Hemos llegado al final del mes de la patria.....Loor a nuestra querida HONDURAS!!!!

FYI

SECURITY NOTICE

We will allow next week, September 26-30, for parents and teachers to come to the Receptionist, Carolina, and sign for their stickers. For those teachers or staff members who use motorcycles or scooters, they also must carry a sticker to allow admission to the campus.

To tighten our security at the school, we have prepared new vehicle stickers. Each sticker is numbered to identify its owner, and each sticker must be picked up from Carolina at the Reception and signed for. You also need to bring in and record your vehicle license tag number with Carolina. The school provides the first sticker for each family at no charge. If additional stickers are needed, they may be purchased from Carolina for L.30 each. The sticker should be placed in the lower left-hand corner of the front windshield.

Beginning on Tuesday, October 3, (because Monday the 2^nd is a holiday):

NO VEHICLE WILL BE ALLOWED ON CAMPUS WITHOUT A STICKER UNLESS IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

Therefore, if you do not have a sticker on your vehicle or authorization from the Administration, you will be instructed to park outside the gate and walk onto the campus. Last minute authorization should be avoided because if the Administration is not available to authorize your entry, you will have to park outside and walk in. The guards have been instructed that there is to be no exception to this procedure.

This measure is essential for us to keep the campus and our children safe.

Please plan a time this week to come to the school and receive your sticker. All old stickers should be removed from your vehicles.

If you have any suggestions for other ways we can improve our security, please contact the Administration.

If you notice that the guards are not being vigilant at the gates or if they are not following the established security procedures, please notify the Head of School (debgilespk@yahoo.com; 9572-0230 cell phone English only); or Reina Salgado (9950-6919 cell phone Spanish or English); or leave a message with the Receptionist using the school phone number (2221-7790).

Thank you for your cooperation and partnership in keeping our students and our campus safe.

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MEDICAL CARE FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF:  Beginning Monday, September 26, 2011,

WE HAVE A FULL-TIME NURSE AT DISCOVERY SCHOOL !

With the help of the DPTO, we have contracted with OSM for the on-site nurse from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, plus attendance at all Discovery School events. In addition to the nurse on campus, we will also have Ambulance Services for serious or life-threatening injuries or illnesses, and first aid training for staff.

In the past, the school has provided emergency medical service through Rescate. However, they have reorganized under new management, and the services they are now offering do not meet the most urgent needs of the school. We have been in negotiations with health care providers in an effort to secure the best possible service for our students and staff, and are very pleased with our new arrangement with OSM.

Special thanks to Dr. Eduardo Retes and the DPTO for their help and support with this project. This will all be funded in part by the school and in part by the DPTO, which will rely on parent help in raising the funds necessary.

ACCIDENT INSURANCE (optional):  We have also negotiated an OPTIONAL accident policy with Ficohsa that parents and staff may purchase. This policy provides coverage 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and costs only L.260 per year, per person, for L.40,000 of  accidental coverage. If the limit of L.40,000 is reached for one person, you can pay another L. 260 to receive another L.40,000 of accidental coverage.

 We need a minimum of 42 individuals to sign up in order for us to qualify for this insurance. If you are interested, please fill out a form in the Finance Office and pay L.260 for each person you want to cover. The deadline for submitting the information and payment is Friday, September 30.

OPERA SEASON IS BACK IN TOWN!!!!

This year,The Honduran Musical Foundation will stage the Opera Buffa "The Secret Marriage" by Domenico Cimarosa.  
Students from grades 6 - 12  will attend the presentation on Friday OCT. 7 at Manuel Bonilla Theater. Tickets already on sale at the music room 
with Ms. Norma López (L. 225)  We will leave the school campus at 8:30 a.m. Students from grades 6-8 will returned to the school at 1:00 p.m.
 
Students from grades 9 -12 will stop by the Identity Museum to observe the Picasso Art Exhibit (they will need to pay 
Ms. Campbell, L.30.00 extra to enter the Museum) and will come back to school around 1:45 p.m.
 
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
Students MUST wear formal clothes. (No tennis shoes or jeans) 
Students must have a very good breakfast because we won't be allowed to eat at the theater or museum. 

Week of September 26-30, 2011

Grade/Schedule: Subject: Content:   HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & due Date:	6th (W-F) Estudios Sociales y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras Europe: a small continent with a lot of countries, rivers, regions, peninsulas, seas & islands. Learn by memory the chorus and first stanza of Himno Nacional de Honduras (Friday Sept.30th) No quiz this week, however oral evaluation(not graded) of   the chorus and first stanza of  HNH. (Friday Sept.30th)                             All work will be done in  class.
Grade & Schedule: Subject:                   Content:                   HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & due Date:	7th (M-W)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica  Exploring the World (Cartography, geography, symbols, scales, projections, maps and satellite  images) No homework this week No quiz this week All work will be done in  class.
Grade/Schedule:    Subject:         Content:                HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & due Date:	8th A (M-F)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica  Cultures meeting (arrival of Spanish to America) Social colaboration No homework this week                               Vocabulary quiz (Monday September 26th)                                                      All work will be done in  class.
Grade/Schedule:     Subject:                Content:                  HW & due Date:  Quiz & due Date:  Project & due Date:	9th (M,Th,F)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica Important people from Asia & Africa Family as civics’ educator Album of biographies (Friday September 30th)  No quiz this week                                                 All work will be done in  class.
Grade/Schedule:    Subject:                Content:              HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & due Date:	10th (W-F) Historia de Honduras The presidents Honduras has had and their contribution during their administration. No homework this week No quiz this week All work will be done in  class.
Grade/Schedule:   Subject:               Content: HW & due Date:  Quiz & due Date: Project & due Date:	11th (M,T,Th) Desarrollo Socio-económico. Under development and dependency caused by the nation’s problems.  No homework this week                             No quiz this week All work will be done in  class.
Grade&Schedule:                  Subject:               Content:               HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & due Date:	12th (M,W,F) Historia de la Cultura y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras Origin of the human being & The evolution and creation theories. No homework this week No quiz this week All work will be done in  class.