Class of 2016: Leadership Week

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As you know Empowerment and leadership are very important aspects to us here at the ABC, as well as our Life Skills program. I am pleased to announce that on Thursday 27th January, a guest speaker Vicky Lein will be with us to offer a workshop to our male students  from 2:00 – 3:00 pm. You may be aware that we are running a programme with FUNPRES for girls.

The aim of these workshops is to empower students to behave in an integral way in their different environments such as family, social and school. At the same time we aim for our students to become role models in positive living, especially by reflecting on their attitudes towards their relationships with female friends and peers.

Vicky Lein will also work with all of our grade 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 in Empowerment and Leadership.
This program is compulsory and free of charge. However, if your son cannot attend on Thursday from 2:00 – 3:00 pm, we ask you to excuse him by contacting Marielos Soto at marielossoto@abc-net.edu.sv / 2241 -4473. We trust we have your cooperation in encouraging your son to participate actively at this workshop which we know will bring them and the ABC community a lot of benefit.

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Como ustedes sabrán, el tema de empoderamiento y liderazgo es muy importante para nosotros en la ABC, al igual que nuestro programa de Habilidades para la Vida. Me alegra comunicarles que el próximo jueves 27 de enero, la educadora Vicky Lein estará con nosotros para ofrecer a nuestros alumnos varones un taller de 2:00- 3:00pm. Cabe mencionar que nuestras alumnas están recibiendo talleres con la colaboración de FUNPRES.

El objetivo de estos talleres es el empoderamiento de los alumnos para desarrollarse de forma integral en los diferentes ambientes en los que se desenvuelven- el ambiente familiar, social y escolar. Al mismo tiempo buscamos que los alumnos se conviertan en modelos de convivencia positiva; especialmente haciendo reflexión sobre sus actitudes hacia las relaciones interpersonales con sus amigas y compañeras.

Vicky Lein también estará trabajando con los alumnos y alumnas de 6º, 7º, 8º, 9º y 11º grado en empoderamiento y liderazgo.

Este programa es de carácter obligatorio y es totalmente gratuito. Sin embargo, si su hijo no puede asistir a la sesión del jueves de 2:00- 3:00pm, esperamos que se comuniquen con Marielos Soto al 2241-4473 o marielossoto@abc-net.edu.sv  Esperamos su apoyo a motivar a sus hijos a que participen activamente en estos talleres que estamos seguros serán de mucho beneficio para ellos mismos y para la comunidad de la ABC.

Class of 2016 - Dates

Happy New Year 2011!

We start off the year with the 2nd empowerment workshop for girls which takes place for grade 7 students on Tuesday 18th January. See the information below for more details.

Cal 2 ends on 24th February. Students have set targets in their planners and will review their progress at the end of the cal.

Exam week starts 22nd March - only 10 weeks away. Students should start preparing early and will be given help with exam techniques by our LSU department in the lead-up to the exams.


Empowerment workshop for girls "Self Esteem and Self Care" THIS WEEK!!!We are offering these workshops to help ABC girls understand the importance of making the right choices in their lives as they grow up and face gender related pressures. They are delivered by FUNPRES with our LSU team. Each session is from 2.30 - 4.30 and is optional but we hope ALL girls will come. They are FREE - Get in touch with your Head of Year or myself to sign up! Thursday 13th January - 9th, 10 and 11th, 12th grade Tuesday 18th January - 6th, 7th and 8th.

Estamos ofreciendo estos talleres para ayudarle a las alumnas de la ABC a comprender la importancia de hacer elecciones correctas en sus vidas y poder asi enfrentar presiones relacionadas al genero de una mejor manera. Estos talleres son facilitados por FUNPRES junto a nuestro equipo de LSU. Cada sesion es de 2:30pm a 4:20pm y es opcional pero esperamos que TODAS las alumnas asistan. Son GRATIS- por favor comunicarse con su Head of Year o conmigo para inscribirse! Jueves 13 de Enero- 9o y 10o, 11o y 12o. Martes 18 de enero- 6o, 7o y 8o.

Class of 2016 - Assemblies

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)

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.

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.

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.

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.