36: Friday 8th June 2018

From the Director

It was distressing to hear about the devastation in Antigua and the surrounding area following the recent eruption. We are sending supplies to help with relief work for people who have lost everything in the wake of the eruption. Thank you to everyone who has already helped on this appeal. We will still accept supplies on Monday if you want to collect items over the weekend. In particular rice, beans, dry food, oil, tinned foods, blankets, clothing and sanitary items including paper. You can read more about this on our newsblog.

We celebrated our annual Lap of Honour this morning with children processing round school.

As we approach the last two weeks of this term I would like to take an early opportunity to thank my colleagues who are leaving after completing their time at the Academia Britanica Cuscatleca. In particular I would like to thank Mrs. Sharon Short for her contribution to the school over the last few years. She has been a highly valued colleague and on behalf of all the school community I would like to wish her and Andrew the very best in their future. I know they will not forget us!

At a very busy time of the year I would like to add my appreciation to the Digital Video Awards team who organised last nights event.This event is an amazing focal point for so much creativity and independent learning. For me the highlight is seeing the engagement of the participants in their work and their pride in their achievements. Congratulations to everyone involved.

We are looking forward to welcoming members of the Class of 2022 from their Washington field trip tomorrow. They have had the chance to visit inside the White House and the Pentagon as part of their visit. Our thanks to parents and friends for helping to organize parts of this trip.

On Thursday 14 June we will celebrate the graduation event of the Class of 2018. As a result there will be no extra curricular activities after 2 pm on Thursday. The Class of 2019 and 2020 will represent our students at the event which starts at 5 pm promptly and should finish by 8 pm.

I wish you all a pleasant weekend with your children and families.

Primary News

Dear Parents and Carers,

Staff have been very busy carrying out final assessments this week and writing reports that will be shared with you on Friday 15th June. We know that all of our students try their hardest and some find school work easier than others. We want to support all our students to achieve their best.

This week our grade 5 students have been visiting the Secondary school for a taste of Secondary school life. They are being taught all of the essential things they will need to know before they get there and experiencing some of the different routines and locations. Feedback so far has been that they have had a great time.

Grade 5 parents were sent their invitation to the Parent Partnership meeting with both Secondary and Primary teams this week. The meeting will take place on Tuesday 12th June at 6.00pm in the PAC. Please ensure you are there. If you have friends with children in grade 5 please make sure they know about it too.

Today all of the rest of our Primary students have visited their new classrooms and either introduced to their new teacher or told who their new teacher will be if they are not in the country yet. They will have started an activity that will be finished or contribute to next years start of term. I am sure they will have lots to tell you about their new class.

On Monday we had our first UP Assembly for a few weeks and there was a lot of catching up to do. So many children had won team or individual events that it took about 35 minutes to recognise them all. We did have a visit from the secondary Spanish department to make the awards for the Poems primary children had written for their competition and they were able to present the winners with their certificates. Here you can see some of our talented Primary children below. There were three winners from each class.

During the week the grade intertribal ‘dance offs’ also continued and the results are available on the PE blogspot https://pe-sw-abc.blogspot.com/ The students are amazing it is well worth a look.

We have now completed the auditions for the talent show. Please console your children if they did not make it and help them to be better prepared for next year. We had over 40 applicants for some shows so the competition was tight. We do see the standards go up a little each year.

On Thursday evening we had our annual DVA awards. In the primary school the children work on their presentations as part of their lessons with the goal of building skills and understanding. We had several nominees in each category. The winners were thrilled and delighted with their awards. If you voted for the winners you can see the skills progress across the school and the creativity develop. Well done to all the participants and congratulations to those who won an award.

This morning, every student from Upper Primary who had represented the school in some way or other, or who had achieved well in sporting or similar activities on an individual basis walked round the school for the Lap of Honour. To be honest we hardly had anyone to watch because so many of our students participate in school matches and events that nearly everyone was walking round. It is just one more reason to feel pleased and proud of our school and students. Congratulations to everyone who took part and keep up the good work! To see the video of this event, please click here.

IPC unit world cup watch some games

On Thursday children going home early no extracurricular after 2.00pm

Parent homework for the weekend! Please have another look at our school safeguarding policy on the parent portal of the ABC website. It in both English and Spanish. You do need to keep yourself up to date and informed on these issues.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sharon Short

Head of Primary

Lead Safeguarding Officer.

Dates for your diary

Lower Primary

June

Tuesday 12th: Kinder Suarez/Kinder Caceres Trip to Maya Country Club - 8:30am - 12:00m.
Wednesday 13th: Kinder Frances/Kinder Quintanilla Trip to Maya Country Club - 8:30am - 12:00m.

Friday 15th: LP reports go home

Friday 15th: Last day of Extracurricular Activities

Monday 18th: First grade trip to Cinemark, La Gran Vía

Upper Primary

June

Saturday 9th - UK Trip 2018 Team Building Morning - 9:00am - 12:00pm

Monday 11th - Grade 2 Effort leads to Success Assembly - 7:30am - 9:00am - PAC

Tuesday 12th - Grade 3 Effort leads to Success Assembly - 7:30am - 9:00am - PAC/ Tuesday 12th - Parent Partnership for Grade 5 parents “Moving into Secondary” - 6.00 pm - PAC

Wednesday 13th - Grade 4 Effort leads to Success Assembly - 7:30am - 9:00am - PAC

Wednesday 13th - 3rd Dykes Assembly - PAC - 9:30am & 12:15pm

Friday 15th - Last day of Extracurricular Activities

Monday 18th - 5th Truscott’s Assembly 10:50am - PAC

Tuesday 19th - Children’s Fun Day for Upper Primary (Kombi-dar)

Wednesday 20th - Grade 5 Moving on Assembly - 7:30am - 9:00am - PAC

Wednesday 20th - Grade 5 Moving on Party - 5:00pm - 8:30pm - PAC

Friday 22nd - Last Day of Term 3 and End of School Year. Upper Primary children will leave at 11:30am.

Please note Ana Gloria Mena and Edda Padilla are Designated Primary Safeguarding Officers

Secondary News

Dear parents and carers,

The end of year is fast approaching and there are still so many things left to do and so many activities planned. As always, I am in awe of the effort and commitment of our fantastic ABC Staff- from teachers, support staff to maintenance and security. All of the events which are so carefully planned out and carried out for our community to enjoy, are the result of hours of dedication and care on their part and I would like to say thank you to each and every one of them.

On Wednesday we had our Grade 12’s Acción de Gracias ceremony which kicked off the Graduating class’ celebrations. Thursday, our LRC and IT team put on our annual Digital Video Awards (which you can read about in Mr Keslake’s section of the weekly) and today we rounded off the week with our celebratory Lap of Honour. It has been a great week!

You can see some pictures on the DVA’s here.

Please keep a close eye on the school calendar to be aware of the events pertaining to your child, in particular their year group Awards Assembly. We look forward to seeing you there supporting the whole Year’s achievements. Please note that we do not let students know who has won awards as we like to surprise them at the ceremony. However, if your child wins an award we will do our best in letting you know in order for you to ensure you can be present to support them. We ask that you do not let them know in advance. I repeat that we do try to make these events a celebration of the whole year group’s achievements.

Grade 7 Tin Marin Visit

From Mr Gale- Head of Year 7

Following a meeting with tutor representatives, there is going to be a trip on Thursday June 21st, where grade 7 will be going to Tin Marin from periods 2 to 5. They will have a tour of the museum followed by the planetarium and a reptile exhibition. The will then return to the ABC for lunch and P6. This is a great chance to finish the year with a fun, educational trip that the majority of the year group asked for.

The cost of the trip is $10 and this includes the air conditioned bus ride and entrance to the museum. A letter has been sent to you via email. Can I please ask you return the slip to your child’s tutor by Friday 15th June.

If you have any questions, please email me at nicholasgale@abc-net.edu.sv

Grade 9 Work Experience

From Eric Quijano

All Grade 9 will be out on Work Experience next week. Parents and students have received information regarding the week and posts but we would like you support in talking with your children about the following points:

1. Read and follow the instructions for your job carefully. Make a copy/picture of your instructions to take with you at work

2. You must dress exactly as instructed. Bring any necessary equipment that they asked you for (some jobs only)

3. You must arrive at work 15 minutes before the scheduled time

4. Do not use cellphones unless you are in your break time

5. Be active at work: positive mind, offer help, volunteer, ask questions about the work and what you want to learn.

6. If there are any issues, email me or call at 2201-6270, 2201-6236. We will visit you at work during the week.

7. Any problems arriving on time, absences (only in extreme situations and with previous permission from me) must be reported to your mentor at work.

8. You will do a presentation about your work placement with your peers, the week after work. Below are your questions that you must consider, and take pictures where possible.

We will visit you at work next week. Let's do our best!

Student Council - supporting an International event!

Part of being an international school with a global vision of developing citizens of the world is being aware and supporting events of global significance. As you know, the World Cup is starting soon and our children are certainly excited about it and looking forward to such an incredible event.

This year, the Student Council Executive team asked for support from us to watch a couple of matches and learn from the unity and good sportsmanship on display. We have listened to them and will take this opportunity to make it a learning and community building experience which will start with a Secondary school assembly and will end with the viewing of Spain vs Portugal match on Monday and England vs Tunisia on Monday! There will be food and snacks on sale and the StuCo will also be raising funds for their projects. Thanks to the Student Council, our students and staff will enjoy this match on a super large screen in the auditorium. We are very much looking forward to it!

Grade 11- IB Art Exhibition

From Lucila González- Art HoD

11th grade IB Art students organized a small art exhibition to show the work produced during this school year. The works exhibited are the result of a theoretical and practical work related to the human being which the children interpreted like: toxic loves, mental issues, love and happiness, and social reality, amongst others.

It is important to emphasize the variety of techniques and visual resources used by the students in order for the observer to understand and achieve a degree of rapport with the ideas. We invite everyone in the community to visit the exhibition.

Grade 9 were out all day on their Empowerment activity with the pastoral and LSU team. Much fun was had and a big thank you to the staff team who led and organised the day!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Natalia Cáceres Escalón

Dates for your diary

June

Friday 8th - Grade 10 Cal 3 Reports publishing via iSAMS

Monday 11th - Logros Event for all Grades, 6.00 p.m. PAC

Monday 11th to Friday 15th - Grade 9 Work Experience - off site

Tuesday 12th - Grades 6, 7 & 8 Kombi-Dar breakfast/ Parent Partnership Meeting for Grade 5 parents, 6.00 pm PAC

Thursday 14th - Class 2018 Graduation Ceremony, 5pm in the Auditorium - Grades 10 and 11 students must register into school at 4:15 p.m in their Tutor groups

Friday 15th - Grade 10 Awards Ceremony, 9.00 am PAC

Monday 18th - Grade 6 Water Day / Grade 7 Awards Ceremony, 7.00 a.m. PAC / Grade 9 Award Ceremony, 10:15 am PAC & Grade 11 Award Ceremony, 11.00 a.m. PAC

Tuesday 19th - Grade 7 Poverty Day / Grade 6 Award Ceremony, 7.00 a.m. PAC & Grade 8 Award Ceremony, 1.00 p.m. PAC

Wednesday 20th - Grade 6, 7, 8, 9 & 11 Cal 3 Reports publishing via iSAMS / ABC’s Got Talent 10.00 a.m.

Friday 22nd - Last Day of Term three and End of School Year. Students leave at 12.00pm.

Team Sports

57th Student Games- BKB - Mini (f) -

In spite of the storm and as the only sporting event of the day, the girls mini Bulldogs team played against Colegio ECI (Escuela Cristiana Internacional). A very exciting and difficult match. During the 3rd quarter, the Bulldogs managed to score enough points and win the game.

ABC 36 - 15 ECI

Congratulations!!

TSP Track and Field

Athletics

TSP wishes to congratulate Anabella Herrera Turcios for participating in the Central American Youth Athletic Tournament, which took place in El Salvador between 1st and 3rd of June. She won a bronze medal in the U18 category in the heptathlon.

Congratulations!!

TSP Football

Bulldogs Cup - Football - U10 -