La Sierra Newsletter

School Director: Andrew Frezludeen Office Secretary: Alexa Ruiz Cuan School Phone number: 584 5112 School email: lasierraschool@gmail.com

Volume Number: 3

September 18, 2012

September/October 2012
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" Hello, Hola, Bonjour, so wa de kap, Ko nichie wa!" It was a pleasure to see you all, at the IPC info sessions. I know it helped you understand the program and progress report much better! Thanks to those who came! International Connect? How do WE solve the issue of the food shortage in the world? 1.2% is the rate that the world is growing at right now, which means 80 million people are added to the earth every year. 98% of the world is undernourished and lives in the developing world. Famine is usually due to bad political decisions. More than one third of all food is wasted and one seventh of the world cannot get any food. 40% of food is wasted or goes bad in the USA. 40% of the food in India is spoiled just waiting to get sold From Toronto to Bogota to Tokyo to Talin to New York, the world is increasingly more connected each day and each year. The IPC tries teach students about how the world is interconnected!

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IPC info Gr 5 & 6

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IPC info Gr 4

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IPC info Gr. 3

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IPC info Gr.1 & 2

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IPC info K4 & K5

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Open House

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Progress. Reports

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Important and Upcoming Dates

Sept. 16 Valentines Day in Colombia Sept. 20 Open House for parents at 5-6 pm Sept. 28 Informal Progress Report goes home Oct. 8-15 School closed Nov. 5 Holiday Nov. 9 Student Led Conferences and Formal Report Cards Nov. 9 Term One Ends Nov. 12 Holiday Dec. 14 Last Day before Xmas holidays

Early Leave Requests

Requests for students to leave the school early, for any reason, should be made in writing to the school (72 hours before departure). It is recommended that parents send an email to Miss Alexa Ruiz at lasierraschool@gmail.com .

COME AND MEET THE TEACHERS JUST FOR A CHAT AND A LAUGH

Open House
When? Sept. 20 from 5-6 pm A night where parents are invited to the school to meet the teachers in order to get to know the teachers and discuss their respective programs.

Drivers for your children

Parents are asked to contact Alexa, via email, if they wish to change the authorized driver. Please arrive at 6:50 for Gr. 2 to 6 and at 7:50 for K4 to Gr. 1. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Pillars of GOOD Character!

Students have been working on CARING which also means, at times, being RESPONSIBLE. They are learning how to allow all students to play games together, inclusively. La Sierra students are also learning to clean up after themselves when they make a mess. So, parents, you can help by asking them to wash dishes, clean the table after dinner, mop the floor, orgainse their rooms, get their bags ready for school and more! This helps them develop solid values such as CARING and we hope they will become more INDEPENDENT.

Miss Karinas Grade 2 Class is working on LONG VOWELS!

IPC and English in action!

Grade 4 students and Mr. William learning about consonants and vowels.

Miss Marthas Grade 1 and the IPC Wow, doing Math connected with Geography and investigating shapes with some 21st century teaching methods and technologyandat the same time, students are getting exposed to different city skylines! What city are they looking at in these pictures?

Miss Martha Lucias K4 Class

Speaking French at such a young age! Oui, tres bien fait! (With Miss Annaick, our French specialist!)

Our students paused for prayer on September 12 th to ask for peace in the world and for peace in Colombia.

Thanks to our Religion Teacher, Mr. Marlon!

Everyone pitches in at La Sierra!

Do you know these wonderful people?

International Connection?
Open your mind to the world and other cultures!
Can you guess where in the world this is? And the answer is: Ghangzhou, China! Did you ever guess that China would have such modern buildings in smaller cities?? Think about it. Every year Ghangzhou hosts the Canton trade fair! Chinas economy is slowing down which also impacts the economies of the rest of the world. WE all need to see the interconnectivity of the globe and the IPC can help students do just that!

International Connection?
Can you guess where in the world this is? Your clue is in the photo on the rightOK, it is located in Africa.that is your other clue. So how many countries do you have to choose from?

Grade 5 under the direction of Mr. Nacho

Caring: Telling us what its about!

Grade 4 The grade 4 students collected some food to be donated to a local church. They carried the heavy box to priests car. We were pleased to meet El monseignor.

Miss Andreas Grade 3 class is working hard on their Mathematics

Our grade six students have been in charge of monitoring the trampoline(aka The JUMPER) at break time. They are reminding students about the rules during recess.
In so doing, they are learning how be leaders and work collaboratively. Sometimes, this very responsible group, runs into obstacles that they must overcome. With some Teacher and Director support, grade 6 is also developing critical thinking and problem management skills.

Miss Annaicks Grade 6 French Class Oui, on parle francias ici!

Here the students are learning about numbers in French class. And, they count very well with some very good pronunciation!

Miss Julia and Miss Ma. Elenas Spanish Classes Hablemos en Espaol!