Week of August 12

DPTO EVENT – Parents’ and Teachers’ Night Out! Mark your Calendars

The Discovery Parent Teacher Organization will host a fun get-together for parents and teachers (especially for those new to the school) next Friday, August 16 at Ibiza Restaurant in Col. San Ignacio, from 7:30 p.m. onwards. Ten percent (10%) of the proceeds  will be donated to the school! Invitation and further details will be sent by the DPTO via email next week. We hope all our parents and teachers will be able to join us!

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY – Discovery School parents are invited to attend the General Assembly that will take place on Saturday, August 24 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. in the School Cafeteria. Important matters such as a suggested revision to our school calendar, budget information, an update on the status of the Concrete Plant, and school-wide implications of MAP data will be addressed. YOUR ATTENDANCE IS CRUCIAL—we need a quorum of 1/3 of our parents (55 parents) for the meeting to be considered a legal meeting of our school Association. Please mark your calendars and plan on attending.  Teachers who have students enrolled at Discovery are required to attend; other teachers are encouraged to attend to stay informed about school activities.

 

 

AFTER-SCHOOL SPORTS PROGRAM – Mr. Eric Hamm with Believe and Achieve Sports will begin activities on Tuesday afternoon at 3:15 p.m. for those students who have signed up. If you have not had a chance to sign up yet, please contact Ms. Paola Mena, Administrative Assistant, at dsoffice@discoveryschool.edu.hn, 2231-7790 or 9950-66924 to let us know of your interest.

 

 

BUS EXPECTATIONS AND CONSEQUENCES:  If your students ride the school bus, please remind them of the expectations and consequences, as follows:

• Students are expected to enter the bus, sit down, buckle the seatbelt, and remain seated. To safeguard the students, they are not allowed to leave the bus once they have gotten on.
• Students need to remain in their seats and use seatbelts for the entire trip. They are not to be standing until the bus comes to a complete stop at their own house.
• Students should keep their arms and legs inside the bus at all times, and not open or close the windows unless instructed to do so by the nanny
• Shouting is not allowed on the bus. Students need to speak using a quiet 'indoor' voice and talk only with the student seated beside them. It is distracting for the bus driver when the students become too loud, and it creates an unsafe condition on the bus
• Students are expected to treat other students, the bus nanny, and the driver with respect. Name-calling, foul language, or obscene gestures, shoving, kicking, and teasing are not allowed on the bus.
• Students should not throw garbage, papers, or any other objects in or outside of the bus
• No food or drink is allowed on the bus

Consequences:

• First Offense:  Warning and reminder of the rules
• Second Offense: Conference with Transportation Supervisor, and parents notified
• Third Offense:  Loss of bus privileges for one to three days; parents notified; notation in student's file
• Fourth Offense: Loss of bus privileges for 10 days up to the remainder of the school year; parents notified; notation in student's file

 

ENROLLMENT DRIVE:  Last year's Enrollment Drive brought in 14 new students to the school and helped account for the 13% increase in enrollment that we experienced last year. The Board of Directors elected last year to repeat the Enrollment Drive again for the 2013-2014 school year, and the term will expire soon.

 

1.      PERIOD OF THE ENROLLMENT DRIVE:  This opportunity is available until August 31, 2013, and is not retroactive. 

 

2.      CONDITIONS:

A.    Discovery Parent must personally introduce a potential new student and parents to Ms. Giles at the beginning of the admission process (this must be someone who has not already requested information on admission)

B.     The school will follow the usual admission process in determining whether the student will be admitted

C.     The cash benefit will apply only if the new student is actually admitted for the 2013-2014 school year.

 

3.      CASH BENEFIT FOR DISCOVERY SCHOOL PARENTS AND TEACHERS:

During the enrollment drive period, for each new student that a family introduces to Ms. Giles and who is thereafter admitted after meeting all of our admission requirements, the sponsoring parent or teacher will receive a cash bonus in the amount of 5% of the tuition (not capital fee) that the new student actually pays during the 2013-2014 school year.

 

4.      ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:  All new students are required to meet the admission requirements that are already established. If a student applies and is not admitted, no bonus will be paid.

 

5.      ORGANIZATIONS:  This offer applies to individuals who pay their own tuition and does not apply to organizations.

 

6.      UNFORESEEN COMPLICATIONS:  The Board reserves the right to discontinue the Enrollment Drive at any time if there are any unforeseen complications for the school.

 

**NOTE:   If a class is or becomes full, Discovery School reserves the right to put a new applicant on a waiting list. In that case, the bonus would not be paid unless the child is admitted during the 2013-2014 school year.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Paola Mena, Administrative Assistant, at 2221-7790 or dsoffice@discoveryschool.edu.hn.

 

The 6th grade students will begin the year learning the types of sentences and how to write them appropriately. They will read and understand them by using examples from the textbook.

 

Homework: Exercises from the textbook

 

The 7th grade class will begin the year by learning about subject-verb agreement. Students should have a working knowledge of them and use that to increase it by using exercises from the Elements of Language textbook.

 

Homework: Exercises from the textbook

 

The 8th grade class will learn about verbs, how to recognize them in a sentence, and use them effectively using exercises from the textbook.

 

Homework: Exercises from the textbook

 

Let's have a fabulous week!! Believers are Achievers!!

 

When you know better you do better.”
― Maya Angelou