Week of October 1st - October 5th

This week we will begin working with letter Gg. We will be reading the book Green Eggs and Ham from Dr. Seuss, and the children will get a chance to taste green eggs with ham!!! We will be graphing Gummy Bears!!

G is for Green!!! On Thursday, October 4^th, we are planning to have “Green Day”. The children can come to school wearing anything green. It can be a cap, shirt, pants, skirt, socks, belt, shoes, bracelet, etc. Thank you for your help.

On October 2^nd we will begin writing EVERY DAY in a journal. Each student is going to have his or her own journal that will be changed every month. Through daily writing experiences young children will move along various writing stages at different rates. Making journal writing a daily habit in kindergarten can help children learn and look forward to an opportunity to draw and write.

On Friday October 5^th the kindergarten students will be visiting the fire station. Please send in your child’s permission slip as soon as possible. You will be able to find this form in your child’s folder today. Your child must wear his/her Discovery school shirt on this day. 

We wish to thank Benjamin Atayi for bringing the ingredients of last week’s Kindergarten Kafe. The kids made a tasty fishbowl out of bread, cream cheese, and fish crackers. This week Cecilia Funez will be in charge of providing the ingredients for Kindergarten Kafe.

An Apple for the teacher...

Its really nothing new.                                    

Except when you remember,                           

Parents are teachers too.

Author Unknown

Week of September 24th - September 28th

This is definitely going to be a fun week! 

We will be studying letter Ff. We will be discussing fire safety and procedures in case of a fire. If you have any books or stories related to the topic please send them to school so that we can read them to your child.

If you have not yet sent your child’s Progress Report signed, please do so before the end of this week. Those of you who have not yet sent a change of clothes for your child make sure you send it as soon as possible. Accidents do happen and you never know if you will ever get a call from us informing you that your child needs a complete set of clothes.

On Tuesday we will be celebrating one of our students' birthday!! Pizza and cake will be provided during lunch time, so you only need to pack a snack for your child on this day.

The Kindergaraten Kids will participate in a CASA KINICH ACTIVITY this Tuesday, September 25 -  Casa Kinich or ¨House of the Sun¨ is the only child based learning center located near a Mayan ruins. They are undertaking a project to help raise awareness of the need to protect the scarlet macaw and its habitat. The museum director Londin Velasquez will be visiting our school to talk about Copan and specially about the scarleth macaw.





MINUTA FRIDAY - To raise funds for the ABSH Language Arts Festival in February 2013, the Language Arts Festival Committe will be once again selling Minutas (slushies) this Friday, September 28 during lunch time for L25 a piece. Please support this activity by letting your child bring money to purchase minutas on this day.

We wish to thank Andrea Bautista for bringing the ingredients of last week’s Kindergarten Kafe. The kids made a nicely decorated egg out of bread, cream cheese, and M&M’s. This week, Benjamin Atayi will be in charge of providing the ingredients for Kindergarten Kafe.

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

Henry Ward Beecher

Ms. Valencia Duron and Ms. Sophia Lagos

Week of September 17th - September 21st

We hope you have all had a restful holiday. Thank you very much to all the parents for the delicious food you sent last Thursday. The children really enjoyed having a Honduran typical breakfast.

This week we will be doing letter Ee. The word of the week is egg and we will be doing lots of activities with egg cartons. 

We will also start an interesting unit about Planet Earth in which we will discuss day and night, the Earth’s rotation, the sun, the moon and much more. The children will even have an opportunity to act it out!

Progress reports will be sent home today Tuesday September 18th. Please make sure you sign and return them to school as soon as possible.

It is unbelievable that we are half way through the first quarter of Kindergarten. This report is to let you know how your child is doing in school.

We would like to let you know that we have started Read Aloud Time. We are reading a book called Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Osborne from the Magic Tree House Series. This is to develop your child’s comprehension in reading. Reading aloud can make a difference in the lives of young children!

This Friday, September 21 the Seniors will be offering games and activities to celebrate Dia Del Niño during lunch time. If you have not done so, please send in the L50 that were requested as a cover charge for this activity. 

NUTRITION TALK TO OUR DISCOVERY SCHOOL PARENTS: Organized by Ms. Erika Corletto and sponsored by Pediasure. This talk will be offered by Eda Flefil, a nutritionist that will be talking about the benefits of a well balanced diet. Please join us on Friday, September 21 at 2:30 p.m. in our school library.

We are back with Kindergarten Kafe. The child in charge of bringing the ingredients for this Friday September 21st is Andrea Bautista. Thank you in advance!

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

  ~Jesse Jackson

Ms. Valencia Duron

Ms. Sophia Lagos

Week of September 10th- September 14th

Dear Parents,

This week is going to be a very short week.
 As part of the festivities for our Independence Day Celebration on Thursday,September 13^th, we will be having a POT LUCK SNACK. Each student should bring a typical Honduran breakfast/snack to share. Please send the food that you were assigned for the typical breakfast. DO NOT SEND A SNACK FOR THIS DAY! The school is also encouraging children (and teachers) to wear “Honduran” clothes on this day. This may be a typical Honduran outfit (traje tipico), the National Soccer Team sports outfit, any creative dress up that is representative of Honduras, or simply blue and white clothes.

This day is also an early dismissal; the children will be leaving at 11:45 a.m. Also, remember that Friday September 14^th, and Monday,September 17^th are holidays. We will be back in school on Tuesday, September 18^th.

DPTO Meeting – Wednesday, September 12 at 7:45 am. Please come to  this meeting, especially if you want to help out and be involved in the U. N. Day Celebration in October.

 We are going to continue  with the letter Dd. The word of the week is dinosaur. This week the students will continue enjoying Read Aloud time and  counting up to 20 and will review letter sound recognition from Aa to Dd.

NO KINDERGARTEN KAFE THIS WEEK!!!

Ms. Sophia Lagos  Ms. Valencia Duron 

Week of September 3rd - September7th

This week we

 are ready to start with the letter Dd. The word of the week is dog. This week we will be reading and discussing fun facts about dinosaurs. We will begin counting up to 20 and will review letter sound recognition from Aa to Dd.

As part of the festivities for our Independence Day Celebration on Thursday September 13^th, we will be having a POT LUCK SNACK. Each student should bring a typical Honduran breakfast/snack to share with 5 classmates. food or drinks. Teachers will let parents know what to contribute to minimize repeats  of food and drinks. DO NOT SEND A SNACK FOR THIS DAY! The school is also encouraging children (and teachers) to wear “Honduran” clothes on this day. This may be a typical Honduran outfit (traje tipico), the National Soccer Team sports outfit, any creative dress up that is representative of Honduras, or simply blue and white clothes.

This day is also an early dismissal; the children will be leaving at 11:45 a.m. Also, remember that Friday September 14^th, and Monday September 17^th are holidays. We will be back in school on Tuesday September 18^th.

DPTO MEETING THIS WEEK - The Discovery Parent Teacher Organization is holding
its first meeting on Wednesday, September 5 from 7:30am to 8:15am.  The
agenda items include: general information about the DPTO, activities for
the school year, budget, and organizing the United Nations Day.  A light
morning snack will be provided. 

MAP TEACHER TRAINING

There will be NO SCHOOL for grades Nursery to Grade 5 on Thursday and Friday, September 6 and 7.

Our teachers are making the necessary accommodations in the delivery of the curriculum to make sure that this does not affect the instruction of our students. As only  a few of the secondary teachers will attend the training, the Middle and High School students will have classes as normal on Thursday and Friday, September 6 and 7.

We thank our parents for their support and understanding in this matter, and encourage anyone who has a question to email our Head of School at debgilespk@yahoo.com

Thank you very much!!!

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Kahlil Gibran