This week we are going to be focusing our study on the letter Dd. The vocabulary for this letter is : dog, doll, dice, dish, diamond, door, dolphin, dinosaur, dress, drum.
Our story of the week will be:
Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting -Dog's Colorful Day is a delightful book! It provides very specific learning opportunities in the areas of color and number recognition, as well as beatifully illustrated, fun pictures. At the conclution of the book, the child's visual memory is challanged with a color and number review.
In Math we will learn about the number three, we will do visual discrimination activities, review shapes by playing a shape game and counting activities from numbers 1-5.
Next Thursday, September 12th, the school will be having the Independence Day celebrations starting at 9:00 am. We will begin the celebrations by having a traditional Honduran breakfast in the classroom. Each student is responsible to bring in his/her assigned food item. These items will be assigned next Monday and a note will be sent home in your child's folder. Please check the folder. Your child does not need to bring in a snack for break that day. Your child is encouraged to wear traditional Honduran clothing or blue and white. There will be no school Monday, September 15th, and Tuesday, September 16th. Classes resume on Wednesday, September 17th.
MIDTERM
AND PROGRESS REPORTS – This Friday, September 5 marks the
middle of the first grading period. Midterm Progress Reports will be sent next
Friday, September 12.
DESAYUNO
CATRACHO
– To celebrate Honduran Independence, there will be a Pot Luck Style “Desayuno
Catracho” in each classroom on Friday, September 12, from 8:00 to 8:50 a.m. We
ask our parents to help us organize this, and contribute with healthy
typical foods. Honduran cultural and festive activities will follow the
breakfast. We encourage our students to come dressed in a Honduran outfit that
day. We also want to remind parents that this is an early dismissal day (11:45
a.m.) and that the following Monday and Tuesday are holidays!
DISMISSAL
PROCEDURES EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
As a responsible
educational community, the safety of our students (and parents) always comes
first. Our concerns stem out of 1) external security and control of access to
the school, and 2) the dangers inside the school when parents drive and pass
each other in the parking lot. Keeping
that in mind, we have established the need to modify the procedures during the
dismissal of our students at 3:00 p.m. Please read these carefully, and take
note of the changes. We ask that you make the necessary adjustments, and we
know we can count on your support in making our dismissal run smoother and
safer. It is possible that we will make further minor adjustments, but for this
week, we will stay with the following procedure for stacking cars, loading, and
moving through the school.
Entrance to the school –
We will allow a limited number of cars at a time in a single driving
line into our school campus. This decision was made in order to prevent the
security liability that entails having the entrance gates open at all times. If
you wish to arrive before 3:00 p.m. you may park in the designated parking
spaces in the middle and lower areas of the parking lot. Cars that stop in the
yellow, striped loading zone must 1) form a single line, and 2) have a driver
present in the vehicle at all times. These cars may be asked to move and/or
park as circumstances determine.
Exiting the school –
Vehicles will be allowed to leave the school in a single line, limiting the
number of cars leaving at a time. This will enable the teachers and guards to
check the vehicles and make sure our students are leaving with the adequate
permissions.
Permissions – Students
leaving the school with other adults (i.e. on play dates) will need a pass from
the office. Written consent from parents must be emailed or turned into the
office (Ms. Carolina) before 2:00 p.m. Students will not be allowed to
leave with other adults without written consent and with our necessary pass. Permissions
via phone will only be granted in case of emergency.
Loading Zones – The areas
marked with the yellow stripes in front of the administration building and the
gym are areas destined for students to aboard their vehicles, and should not be
used for parking or extended waiting. If a student is not in the established
dismissal areas, or not yet ready to board the vehicle, the driver of the
vehicle will be asked to circle the parking lot though level 3 (in the area
between the two gates on the top level) or to park if there is space in level 2
(the middle areas of the parking lot).
Awaiting Vehicles – No
vehicle should be left unattended during dismissal time, unless it is properly
parked in a parking space.
Driving Etiquette - It is
of outmost importance that the following rules be observed:
- Do not pass other vehicles unless directed by a staff member or guard;
- Wait patiently as the teachers on duty identify and dismiss the students, and as the students board their vehicles;
- Abstain from using a vehicle’s horn as communication or a signal; it is for warnings!
- Follow the instructions the teachers on duty direct during dismissal;
- Follow the instructions given during dismissal time (parents are responsible for their drivers).
- Park in the designated areas, and be willing to move to the middle area of level 2, if there is a parking space available.
Teachers’ Duties – Each
teacher has specific assignments during the dismissal of students. Teachers
will be proactive in calling the students to be ready to board their vehicles,
ensuring that the necessary passes have been granted, and watching over their
safety at all times.
We thank you in
advance for your support in making the dismissal time as safe as we can for our
students. Safe driving is a duty of good citizenship, which we attempt to teach
and model here.
If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact the school administration.
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