Merry Christmas and a happy new year !!!!!

DECEMBER 16-18, 2013

SIXTH GRADE Content:                  Turismo en latino america (repaso) Homework due:     N/A Quiz due:                 N/A Project due:            N/A

SEVENTH GRADE  Content:                   Cultura Hondureña, antes de la independencia (repaso) Homework due:      N/A Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             N/A   _______________________________________________________ EIGHTH GRADE Content:                  Producción en Latino américa (repaso) Homework due:     N/A  Quiz due:                N/A Project due:            N/A

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 theSUPPORT 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!

 

SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE – Please check out our school Facebook page for news, pictures and tips that are helpful for both teachers and students. Look for Discovery School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras or follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Discovery-School-Tegucigalpa-Honduras/265341306871650

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For Secondary Only:

 

SEMESTER EXAMS – Semester exams from grades 9-12 will take place on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

 

HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER HOLIDAY!

WE WILL SEE YOU ALL ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2014!

               

                                               

Important Dates Coming Up:       

 

December 16-18                              High School Semester Exams

Monday, December 16                    Special Teachers’ Narratives due on the server

Tuesday, December 17                   Homeroom Teachers’ Narratives due on the server

                                                            Staff Christmas Party at Novacentro

December 19 – January 6               Winter Break

Tuesday, January 7                          Students and teachers return to school

Thursday, January 9                         Special Teacher’s Grades due on the server

Friday, January 10                            Homeroom Teacher’s Grades due on the server

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16   High School Semester Exams   Special Teachers’ Narratives due on the Server

17   High School Semester Exams   Homeroom Teachers’ Narratives due on the Server   Staff Christmas Party at Novacentro

18   High School Semester Exams

19   Winter Holiday (December 19 to January 6)

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Christmas is on the way!!!

DECEMBER 9-13, 2013

SIXTH GRADE Content:                  Tourism in L.A. Homework due:      Investigar los sitios de mayor turismo de L.A. Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             Presentar lo investigado. 6A Miércoles 11./6B jueves 12.

SEVENTH GRADE  Content:                   Honduran Culture, since early times to  independence. Homework due:      N/A Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             N/A   _______________________________________________________ EIGHTH GRADE Content:                  Producción in Latino américa Homework due:       N/A  Quiz due:                 N/A Project due:            Presentación de los países latino americanos y su producción.  _______________________________________________________  NINTH GRADE Content:                   The family code Homework due:      N/A Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             N/A

TENTH GRADE Content:                     Honduran culture  Homework due:       N/A  Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:               N/A  _______________________________________________________ ELEVENTH GRADE Content:                    Agriculture  in Honduras/under developed countries Homework due:      N/A Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:              Presentaciones sobre ley general de educación.

TWELFTH GRADE Content:                   Caída de las civilizaciones antiguas. Homework due:      N/A  Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             PPT  caida de las diferentes culturas,

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                                                                                 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

              

                                               

Important Dates Coming Up:       

Friday, December 13                       Cafeteria Hosting Holiday Luncheon

                                                Song Fest 1:30 p.m

December 16-18                              High School Semester Exams

Monday, December 16                    Special Teachers’ Narratives due on the server

Tuesday, December 17                   Homeroom Teachers’ Narratives due on the server

                                                            Staff Christmas Party at Novacentro

December 19 – January 6               Winter Break

Tuesday, January 7                           Students and teachers return to school

Thursday, January 9                          Special Teacher’s Grades due on the server

Friday, January 10                            Homeroom Teacher’s Grades due on the server

8	9	10	11 Song Fest Rehearsals per grade (8:30 to 3:00 p.m.)	12 Tutti Song Fest Rehearsal (all grades 1:20-3:00 p.m.)	13 School Cafeteria Hosting a Holiday Luncheon 11:40-1:20 p.m. SONG FEST 1:30 p.m.	14
15	16 High School Semester Exams Special Teachers’ Narratives due on the Server	17 High School Semester Exams Homeroom Teachers’ Narratives due on the Server Staff Christmas Party at Novacentro	18 High School Semester Exams	19 Winter Holiday (December 19 to January 6)	20	21

Welcome Christmas season!!!!

December 2-6, 2013

SIXTH GRADE Content:                   L.A. economical system in early times.              Homework due:      Investigar como era la forma de comercio en américa latina                                       antes del descubrimiento (traerlo escrito). martes 3 de                                               diciembre. Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             N/A

SEVENTH GRADE  Content:                   Honduran Culture, since early times to  independence. Homework due:      Investigar lo relacionado con el área cultural en Honduras                                           antes del descubrimiento. Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             N/A   _______________________________________________________ EIGHTH GRADE Content:                  Producción in Latino américa Homework due:     Investigar que tipo de productos se comercializan en latino                                        américa (por país)  Quiz due:                 N/A Project due:              N/A  _______________________________________________________  NINTH GRADE Content:                   The family code Homework due:      N/A Quiz due:                  Estudiar para prueba oral de los artículos indicados en clase.                                      viernes 6 de diciembre  Project due:             N/A

TENTH GRADE Content:                     Honduran culture  Homework due:       Investigar los elementos de la cultura hondureña (idiomas,                                                     normas, valores, creencias etc.)  Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:               N/A  _______________________________________________________ ELEVENTH GRADE Content:                    Agriculture  in Honduras/under developed countries Homework due:       Imprimir la ley agraria de Honduras. Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:              N/A

TWELFTH GRADE Content:                   Caída de las civilizaciones antiguas. Homework due:      N/A  Quiz due:                  N/A Project due:             PPT  caida de las diferentes culturas, lunes 2 de diciembre.

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.

Important Dates Coming Up:       

Thursday, December 5                     Area Meetings

Thurday, December 5 and               DPTO Mini Christmas Bazaar

Friday, December 6                         Secondary Science Fair

Friday, December 13                       Song Fest 1:30 p.m

December 16-18                              High School Semester Exams

Monday, December 16                    Special Teachers’ Narratives due on the server

Tuesday, December 17                   Homeroom Teachers’ Narratives due on the server

December 19 – January 6               Winter Break

Tuesday, January 7                          Students and teachers return to school

Thursday, January 9                         Special Teacher’s Grades due on the server

Friday, January 10                           Homeroom Teacher’s Grades due on the                           

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1	2 3rd Grade’s Countries Presentations 8:00 – 9:50 am	3	4	5 DPTO Mini Xmas Bazaar Area Meetings 3:15 pm	6 Secondary Science Fair DPTO Mini Xmas Bazaar	7
8	9	10	11 Staff Christmas Party	12	13 SONG FEST 1:30 p.m.	14
15	16 High School Semester Exams Special Teachers’ Narratives due on the Server	17 High School Semester Exams Homeroom Teachers’ Narratives due on the Server	18 High School Semester Exams	19 Winter Holiday (December 19 to January 6)	20	21