Student led conferences......October 21st.

Week of October 18-21, 2011

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAYS – Following SACS recommendations, we will devote the last Wednesday of each month to professional development of our teachers. Students will be dismissed at 11:45 am on the last Wednesday of each month, starting on Wednesday, October 26. Students will be dismissed at 11:40 a.m. We will follow AM schedule on this day.

UN DAY CELEBRATION – The DPTO has been meeting regularly to plan upcoming events, especially the UN Day taking place on Friday, October 28. This is an event that celebrates the true international flavor of our school community.

HAVE LUNCH WITH YOUR ELEMENTARY STUDENT – The School Cafeteria wants to invite all the Elementary Parents to come and have lunch with their child(ren) on Friday, November 4. On this day, the Adult size meal will be offered for the child-size price! A notice for pre-ordering will be sent home next week, but you might want to mark you calendars for that day! Please include this information on your blogs and support Martha and the cafeteria in this activity.

Important Dates Coming Up:                                                      

Monday, October 17                          HOLIDAY – Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 18                         SCAD and Johnson and Wales University Visits

Thursday, October 20                         Mr. Jarrid Whitney from Cal Tech visits Discovery School – courtesy of U.S. Office of Overseas Schools, State Department

                                                           

Friday, October 21             Drama Club Bake Sale

                                                Report Cards/Student Led Conferences

Monday, October 24         HOLIDAY – Honduran Armed Forces Day

Wednesday, October 26   Professional Development Afternoon – Early

                                                Dismissal AM Schedule

Friday, October 28            UN Day Celebration - Early Dismissal                                                              

                                                PM Schedule

Monday, October 31          Book Character Day (Elementary)

                                                Senior Bake Sale (Snack and Lunch)

                                                Costume Parade (MS and HS lunch)

Grade/Schedule: Subject: Content:   HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & dueDate	6th (W-F) Estudios Sociales y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras The  smallest continent of the world.  Learn by memory the third stanza of  Himno Nacional de Honduras (Thursday 20th) Oral evaluation(not graded) of  the third stanza of HN H. (Thursday 20th) All work will be done in  class.
Grade & Schedule Subject:                     Content:                    HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & dueDate	7th (M-W)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica  Exploring the World (Cartography, geography, symbols, scales, projections, maps and satellite  images).....(continuation) 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 & dueDate	8th A (M-F)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica  Two cultures & Social collaboration. 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 & dueDate	9th (M,Th,F) Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica Important people from Asia & Africa...continuation 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 & dueDate	10th (W-F) Historia de Honduras  Prehispanic Period. Continuation of a project this week, since we could not finish last week.  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 & dueDate	11th (M,T,Th) Desarrollo Socio-económico. Make a deep analysis of the foreign dept underdeveloped countries have 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 & dueDate	12th (M,W,F) Historia de la Cultura y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras History of history. Theories of modern history. No homework this week No quiz this week All work will be done in  class.

Let's finish this quarter successfully!!!!

Week of October 10-14, 2011

Important Dates Coming Up:                                                        

Tuesday, October 11                           Narratives for Special Teachers due

Wednesday, October 12                      PSAT testing

Narratives for Homeroom Teachers due

Thursday, October 13                        GENERAL ASSEMBLY 6:OO p.m.

Grades for Special Teachers due

Friday, October 14                              School Mascot Image Voting  

Grades for Homeroom Teachers due

Monday, October 17                           HOLIDAY – Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 18                           SCAD and Johnson and Wales University Visits

Friday, October 21                              Report Cards/Student Led Conferences

Monday, October 24                           HOLIDAY – Honduran Armed Forces Day

Wednesday, October 26                      Professional Development Day – Early Dismissal                                                      AM Schedule

Friday, October 28                              UN Day Celebration (Half Day , PM Schedule)

Grade/Schedule: Subject: Content:	6th to 12th (M-F) Estudios Sociales, Educación Cívica, Historia de Honduras, Desarrollo Socio-económico, Historia de la Cultura y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras. Since this is a very special week, due to the end of the quarter; the students of all grades will be finishing their assignments and turning their works in. New content will be introduced next week.

Dìa del soldado hondureño....

Week of October 03-07, 2011

Decreto del Día del Soldado Hondureño y Nacimiento de Francisco Morazán

3 de OCTUBRE

DECRETO No. 49

EL CONGRESO NACIONAL

CONSIDERANDO: Que la institución de las armas constituye el fundamento sostenedor de las naciones, y que en nuestra patria está representada por el soldado hondureño;

CONSIDERANDO: Que es un deber del Estado rendir homenaje a la memoria de los ciudadanos ilustres que sacrificaron su vida por la Patria, que, como el General Francisco Morazán, murió por sostener la Unión de Centro América;

CONSIDERANDO: Que el prócer hondureño General Francisco Morazán, es modelo insuperable del pundonor, abnegación y sacrificio,

POR TANTO,

DECRETA:

Artículo 1°- Declárese “Día del Soldado Hondureño”, el tres de octubre, aniversario del nacimiento del General “Francisco Morazán”.

Artículo 2°- Este Decreto empezará a regir desde el día de su promulgación.

Dado en Tegucigalpa, D.C., en el Salón de Sesiones, a cinco de febrero de mil novecientos cuarenta y dos.

(f) Plutarco Muñoz, Presidente. (f) Vicente Cáceres, Secretario. (f) Fernando Zepeda, Secretario.

Al Poder Ejecutivo

Por Tanto: Ejecútese.

Tegucigalpa, D.C., 5 de Febrero de 1942.

El secretario de Estado en los Despachos de Guerra, Marina y Aviación.

(f) Juan Manuel Gálvez.

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 BEENAPPROVED 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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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.

Grade/Schedule: Subject: Content:   HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & dueDate	6th (W-F) Estudios Sociales y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras The  smallest continent of the world.  Learn by memory the second stanza of  Himno Nacional de Honduras (Thursday October 6th) No quiz this week, however oral evalua tion(not graded) of  the second stanza of HN H. (Thursday October 6th) All work will be done in  class.
Grade & Schedule Subject:                     Content:                    HW & due Date: Quiz & due Date: Project & dueDate	7th (M-W)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica  Exploring the World (Cartography, geography, symbols, scales, projections, maps and satellite  images).....(continuation) 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 & dueDate	8th A (M-F)  Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica  Two cultures & Social collaboration. 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 & dueDate	9th (M,Th,F) Estudios Sociales y Educación Cívica Important people from Asia & Africa...continuation 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 & dueDate	10th (W-F) Historia de Honduras  Prehispanic Period. Continuation of a project this week, since we could not finish last week.  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 & dueDate	11th (M,T,Th) Desarrollo Socio-económico. Make a deep analysis of the foreign dept underdeveloped countries have 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 & dueDate	12th (M,W,F) Historia de la Cultura y Seminario del  Himno nacional de Honduras History of history. Theories of modern history. No homework this week No quiz this week All work will be done in  class.