Week of Feb. 10 -14, 2014

6th Grade


Students are playing different strumming rhythmic patterns with major and minor chords in  the guitar. 
They have a booklet with several exercises that must practice every class day. This paper will be sign by the teacher IF the student is rehearsing correctly in class.


7th Grade
Students are working on harmonic circles with major and minor chords. They are playing the theme of the movie "BIG" in duets.

8th Grade
Students are playing the Happy Birthday song with both hands in the keyboard.

9th Grade
(DUE DATE: Monday Feb. 17) 

Popular genres: Students will work on a presentation about a popular genre. They will have to prepare a trefoil with the most important aspects of their genre. 
Every student will send the presentation through ENGRADE on the due date, presentation order will be raffle that day.  



CANDIDATE FOR HEAD OF SCHOOL VISIT – We would like to remind our parents that Mr. Robert Gronniger will be visiting our school as a candidate for the Head of School Position. Mr. Gronniger will be on site this Monday, February 10 and Tuesday, February 11. There will be a Q&A Session for Parents on Tuesday, February 11, from 8:00 to 10:00 am in the school library. We encourage our parents to attend this session and seize the opportunity to ask questions to this candidate.

MIDTERM AND MAP REPORTS – The Midterm for the third quarter was last Friday, February 7. Midterm Reports and MAP reports will be sent out this Friday, February 14. Please review them and return them signed by Tuesday, February 18.

PICTURES FOR THE YEARBOOK – The individual and class pictures for the 2013-2014  yearbook will be taken from Tuesday, February 11 to Wednesday, February 19. Please send your child looking his/her best on the day that his/her grade is scheduled. Merlin Pictures will be taking the photos and will be offering different packets of our students’ pictures at a very convenient price for parents to buy.

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS! – TODAY (Monday, February 10) is final date to purchase books online. The books will arrive at the school in one single delivery, and we will distribute them to the students according to their orders, approximately three weeks after the purchase due date. Please email Ms. Marilis (mzambrana@discoveryschool.edu.hn ) if you have any questions.

CHANGE IN MOVIE DATE AND TIME FROM THE DPTO –In order to offer "The Lego Movie" to our school community in English, the DPTO has moved the date for the movie to Sunday, February 23rd, at the same time, 11:00 a.m. The current Tickets will work for this day. Once again, the DPTO apologizes for this inconvenience and hopes to see you at the theatre then!