January 14-18, 2013

Grade	Subject	Content to be studied this week	Homework & due Date	Quiz & due Date	Project & due Date
6th M-T-W	Estudios Soc. y Sem.del H.N.H.	Honduras National anthem	Estudiar el H.N.H.	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase
7th -T &Th-	Estudios Soc. y Ed. Cívica	Repaso sobre Relieve en Honduras	No hay tarea esta semana	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase
8th -M,W,F-	Estudios Soc. y Ed. Cívica	Repaso sobre Valores	No hay tarea esta semana	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase
9th A&B -T&Th- -M,W,F-	Estudios Soc. y Ed. Cívica	Como y cuanto hrmos cambiado	No hay tarea esta semana	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase
10th  -T&Th-	Hist. de Honduras	Hechos positivos en la actualidad de Honduras	No hay tarea esta semana	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase
11th -M,W,F-	Desarrollo Socioeconómico	Repaso sobre Desarrollo	No hay tarea esta semana	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase
12th -M,W,F-	Historia de la Cultura y Sem. del H.N.H.	Edad Media Honduras National anthem	Estudiar el H.N.H.	No hay prueba esta  semana	El trabajo sera hecho en clase

FIRE DRILL – We will have a fire drill this Thursday, January 17 at 9:00 a.m. Since we have so many new students, especially in Elementary, we decided to make this an announced drill so you can prepare your students. Please make sure you practice the appropriate procedure with them, and reiterate to them that they must walk quickly, quietly and in a straight line. Please remember these drills are to be silent.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ASSEMBLY – The DPTO is organizing a MLK Assembly for this Friday, January 18, for the whole school. The assembly is scheduled for 8:00 a.m. and should take all first period.  Please bring your students to the gym for this assembly. If you would like your students to participate in this Assembly, please let Cristiana or Gloria know.

SECOND QUARTER REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCES – If you requested conferences for last Friday and did not have them, please be proactive about rescheduling them. Also, be available to any other parents who want to come in and discuss the report cards.

ABSH LANGUAGE ARTS FESTIVAL – The big event is only 4 weeks away. If you are not sure of what your responsibilities are for this event, please ask. As always, we thank you for your cooperation in making this event a success!

INTERNAL SPELLING BEE – Homeroom and Language Arts teachers should plan and schedule their grade level Spelling Bees for next week. Once you have your grade level winner and alternate, please give the names to your Area Administrator before next Friday, January 25.

MAP TESTING – The second session for the MAP testing for this school year will begin on Tuesday, January 22. A schedule for this testing session was distributed last week, and is included in this Monday Memo as well.  If you have any questions or concerns, please let your Area Administrator know.

CLOTHING DRIVE – Do you have any used clothing that you would like to donate to a worthy cause? If so, please bring any clean and folded items to the school any day this week and we will donate them to a charity. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Vincent Taylor (vtaylor@discoveryschool.edu.hn) for more information.

Important Dates Coming Up:             

Monday, January 7                                          Teachers return to work

                                                                               8:00 a.m. Faculty Meeting in Library

Tuesday, January 8                  `                      Students return to school

Specials Teachers’ Grades Due

Conference notices sent home

Wednesday, January  9                                   Homeroom Teachers’ Grades Due (including Elementary Narratives)

List of students called for conferences due to

                                                                               Area Administrators

Friday, January 11                                             Early Dismissal for students, AM Schedule

Conferences on a need basis

Thursday, January 17                                       Area Meetings (Elementary hosted by Art,

                                                                                Music and PE; MS and HS in Ms. Agurcia’s room)

Monday, January 21                                         Holiday – Martin Luther King Day

Wednesday, January 30                                   Professional Development, Early Dismissal PM Schedule