two classes will be to assess the degree of learning of the classes in my absence, along with the grading of the lessons that were presented by the sub. Hopefully, all went well and the classes are still on pace to end the first half of there year on a high note!!

 

Also, along with that assessment, students will analyze the life of one of the greatest men of our times, Nelson Mandela. Students will access technology to view the life of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner and one of mankind's greatest ambassadors. RIP, Mr. Mandela!!

 

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela

 

 

 

SONGFEST – The School’s annual Songfest will be held on Friday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. Parents are welcome to come and have lunch with our students before the performances. There will be a sale of food, baked goods and drinks.

Students have been asked to wear clothes in Christmas colors.  If they have Christmas accessories, they can wear them, too.    

 

SUPORT PERSONNEL HOLIDAY BASKETS – Christmas is the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following:

 

Nursery/PKinder and 6^th grade students 1 5-lb bag of beans

Kinder and 7^th grade students                   1 5 lb bag of rice

1^st grade and 8^th grade students               1 5-lb bag of sugar

2^nd grade and 9^th grade students              1 bottle or 2 bags of oil, 2 boxes of margarine, OR 3 lbs of lard

3^rd grade and 10^th grade students             1 4lb-bag of MASECA

4^th grade and 11^th grade students             3 lbs of spaghetti (six packages) OR 1 bag of coffee

5^th grade and 12^th grade students             4 packages of tomato paste

 

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.  Please send these items no later than Monday, December 16th. Donations from our students are voluntary, and we deeply appreciate our community’s willingness to share with our dedicated workers

 

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE:  Thank you for selecting your tags from the NPH Giving Tree.  Please remember to bring your item with the tag attached to Mrs. Agurcia's Room (Secondary Building; Room 7) by Tuesday, December 10th.

 

CAFETERIA HOLIDAY LUNCHEON - The Cafeteria is hosting a Holiday Luncheon for parents and children this Friday right before Songfest.  For Menus and prices go to http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com

           

For Secondary Only:

 

SCIENCE FAIR-  Congratulations to our 2013-2014 Discovery Science Fair winners:

 

7th grade-  1st place- Rebekah Fenn; 2nd place- Kelvin Myers;  3rd place- Paola Isaías

8th grade- 1st place- Owen Cardona; 2nd place- Jorge Mas; 3rd place- Efrain Ochoa

9th grade- 1st place- Oliver Chang; 2nd place- Mikayla Fenn; 3rd place- Maria Fernanda Bran

10th grade- 1st place- Nicole Fiallos; 2nd place- Nohel Atuan; 3rd place- Daniel Bermudez

 

Week of December 2

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your family and/or friends, and that you are renewed and energized for the next three weeks leading to the Christmas holidays.

 

Nonetheless, the 6th grade class will be introduced to their new novel, Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls. Students will pre-read the novel by understanding the author's point of view and purpose for writing, the themes of the novel, and increase their vocabulary skills. Students will fall in love with Billy and his wonderful dogs, and increase their overall analytical thinking as I introduce them to different, but fun ways of learning.

 

HOMEWORK:

Vocabulary words, FOLDABLES, reading assignments of different chapters

 

The 7th grade class will effectively close the unit of The Pigman, by Paul Zindel by completing their Pigman/Pigwoman essays. Students will use the Writing Process and the 6+1 Traits to complete the essay and read it before the class on Tuesday and be graded by a rubric as they field questions from their peers. Students have enjoyed the novel and because they are writing about their own, loveable Pigman/Pigwoman, will love writing the essay.

Later in the week, students will check out their own grade- appropriate novel from the library to increase their overall level of reading and comprehension skills.

 

HOMEWORK:

Reading of the novel

 

The 8th grade class will conclude the reading of their novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. The 8th grade class have increased the overall pace of their learning with this unit and that has taken it to another level. I am impressed with their motivation, but wish for it to continue to the Christmas holidays. This week, students will discuss the last couple of vignettes in Literature circles and with a worksheet that diagnoses the themes and a description of the characters culminating with a test. Good luck, 8th grade!!

 

Let's have a fabulous week of learning!!

'No problem can be solved by the same consciousness that created it. We need to see the world anew.'     Albert Einstein -

 

MINI CHRISTAMS BAZAAR – Our school DPTO is organizing an early shopping opportunity for our families on December 5 and 6. The event will last all school day long! Come and support our DPTO and take advantage of the great items that will be on sale at terrific prices!!!!

 

SONGFEST – The School’s annual Songfest will be held on Friday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. Parents are welcome to come and have lunch with our students before the performances. There will be a sale of food, baked goods and drinks. 

 

PREPARATION FOR SONG FEST - In preparation for our song fest, we are asking parents who have spare Christmas decorations which they would like to share with us for the stage presentation taking place on December.13,to please send them to your child's homeroom teacher next week.We will take good care of them and return them by Monday, December, 16. Anticipated thanks for your unconditional support in all our school activities.

 

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!  If more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/. 

 

FUNDACION ABRIGO - Discovery Schoo, l in solidarity with FUNDACION ABRIGO ( A foundation that provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring patients to Hospital Escuela), is asking our school community’s collaboration in sending us a donation of 1 gallon of disinfectant per family by this Friday, December 6. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

           

For Secondary Only:

 

GRADE 6 TALK FOR BOYS - Dr.Guillermo Ruano ( psychiatrist) will be giving an informative talk on Friday, December 6 to the sixth grade boys on changes that occur during the puberty stage of development. This will take place from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.  We will be sending a permission slip with your child this week for parents to sign if they wish for their son to attend this presentation.

 

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 given closer to the fair.

 

Week of Thanksgiving!!

Regular School for Tuesday and a Half Day AM schedule for Wednesday, November 26

 

This week will be an extremely short week due to the National Elections, yet we will be productive.

 

The 6th grade classes will read a short story from the Elements of Literature textbook. Within this reading, students will continue to increase their high- order thinking skills by examining the themes, the author's purpose for writing, character development, plot, etc.

 

The 7th grade class will use the CPS process to brainstorm ideas for an informative essay of their personal Pigman. From reading the The Pigman, by Paul Zindel, we have learned and understood why the main character loved the Pigman so much. Students will dive into their own personal lives and write an essay of their own Pigman and use the Writing Process and the 6+1 Traits to increase the overall value of the essay.

 

The 8th grade class will continue to read their novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. Students will progress and increase their vocabulary, journal writing, HOTS by recognizing the themes of the novel per vignette, and comprehension skills. So far, these students have liked reading this novel and discussing it as a class. I will continue this trend by crafting lessons that will deepen this likeability.

 

Let's have a fabulous week!! Achieving is Believing!!

 

 

MIDTERM REPORTS – Midterm reports were issued last Friday, November 22. These should be signed by parents and returned to the teacher as soon as possible. If you would like a conference and one was not requested by the teacher, please call the school to set up an appointment.  

 

MINI CHRISTAMS BAZAAR – Our school DPTO is organizing an early shopping opportunity for our families on December 5 and 6. The event will last all school day long! Come and support our DPTO and take advantage of the great items that will be on sale at terrific prices!!!!

 

SONGFEST – In order to avoid the late afternoon and early evening traffic congestion, the School’s annual Songfest will be held on Friday, December 13 at 1:30 p.m. Parents are welcome to come and have lunch with our students before the performances. There will be a sale of food, baked goods and drinks. 

 

PREPARATION FOR SONG FEST - In preparation for our Songfest, we are asking parents who have spare Christmas decorations which they would like to share with us for the stage presentation taking place on December.13, to please send them to your child's homeroom teacher next week.We will take good care of them and return them by Monday, December 16. Anticipated thanks for your unconditional support in all of our school activities.

 

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 a 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 for whom we would like to provide this Christmas.   On the second floor of the secondary building, an 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 10, 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!  If more information about NPH’s work in Honduras, please visit http://www.nph-honduras.org/. 

 

FUNDACION ABRIGO - Discovery School, in solidarity with FUNDACION ABRIGO ( A foundation that provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring patients to Hospital Escuela), is asking our school community’s collaboration. If you would like to participate and help this organization, please send a donation of 1 gallon of disinfectant per family by Friday, December 6. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!

           

For Secondary Only:

 

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 fair will be given closer to the date.

 

Week of November 18

Discovery School will be closed on Monday, November 25, 2013

 

in order to keep our students and staff safe and to enable us to assess the situation and make a measured decision for the remainder of the week.

 

COMMUNICATION --

1.     Parents will receive communication from the school at around 6:00 p.m. on Monday evening, November 25, 2013, concerning school for the remainder of that week, or at least for Tuesday.

 

All classes had an extremely rigorous week of learning. Most students stepped up to the challenges presented to them and demonstrated an attitude that leads to success. That same attitude is needed as we begin this week.

 

In 6th grade, the students will continue to learn about the different types of adjectives, and how to recognize them in a sentence. So far, most students are demonstrating a good degree of knowledge in learning the information, but are not paying attention to detail. We will work in all those areas as we progress within this unit.

 

The 7th grade class had a great week of learning. They are displaying a high degree of enthusiasm and effort as we continue to read the novel, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel. This week, students will finish the novel, discuss it using the novel's themes, and the author's purpose for writing. Also, students will perform on a comprehension test covering the last five chapters to measure their strengths and understand their weaknesses in this area. Good luck, students!!

 

The 8th grade class has picked up the pace as we began reading our new novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. The class will continue to learn and exhibit effective use of vocabulary, write in their journals (occasionally using writing prompts), discuss the author's purpose for writing, and use the novel's themes to discuss every vignette, and increase HOTS.  Also, students will perform on a comprehension test to measure their strengths and understand their weaknesses covering the vignettes previously read.

 

Let's have a great week of learning!!

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

FROM THE COUNSELOR: We invite you to visit our teacher and administrator blogs and become a follower of the ones for which you wish to receive updates. There's always valuable information posted on them that you might find useful with your children. All you need to do is click on "Participar en este sitio" or "Follow this site" and provide your name and email information, and you will be notified of updates to that particular blog automatically. You can follow as many blogs as you would like to.

 

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!

 

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.

 

 

Week of November 11th

6th grade students will finish reading the short story, "The Smallest Dragonboy," by Anne McCaffrey from the Elements of Literature textbook, and complete the Making Meanings questions at the end to increase students' awareness of HOTS. After completing those questions and discussing them, students will begin their unit on adjectives.

 

HOMEWORK:

Students will complete various exercises from the Elements of Language textbook

 

The 7th grade students will continue to read the novel, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel. Students will increase their skills by studying vocabulary, comprehension, HOTS, themes, and author's purpose by reading this novel and having discussions in Literature Circles. Also, students will conduct a one act play based on a chapter between 6- 10.

 

HOMEWORK:

Students will study and read various chapters

 

The 8th grade class will begin reading their novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros. By reading this novel, student will understand the author's purpose for writing, the themes, and increase comprehension by examining the characters and their lives as they live on Mango Street. During this unit, student will journal using writing prompts and reanalyze their roles in Literature Circles.

 

HOMEWORK:

Students will study and read various chapters

 

Let's have a fabulous week!! Believing is Achieving!!

 

 

 

 

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 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.

 

Week of November 4th

NO SCHOOL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 due to TEACHER WORKSHOPS!!

All middle school students had a great week of classes in English/ Language Arts!! Let's keep creating value daily!!

All 6th graders will continue to use the Writing Process and the 6+1 Traits of Writing to publish their final drafts of their essay. Most students have used the class time well to understand the steps to effective writing and nearly complete their essays. Students will view a rubric to show how they will be graded and read their essays before the class. At the end of each essay, each student will field questions from their peers about their essay.

The 7th grade students will continue to read their novel, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel. While reading this novel, students will continue to journal using prompts, know the author's purpose for writing, discuss the themes of the novel, increase vocabulary, deepen reading and comprehension skills, and establish high order and critical thinking skills. So far, the class has performed well, but some students have not and need to pick- up the pace. Students will end the week with a vocabulary test.

The 8th grade class is moving along, but has slowed a bit. In order to stay on pace, they need to motivate themselves instead of looking to me as their sole means of inspiration. Students will continue to learn about comparative and superlative adjectives and close with learning about misplaced and dangling modifiers with the help of the textbook and the 8th Grade Grammar Notebook.

Let's have a great week of learning!! Believing is Achieving!!!
"The Best way to predict your Future is to create it."   Abraham Lincoln

Week of October 28th

Thanks to the 20 parents of middle school students who used their time to talk to me about their son or daughter. I appreciate your time, questions, and concerns.

 

The 6th graders had a very good week of learning the parts of a paragraph and essay, the types of essays, and the structure of a five paragraph essay. Students will apply that knowledge in the writing of an essay this week and gauge their writing with the understanding and use of a rubric.

 

Homework:

Students will use the Writing Process to complete different parts of the essay on a daily and nightly basis.

 

The 7th grade class also had an awesome week and will continue that value by journal writing, reviewing their vocabulary,  and studying the previous chapters read of their novel, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel. Also, students will demonstrate their level of comprehension by completing a test covering chapters (1- 5).

 

Homework:

Review of chapters read and vocabulary words

 

The 8th grade class will use the Writing Process to edit and revise their science research papers. Also, students will use their Elements of Language textbooks and 8th Grade Grammar workbooks to learn about the different types of adjectives and use them correctly.

 

Homework:

Assignments covering adjectives from the textbook and workbooks.

 

Let's have a great week!! Believing is Achieving!!

 

“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King

 

 

 

 

U.N. DAY CELEBRATION-  The DPTO is organizing our annual U.N. Day celebration for this Wednesday, October 30. We hope our parents can join us this day. The celebration will begin at 9:00 a.m. to allow parents time to set up their tables. Students will be dismissed from school at 11:45 a.m. The DPTO has planned an International Fashion Show for the UN Day, and they need your help! If you want to participate by modeling or by lending any typical costume that you may have, please contact Marielos or Alexanderia at the following email addresses:  mmm9487@yahoo.com  or   amhaidara05@yahoo.com

 

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 Secondary Only:

 

COMMUNITY SERVICE CLUB-  We will have a meeting on Tuesday, October 29, at lunchtime in Mrs. Christina Agurcia's room.  We will discuss our visit to Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos on Sunday, November 3rd and preparation for the annual Christmas party.  All secondary students are invited to attend.

 

OPERATION WALLACEA- Operation Wallacea is an international organization that joins high school and university students with field research scientists to aid in gathering data for biodiversity conservation, here in Honduras and in other locations throughout the world.  Representatives from this organization will present information on Tuesday, October 29, at 3:15 PM in the Discovery School library.  Students from Grades 8-12 and their parents are invited to attend and learn about this amazing opportunity.

 

Week of October 22nd

After a nice long week-end, I hope that students are regenerated and will be ready for a solid, rigorous week of learning.

 

The 6th grade class will definitely have a rigorous week of learning as they learn what the different types of essays are, the proper structure of a five paragraph essay, what is must contain using the Writing Process and the 6+1 Traits of Writing, etc.

and complete an essay. Also, students will learn how to effectively use a rubric in order to grade themselves by understanding what it must contain to achieve a superior grade.

 

The 7th grade class will begin reading the novel, The Pigman, by Paul Zindel. Student's will understand the author's purpose for writing, our purpose for reading by understanding the main themes of the novel, and developing their vocabulary skills.

 

The 8th grade class will complete the novel, Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson by completing a test covering the last five chapters. Students will receive the results of those tests, thus completing the unit. Also, students will use the Writing Process to check their science research papers.

 

Let's have a fabulous week of learning!! Achieving is Believing!!

 

 

REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCES – We will be issuing the report cards for the first quarter this Friday, October 25. Please make sure that you are planning to attend the meetings with your child’s teachers to discuss the academic progress in the first quarter.

 

VOLUNTEERS FOR THE U.N. DAY FASHION SHOW -  The DPTO is organizing an International Fashion Show for the UN Day, and we need your help! If you want to participate by modeling or by lending us any typical costume that you may have, please contact Marielos or Alexanderia at the following email addresses:  mmm9487@yahoo.com  or   amhaidara05@yahoo.com

 

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 AT THE MANUEL BONILLA – Grades Kindergarten through Fifth have been invited to the presentation of LA TORTUGA Y LA MAGICA CANCION UWUNGELEMA, the first Children’s Opera to be presented in Honduras. This opera ws wriiten and directed by Maestro Jorge Mejia. The students will be attending this presentation on Wednesday, November 6. We will leave the school at 8:00 a.m. and return at around 11:00 a.m. The fee for the entrance and transportation is L180.00, which must be sent to the school no later than Friday, November 1. For this field trip, each grade must have one parent chaperon for every 4 students. If you are interested, please contact your child’s teacher.

 

For Middle and High School Only:

CATS – The presentation has unfortunately been cancelled. We will be returning the money paid for the event as soon as we can.The day that we send it home with your son/daughter will be announced beforehand.