DECEMBER 11 - 15

WELCOME BACK!

We are going back to the regular schedule starting Tuesday, December 12. (8:00 - 3:00)

Semester exams schedule for grades 9 - 12:

	Thursday, December 14	Friday, December 15	Online exam (due Saturday, December 16) Check your blog and/or wait for Mr. Stewart's instructions
8:00 - 10:00	Math	Spanish	Social Studies
10:30 - 12:30	Language Arts	Science

** High school students may leave as soon as they are done with their semester exams. Make sure students go to the office for a pass to leave school campus.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• December 12 and December 13 - Review days for grades 9 to 12
• December 14 to 16 - Semester Exams for grades 9 to 12
• December 18 - January 5 - No school / HOLIDAY
• Monday, January - students and teachers return to school
• Friday, January 12 - Conferences (on a need basis)

NOVEMBER 20 - 24

SECONDARY NEWS

• ATTENDANCE - Traffic is difficult for everybody in the city. Please make the necessary arrangements so your child arrives to school before 7:55 am.

• BLOGS – we remind all parents and students to check the blogs every Monday (preferably) in order to be informed of the week’s content.

• HOMEWORK CALENDAR – is a very useful tool to keep track of homework, quizzes and tests, etc. The homework calendar is located within every blog.

• ENGRADEPRO – check accounts frequently to monitor progress

• COMMUNICATION - If there is an issue that you wish to discuss regarding the blogs, the homework calendar, and/or Engrade, please send an  email to Ms. Gloria (gpalacios@discoveryschool.edu.hn)

• STUDENT ABSENCES - If your child is sick, please send an email to Ms. Gloria so she can excuse your child and inform all teachers.

• BAKE SALE - The Junior class will have a bake sale on Tuesday, November 21 in order to raise funds for their upcoming community service.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• BASKET OF GOODS FOR SUPPORT PERSONNEL - It is always the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following:
  

Nursery/Pre Kinder and 6th grade 1 5-lb bag of beans
Kinder and 7th grade students 1 5 lb bag of rice
1st grade and 8th grade students 1 5-lb bag of sugar
2nd grade and 9th grade students 1 bottle or 2 bags of oil, 2 boxes of   

                                                                margarine, OR 3 lbs of lard
3rd grade and 10th grade students 1 4lb-bag of MASECA
4th grade and 11th grade students 3 lbs of spaghetti (six packages) OR 1  

                                                                bag of coffee
5th grade and 12th grade students 4 packages of tomato paste

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.

Please send these items no later than Friday, December 1. Your cooperation will be deeply appreciated.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Tuesday, November 21 - Bake Sale by the Juniors
• Thursday, November 23 and Friday, November 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday
• Monday, November 27 - No school

NOVEMBER 6 - 10, 2017

SECONDARY NEWS

• ATTENDANCE - Traffic is difficult for everybody in the city. Please make the necessary arrangements so your child arrives to school before 7:55 am.

• BLOGS – we remind all parents and students to check the blogs every Monday (preferably) in order to be informed of the week’s content.

• HOMEWORK CALENDAR – is a very useful tool to keep track of homework, quizzes and tests, etc. The homework calendar is located within every blog.

• ENGRADEPRO – check accounts frequently to monitor progress

• COMMUNICATION - If there is an issue that you wish to discuss regarding the blogs, the homework calendar, and/or Engrade, please send an  email to Ms. Gloria (gpalacios@discoveryschool.edu.hn)

• STUDENT ABSENCES - If your child is sick, please send an email to Ms. Gloria so she can excuse your child and inform all teachers.

SCHOOL COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• BASKET OF GOODS FOR SUPPORT PERSONNEL - It is always the season to open our hearts and share with those around us that need it most. It has been a tradition at Discovery School for students to come together and contribute in assembling baskets of goods for our support personnel.  We are asking for your cooperation in sending the following

Nursery/Pre-Kinder and 6th grade	1 5-lb bag of beans
Kinder and 7th grade students	1 5 lb bag of rice
1st grade and 8th grade students	1 5-lb bag of sugar
2nd grade and 9th grade students	1 bottle or 2 bags of oil, 2 boxes of margarine, OR 3 lbs of lard
3rd grade and 10th grade students	1 4lb-bag of MASECA
4th grade and 11th grade students	3 lbs of spaghetti (six packages) OR 1 bag of coffee
5th grade and 12th grade students	4 packages of tomato paste

Please feel free to send any additional goodies that you want to share with our devoted staff, such as canned goods, instant soups, cookies and crackers, or anything else that does not require refrigeration.  Please send these items no later than Friday, December 1. Your cooperation will be deeply appreciated.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Friday, November 10 - Midterm
• Friday, November 10 - Internal Language Arts Festival
• Wednesday, November 15 - Sunday, November 19 - ABSH Basketball (San Pedro Sula)

OCTOBER 23 - 27, 2017

DISCOVERY SCHOOL

2017 – 2018

HONOR ROLL

QUARTER 1

HIGH HONOR ROLL 4.0 GPA
8th grade	Anacamila Palma
10th grade	Laura Toncel
12th grade	Ian Glynn

HONOR ROLL 3.5 – 3.99 GPA
6th grade A	Ekaterina Mueller, Katina DiStefano, Natalia martinez, Pamela jacome, Stephany Rodríguez
6th grade B	David Barahona, Maria Howard, Matias Bonilla, Sebastian Konigsperger, Sebastián Quinn, Valentina Palma
7th grade A	Adriana Lanza, Alana McKim, Alexander Mueller, David Blanco, Gloria Mejia, Maria Victoria Lovera, Nicole Beckmann
7th grade B	Andrea McKim, Ashley Mármol, Fabrizzio Specia, José Alberto Molina, Maria Jose Zuñiga, Oliver Sanders, Sofia Zanoletty, Sophie Helal
8th grade	Ashli Huntzinger, Cesia Alemán, Leticia Munoz, Sergio Mejía
9th grade	Aisleen Turner, Alejandra Gomez, Kamila Cevallos, Eduardo Blandon, Maria Jimena Talavera, Mariano Jimenez, Mayumi Kamijo, Nestor Aguilar, Noel Mejia, Rolando Kattan
10th grade	Christopher Lama, Fernando Kee Ham, Oscar Vides, Sergio Andino
11th grade	Jose Manuel Ruiz, Juan Carlos Mejia, Laura Salazar, Santiago Zelaya
12th grade	Cilia Ordoñez, Ruth Chimirri, Efraín Ochoa, Isabella Rosales, Maria Alejandra Toncel, Samuel Walsh

OCTOBER 9 - 13, 2017

WELCOME BACK!

• ATTENDANCE - Traffic is difficult for everybody in the city. Please make the necessary arrangements so your child arrives to school before 7:55 am.

• BLOGS – we remind all parents and students to check the blogs every Monday (preferably) in order to be informed of the week’s content.

• HOMEWORK CALENDAR – is a very useful tool to keep track of homework, quizzes and tests, etc. The homework calendar is located within every blog.

• ENGRADEPRO – check accounts frequently to monitor progress

SCHOOL COMMUNITY OUTREACH

• FUNDACION ABRIGO - provides lodging for families from outside Tegucigalpa who bring patients to Hospital Escuela. Discovery School has been a partner in solidarity with Fundacion Abrigo for the past years. We are asking for a donation of 1 gallon of disinfectant. Please send us your donation per family by Tuesday, October 31.
  

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• ABSH Track & Field - October 11 - 15 (San Pedro Sula)
• AASCA Elementary Principal’s Meeting - October 19 - 22 (hosted by Discovery School)
• CONFERENCES QUARTER 1 - Friday, October 20
• ABSH Music and Art - October 20 - 22 (San Pedro Sula)
• AASCA Basketball - October 25 - 29 (Guatemala)

SEPTEMBER 25 - 29

SECONDARY NEWS

• ATTENDANCE - Traffic is difficult for everybody in the city. Please make the necessary arrangements so your child arrives to school before 7:55 am.

• BLOGS – we remind all parents and students to check the blogs every Monday (preferably) in order to be informed of the week’s content.

• HOMEWORK CALENDAR – is a very useful tool to keep track of homework, quizzes and tests, etc. The homework calendar is located within every blog.

• ENGRADEPRO – check accounts frequently to monitor progress

• PROGRESS REPORTS - Please read and discuss the report with your child. The report needs to come back to the homeroom teacher with your signature, ASAP!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

• Monday, September 18 - 29 - MAP Exams
• Friday, September 29 - early dismissal @ 11:45 (AM schedule)