P.E. Class this week, April 22 to April 25, 2014

I would like to remind parents to send your children dressed in an appropriate way for the days that they have P.E. class:

-  No dresses for the girls

-  No jeans

-  No crocks

-  No sandals

-  No boots

Children who are not wearing the appropriate clothing will not be allowed to participate in P.E. class.

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)                

Grade 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

P.E. CLASS THIS WEEK

The season is getting hotter! It is recommended for children to wear sunblock and always have their water bottle with them.

PRE-KINDER

We are going to run obstacles races to develop gross motor skills and we will be playing “Color games”.

*¡This last quarter, the students are going to have the opportunity to learn about the soccer game!

KINDERGARTEN

We are working on different obstacles races to improve coordination. We are also going to play different games with the jump rope to develop gross motor.

FIRST GRADE 

We are working on some pre-sports activities (such as controlling the ball in different routes) to develop soccer games.  

SECOND GRADE

This week we are going to develop some pre-sports activities for soccer such as; control, pass and kick the soccer ball with a partner.

THIRD GRADE

This week we will develop soccer pre-sports activities, to learn techniques such as pass and kick the soccer ball. We are also going to play circle games to reinforce this knowledge.

FOURTH GRADE  

This week the fourth grades will be working on different endurance skills, using different games such as Italian relays.   

FIFTH GRADE

During this week we will continue developing physical activities to improve endurance through games and activities such as running and relays.