Words from the Director
We have completed our formal welcome back to school events this week and thank you to so many parents who attended. If for some reason you were unable to attend please contact school through your child’s teacher, Grade Leader or Head of Year to catch up. I know some of you are very busy but we do feel it is very important that we meet together to ensure we are working together. Equally the parent meetings planned during the year are also vital so we can continue to discuss progress and motivation.
I would also like to thank parents who attended the CIS Self Study review meetings this week. The last CIS parent meeting is on Monday at 7am for the Secondary curriculum, teaching and learning meeting. Please do come along and help if you have time. The CIS team visit will be here at school at the end of November for our reaccreditation visit.
We are currently focusing on our ABC value of being independent. It includes standing up for what we know is right and not being influenced unduly by the opinions of others. I have been looking for examples of children being independent this week and have seen many examples. One young boy told me that being independent was important because El Salvador was independent and he was proud of his country. I thought the link that he made was really nice because we want children, like countries, to stand up for themselves but we also need them to be responsible, be ethical and cooperate with each other. In this sense our country’s independence next week is important for our children. They also need us to celebrate and be optimistic about our future both as an independent country and independent people. School is closed next Friday 14 and Monday 17 September to celebrate Independence Day.
We have a visitor from the UK next week to work with our secondary students to help with their motivation and learning good study skills in a fun way. I am sure he will be very helpful. He is running a session for parents next Thursday to which you are invited. Details are on the school calendar and the flyer sent by Anabella Soto earlier this week. I hope to see you there.
We are planning football, food and a tour of the new science laboratories on Friday 21 September from 5.30 to 9.00 pm under our new floodlights! We will be sending more details soon but please make a note in your diaries.
Finally, we would like to congratulate our top IGCSE students from the Class of 2020, they are true examples of Effort leading to Success and we know their performance during IB will be just as outstanding.
Congratulations to our top IGCSE student, Marcelo Moreno, as well as Rebeca Cruz, Julia Espinal, Ariana Rodríguez, Airi Shibata and Carlos Vásquez (not pictured).
ABC Sports
It has been an excellent week of sports with record numbers of children practicing. Our younger children are practicing between 12.30 and 3.30 and our older children between 3.30 and 5 pm. These arrangements help ensure we have space for all children. Our secondary children have extracurricular options between 2 and 3 as well as space to do homework, we encourage them to be responsible competitors and students using their time wisely.
We are particularly pleased to see how many girls are participating, football, basketball and volleyball sessions have been full! We will continue encouraging girls to participate, we expect the same from parents.
Last Friday August 31st the ABC Archery team did an excellent job at the Juegos Estudiantiles 2018, the results were the following:
Pre- infantil Category
Jeannette Marie Mejia: 2 gold medals at classificatory and Olympic round.
Infantil Category
Armando Alfaro Duch: 2 gold medals at classificatory and Olympic round.
Jesus Eduardo Castro León: 2 Silver medals at classificatory and Olympic round.
Andres Santiago Hernández: 1 Bronze medal at classificatory round
Cadete Category
Brock Kaeden Tidwell: 1 Gold medal at classificatory round.
Andre Manuel Mejia: 1 Silver medal at classificatory round
Ana Cristina Hércules Jaen: 1 Silver medal at Olympic individual round.
Words from the Head of Primary
We are sorry for some of the issues that we have been having with the cafeteria ordering system, but it is becoming more organised and we are making more changes to improve it further. At the moment, children can only use cash to purchase snacks from the UP Playground shop. Children who only have the ID card, will go to the cafeteria for snacks.
Thank you for your feedback on issues such as the cafeteria or traffic. Your comments are very important as we reflect on how to make the school an even happier, safer environment.
One thing I have noticed is the amount of food being wasted by children who have had a lunch ordered for them. Food has been ordered, but sometimes your child does not like the food on the plate! Please talk to your child before ordering their food, so they get food they like. Students who bring lunch from home are welcome to buy snacks at either break or lunch.
The world we live in has a number of ways for us to communicate with each other...Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, etc. Many of you may have friends or relative who are also teachers at ABC. To ensure the safety and professionalism of our teachers, the school policy states that all official school communication will be via the school’s email system, which means staff currently can only respond to emails. This allows the school to maintain a record of all communication and that the messages between a teacher and a parent are strictly professional . Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
On Thursday 13th September, Secondary students are organising an Independence Day Lunch. On this day, an assortment of typical salvadorian foods including pupusas are sold to the Upper Primary and Secondary students. If you would like to pre-order pupusas for your child, please fill out the order form that will go out on Monday. All proceeds will go to the Fairs to Educate Fund. Thank you for your support.
This week 2nd Pineda have been learning to respect and acknowledge everybody’s creative ideas. They have been engaged in a range of interesting activities to illustrate these values.
1st Padilla’s Assembly this morning was called WHY DO WE ENJOY COMING TO SCHOOL?. Children did a great job expressing themselves, they all have very clear reasons why they enjoy their days in school. Parents were all very proud to see them performing on stage. Well done 1st Padilla.
On Tuesday we held our Welcome Back to School Nights for 4th and 5th grade and then on Thursday it was Prepa and First Grade’s turn. We thank all the parents who attended. It was a good opportunity for teachers to explain how the class is organized and to answer all of your questions.
Dates for your diary
Lower Primary
September
Friday 14th - INSET Day school closed
Monday 17th - School Closed
Friday 21st - First Henriquez Assembly
Friday 28th - First Quintanilla Assembly
Upper Primary
September
Wednesday 12th - 5th Cáceres Assembly- 8:15am & 12:20 pm - PAC
Thursday 13th - Fairs to Educate - UP Children may purchase pupusas
Friday 14th - INSET Day - School closed for students
Saturday 15th - National holiday - Salvadoran Independence Day
Monday 17th - School closed
Wednesday 19th - 4th Guzmán Assembly- 8:15am & 12:20 pm - PAC
Friday 21st - Peace One day
Wednesday 26th - 3rd Mena Assembly- 8:15am & 12:20 pm - PAC
Friday 28th - McLay Fun Run Grade 5 at Parque Bicentenario
Words from the Head of Secondary
Dear parents and carers,
We have had a busy start to the term with our new dynamic of Know Your School mornings where parents had the opportunity to share with their children. Thank you to all the parents who attended. It really was wonderful to have you together and I hope this marks the manner we mean to go on: Parents, children and school working together.
Here are the presentations we used for these sessions.
In particular I would like to mention what a great experience it was to see Grade 12 parents and students working together at this session and the feedback we received from the student representatives was excellent. Mr Hogan will be sending feedback home to parents and we truly hope that the dialogue and communication stays very constant in this very important year ahead.
If there you have any questions regarding the year or would like to send some feedback, please do not hesitate to contact us!
We look forward to next week when Action Jackson will be working with our children in Grades 8 to 12. We also look forward to seeing all the parents on Thursday 13th at 6.00 pm in the PAC.
We look forward to next week’s Civic month celebrations with the culmination of our Independence Day assembly and Food fair next Thursday. Please support! Note that the school is closed for students next Friday as we have an INSET day for staff.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Kind regards,
Natalia Cáceres
Dates for your diary
September
Monday 10th - Civic week
Thursday 13th September- Parent Partnership Evening: “Action Jackson” 6.00pm- 7.30pm PAC
Friday 14th - School closed for students- INSET day for staff
Saturday 15th - National holiday - Salvadorean Independence Day
Monday 17th - School closed
Friday 21st - Peace One Day
Saturday 29th - Grade 12 PAES Mock exam 4 - 7.00 am- 12.00m
October
Monday 1st - Children’s Day
Saturday 6th - SAT exam
Monday 8th - Theatre Festival Week
Wednesday 10th - PAES exam for Grade 12 students
Thursday 11th - PAES exam for Grade 12 students
Saturday 13th - PSAT for Grades 10 & 11
Wednesday 17th to Sunday 21st - Grade 11 Geography IA Field Trip to Antigua, Guatemala
Monday 22nd - UN Week
Tuesday 23rd - Grade 6 field trip day to Portezuelo and Grade 10/12 Parent Teacher Evening - Auditorium, 4pm
Tuesday 23rd to Sunday 28th - MUN trip for Grades 7 & 8 to Panama for Model UN
Friday 26th - Save the Children Colour Run Day and end of first term
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