P.E. Class this week, May 5 to May 9, 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.

SPRING GENERAL ASSEMBLY - The General Assembly of parents will be held on Saturday, May 17, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Cafeteria. We are required to have a quorum of one-third of our parents present in order for the meeting to be considered legal and for any decisions made at the General Assembly to be binding. We have 325 parents listed as members of the school association, so we need to have at least 108 parents in attendance (although only one parent per family can vote, both parents can be counted for quorum). We need for YOU to attend! Your ideas and your votes are important for the school. The school will provide supervision and activities for children during the General Assembly (from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.) Dr. Jay Ketterer, Discovery School’s new Head of School will be present at the Assembly.

DISCOVERY GOES GREEN- Thank you for all of you who have participated in green activities during April. 

-Congratulations to the 2nd grade classes for bringing the most material for the Recycling Drive.  They will celebrate with the Environmental Science students by having a "earthly" snack on Tuesday. 

-Also, a large thank you goes out to all the families that sponsored plants for the Greening Our Campus activity.  The students had lots of fun getting dirty, using their "green thumbs" to plant.  We planted 65 bushes and more are to come in the next few weeks.  Our campus is definitely looking greener!

DPTO FUN RUN AND CARNIVAL – The DPTO will be hosting their traditional events this Saturday, May 10. The FUN RUN begins at 7:30 a.m. followed by the traditional pancake breakfast, and the CARNIVAL will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. We hope all our school community will mark their calendars and support the DPTO by attending and having a great family time!

DISCOVERY ZONE – Our Summer camp is back! Join us and allow your children to have a fun-filled three weeks at the beginning of their summer. Spread the word among family and friends and get special discounts!

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 will develop motor skills through the manipulation of various objects, such as Frisbee and different sizes of balls.

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

KINDERGARTEN

We are working on different obstacle races to improve coordination. We are also going to play different games with the soccer ball to develop gross motor.

FIRST GRADE 

We are going to develop pre-sport activities such as passing the ball between partners in different ways, and techniques to learn the appropriate way to kick a soccer ball.

SECOND GRADE

The students are going to learn how to control and kick the soccer ball, some techniques to pass the ball to a partner and goalkeeper practice.

THIRD GRADE

We are working on some pre-sports activities to develop the soccer game such as controlling the ball in different routes, passing and kicking the soccer ball, and goalkeeper practice.

FOURTH GRADE

This week we will focus on activities that promote teamwork and the importance of each of the team member has for the achievement of the goals of the group.

FIFTH GRADE

This week we will focus on the muscular development. We are going to use a circuit with different exercises for specific parts of the body (such as racing jumps, and squats). At same time, we will continue developing soccer skills.