Over the last 4 or 5 weeks, grade 7 tutor groups have been presenting a topic of their choice in our weekly assembly slot. We started during British Fortnight with 7A showing us some of the traditions of the countries of the British Isles, including "cheese rolling" and "black pudding throwing".
7B followed on with an assembly on the weird and wonderful technologies in existence, or nearly in existence, in our world today.
Next up was 7D and a Canadian Music festival.
And finally 7C showed us a wide range of winter sports practised in Canada. (apologies that the photos are quite dark)
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Class of 2016 - Upcoming events
Firstly thank you to all of you who managed to come to our Parent Teacher evening last week. I hope you were able to take the opportunity to speak to your son/daughter's teachers to discuss their progress and any ways in which you can help them improve from home. If you were unable to attend, you may collect the report from Marielos Soto.
The evening before this, parents of grades 8-12 met to discuss our drug prevention program. On the "pages" sidebar you will find a summary of the information provided by Adriano Bolaños. The next Parent Partnership meeting is scheduled for February 2011 where the topics to be discussed will be Exam preparation and dealing with stress.
As the holidays approach, we have a busy schedule and I'd like to take this opportunity to share some of the information with you.
Thursday 9th December: Carols by candlelight - in the PAC at 6.30pm
Staff and students from Primary and Secondary will be performing a short programme of songs and readings celebrating Christmas. Please come and join us!!! Seasonal refreshments will be served. Free tickets are available from Roxana Hall's office.
Friday 10th December: Founder's Day Celebrations
Students may come to school in the special T-shirts they ordered last week and which will be distributed in the next few days. Lessons will finish at lunchtime and students will then be participating in and watching sports events until 3pm and should be picked up after this time. After 3 pm there will be sporting events involving our Varsity teams, parents, alumni and teachers, spectators are welcome!
Thursday 16th December: Awards Assembly at 7am in the PAC
We will be celebrating the successes of the year so far and invite you to join us to congratulate the students.
Friday 17th December: Last day of term
Lessons will finish at break time and the rest of the morning will be spent finalising any business with tutors, making sure everyone is ready for the holidays, in an end of term assembly and with the usual tug of war event. Students may be collected from 12 noon onwards.
Monday 20th December - Friday 7th January: Holidays
School re-opens for students on Monday 10th January.
The evening before this, parents of grades 8-12 met to discuss our drug prevention program. On the "pages" sidebar you will find a summary of the information provided by Adriano Bolaños. The next Parent Partnership meeting is scheduled for February 2011 where the topics to be discussed will be Exam preparation and dealing with stress.
As the holidays approach, we have a busy schedule and I'd like to take this opportunity to share some of the information with you.
Thursday 9th December: Carols by candlelight - in the PAC at 6.30pm
Staff and students from Primary and Secondary will be performing a short programme of songs and readings celebrating Christmas. Please come and join us!!! Seasonal refreshments will be served. Free tickets are available from Roxana Hall's office.
Friday 10th December: Founder's Day Celebrations
Students may come to school in the special T-shirts they ordered last week and which will be distributed in the next few days. Lessons will finish at lunchtime and students will then be participating in and watching sports events until 3pm and should be picked up after this time. After 3 pm there will be sporting events involving our Varsity teams, parents, alumni and teachers, spectators are welcome!
Thursday 16th December: Awards Assembly at 7am in the PAC
We will be celebrating the successes of the year so far and invite you to join us to congratulate the students.
Friday 17th December: Last day of term
Lessons will finish at break time and the rest of the morning will be spent finalising any business with tutors, making sure everyone is ready for the holidays, in an end of term assembly and with the usual tug of war event. Students may be collected from 12 noon onwards.
Monday 20th December - Friday 7th January: Holidays
School re-opens for students on Monday 10th January.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Class of 2016 - Trip to Boqueron
Grade 7 students enjoyed an outdoor classroom on their recent trip to El Boqueron Park. The park is located inside the crater of San Salvador Volcano and is part of the El Salvador and La Libertad volcanic mountain chain.
With the help of their geography and science teachers, the students learned more about the rock cycle, made field sketches, and classified plants. Some students tested the soil and tried to make links between the soil pH and the types of plants growing in it.
With the help of their geography and science teachers, the students learned more about the rock cycle, made field sketches, and classified plants. Some students tested the soil and tried to make links between the soil pH and the types of plants growing in it.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Class of 2016: FUNPRES workshop for girls
(para ver esta información en Español favor hacer click en "FUNPRES Workshop for girls - Spanish" en el menú)
On the 26th October we had a Parent Partnership Evening where we presented our life skills program. Our program is delivered in various ways and we consider it as an integral aspect of our student’s life as part of our vision of producing Responsible Outstanding Citizens.
In this meeting, we had the opportunity to listen to Lic Delia de Ávila, who is the director of FUNPRES, presented the different workshops that we have organized for secondary girls. These workshops will begin next week.
The objective of the workshops is to empower girls on how to develop with integrity within the different environments: family, social, and school. At the same time, we want our students to become role models of positive coexistence.
The first workshop entitled “Effective Communication” will be held in groups according to year groups on the following dates:
For Grades 6o, 7o, and 8o – Tuesday 16th November 2:30 – 4:30pm
For Grades 9o, 10o, 11o, 12o - Thursday 18th November 2:30 – 4:30pm
This is a new initiative by the ABC and it is voluntary and free of charge. Having said that, we expect your support to motivate your daughters to sign up for the workshop. We are sure they will be of great benefit for themselves and the ABC community.
Please complete and return the reply slip sent out yesterday no later than Friday 12th November to Marielos Soto.
On the 26th October we had a Parent Partnership Evening where we presented our life skills program. Our program is delivered in various ways and we consider it as an integral aspect of our student’s life as part of our vision of producing Responsible Outstanding Citizens.
In this meeting, we had the opportunity to listen to Lic Delia de Ávila, who is the director of FUNPRES, presented the different workshops that we have organized for secondary girls. These workshops will begin next week.
The objective of the workshops is to empower girls on how to develop with integrity within the different environments: family, social, and school. At the same time, we want our students to become role models of positive coexistence.
The first workshop entitled “Effective Communication” will be held in groups according to year groups on the following dates:
For Grades 6o, 7o, and 8o – Tuesday 16th November 2:30 – 4:30pm
For Grades 9o, 10o, 11o, 12o - Thursday 18th November 2:30 – 4:30pm
This is a new initiative by the ABC and it is voluntary and free of charge. Having said that, we expect your support to motivate your daughters to sign up for the workshop. We are sure they will be of great benefit for themselves and the ABC community.
Please complete and return the reply slip sent out yesterday no later than Friday 12th November to Marielos Soto.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Class of 2016 - Poverty day and Life Skills
On October 19th, grade 7 spent the morning looking at the issue of Poverty as part of our Awareness of Issues theme in Life Skills. The day started in the PAC with an introductory session and then students went to 4 sessions run by grade 12 students. In these sessions they looked at various aspects of poverty, including education, war and conflict, diet and technology. The grade 12s had worked hard to ensure that the sessions were fun and interactive, as well as educational and the grade 7s appreciated this.
This week is UN Week and grade 7 have been spending Life Skills sessions looking at the work of the United Nations in various countries throughout the world. As this year is the UN International Year of Youth, we looked specifically at how the work of the UN can help children and young people. On Friday students can come to school wearing a T-shirt from any country around the world, or of an International event. They should bring $1 which will be donated to local charities. In addition many have already purchased their tickets for the UN lunch - tomorrow is the last day to bring the $2.
After half-term, COESAL will be delivering 4 sessions to grade 7 students on the topics of Self-Esteem and Eating Disorders. You will find out more about this at the Parent Partnership meeting tonight (6.30 in the PAC), but the main areas will be:
Autoestima. Me siento bien conmigo.
-Autoestima y autoconcepto.
-¿Qué afecta?¿Qué provoca?
-Autoestima: negativa-alta-sana.
-Estrategias.
-El valor de ser yo.
Desórdenes alimenticios. Tú y tu cuerpo.
-¿Cómo me veo?¿Cómo me siento?
-Definiciones
-Presión de cánones ¿te afecta?
-Distintas complexiones
-Estrategias
Cal 1 comes to a close in November, and your child's report will be ready for collection at the Parent-Teacher meeting on December 2nd. This will be an ideal opportunity for you to discuss your child's progress with his/her teachers and we would encourage you to speak to as many of them as possible.
See you at the Parent Partnership meeting tonight.
This week is UN Week and grade 7 have been spending Life Skills sessions looking at the work of the United Nations in various countries throughout the world. As this year is the UN International Year of Youth, we looked specifically at how the work of the UN can help children and young people. On Friday students can come to school wearing a T-shirt from any country around the world, or of an International event. They should bring $1 which will be donated to local charities. In addition many have already purchased their tickets for the UN lunch - tomorrow is the last day to bring the $2.
After half-term, COESAL will be delivering 4 sessions to grade 7 students on the topics of Self-Esteem and Eating Disorders. You will find out more about this at the Parent Partnership meeting tonight (6.30 in the PAC), but the main areas will be:
Autoestima. Me siento bien conmigo.
-Autoestima y autoconcepto.
-¿Qué afecta?¿Qué provoca?
-Autoestima: negativa-alta-sana.
-Estrategias.
-El valor de ser yo.
Desórdenes alimenticios. Tú y tu cuerpo.
-¿Cómo me veo?¿Cómo me siento?
-Definiciones
-Presión de cánones ¿te afecta?
-Distintas complexiones
-Estrategias
Cal 1 comes to a close in November, and your child's report will be ready for collection at the Parent-Teacher meeting on December 2nd. This will be an ideal opportunity for you to discuss your child's progress with his/her teachers and we would encourage you to speak to as many of them as possible.
See you at the Parent Partnership meeting tonight.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Class of 2016 - important dates
Grade 7 have some exciting events coming up, as well as some important assessments. These are outline below.
October 18th: Mental Maths test
October 19th: Poverty Day
Students will be off timetable lessons 1-5 working on aspects of poverty with teachers and grade 12 students. This forms part of our "Awareness of Issues" Life Skills theme.
October 22nd: End of Cal Science test
Students will be tested on topics C4: Rocks and Weathering, P4: Heat and Sound and B4: Sorting and Identifying
October 25th: End of Cal Maths test
October 25th-29th: United Nations Day celebrations
Starting on Monday 11th, grade 7 will be looking at the role of the UN, with a particular focus on Youth (it is UN International Year of Youth). This will culminate with students presentations on Monday 25th, an assembly by some grade 10 students on Tuesday 26th and UN assembly celebration on Friday 29th. This also forms part of our "Awareness of Issues" theme in Life Skills.
November 1st-5th: half term holiday
November 11th: Cal 1 ends
November 11th: Trip to El Boqueron Volcano
Students will be bringing home a letter with details of this trip, which the Science and Geography departments are running to reinforce part of the curriculum and strengthen links between the learning students do in the two subjects.
October 18th: Mental Maths test
October 19th: Poverty Day
Students will be off timetable lessons 1-5 working on aspects of poverty with teachers and grade 12 students. This forms part of our "Awareness of Issues" Life Skills theme.
October 22nd: End of Cal Science test
Students will be tested on topics C4: Rocks and Weathering, P4: Heat and Sound and B4: Sorting and Identifying
October 25th: End of Cal Maths test
October 25th-29th: United Nations Day celebrations
Starting on Monday 11th, grade 7 will be looking at the role of the UN, with a particular focus on Youth (it is UN International Year of Youth). This will culminate with students presentations on Monday 25th, an assembly by some grade 10 students on Tuesday 26th and UN assembly celebration on Friday 29th. This also forms part of our "Awareness of Issues" theme in Life Skills.
November 1st-5th: half term holiday
November 11th: Cal 1 ends
November 11th: Trip to El Boqueron Volcano
Students will be bringing home a letter with details of this trip, which the Science and Geography departments are running to reinforce part of the curriculum and strengthen links between the learning students do in the two subjects.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Class of 2016 - Student Council, BKB and Maths Counts
Grade 7 voted the following students to represent them at Student Coucil:
7A - Oscar Guevara with MiRa Kim
7B - Estefano (Miky) Ruiz with Andrea Atanacio
7C - Sabrina Jubis with Frank Siegrist - Sabrina will also be Class President
7D - Adrian Carta with Graciela Bolaños
We congratulate them and wish them success as they work with the other StuCo members on a variety of issues that affect all our students.
Intertribal basketball started this week with Aztecs playing Mayas and Incas against Pipiles. The remaining games are as follows:
27th Sept - 1st October: Inca v Aztec and Pipil v Maya
4th - 8th October: Maya v Inca and Pipil v Aztec
We look forward to seeing some great basketball and the students putting their teamwork skills to good use!
This morning we congratulated the students who participated in the Maths Counts event on Saturday, and those who have qualified for the Central American Competition. The names in bold are those who qualified:
Andrea Atanacio
Javier Andrés Avilés
Roberta Bara
Graciela Bolaños
Andrés Butter
Camila Eugenia Castillo
Cristina Cromeyer
Lila Durán
Alberto Fuentes
Mira Kim
Efraín Maza
Jaime Monge
Sebastián Navarrete
José Andres Orellana
Andrea Osegueda
Saúl Padilla
Camila Popoff
Axel Rivera
Well done to all the participants and we wish them luck in the competition. Special congratulations go to Andres Butter and Lila Duran who gained 3rd and 5th place respectively. Considering they were competing against 8th grade, as well as other 7th (and 6th) graders, they should be very proud of their achievement.
Lastly, a reminder that the school is closed for students on Monday 4th October.
7A - Oscar Guevara with MiRa Kim
7B - Estefano (Miky) Ruiz with Andrea Atanacio
7C - Sabrina Jubis with Frank Siegrist - Sabrina will also be Class President
7D - Adrian Carta with Graciela Bolaños
We congratulate them and wish them success as they work with the other StuCo members on a variety of issues that affect all our students.
Intertribal basketball started this week with Aztecs playing Mayas and Incas against Pipiles. The remaining games are as follows:
27th Sept - 1st October: Inca v Aztec and Pipil v Maya
4th - 8th October: Maya v Inca and Pipil v Aztec
We look forward to seeing some great basketball and the students putting their teamwork skills to good use!
This morning we congratulated the students who participated in the Maths Counts event on Saturday, and those who have qualified for the Central American Competition. The names in bold are those who qualified:
Andrea Atanacio
Javier Andrés Avilés
Roberta Bara
Graciela Bolaños
Andrés Butter
Camila Eugenia Castillo
Cristina Cromeyer
Lila Durán
Alberto Fuentes
Mira Kim
Efraín Maza
Jaime Monge
Sebastián Navarrete
José Andres Orellana
Andrea Osegueda
Saúl Padilla
Camila Popoff
Axel Rivera
Well done to all the participants and we wish them luck in the competition. Special congratulations go to Andres Butter and Lila Duran who gained 3rd and 5th place respectively. Considering they were competing against 8th grade, as well as other 7th (and 6th) graders, they should be very proud of their achievement.
Lastly, a reminder that the school is closed for students on Monday 4th October.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Class of 2016 - our new blog
Welcome to the new Class of 2016 blog. You can still view old posts and photos here: http://classof2016.edublogs.org/
The entry about our Portezuelo trip in June did not have the photos included, so here they are.
Can I also remind you about the Parent Partnership meeting on the topic of Internet safety which takes place on Tuesday 21st September at 6pm in the PAC.
The entry about our Portezuelo trip in June did not have the photos included, so here they are.
Can I also remind you about the Parent Partnership meeting on the topic of Internet safety which takes place on Tuesday 21st September at 6pm in the PAC.
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