Country Day School Guanacaste
An American School Serving the International Community
Day School Grades pK-12. Boarding Grades 8-12.
Special Reminder: October 21st and 22nd: Note: those days will be minimum days that will let out after lunch. That is 11:30 for the elementary and 12:30 for high school. (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
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CDSG News of the Week
October 10th 2008
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| Director's Corner |
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I'm looking out at blue and sunny skies outside again today, very nice. I'm told that we're getting an early preview of how God paints the skies in November. I hope so.
There is still no word from our basketball teams about how the tournament is going, but our hopes are with them. We just want them to have fun and return home safely. If they also win some games, that's just cherries on top.
Remember that next week I will be gone to San Jose from Tuesday afternoon trough Friday for the AASCA/Tri-Association Teachers and Administrators Conference. It is a chance for me to meet with other directors to brag about what a great school CDS Guanacaste is, and also make connections with directors of other international schools in order to arrange future cooperative efforts. I have asked Mr. Bragg to handle any disciplinary issues while I am gone.
Have a great weekend spending time with your families!
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| Time for Report Cards and Conferences |
| Next week marks the end of the first quarter when report cards will be completed. We will send those out at the end of the week, or they will be available on line. We have converted to Ed-Line and that makes us a greener school as we won't be printing and using paper for the upper school report cards unless a parent requests a paper copy. Some lower elementary grades will continue to get paper report cards because we know how they love to bring them home to show you and you all love to hang them up on the refrigerator.
Also, teachers will be available for parent teacher conferenceson October 21st and 22nd. Note: those days will be minum days that will let out after lunch. That is 11:30 for the elementary and 12:30 for high school. If you wish to have a conference with a teacher you must call the front office to make an appointment. That includes specials teachers as well. If a teacher schedules a conference with you please respect the time that has been set becasue there will be other parents waiting to meet with the teacher also. If one meeting is late then all of the rest will also be late.Thank you.
I also know that some of you come to school everyday and talk with your childrens' teachers regularly, thus you might not feel it necessary to come in for a conference. This is also fine.
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| Day of Culture celebration |
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Our day of culture celebrat in the elementary went very well today. Julieta puit on a great program and i especially loved all of the different foods that came in along with the great costumes. Thank you Julieta and all of the other teachers that helped organize it.
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| Grade 2 Reaches Out |
| In Grade 2 in Social Studies we are learning about being good citizens. Last week on Friday, Grade 2 decided to be citizens in action as we went around our school community and collected garbage. We learned that helping out in our community benefits all of us! We are continuing with being good citizens in action by raising food donations for a less fortunate visually impaired couple that lives in 27 de Abril. Please help us out and support our efforts! Any non perishable food, tetra-pak juices or milk or detergent and toiletries will be accepted in the Grade 2 classroom until Monday, October 27th. We will update you after that on our progress.
Thank you for helping us to help others |
| Turtles Everywhere! |
| Students from the high school took a trip to Ostional to see the return of the turtles to lay their eggs. I hear it was spectacular and Dan and Kim Baldwin saw to it that everything was perfect. Articles from th students will be included in next week's News!
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Upcoming Events
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October 2008
Tuesday and Wednesday October 21/22
Minimum Days for Parent Teacher conferences
Don't forget to visit the school calendar regularly!
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Picture of the week
 There was a brief moment when it didn't rain this week, so we decided to take a school picture in case no one believed us!
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| Electronic Devices at School |
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The faculty of CDS elementary school have a new policy on electronic devices (IPODs, Gameboys, mp3 players, etc). Please read below the following points in regards to allowing your child to bring these devices to school:
Parents that allow their child to bring an electronic device to CDS do so at their own risk. No electronic devices are permitted during school hours, including lunchtime and breaks/recess. Anyone who is caught during school hours using their electronic device will have their device confiscated by a teacher. The device will remain in the classroom of the homeroom teacher and will only be returned to the student's parent. Devices that are lost, misplaced, broken and/or stolen are not the responsibility of CDS. Students may bring electronic devices to school for the sole purpose of use on the bus after school. Same rules apply to the student as above if the student is caught using it during school hours. The elementary school faculty believe that children should engage in meaningful play and social interaction with other students during their free time while in school. Electronic devices are expensive and a big responsibility for a child to take care of. Please keep this in mind if you are allowing your child to take their electronic device to school to use after school hours.
If you have any questions about this policy please do not hesitate to make an appointment with your child's homeroom teacher to discuss this further.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
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| Langosta Car Wash and Cleanup Up |
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Check your email for the flier for the carwash tomorrow at the Surf Club Sports Bar in Langosta. It will be fun and all for a great cause!
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BEWARE OF FIRST GRADERS
WEARING SILLY GLASSES!
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