Nursery News March 23-25

Dear families.
This will be a very short week. The students will have a review of all the math concepts and the topics we have covered during these past weeks.
Please  remember to sign and send to school the permission slips for the field-trip  by Monday March 23.
Please, visit the review sites for this week´s lesson:
Here Comes the Easter Bunny
Five Little Bunnies
Surprise Eggs

IMPORTANT SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPDATE ON PAVING - Because of the need to pave the entrance and exit to school and leave the paving unused for sufficient time to harden, the last day of classes before Semana Santa will be March 25.  THERE WILL BE NO CLASSES ON THURSDAY, MARCH 26 AND FRIDAY, MARCH 27.  Faculty and staff may not enter the school without permission during that time period, including Semana Santa.  Any entry will require special arrangements and permission from the Head of School We will still meet the standard of 180 days of classes set by SACS and by the Honduran Ministry of Education.  Enjoy an extra-long vacation! We will resume classes on April 7, as planned.

EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY READ-A-THON –This is the last week of our Read-a-thon! Grades Kindergarten through five are participating in this month long competition. Students should be completing the reading logs and turning them in this Wednesday  The winner from each class will go out to lunch as a special treat from our DPTO!

BRICKS4KIDZ - After conducting exit surveys that reveal what a success this activity was, and given its educational value, the school will be offering a Second Module of Bricks4kidz. The session will be held on Fridays (in April 10,17 and 24; in May 8,15 and 22) from 3:15 to 4:15 and will be open for students in fromkindergarten to grade five. Registration will be available on the afternoons of Friday, March 20 and Wednesday, March 25. Hurry and save your space!

Nursery News March 16-20

Dear Parents:
This week we will cover the following:
Theme:The students will continue to learn about the sea animals and the words: Seahorse, jellyfish, crab, whale, dolphin.
In Math  the students will identify, make sets, and learn how to write the number one (1).
We will read the book Moon Dance by Christian Riese.
They will sing the nursery rhyme Five Little Fish Swimming in the Sea.


We encourage you to visit the review sites for this week´s lesson.
Baby Einstein sea animals 
Animal ocean game 
Five Little Fish Swimming in the Sea

School News 

ACCREDITATION PROCESS – SURVEYS FOR PARENTS- Below you will find the link that will take you to the corresponding survey that you need to complete. This is the last week that the surveys will be available for parents!  Please take some time from your busy schedule to complete the survey that will provide valuable information towards the accreditation process and therefore, school improvement.

A Spanish version of the survey for parents is available in this message; however the survey needs to be completed in English. The Spanish version will help parents complete the English version as it is an exact copy of the survey.

Parent Survey: http://www.advanc-ed.org/survey/public/3799898

Surveys in Spanish, please Click Here

END OF THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT CARDS AND CONFERENCES–Notices for the third quarter conferences (on a need basis) will be sent home today. Report Cards will be sent home on Thursday, March 19. However, if you would like a conference, and one has not been called for by a teacher, please contact the school to set an appointment for the afternoon of Friday, March 20.

FRIDAY, MARCH 20 – There will NO SCHOOL for students on Friday, March 20. Following our school calendar, the morning will be devoted to Professional Development for Teachers, and the afternoon will be used for Parent-Teacher conferences.

EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY READ-A-THON –This is week three of our Read-a-thon! Grades Kindergarten through five are participating in this month long competition. Students should be completing the reading logs that were distributed last week! The winner from each class will go out to lunch as a special treat from our DPTO!

BRICKS4KIDZ - After conducting exit surveys that reveal what a success this activity was, and given its educational value, the school will be offering a Second Module of Bricks4kidz. The session will be held on Fridays (in April 10,17 and 24; in May 8,15 and 22) from 3:15 to 4:15 and will be open for students in from kindergarten to grade five. Registration will be available on the afternoons of Friday, March 20 and Friday, March 27. Hurry and save your space!

SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB NEWS - Scholastic Book Club leaflets were given out last week. This is an optional activity offered by the school, because we know you want to motivate your child to read at home.  With your purchase, our library will accumulate points to redeem more books for the benefit of your children in our school.  The due date to purchase the books online is March 20. The books will arrive to the school in one single delivery, and we will distribute them to the students according to their orders, approximately three weeks after the purchase due date.

Nursery News March 9-12

Dear Parents:
This week we will cover the following:
Theme: Sea Animals and the words: sun, sand, fish,sea turtle octopus, and ocean.
In Math they will begin learning the numbers. This week we will work with number zero (0).
 Please visit this site to learn more about numbers in preschool.
 http://www.preschoolexpress.com/learning-station09/preschool-math-feb09.shtml
For show and tell on Thursday the students need to bring a toy sea animal. Please have your child practice the name, and one or two facts about his/her animal.
The students will read the story of The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
We encourage you to visit the review sites for this week´s lesson
Five little fishes
Sea animals 
Sea animals movie 
The Numeral Song