APRIL 28 - MAY 2

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!! 

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:

SPANISH WEEK – The Spanish department has the honor to announce that the students and teachers will be involved in a series of activities during the week of April 23 to April 28 such as: making sawdust carpets, drama, characterizations, language contests (“Bombas”, proverbs and tongue twisters, quick search and acrostics), living statues, Latin American writers wax museum and tri-folds, door decorations, guests writers Rolando Kattán and Eduardo Sandoval. All these activities will be carried out to celebrate the Spanish week and will help our students improve and demonstrate their Spanish language skills. Some of the activities will take place during class time and others will be presented to students, teachers and parents who are our special guests.

Closure – Monday, April 28 @ 1:20 – Wax Museum

                                         @ 2:30-3:00 p.m. in the gym (all school)

DISCOVERY IDOL - Thursday, May 1, at 10:15 a.m.

DPTO NEWS – The DPTO wishes to share the following dates for the activities that will take place before the end of the school year. Please mark your calendars, and support our DPTO by attending these events! More information will be provided as we get closer to the dates.

            Ø  May 10 - Carnival and Fun Run

            Ø  May 17 - Garage Sale

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:

Students have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the week of April 28 – May 2	Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y8 due Sunday, May 4
Monday 28	10-1 Customary Measurements Homework: Homework
Tuesday 29	10-2 Metric Measurement Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-028s.html http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-767s.html http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-768s.html Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday 30	10-3 Units of Measure and Precision Homework: Worksheet
Thursday 1	10-4 Relating Customary and Metric Measurement Homework: Worksheet
Friday 2	No school

APRIL 21 - 25

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!! 

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:

DISCOVERY GOES GREEN - APRIL / EARTH MONTH- CELEBRATION

Month-Long Activities:

Recycling Drive- Teachers are encouraging their students to recycle paper, glass, aluminum, and plastic. Students should bring materials from home, as well.  The class with the greatest amount of pounds/student will win a prize at the end of the month.   Environmental Science students will collect the materials from the homeroom classrooms twice a week.

Green Day- Each Friday wear green to celebrate and help us remember to take “green actions.”

Increasing our green space- In line with Discovery’s month long effort to “go green,” on Friday, April 25, Discovery students will have an opportunity to “green” our campus by planting plants around the school. Discovery families can sponsor a plant for only L400.  This will include the plant, soil, fertilizer, and other materials need for the planting. Students can have the joy and experience of watching their plant grow over the years that they are here at Discovery. If you wish to sponsor a plant, please send L400 cash to your child’s homeroom teacher by Thursday, April 24th

SPANISH WEEK – The Spanish department has the honor to announce that the students and teachers will be involved in a series of activities during the week of April 23 to April 28 such as: making sawdust carpets, drama, characterizations, language contests (“Bombas”, proverbs and tongue twisters, quick search and acrostics), living statues, Latin American writers wax museum and tri-folds, door decorations, guests writers Rolando Kattán and Eduardo Sandoval. All these activities will be carried out to celebrate the Spanish week and will help our students improve and demonstrate their Spanish language skills. Some of the activities will take place during class time and others will be presented to students, teachers and parents who are our special guests.

This is the program that will be followed:

1. Inauguration assembly – Wednesday, April 23 @ 8:00 a.m. in the gym (all school)

2. Recital of poems and acrostics breakfast – Friday, April 25 @ 8:00 a.m. (Kindergarten and Grade     1)

3. Wax Museum Exhibition – Monday, April 28 @ 1:20-2:30 (Follow the Schedule below)

Grade 2 A & B (1:20)           Grade 3 A & B (1:30)         4 A & B (1:40)                          

Grade 6 A & B (1:50)           Grades 7 & 8(2:00)      

Grades 9 & 11 (2:10)              Grade 10 A & B - 12 (2:20)

4. Closure – Monday, April 28 @ 2:30-3:00 p.m. in the gym (all school)

DISCOVERY IDOL - The time is here! Auditions will be held on Wednesday, April 23 in the music room. The secondary will audition during lunch at 11:45 a.m. The elementary will audition during recess at 12:45 p.m. Students should come ready to sing or dance their hearts out for the judges. The winners will be announced on Thursday, April 24 and the performance will take place on Thursday, May 1, at 10:15 a.m.

DPTO NEWS – The DPTO wishes to share the following dates for the activities that will take place before the end of the school year. Please mark your calendars, and support our DPTO by attending these events! More information will be provided as we get closer to the dates.

            Ø  April 27 - Movie at the Cinema! (Rio 2)     

            Ø  May 10 - Carnival and Fun Run

            Ø  May 17 - Garage Sale

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:

Students have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the week of April 21-25	Z20 due Sunday, April 27
Monday 21	NO SCHOOL
Tuesday 22	9-13 Symmetry Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-441s.html Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday 23	9-14 Tessellations Homework: Worksheet
Thursday 24	Practice test Homework: study for test
Friday 25	Test Chapter 9

APRIL 7 - 11

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!! 

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:

DISCOVERY GOES GREEN - APRIL / EARTH MONTH- CELEBRATION

Month-Long Activities:       

Recycling Drive- Teachers should highly promote paper, glass, aluminum, and plastic recycling. Students should bring materials from home, as well.  The class with the greatest amount of pounds/student will win a prize at the end of the month.   Environmental Science students will collect the materials from the homeroom classrooms twice a week.

 Increasing our green space- Families will be encouraged to send money to cover the cost of a plant (tree, bush, or flower).  Order forms will be sent out next week.  The plants will be planted on campus on Friday, April 25th

 Green Day- Each Friday wear green to celebrate and help us remember to take “green actions.”

DISCOVERY IDOL - The time is here! Auditions will be held on Wednesday, April 23 in the music room. The secondary will audition during lunch at 11:45 a.m. The elementary will audition during recess at 12:45 p.m. Please come ready to sing or dance your heart out for the judges. The winners will be announced on Thursday, April 24 and the performance will take place on Thursday, May 1, at 10:15 a.m.

DPTO NEWS – The DPTO wishes to share the following dates for the activities that will take place before the end of the school year. Please mark your calendars, and support our DPTO by attending these events! More information will be provided as we get closer to the dates.

·          April 27 - Movie at the Cinema! (Rio 2)     

·          May 10 - Carnival and Fun Run

·          May 17 - Garage Sale

MARKETING DISCOVERY SCHOOL:  The Marketing Committee has been very active in developing ways to market the school. We are printing brochures and colorful signs that will let the public know more about us. If you have a business or organization that would like to display either a sign or brochures, please contact Karla Soto, Marketing Coordinator, at dsmarketing@discoveryschool.edu.hn  and we will provide those to you.

CHRONICLES OF DISCOVERY SCHOOL - Each year at Discovery School we host the event "Chronicles of Discovery," destined to promote literature and art developed by our students and reward those whose works excel in these areas. The event is organized by the students of the AP Literature and Composition class. Throughout the award ceremony, students conduct art exhibition, musical performance, and recitation, among other activities. There will also be live music and refreshments for everyone to enjoy.

 We would like to invite you to Chronicles of Discovery and help us fund it. The event is sponsored by companies and donations from parents. Any sum of money is welcomed, and may be delivered to Mr. Fenn (high school building, Room #3). Thank you for helping us promote the artistic school spirit. We hope to see you at the event on April 25.

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:

Students have until Sunday to work on their IXL skills. I will check the IXL reports every Monday.

IXL Skills for the weeks of April 7-21	Z9, Z10,  Z12, Z14, Z15, Z16 due Monday, 21 (2 weeks)
Monday 7	9-8 Quadrilaterals Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-904s.html Homework: Worksheet
Tuesday 8	9-9 Circles Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-844s.html Homework: Worksheet
Wednesday 9	9-10 Congruent and Similar Figures Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-843s.html Homework: Worksheet
Thursday 10	9-11 Transformations Online tutor: http://www.phschool.com/atschool/academy123/english/academy123_content/wl-book-demo/ph-765s.html Homework: Worksheet
Friday 11	9-12 Problem Solving Strategy: Writing to Compare Homework: Worksheet