septiembre 09, 2013

QUE ORGULLO SER CATRACHO.....FELICES FIESTAS DE INDEPENDENCIA!!!

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 9-13, 2013
SIXTH GRADE
Content:  The process of independence of L.A.
Homework due:         N/A
Quiz due:                     N/A
Project due:                 CELEBRACIÓN DEL DÍA DE LA INDEPENDENCIA
jueves 12 de septiembre
Desayuno típico
6th A
Se les solicita traer los siguientes alimentos asignados de acuerdo a lo que los niños dijeron que podían traer.
Sergio……Platos, vasos, tenedores
                                    y servilletas.
Pablo…………….….frijoles fritos
Daniela ……………….tamales
Emily………………….catrachas
Sofía……………..plátanos fritos
Jean Carlos…….....jugo de naranja
Ricardo………….1 lb. mantequilla 
                        crema y 1 lb. Queso
Jesús…………………..horchata
Andrés…………huevos revueltos
Jacob..………….tortillas de harina
Andrea…..…….(No podrá asistir)
Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre. (Saltando la cuerda)             
SEVENTH GRADE
Content:  Important people in the process of independence of Honduras.
Homework due:     N/A
Quiz due:                 N/A
Project due:        Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre.
(Ponle la cola al burro)
EIGHTH GRADE
Content:  Important people in the process of independence of Latin America.
Homework due:  N/A
Quiz due:              N/A
Project due:          Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre.  (Encostalados)
NINTH GRADE
Content:  structure of the Constitution of the Republic of Honduras.
Homework due:   N/A
Quiz due:               N/A
Project due:          Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre. (Enchute) 
TENTH GRADE
Content:  Individuals or groups were influential in developing the government and the country following  independence.             
Homework due:      N/A
Quiz due:                  N/A
Project due:               Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre.
(Sillas musicales)                  
ELEVENTH GRADE
Content:  The environment, belief systems, resource distribution, ethnicity, etc. that affect a country’s socio-economic development
Homework due:     N/A
 Quiz due:               N/A
Project due:             Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre.( rayuela)

TWELFTH GRADE
Content:  Ancient Cultures
Homework due:   N/A
Quiz due:               N/A
Project due:  Presentation of the research the students have been doing about cultures and civilizations. Friday September 20th
 Los alumnos de secundaria prepararán un juego tradicional para compartir con los alumnos de primaria el día jueves 12 de septiembre.
(Tira y afloja)









































































Important Dates Coming Up:
                                                      Monday, September 9                     Midterm Reports due on the Server    
                                                                         by 3:30 p.m.
                                                    Tuesday, September 10                  Fire Drill 9:00 a.m.
                      
                                                                 Thursday, September 12                Honduran Independence Day
                                                                                                               Celebration – Early Dismissal (PM         
                                                                                                               Schedule); Progress Reports go
                                                                                                               Home
                                                                  September 13 & 16                          HOLIDAY – Honduran
                                                                                                                Independence Day                
      Thursday, September 19                Grades 9-11 College Admission               
                                                         Meeting in the Library 8:15 a.m.
                                                     Faculty Meeting in the Library                   
               3:30p.m.                              
        September 23 – October 11           MAP testing session
                                    Wednesday, September 25            No School – PD with Judi Fenton       

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THIS WEEK

MIDTERM REPORTS – Mid-term reports are due Monday, September 9, on the server. Please inform your Area Administrator as you were instructed in the Area Meetings last Thursday if you will be calling parents in for a conference for your students. Midterm Reports will be sent home on Thursday, September 12.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION – The school will celebrate the Honduran Independence Day on Thursday, September 12. Homeroom Teachers were asked to contact their room parents and organize a typical Honduran snack/breakfast with their classrooms with contributions from their students. For a specific breakdown of this day, please find the schedule of activities at the end of this Monday Memo (after the two week calendar). Please make sure you read this information carefully, and follow the schedule so that we have an organized, fun celebration. This is an 11:45 a.m. dismissal day for our students (PM Schedule) and teachers can leave for their (much awaited and deserved) 4-day weekend at 12:30 once all their students have been dismissed. 
 MAP FALL TESTING SESSION – Our first MAP testing session for this school year will begin on Monday, September 23. A schedule of the times and days for your grades was distributed at your Area Meeting last Thursday. Teachers are required to monitor the tests of their students during their class periods. If you have any questions, please ask your Area Administrator.
 FIRE DRILL – We will have our first fire drill on Tuesday, September 10, at 9:00 a.m. Please make sure that you have reviewed with your students the correct procedure to follow during a fire drill. 
  • Nora will check Nursery, Pre-KG, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Warren, Carlos, Norma and Pamela
  • Ashley J. will check Grades 2-5, Liana, Marisela, and Pia
  • Kjell will check Grades 6-10 and Carol/Gabriel, Victor/Richard, Sergio, Dinora, and Jazmin

DPTO - Parents, please take a minute and fill out the short survey for the Discovery School Parent-Teacher Organization.  As you are part of the DPTO, the executive team wants your feedback and ideas on events and focus for the year.  Both parents are encouraged to fill out the survey. The link to fill out the survey ishttp://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q6QY2VF
FROM THE FINANCE OFFICE – Parents who are not using an automatic debit system with a credit card to pay tuition are asked to stop by the Finance Office to obtain their payment cards as soon as possible.
DISCOVERY SCHOOL
HONDURAS INDEPENDENCE DAY PROGRAM 2013
Thursday September, 12th
Time                                            Activities                 Responsible
8:00-8:50                    First period of class                                                                              
8:50-10:00                  Typical breakfast (students will meet with their homeroom teacher)                        
                                    Each class will organize its breakfast
10:00-11:00                Traditional Games (Elementary students will be required to be at the
                                    field in front of the cafeteria (Special teachers and secondary students)                                                                                                  
11:00-11:05                Sing the national anthem (Students and teachers will meet at the gym)
                                    Ms. Norma and Ms.Pamela (school choir.)         
11:05-11:10               Folkloric song                  El encarguito (school choir.)
11:10:-11:15              Typical dance                    El torito        6to gr.                   11:15-11:25          Legend dramatization   ¨…y le salió el duende…¨ 10mo gr.
11:25-11:45          Story teller performance (cuenta cuentos) SANTILLANA publishing company       El secreto del bosque de copán  Julissa Lardizaval
*This day we will follow PM schedule. After the activities students will be dismissed.