Middle School Update

Volume 7 Number 3

August 21, 2006

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THANK YOU to the parents of 177 out of our 246 students who attended Back to School Night.  We hope that you learned about the curricula your child will be studying and got to know the teachers.  They welcome your emails with questions or comments, please do not hesitate to write.

FACT OF THE WEEK:  There are 143 boys and only 103 girls in the middle school.  If you were to come to a Rec Night and look in Center Stage you would think we had 90% girls!

POWER SCHOOL: Have you tried PowerSchool yet? You have received a letter with directions and your username and password.  You can see your child’s list of classes and the names of teachers. If you click on the name of the teacher you can send an email.  Many classes already have grades posted.  Early grades are mostly high since they often involved short beginning of the year tasks.  If you want to read the morning bulletin click on “School Bulletin.”  Absences and tardies for last week and this week are included.  The classes are numbered P1 – P7. P11 is a Monday After School Activity, P12 is a Tuesday activity, and so on.  Remember, not all activities start next week, some begin later in the semester.  Enjoy this new form of communication between home and school.

THE NAME GAME posters will be up for another week:  The first activity in our thematic year of “Raising Tolerance and Embracing Diversity” was for students to do a small flyer about their names and what they mean to them, where they came from, etc.  You will see these posted on student lockers throughout the school.  If you are on campus, please take the time to read a few of them, they are very interesting. 

MIDDLE SCHOOL REC NIGHT:  August 25th is the first Rec Night of the year.  Students should be dropped off and picked up at the walking gate not the main gate.  Gates open at 7:30 pm and students will be dismissed at 10:30 pm.  The entrance is S/ 5.  We will be selling drinks for S/ 2, hot dogs, chorizos, and hamburgers for S/3 and brownies for S/2.5.  Students will spend the evening dancing, playing 4-square, tetherball, ping pong, soccer or basketball. We are also looking for a movie to offer. It is a great opportunity for students to spend time together in a safe supervised environment.

CAS ACTIVITIES:  On Wednesdays we do special activities at all grade levels. You should have, by now, signed a permission slip for these since some of them are off-campus. Each week we will list here in the Update what the each group will be doing.  Ask your child which group they are in.

GRADO 6:

Group 1: Tech

Group 2: Character Building

Group 3: Don’t laugh at me and games

Group 4: MYP Intro plus Magazine poster activity

Group 5: Field Trip to Museo de la Nación

Group 6: Organization and Discipline

GRADE 7:

Group A: Old Ladies

Group B:  Babies

Group C: PSA

Group D: CO-OP Games

Group E: Tech

Group F: Creative Writing