WEEK OF NOVEMBER 25-29

Dear Parents,

We would like to give a big THANK YOU to the parents that helped out organizing our delicious lunch for Thanksgiving (Pucci Agurcia, Kayrn Aguirre, Josie Alvarez and Raul Bertrand). The children had a blast. They all enjoyed eating a very yummy turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, and corn. After our lunch the children traced their hands (leaves) and wrote something they are thankful for. Then, they placed their “leaves” on “Our Thankful Tree.”

 

 

 

We have been talking a lot about the meaning of this celebration. We discussed things that we should be thankful for. Some of the answers we got from our students were that they are thankful for their family, friends, food, clothes, animals, trees, flowers, school, toys, and teeth! This week we are going to continue talking about Thanksgiving and things we are thankful for.

 

This is going to be a very short week. We are going to be reviewing all the letters and sounds that we have worked with. We are also going to review syllable counting, patterns, numbers. We will be making a lot of games to review all the sight words covered so far. Please encourage your child at home to practice these words with you at least 15 minutes a day. It is extremely important for them to recognize them out of context. Once they are comfortable with them it is going to be much easier to learn how to read and write on their own.

 

We are going to continue with our theme on Plants. This week we are going to review the steps of the Scientific Method. We are also going to be doing some experiments about plants. The kids know the parts of the plant and they also know what a plant needs to survive. Ask our little scientists what they know about Plants and you will be surprise to see all the wonderful things they know about it.

MIDTERM REPORTS – Midterm reports were issued last Friday, November 22. These should be signed by parents and returned to the teacher as soon as possible. If you would like a conference and one was not requested by the teacher, please call the school to set up an appointment. 

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 – In order to avoid the late afternoon and early evening traffic congestion, 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 Songfest, 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 of 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 a 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 for whom we would like to provide this Christmas.   On the second floor of the secondary building, an 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 10, 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 School, 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. If you would like to participate and help this organization, please send a donation of 1 gallon of disinfectant per family by Friday, December 6. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated!