Secondary Principal Weekly Update


 Dear Secondary Community ~

Congratulations to our musicians who performed at the US Ambassador's house on Sunday afternoon under the direction of Ms. Ana Mendez - it was a delightful and festive presentation and a wonderful opportunity for our students to share their musical talents!

Congratulations also to our amazing artists whose Art Show was hugely impressive! It was such a pleasure to see Art students' progression over time as well as what students are producing by electing to partake in art during FLEX. An immense thank you to our Art Teachers, Ms. Vero Perez and Ms. Claudia Vargas.

Teachers and students are looking forward to the implementation of our new End-of-Quarter Schedule this week. The objectives behind this special schedule include: 

  • Ensuring students have no more than two final assessments and/or projects and/or presentations in one day
  • Providing students with time to:
    1. Review for upcoming assessments 
    2. Finalize projects and/or presentations
    3. Complete and submit pending work 
    • This is what we are referring to as WSN time: What Students Need

  • Including a student-driven experience hosted by the Engineering Club
  • Launching preparation for Carnaval - please mark your calendars for February 21st!

    • We really look forward to gathering feedback to determine whether changes need to be made for the end of quarters 3 and 4. 

    I'd like to take this opportunity to thank our secondary community for a successful first semester. We are continuing to refine our practices, holding ourselves to high expectations. Our parent partnership is essential and we appreciate the manner in which you are working together with us to ensure our students' success. 

    Wishing all of you a wonderful holiday season, and a joyous start to 2025! Our faculty returns on January 6th, and we look forward to welcoming students back on Tuesday, January 7th. 

    ~Ann

    Estimada comunidad de secundaria:

    Felicitaciones a nuestros músicos que actuaron en la casa del embajador de los EE. UU. el domingo por la tarde bajo la dirección de la Sra. Ana Méndez. ¡Fue una presentación encantadora y festiva y una oportunidad maravillosa para que nuestros estudiantes compartieran sus talentos musicales!

    ¡Felicitaciones también a nuestros increíbles artistas cuya exhibición de arte fue sumamente impresionante! Fue un placer ver la progresión de los estudiantes de arte a lo largo del tiempo, así como lo que los estudiantes están produciendo al elegir participar en el arte durante FLEX. Un inmenso agradecimiento a nuestras maestras de arte, la Sra. Vero Pérez y la Sra. Claudia Vargas.

    Los maestros y los estudiantes esperan con ansias la implementación de nuestro nuevo cronograma de fin de trimestre esta semana. Los objetivos detrás de este programa especial incluyen:

    • Garantizar que los estudiantes no tengan más de dos evaluaciones finales y/o proyectos y/o presentaciones en un día
    • Brindarles a los estudiantes tiempo para:
      1. Revisar para las próximas evaluaciones
      2. Finalizar proyectos y/o presentaciones
      3. Completar y enviar el trabajo pendiente

      • A esto nos referimos como tiempo WSN: Lo que los estudiantes necesitan

    • Incluyendo una experiencia impulsada por los estudiantes organizada por el Club de Ingeniería
    • Lanzar la preparación para el Carnaval: ¡marquen sus calendarios para el 21 de febrero!

    Realmente esperamos recopilar comentarios para determinar si es necesario realizar cambios para el final de los trimestres 3 y 4.

    Me gustaría aprovechar esta oportunidad para agradecer a nuestra comunidad secundaria por un primer semestre exitoso. Seguimos perfeccionando nuestras prácticas, manteniéndonos en altas expectativas. Nuestra asociación con los padres es esencial y apreciamos la manera en que están trabajando junto con nosotros para garantizar el éxito de nuestros estudiantes.

    ¡Les deseamos a todos una maravillosa temporada navideña y un feliz comienzo de 2025! Nuestro cuerpo docente regresa el 6 de enero y esperamos recibir nuevamente a los estudiantes el martes 7 de enero.

    ~Ann




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