WEEK OF DECEMBER 16 - 20

REMINDERS:

• Do not forget to make your index cards with rules and procedures on a daily basis. YOU MAY USE THEM DURING TESTS!

• Homework must be kept in your binder at all times.
• Tests need to be signed by parents and kept in the binder. Corrections need to be done in the notebook.
• Please bring your book, notebook, binder, and pencil case to class EVERY DAY.
• SHOW YOUR WORK ALL THE TIME!!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Wednesday, December 18 – last day of school
• Thursday, December 19 – Monday, January 6 – HOLIDAY
• Tuesday, December 7 – Back to school 

MAP TOOLKIT:

Do you want to improve your MAP scores?

Here is the math website:  http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS:

   

SUPORT PERSONNEL HOLIDAY BASKETS – Christmas is the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following:

Nursery/PKinder and 6^th grade                       1 5-lb bag of beans

Kinder and 7^th grade                                       1 5 lb bag of rice

1^st grade and 8^th grade                                    1 5-lb bag of sugar

2^nd grade and 9^th grade                                               2^nd grade and 9^th grade                                                1 bottle or 2 bags of oil, 2 boxes of  

                                                                                                                                                                     margarine, OR 3 lbs of lard

           3^rd grade and 10^th grade                                   1 4lb-bag of MASECA

4^th grade and 11^th grad                                              4^th grade and 11^th grade                                    3 lbs of spaghetti (six packages) OR 

                                                                                                                                                            1 bag of coffee

           5^th grade and 12^th grade                                   4 packages of tomato paste

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.  Please send these items no later than Monday, December 16th. Donations from our students are voluntary and we deeply appreciate our community’s willingness to share with our dedicated workers

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! – We wish to express our gratitude to all our parents and students for opening their heart this holiday season to share with those around you. The donations of the disinfectant were delivered to FUNDACION ABRIGO last week in the name of our student body. The shoes and socks that were given for the children at NUESTROS PEQUENOS HERMANOS are ready to be handed out at a Christmas event at the orphanage. Your contributions for the SUPPORT PERSONNEL HOLIDAY BASKETS are being organized and will be given to them this Wednesday.  Since all these donations were voluntary, we deeply appreciate our community’s willingness to reach out and share with others.

DPTO NEWS- The DPTO wishes to remind the parents who have not yet done so, to please pay the L.200.00 fee to support the DPTO. This contribution fee was agreed upon on the last Assembly, and is a vital contribution in order to keep on planning fun events for all of our school community to enjoy!  You can leave the payment with Ms. Carolina at the reception.

We also want to let you know that our DPTO blog has been updated, so please check it out!

SCHOOL FACEBOOK PAGE – Please check out our school Facebook page for news, pictures and tips that are helpful for both teachers and students. Look for Discovery School, Tegucigalpa, Honduras or follow this link:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Discovery-School-Tegucigalpa-Honduras/265341306871650

Don’t forget to click “Like” for our page to receive the latest updates and posts.

PASSING GRADE ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - We would like to remind parents that the passing grade, according to new regulations, is 70% for the Ministry of Education. Your child needs to score at least 70% in order to avoid coming to recuperation exam/s. We encourage you to check blogs and Engrade on a weekly basis, and to keep close communications with teachers.

THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE COVERING DURING THE WEEK.

A new IXL username and password was provided several weeks ago. Students will now have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the week	NONE
Monday 16	Finish review chapter 3. Begin review chapter 4 Homework: None
Tuesday 17	Finish review chapter 4 Begin review chapter 5 Homework: None
Wednesday 18	Finish review chapter 5 Homework: None
Thursday 19	HOLIDAY
Friday 20	HOLIDAY

December 9-13

REMINDERS:

• Do not forget to make your index cards with rules and procedures on a daily basis. YOU MAY USE THEM DURING TESTS!

• Homework must be kept in your binder at all times.
• Tests need to be signed by parents and kept in the binder. Corrections need to be done in the notebook.
• Please bring your book, notebook, binder, and pencil case to class EVERY DAY.
• SHOW YOUR WORK ALL THE TIME!!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Friday, December 13 – Songfest @ 1:30
• Wednesday, December 18 – last day of school
• Thursday, December 19 – Monday, January 6 – HOLIDAY
• Tuesday, December 7 – Back to school

MAP TOOLKIT:

Do you want to improve your MAP scores?

Here is the math website:  http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS:

  SONGFEST – 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.

Students have been asked to wear clothes in Christmas colors.  If they have Christmas accessories, they can wear them, too.    

SUPORT PERSONNEL HOLIDAY BASKETS – Christmas is the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following:

Nursery/PKinder and 6^th grade                         1 5-lb bag of beans

Kinder and 7^th grade                                         1 5 lb bag of rice

1^st grade and 8^th grade                                     1 5-lb bag of sugar

2^nd grade and 9^th grade                                               2^nd grade and 9^th grade                                    1 bottle or 2 bags of oil, 2 boxes of   

                                                                                                                                                                     margarine, OR 3 lbs of lard

           3^rd grade and 10^th grade                                    1 4lb-bag of MASECA

4^th grade and 11^th grad                                              4^th grade and 11^th grade                                     3 lbs of spaghetti (six packages) OR  

                                                                                                                                                                      1 bag of coffee

           5^th grade and 12^th grade                                    4 packages of tomato paste

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.  Please send these items no later than Monday, December 16th. Donations from our students are voluntary and we deeply appreciate our community’s willingness to share with our dedicated workers

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE:  

Thank you for selecting your tags from the NPH Giving Tree.  Please remember to bring your item with the tag attached to Mrs. Agurcia's Room (Secondary Building; Room 7) by Tuesday, December 10th.

CAFETERIA HOLIDAY LUNCHEON - The Cafeteria is hosting a Holiday Luncheon for parents and children this Friday right before Songfest.  For Menus and prices go to http://discoverycafeteria.blogspot.com

PASSING GRADE ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - We would like to remind parents that the passing grade, according to new regulations, is 70% for the Ministry of Education. Your child needs to score at least 70% in order to avoid coming to recuperation exam/s. We encourage you to check blogs and Engrade on a weekly basis, and to keep close communications with teachers.

THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE COVERING DURING THE WEEK.

A new IXL username and password was provided several weeks ago. Students will now have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the week	A1, B2, B4, B7
Monday 9	Chapter 5 Test Homework: Test signed and corrections in the notebook
Tuesday 10	Make up test Chapter 5 Homework: test signed
Wednesday 11	Review Chapter 1 Homework: Finish classwork
Thursday 12	Review Chapter 2 Homework: Finish classwork
Friday 13	Review Chapter 3 Homework: Finish classwork

DECEMBER 2 - 6

REMINDERS:

• Do not forget to make your index cards with rules and procedures on a daily basis. YOU MAY USE THEM DURING TESTS!

• Homework must be kept in your binder at all times.
• Tests need to be signed by parents and kept in the binder. Corrections need to be done in the notebook.
• Please bring your book, notebook, binder, and pencil case to class EVERY DAY.
• SHOW YOUR WORK ALL THE TIME!!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Friday, December 6 – Science Fair
• Friday, December 13 – Songfest @ 1:30
• Wednesday, December 18 – last day of school
• Thursday, December 19 – Monday, January 6 – HOLIDAY
• Tuesday, December 7 – Back to school 

MAP TOOLKIT:

Do you want to improve your MAP scores?

Here is the math website:  http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS:

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 you want 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!

            

SCIENCE FAIR:  Please remember that Science Fair will be held on Friday, December 6th.  That day, all 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10A students will be involved in the fair during 3rd and 4th periods. First period will proceed as normal and 1/2 of 2nd period will be used to set up the fair on the second floor of the secondary building.  As well, students with top projects will be asked to present their project to a visiting judge that afternoon in the library (meaning the library will not be available for classes that afternoon).  Students from other classes will be invited to visit the fair in the following schedule:  6A, 6B, 10B, 11, and 12 during 3rd period and elementary classes during 4th period (10:53-11:43). More details about the fair will be given closer to the date.

PASSING GRADE ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION - We would like to remind parents that the passing grade, according to new regulations, is 70% for the Ministry of Education. Your child needs to score at least 70% in order to avoid coming to recuperation exam/s. We encourage you to check blogs and Engrade on a weekly basis, and to keep close communications with teachers.

THIS IS WHAT WE WILL BE COVERING DURING THE WEEK.

A new IXL username and password was provided several weeks ago. Students will now have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the week	W5, W6, W7
Monday 2	5-7 Dividing Mixed Numbers Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-813s.html Homework: Worksheet
Tuesday 3	5-8 Expressions with Fractions Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday 4	5-9 Solving Equations with Fractions Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-883s.html Homework: Worksheet
Thursday 5	5-10 Problem Solving Skill: Writing to Explain Homework: Worksheet
Friday 6	Practice Test

Test Chapter 5 – Monday, December 9