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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.
