Words from the Director
Congratulations to our Math relay team who are in Mexico this week competing in the next international round of Mathcounts. I am delighted to report that they won the Math relay competition amongst over 20 teams competing from around the Americas. All the participating teams have qualified from previous competitions so this really is an amazing achievement. The Mathcounts competition took place on Friday. We are looking forward to hearing of their progress as well as welcoming them home on Saturday.
We have been celebrating International Women’s Day in school this week. Our message is a simple one, based on encouraging everyone, regardless of gender to have ambitions, expectations and opportunities.
We are all looking forward to the production of Bugsy Malone next week. Please do buy your tickets. If you would like to purchase tickets, please visit the Secondary office, where they are currently on sale. In the poster below, you can see dates and special pricing for group sales.
ABC Sports, has had pretty active weeks competing at the Bilingual League and College Cup, in which our students are getting valuable experiences as members of a team representing our values, well done to all our athletes.
We are inviting ABC community to support the Football Varsity boys team who will play the Bilingual League FINAL against Col. Lamatepec on Tuesday 12th at 6:00 pm on ABC pitch.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Words from the Head of Primary
March 11- Please be aware that school is open on March 11. I understand some parents have an older printed version of the school calendar, which showed the school is closed. We are making up for the time the school was closed in Term One due to rain.
Sunhats- We insist that all our students wear the school sunhat when on the field or at PE. The uniform shop has run out of school sunhats, so children who do not have a school sunhat are asked to wear a suitable sunhat for the field and PE. We will inform parents when the uniform shop is restocked with sunhats, so parents can purchase them.
Guided Reading
Throughout this week in Primary we have been taking part in training with Rachel Clarke, a UK reading expert, working alongside Sue Dixon our English Coordinator. All staff have been thinking more deeply about how children learn to read, our teaching strategies and how we are all responsible for building the skills and love of reading with our children in school.
The parent workshops allowed Rachel to remind parents about how we can best support children reading at home and provided ideas for activities. This presentation was live streamed and is now available on the website, along with the parent leaflet.
This has been a very interesting week as we raise the profile of reading in school and move forward together.
A major aspect of reading is Guided Reading.What Is Guided Reading? Guided reading is an approach used by teachers to meet the various instructional needs of all students in the classroom. The goal of guided reading is not to teach a selected book, but to teach students reading strategies they can apply to all books.
For more information go to: www.primaryenglished.co.uk
Grade 5 Camp- On Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd February, the Grade 5 team as well as some willing staff and parent volunteers headed off into the El Salvador wilderness to the Portezuelo Campsite for their annual camping trip. The four busses and accompanying cars travelled in convoy up to camp arriving in time to put the children through their paces with Team Building games and activities.
Whether is was guiding themselves through a ‘minefield’, bouncing a huge ball over the net or even taking part in a human sized game of table-football, the children enjoyed all of the activities from the first moment.
The whole 2-day trip was a non-stop whirlwind adventure including putting up tents, a 6km hike as well as staff and children running around in the dark making animal noises trying to find each other. Thank-you to all involved in the organising of the trip, all of the children had a fantastic time and are looking forward to their next school wilderness adventure in Grade 6!
Praying Bears Campaign- We are pleased to share with you the results per tribe of the Praying Bears Campaign. Our Tribal Chiefs and Upper Primary students were in charge of sales record and supervision of the activity.
PIPILS - 123
AZTECS - 120
MAYAS - 101
INCAS - 101
On Friday, March 15th we will have ice-cream for all students who supported the campaign by purchasing a bear. PIPILS achieved the greatest number of bears purchased and therefore they will have a Jeans Day on that same date.
To prove a bear was purchased, ALL students must wear their bracelet.
Now these bears will be delivered to the children at Bloom Hospital, in the hope that it will make them feel better during their recovery. The money raised will then be donated to the local Children’s Epilepsy Foundation, Misionero Por Jesus (MPJ), for the purchase of medication.
School photos- The proofs for the school photos are already being delivered to the children. Please choose the package you wish to order and send it back to you child’s class teacher.
Paraiso Down t-shirt -Paraiso Down is a non-profit, apolitical, non religious, of social interest organization, established by a group of parents, aware of the needs and difficulties that a person with down syndrome has to face.
The purpose of the Foundation is the promotion of all activities that are aimed at the improvement of the quality of life of these people.
March 21st is a date recognized worldwide by the UN, as the international day of people with down syndrome, therefore, Paraiso Down has launched their solidarity campaign: “Leaving Footprints”.
You can now order your t-shirt with a $5.oo donation in the Primary Office. Children who support this campaign will be having a jeans day on Thursday 21st March.
Our 3rd grade students have been very busy reading, talking and learning about Dr Seuss. This is to commemorate Dr Seuss birthday, March 2nd.
My favorite Dr Seuss book is “How the Grinch stole Christmas”, because it tells me to be happy in a period of time that we are with our family.
Retiro Catholic Committee
UK Trip Study Groups
The 5th grade students who participate this year in the UK Trip will begin their Study Groups this week:
Friday 8th, 15th and 22nd March
Friday 5th and 12th April
Activities are from 2.00 until 3.00 pm
This is a mandatory activity. Children will meet with their teachers at 2.00 in the Seminar Room.
Dates for your diary
Lower Primary
MARCH
Tuesday 12th: Kinder Bonet - trip to La Granjita
Wednesday 13th: Kinder Rampone - trip to La Granjita
Thursday 14th: Kinder Suárez - trip to La Granjita
Thursday 14th: Bugsy Malone Matinee 1.00pm
Friday 15th: Kinder González - trip to La Granjita
Friday 15th - Bugsy Malone Musical
Friday 21st: Paraiso Down Jeans Day
Saturday 16th - Bugsy Malone Musical
Saturday 23rd: Sports & Family Day
Upper Primary
MARCH
Thursday 14th: Bugsy Malone Matinee 1.00pm
Friday 15th - Ice Cream for Praying Bear Campaign supporters (must wear bracelet) and Jeans Day for Tribe with Praying Bear highest sales.
Friday 15th - Bugsy Malone Musical
Friday 15th - No MUSIC Extracurricular Activities due to Bugsy Malone Musical
Saturday 16th - Bugsy Malone Musical
Friday 21st: Paraiso Down Jeans Day
Wednesday 27th - 4th Williams - 8:15am & 12:20pm - PAC
Words from the Head of Secondary
Dear parents and carers,
Today is a wonderful day of celebration! Happy International Women’s Day! We are proud to be a school where equity and equality is promoted and celebrated and one which is very much aware of Human Rights and the UN MDGs (5 in this case!) of gender equality. It was great to see our students “thinking globally and acting locally” supporting our CAS Amnesty International group which has been working very hard over the last few months with a local Women’s Centre “Casa de La Mujer Tecleña” alongside the Santa Tecla town hall, and today we will come together to think about how we can each work toward the achievement of a balanced world (#BalanceForBetter)
IGCSE and IB EXAMS SCHEDULE- Class of 2019 and class of 2021
Dear parents and students,
Please find attached a copy of the exam timetable for May/June. Please check it carefully and ensure your child knows all of the exams they must be in School for. Please also read carefully the Exam regulations for your exam board so that you are familiar with the expectations and rules relating to the exams. A reminder that students only come into school for their exams and MUST be in School at least 30 minutes before their first exam and MUST NOT leave in between exams.
If you have any further questions, please let me know.
Mr Adrian Hall
CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLEGE TOUR AT THE ABC
The Academia Britanica Cuscatleca, Colegio La Floresta y Lamatepec have joined efforts in order to participate as host country of the Central American College Tour. This is the biggest tour to come through El Salvador and includes over 80 entities and universities from various countries. Students and parents are welcome to join us on Wednesday March 27th from 1:00 pm onward.Parking is limited so we strongly suggest attendees to carpool if possible. It will be held in the Auditorium of Academia Britanica.
MONDAY 11th of MARCH - SCHOOL is OPEN
Please note the email below was sent out today. Apologies for any misunderstandings and I take this opportunity to ask parents to keep up to date with School communication via our School calendar on our website as well as reading this weekly as we announced these changes via this channel months back.
“We have been made aware that some parents believe the school is closed on Monday 11th March for staff training purposes. Although this was indicated on the school calendar at the start of the school year, this has now changed. The downloadable dates and "Whole School" google calendar have now been updated to show that the school is open and lessons are being completed as usual. If you would like a copy of the updated calendar you can download it from the school website.”
BUGSY MALONE
Tickets are $5 each or 4 tickets for $15 for the Friday 15th and Saturday 16th shows (both start at 6 pm).
There is also an afternoon performance on Thursday 14th (Pi Day!) which starts at 1 pm. This means that students will miss Period 6 (but will be expected to stay until the end of the performance - about 3:15). Tickets for this performance are only $3.
Tickets are available from the Secondary and Primary Offices or from members of the cast.
I sign off thanking all the parents who have supported the empowerment trips over this week. Our students have had a wonderful time bonding and working as a team, getting to know more friends and making memories. We will share their thoughts in next week’s weekly!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Kind regards,
Natalia Cáceres Escalón
Dates for your diary
March
Saturday 9th - SAT examinations, 8 a.m. to 12 m.
Thursday 14th - School Musical “Bugsy Malone” - Matinee - 1:05 pm - PAC
Friday 15th - School Musical “Bugsy Malone”- all - 6 pm - PAC
Saturday 16th - School Musical “Bugsy Malone”- all - 6 pm - PAC
Wednesday 20th - Francophonie Day and IB Art Exhibition Opening - will be open to the public on 21st and 22nd - all day - PAC
Thursday 21st - Down Syndrome Jeans Day and Grade 8 IGCSE Options Evening, 4 pm - PAC
Tuesday 26th - Grade 10 IB Options Evening - 6 pm - PAC-Auditorium-Lecture Theatre
Wednesday 27th - Grade 6 Parent Teacher Meeting - 6:30 pm - Auditorium
Thursday 28th and Friday 29th - Multicultural Festival performance - 6 pm - Teatro Presidente
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