SEUSSICAL Jr. - Escuela Campo Alegre · PDF fileSEUSSICAL Jr. Tuesday, March 24th 6pm Wednesday, March 25th 10:30am Tickets for Tuesday evening's performance are 100Bs, and can be

March 16, 2015 http://www.ecak12.com ECA Parent Bulletin

This week at ECA

March 17

ES/MS/HS Report Cards Counselor-Parent Discussion

College Visit– Universidad Austral

March 18 White Shirt Assembly - Red Hats

March 19

ES/MS/HS Parent-Teacher Conferences (11:30 Dismissal)

March 20

IB Theater Showcase Grade 3 Market Day 2:00-3:00 pm

Escuela Campo Alegre Mission Statement ECA is a learning community that nurtures students to excel in a trusting and enduring environment.

ECA Annual International Fair

April 14-16

Check the PTA section on page 5 for more information

about how you can participate.

Need to sell or buy previously owned

items? ECA maintains an

online portal for this. More info inside. SEUSSICAL Jr.

Tuesday, March 24th 6pm

Wednesday, March 25th 10:30am Tickets for Tuesday evening's performance are 100Bs, and can be purchased from Ingrid in the MS Office, starting Wednesday March 18th. All proceeds go to support current and future theatrical productions at ECA. Assembly performance is free! (donations accepted...) Elementary classes are welcome to join us on Wednesday morning, if your schedule allows. Please RSVP using the link below. The performance will last approx. 1 hour. h t t p s : / / d o c s . g o o g l e . c o m / a / e c a k 1 2 . c o m /spreadsheets/d/1qRtchfODpsGnlV18Gx-9AKSJhP7ac-4rcxfWBjTg5rg/edit#gid=0

Anything's possible...!!

Elementary School News

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From the Elementary School Principal Report Cards Report Cards are posted to Skyward Family Access 3 times per year and have both progress indicators and comments. All trimester 2 ES student report cards will be posted on tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. If you are having trouble accessing Skyward Family Access from home, please contact the IT office at: [email protected] Early Dismissal – Please note that all students will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. this Thursday, March 19, to facilitate Student Led Conferences (SLC’s). Please have your child picked up promptly at 11:30 a.m. so teachers can prepare for the afternoon of SLC’s. Student Led Conferences (SLC’s) SLC’s will be held this week during the afternoon of Thursday, March 19. Our goal for SLC’s is for 100% of our parents and students attending. Due to these conferences being a time for you and your child(ren) to celebrate their success, if you feel there is a need to discuss something regarding report cards with a teacher, please request a meeting outside of the SLC times to do so. Fifth Grade Musical Congratulations to our fifth grade students and Mr. Litwiller for an excellent musical last week! Also, many thanks to all of the parents, teachers, and students that helped make it a success!

DearParents, ECA provides andmaintains a website devoted to the buyingandsellingofpersonalitems.Youmustbeamembertopartici-pate in this site.Membership isopen toanyECAemployeeorparentintheECAcommunity.

HowdoIbecomeamember?Tobecomeamember,sendanemailtojoseag@ecak12.comandidentifyyourselfasaparentoremployee-IMPORTANT:PleaseusethesameemailyouareregisteredwithonSkyward.Youwillbesentaninvitationtojoinwhichyoumustaccept.Onceyouhavebecomeamember,youmayviewitemsforsaleandcontactthesellerdirectlytoarrangethebuy.Youcanalsopostitemsforsaleonthesite.WedonotpermittheuseofECAmailtosendbuyingandsellinginformation.WhatisECA’sinvolvement? ECAprovidesonlytheserviceandwillnotbecomeinvolvedinanywaywithanysalenordoesECAmakeanyguaranteeofthevalueorqualityofanyitem.BuyerandSellerbeware;alltrans-actionsarebetweenthebuyerandsellerandatyourownrisk.We simply ask that items are valued at a fair price. ECAdoesreserve the right to remove any post ormemberwho, in ouropinion,abusesthisservice.

Technology News

Dear Parents, Since Report Cards for ES/MS students and Mid-term Progress Reports for HS students will be going out soon, it is important to have Skyward Family Access fully functional for all families before Parent Conferences on March 19. Please log in to your Skyward Family Access by Monday, March 16 and if you are NOT able to access it from your home, please inform us by sending an email to [email protected] and include your child's name and grade and any error message that appears. Thanks for your cooperation, Nadjib Aktouf Director of Technology [email protected]

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Middle School News

From the Middle School Principal Dear Parents, We look forward to welcoming you to parent conferences this week. We greatly appreciate the opportunity to discuss your child’s progress over the past few months. Middle School Career Day and Beach Bash : Friday, March 13, 2015 We had a very successful Career Day and Beach Bash. Thank you to all the parent volunteers who made this day a success. We greatly appreciate volunteering your time to speak to our students and contributing food for the Beach Bash.

Parent Teacher Conferences - March 19th On Thursday, March 19th (12:15-4:45) we will host a Parent Teacher Conference. Please note the early student dismissal time of 11:30 on that day. Conferences are an important part of parent-teacher communication and we encourage you to attend the confer-ence on the 19th. The parent teacher conference will take place in the New Building MPR. Please note that we will not be providing paper copies of your child’s report cards. If you wish to have a paper copy, please print one at home. We will provide you with a list of your child’s teachers if needed. Week without Walls This week you will be receiving an email with details of the our Week without Walls program and registration materials. Please take the time this week to discuss the individual programs with your child and determine which programs meets your needs. As each program has a maximum number of participants, please note that program space will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. Please make a special note that all forms and paperwork must be completed and submitted at the time of registra-tion, Tuesday, March 24. Due to the individual nature of each program, there are different registration requirements. We will be happy to answer questions that you might have during the parent-teacher conference or during our Parent Chat on Mon-day, March 23rd. The Parent Chat will take place for 2:30-3:30 in the the New Building MPR. Registration will occur in the Star Pla-za on Tuesday, March 24th. Seussical We hope to see you at the Middle School Musical on March 24th at 6:00 pm. Our students will be proudly presenting Seussical Jr. It will be a great event that you will not want to miss. Have a great week! Sincerely, Cameron Janzen Middle School Principal

We had a very successful Career Day !

High School News

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From the High School Principal

Every week, a popular digest of matters relating to education makes the rounds of the administrators in the building (and many, many other schools as well). While I do not necessarily like it as much as other portals to which I pay attention, every three or so weeks I come across something that seems to tap into some of the very concerns which occupy me at any given moment. Fre-quently these are tangential (begging the question of whether I read into articles what I may already be looking to find) but nothing quite helps reinforce thinking than to come across similar sentiment. This week I was moved by a summary to read an article on self-regulatory culture in schools. I am always skeptical about notions around self-regulation (not to be conflated with responsibility); perhaps too much Foucault has me convinced that authentic agency is easily compromised when one internalizes the policing mechanisms of the state (actually, I almost always read such articles but with the intention of ripping them to shreds). But the highlight that drew my attention to this article was a focus on developing trust over and above self-regulation. While self-regulation might be a rather obvious and likely byproduct of trust, I appreciated the emphasis of the conditions over and above the result. Adams et al. particularly noted “collective faculty trust in students” and “collective student trust in faculty” as being key indicators. Inevitably I began to wonder what levels of trust we might find in our high school.

Trust in schools tends to move beyond emotional perceptions centered on honesty and caring even if these are valuable traits. In addition to this personal integrity, University of Chicago professors Anthony Bryk and Barbara Schneider argue that schools re-quire a level of relational trust that involves obligations, expectations and, as a result, a set of mutually related interdependencies. Relational trust, they maintain, requires that—regardless of differences in the level of formal power—“all participants remain de-pendent on one another to achieve desired outcomes and to feel empowered.” Their work suggests that not only does a school achieve but that personal and professional well-being require trust and reliance in the core competencies of one another. A strong student, then, cannot realize their full potential independently but only through a trust in the intentions and skills of their teacher. The most capable of teachers, too, cannot enjoy a complete sense of satisfaction unless they have a faith in the habits and attributes of their students.

I have been wondering about trust here in the high school in these last months. I do not find an environment where trust is absent but I also question to what degree trust might be fully enjoyed. In particular, though, it is about whether we are collectively, as stated above, realizing our desires and self-satisfied in the process. Do faculty believe in a vision for the high school that I hold (for that matter, am I effective at conveying what that vision might be?)? Do students believe that teachers listen to them? Do teachers believe students can be counted on to complete their work? Do faculty believe that I actively listen to their concerns? Do students believe their teachers are good at their craft? Do I grant sufficient autonomy to faculty? Do teachers believe in the integri-ty of their students? If we are not able to answer all of these questions in the affirmative then we can realize neither our institution-al nor our personal goals. In these unsettled times in Caracas, trust can be elusive. Whether it is what one hears from the mouths of politicians or what one expects to find on the shelf at the local Plazas, there is more uncertainty that certainty. Perhaps the need for collective trust in the high school, then, will never be greater. With high collective trust, Adams et al. tell us, we engage in shared risk taking and enjoy rhizomatic influence that best allow us not only to reach our current potential but to improve even against the backdrop of a diffi-cult external environment. In the end, our true engagement with building further collective, relational trust might well be less to do with self-regulation and much more to do with self-realization. In a world that can be hard to believe, trust in one another may—with some irony—just be the most certain asset we can possess. ___________________________________________________ The Marshall Memo. <h p://www.marshallmemo.com/> For instance, the very excellent Arts and Le er Daily—my personal homepage for many years. <www.aldaily.com> Adams, Curt et al.  “Self‐Regulatory Climate:  A Social Resource for Student Regula on and Achievement.”  Teachers College Rec‐ord. 117.2 (2015): 1‐28. Web. 12 Mar. 2015. In truth, the emphasis of the ar cle is on enhanced student achievement (as measured through performance in mathema cs) that comes from greater self‐regula on which is a product of collec ve trust. I actually emailed the authors inquiring whether I might use their surveys with which to develop our set of internal data.  Stay tuned… Bryk, Anthony and Barbara Schneider.  “Trust in Schools:  A Core Resource for School Reform.”  Educa onal Leadership. 60.6 (2003): 40‐45. Print. Ibid. 

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Community News Library News

"ECA Reads is a terrific new blogger site filled with book recommendations from anyone in the ECA Community; students, teachers and parents are all welcome to contribute reviews. Please send any new submissions to me, Kris Feller, so that I can get them up on the board. [email protected] Here is a link to site: http://ecareads.blogspot.com/ If you choose to sort by level then the books will magically divide into categories for EC, ES, MS, and Older Readers.

Special thanks to all the terrific contributions from 3rd grade this week!

Community News

Counselor-Parent Discussion

Talking to your Children about

Body Awareness and Puberty

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

8:45-9:45 a.m.

in the MPR (new building)

All parents welcome!

Extended Essay topics in an IB retreat

The 11th grade students will be spending all day in the library on Friday developing their Extended Essay topics in an "IB retreat." There will be a few presentations from teachers early on and then a lot of time for students to work independently or with advisors

High School News

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Athletic News

New yoga classes begin Monday - see attached - and write the follow-ing: Yoga instructor Claudia Ferraro is adding a lunchtime class on Mon-days from 12:15-1:30 pm. Please contact Claudia at 0412-296-1588 for more information or check the Community Calendar online.

Indoor Cycling Classes - Indoor cycling classes have started at ECA. Join instructor Isolde Petitjean for classes on Mondays at 4:30 p.m. or Thursdays at 6:00 a.m. Classes are limited to the first 9 people to show up and take place in the fitness room. 300 Bsf per class or 250 Bsf for 10 classes pre-paid. Electric Guitar Lessons with Miguel Oviedo

Music Theory Class: On Mondays from 3.30 to 4.30 pm, Ms. Eka Lavren is teaching Music Theory classes. There are currently five spots available for ECA students between 10 and 15 years of age who are already studying some instrument and can read music, but need to im-prove their writing and reading music abilities. Contact Ms. Lavren at 0414-196-3077 for more information.

ECA hosted the MS VANAS Boys Basketball and Girls Soccer tournament last week. After winning both of their

games on the first day, our boys basketball team had several games that came down to a 1- or 2- point differential -

and not in ECA's favor - on day two. The guys worked hard, playing four games that were are practically back-to-back

over the course of the final day. The boys ended the day in 4th place overall. A note of congratulations to Mateo

Guerrrero (grade 8) who was selected to the All-Tournament team by the VANAS coaches. On the girls'

side, ECA came into the final day of the tournament in 2nd place. They took on CICV for a chance to play in the tour-

nament final, but after a score of 1-1 the girls had to go into 10-minutes of extra time. Already exhausted, they lost on

penalty shots and headed into the consolation bracket for 3rd place. The British School (TBS) came on strong and

refreshed but our ECA girls stuck with them and came out of the game with a 1-0 victory and the 3rd place tro-

phy. Congratulations to Laura Franco and Lizzie Bence (both in grade 7) for being selected to the All-Tournament

Final Standings:

Boys:

1. EBV

2. CIPLC

3. CICV

4. ECA

Girls:

1. CIPLC

2. CICV

3. ECA

4. TBS

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Community Activities

ECA Community Education Activities – Week of March 16-22

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Fitness Room* 5:30am-8:45pm

Fitness Room* 5:30am-8:45pm

Fitness Room* 5:30am-8:45pm

Fitness Room* 5:30am-8:45pm

Fitness Room* 5:30am-8:45pm

Fitness Room 6:30am-8:45pm

Fitness Room 6:30am-8:45pm

Adult Lap Swimming 6:30-8:30am

Adult Lap Swim-ming 6:30-8:30am

Adult Lap Swim-ming 6:30-8:30am

Indoor Cycling Class 6:00 – 7:00am NEW CLASS

Adult Lap Swim-ming 6:30-8:30am

Family Swim 10:00am -2:00pm

Family Swim 2:00-4:00pm

Yoga for Par-ents 8:45-10:30am

Morning Yoga 6:15-7:15am

Morning Yoga 6:15-7:15am

Adult Lap Swimming 6:30-8:30am

Morning Yoga 6:15-7:15am

Intermediate English A 9:00-10:30am

Water Fitness Class 6:30-7:15am

Yoga for Parents 8:45-10:00am

Zumba 8:45-9:45am

Master’s Swim Club 6:30-7:30 only

Intermediate English B 10:30-12:00pm

Tennis Social 8:30-10:00am approx.

Basic English 10:11:30am

Intermediate English B 10:30-12:00pm

Yoga for Par-ents 12:15–1:30 p.m. NEW CLASS begins March 16

Zumba 8:45-9:45am

Drawing/Sketching Club 10:0-12:00pm

Community Choir 3:30-4:30pm

Indoor Cycling Class 4:30 – 5:30pm NEW CLASS

Drawing/Sketching Club 10:30-12:30pm

Adult Lap Swim-ming 4:00-6:00pm

Zumba 4:00-5:00pm

Yoga for Staff/Parents 4:45-6:00pm

Intermediate Spanish 10:30-12:00pm

Yoga 4:45-6:00pm

Master’s Swim Club 6:00-7:00 & 7:00-8:00pm

Master’s Swim Club 6:00-7:00 & 7:00-8:00pm

Community Band 3:30-4:30pm

Master’s Swim Club 6:00-7:00pm only

Ultimate Fris-bee 6:00-8:00pm

Open Gym Basketball 6:00-8:00pm

Master’s Swim Club 6:00-7:00 & 7:00-8:00pm

Open Gym Vol-leyball 6:00-8:00pm

Capoeira 7:00-8:30pm

Recreational Soccer 6:00-8:30pm

Capoeira 7:00-8:30pm

ECA Swimmers Participate in Miranda State Competition A small group of ECA swimmers were invited to participate in the Miranda State Swim Competition (Estadal Masification Especializacion ADAEM) over the course of five days last week. Swimmers received invitations based on their qualifying times at the Copa ECA competition the previous week. Keep in mind that although some of these students did not place in the top three in their events, many of them had personal records at the event and/or were swimming against older ath-letes. Congratulations to the following athletes: Sofia Servino, Grade 5 - 2nd place 50 meters breast stroke, 2nd place 200 meters freestyle, 3rd place - 50 meters freestyle Jaad Khalil, Grade 4 (age 9 but swam in the age 11 category, due to his qualifying times) Grace Foster, Grade 6 Cristina Redondo, Grade 8 Patricia Redondo, Grade 11 Sergio Escalante, Grade 11

Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events

March 23 IB Art Exhibit Opening & Auction 23-27 IB Art Exhibit continues 24 Red Shirt Assembly - Pre-K 26 NHS Induction Ceremony 30-31 Spring Break - No School April 1-4 Spring Break - No School 14 Counselor-Parent Discussion (Transitions) Band Concert 14-16 International Fair 16-30 MAP Testing 18 PTA Family Day & Fun Run ACT Test 21 Choir Concert 22 HS Earth Day 23-25 HS VANAS Boys Soccer/Girls Basketball 25 SSAT test 29 Red Shirts Mini Olympics 30 White Shirt Assembly-Grade 1 May 1 National Holiday (NO SCHOOL) 2 SAT Test 4-8 MS Class Trips 4-22 HS IB Exams 9 ES Basketball Tournament 13 MS Gauss Math Competition 14 ES Parent Meeting 14-16 MS VANAS Boys Soccer/Girls Basketball 15 Red Shirt Assembly - Nursery 18-22 MS Art Showcase 21 ES Arts Day 22 Arts Night 27-31 CAISSA Boys Soccer/Girls Basketball 29 End of III Session After School Activities June 3 Senior Awards & Speeches 4 HS Sports Awards Ceremony 4-5 Graduation Rehearsal 5 White Shirt Farewell Assembly Senior/HS Faculty lunch MS Beach Bash 6 Graduation Ceremony SAT Test 8 Grade 1-4 Awards Ceremony 8-10 HS Final Exams 10 5th Grade Moving on Ceremony Kinder Moving on Ceremony 11 8th Grade Celebration 12 End Trimester 3 (ES/MS) MS Academic Awards Ceremony ES/MS/HS Report Cards Last Day of School (11:30 dismissal) 13 ACT Test SSAT Test

ECA PTA OFFICE Mango Tree Office

North Patio ext. 2005 Email: [email protected]

Every year we request voluntary donations from families and compa-nies with children at ECA for the traditional final raffle. All dona-tions, large or small are welcome. If there is a specific person or department in your company that deals with this type of request, please redirect it and send us an e-mail with the appropriate name/department for follow up. In the past some companies have used the following suggestions as possible options, one of which may be most suitable for your company: 1. Gift baskets of products if appropriate for a raffle 2. Electronic gifts 3. Art pieces 4. Airline tickets 5. Complimentary hotel packages or restaurant vouchers 6. Monetary contributions. The PTA will use the funds to buy suitable raffle prizes Please let us know if you would like to contribute with this year’s event and send donations to Escuela Campo Alegre, Main Office c/o International Fair Committee. Monetary contributions should be in the name of: AC Escuela Campo Alegre; preferably, before March 20, 2015. Your support is vital to this event and is greatly appreciated. Please feel free to call or e-mail for additional information or questions con-cerning the Fair. Thank you!

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2015-2016 Admissions Registration of ECA Siblings

Applications should be completed for any broth-ers or sisters of current ECA students who wish to enroll for August 2015. If you still need to submit the application, please contact the Ad-missions Office as soon as possible. For any questions, contact Monica Rivero at Ext. 1011 or [email protected]

A very big thank to Holly Bence and her team to organizing the Middle School Beach Bash and for their help in the Career Day.Once again we truly appreciate your generosity in donating dessert and snack for the occasion. Tuesday at 2:00 Pm we will have our 2nd meeting for the coun-tries boosters in the new building MPR. Thursday during Parent Teachers Conferences the PTA Appre-ciation Committee will offer a coffee to our wonderful faculty. Have a nice week. The PTA board.