CDSG Weekly News Aug. 29, 2008

CDS Guanacaste Weekly News

August 29, 2008

We had another great week. We even introduced a new school song titled: CDSG…The Place to Be! You can hear it every Friday at the elementary assembly. Feel free to come by and listen. Maybe you’ll want to join us and sing along. The words are as follows:

CDSG, the place to be
One family, that’s you and me
We learn a lot, and have some fun
There’s something here for everyone
CDSG, the place to be
One family, that’s you and me
From different lands, we gather here
At Country Day, our school so dear
CDSG, the place to be
One family, that’s you and me
CDGS, the place to be
One,two, one, two three!
CDGS, the place to be!

The elementary had lots of fun today learning and singing the song at the end of the assembly.

August Elementary Students of the Month:

We also had our first student of the month awards for each grade, and the Spanish classes as well. It is our way of rewarding students for being positive, contributing to classroom discussions, and completing academic assignments. We want to recognize what great kids we have here. Look for the pictures of the students holding their certificates to be displayed on a wall near the office by early next week. Be sure and let them know how proud you are of them.

Our
August Students of the Month
Congratulations!

After School Activities

After school activities will start next week. Please plan your schedules accordingly.

Safety Reminder #1

All elementary students waiting for their parent/guardian to pick them up after school at 2:30 will be kept in the waiting area in front of the office until an adult comes to pick them up from there. This is an attempt to keep the children safer from running out in front of a car from behind the busses. Thank you for your cooperation and support of this minor change.

Safety Reminder #2

Patrick Brown has issued this safety reminder about the bridge you cross on the road into school:

The small bridge that one crosses right after passing the Commercial Center can and has been over-run by water in the past.

What to Do:

• If water is running over the bridge, do not attempt to cross it.  When the water is this high, it is moving very fast, and even just a foot of it can push your car off the bridge.  Yes, I know it’s a very short bridge, but please believe me, you do not want to try this.  Also, pieces of trees, branches, etc get washed off the mountains and these could damage your car or harm you if you happen to cross at the wrong moment.
• Wait until the water level has fallen, then cross.
• You can park in the Commercial Center and use the internal footbridge to get across if you want to totally avoid being stranded here.
• If the water is over the bridge during morning drop-off or afternoon pick-up:  Buses and cars should wait until the level has fallen.  If it is not raining hard (sometimes the rain stops, but it takes a while longer for the water level to fall), they can drop off/pick-up in the commercial center and people can walk across.  If it is raining hard, people should wait.
• We’ll keep an eye on it and I’ll send out a warning if the water has risen above the bridge.  Usually, this only happens in October, but there is a hurricane (Gustav) that as you all know is dumping tons of rain on us.

Upper School Bonding Assembly:

What this picture represents is the wacky things our upper school teachers are willing to do in the name of team building and bonding activities for their students. It was our annual class bonding assembly for the upper school students.

Can you guess who this is?

CDSG Students with Lethal Mop!

The activities took place Wednesday afternoon and were a great success and everyone had a great time.