P.E. Class this week, May 26 to May 30, 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.

DONATIONS - Moving?  Cleaning out?  Community Service Club is collecting used toys in good condition to take with them on their monthly visits to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphange.  Toys can be dropped off in Mrs. Agurcia's room (Rm. 7, Secondary Building).

REPORT CARDS – To facilitate things for our parents, especially those who will be traveling or moving away, the administration has decided to issue the end of the year report cards and MAP reports on Friday, June 6 instead of Friday, June 13 as stated in the calendar. Parents will come to the school to pick up these documents.

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/DiscoverySchoolHN

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

DOG SITTER NEEDED – Ms Diane is looking for someone to care for her 1 1/2 year old German shepherd mix dog from June 10-July 17. She is medium-sized.   Must be a dog lover and have no male dogs (the dog has not been spayed yet.)  A securely gated yard is a must.  She is an indoor dog.  Ms Diane will provide food treats and money for any vet emergency that may arise. Bella does well with adults and teenage children.  Please contact Diane Howard-Coventry in the 4th grade.

SCHOOL CHOIR TO NEW YORK CITY – Our school’s Choir participation has been published in the DCINY official page. Please check it out at http://www.dciny.org/current-season/sunday-june-22-2014.html share this with your family and friends.

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 practice and play Honduran traditional games, such as:
-       Esconde, esconde la faja
-       Pelea de gallos
-       Las ollitas

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

 
KINDERGARTEN
This week we are going to play a soccer game to reinforce the knowledge acquired through previous weeks.

FIRST GRADE 

We are improving coordination by different games such as The Little Dogs. We are also going to play different games with the jump rope to develop gross motor skills. 

SECOND GRADE

We continue working on pre-sports activities to develop the soccer game. This week we will play some soccer games to practice the knowledge acquired.      

SOCCER TOURNAMENT

TUESDAY 27: Final Match for the 3rd Place

WEDNESDAY 28: Final Match for the 2^nd and 1^st Place

THIRD GRADE 

This week we continue developing pre-sports activities and techniques for soccer that we are going to put in practice by playing a soccer game.

FOURTH GRADE

This week will continue carry out different activities to encourage teamwork and show the importance of each member of the group has for the accomplishment of the group’s objectives. We will also play a soccer game.

FIFTH GRADE

This week we continue working on activities that promote endurance, teamwork, and the importance that each of the team member has for the accomplishment of the group objectives.

P.E. Class this week, May 19 to May 23, 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.

DONATIONS - Moving?  Cleaning out?  Community Service Club is collecting used toys in good condition to take with them on their monthly visits to Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos orphanage.  Toys can be dropped off in Mrs. Agurcia's room (Rm. 7, Secondary Building)

EARLY CHILDHOOD AND ELEMENTARY LUNCHEON – The Cafeteria will be hosting a luncheon for parents and students this Friday, May 23. The ordering slips were sent home last week! Let’s support our school cafeteria by ordering lunch and having parents come and eat with their child(ren). Please send the orders in as soon as possible!

END OF THE YEAR REPORT CARDS AND MAP REPORTS – We would like all our parents to know that the end of the year Report Cards and final MAP reports will be distributed on Friday, June 13_ as stated in our school calendar.

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 are still developing coordination and improving gross motor skills with different games such as “Land and Sea” and “Up and Down”.

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

 
KINDERGARTEN
This week we are going to play a soccer game to reinforce the knowledge acquired through previous weeks.

FIRST GRADE 

We are improving coordination by different games such as The Little Dogs. We are also going to play different games with the jump rope to develop gross motor skills. 

SECOND GRADE

We continue working on pre-sports activities to develop the soccer game. This week we will play some soccer games to practice the knowledge acquired.      

SOCCER TOURNAMENT

MONDAY 19: The Hunters vrs. The Strikers

WEDNESDAY 21: The Dragons vrs. The Hunters

FRIDAY 23: The Strikers vrs. Nikes

MONDAY 26: Final Match for the 3rd Place

WEDNESDAY 28: Final Match for the 2^nd and 1^st Place

THIRD GRADE 

This week we continue developing pre-sports activities and techniques for soccer that we are going to put in practice by playing a soccer game.

FOURTH GRADE

This week will continue carry out different activities to encourage teamwork and show the importance of each member of the group has for the accomplishment of the group’s objectives. We will also play a soccer game.

FIFTH GRADE

This week we continue working on activities that promote endurance, teamwork, and the importance that each of the team member has for the accomplishment of the group objectives.

P.E. Class this week, May 12 to May 16, 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.

DPTO– The DPTO will be hosting their traditional GARAGE SALE and CAR WASH this Saturday, May 17. We hope all our school community will mark their calendars and support the DPTO by attending!

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 are still developing coordination and improving gross motor skills with different games such as “Land and Sea” and “Up and Down”.

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

 
KINDERGARTEN
We are improving coordination by different games such as The Little Dogs. We are also going to play different games with the jump rope to develop gross motor skills.

FIRST GRADE 

This week we are going to play a soccer game to reinforce the knowledge acquired through previous weeks.
 
SECOND GRADE

This week we continue developing pre-sports activities and techniques for soccer that we are going to put in practice by playing a soccer game.

SOCCER TOURNAMENT

MONDAY 12: The Dragons vrs. The Strikers

WEDNESDAY 14: Nikes vrs. The Hunters

FRIDAY 16: The Dragons vrs. Nikes

THIRD GRADE 

We continue working on pre-sports activities to develop the soccer game. This week we will play some soccer games to practice the knowledge acquired.      

FOURTH GRADE

This week we continue working on activities that promote endurance, teamwork, and the importance that each of the team member has for the accomplishment of the group objectives.

FIFTH GRADE

This week will continue carry out different activities to encourage teamwork and show the importance of each member of the group has for the accomplishment of the group’s objectives, we will also play a soccer game.

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.