This week at ECA ECA Annual International Fair April … · Dr. Gregory Hedger ... parent-teacher...

February 23, 2015 http://www.ecak12.com ECA Parent Bulletin

This week at ECA

February 23

Lock Down Drill

ES Art Exhibition Opens

IB Information Night

February 24

Counselor-Parent Chat

February 26-28

HS VANAS Boys Basketball/Girls

Soccer

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.

Venezuela Day Wednesday, March 4th

Sponsored by the ECA Spanish Department

Counselor-Parent Chat Positive Discipline

Tuesday, February 24, 2014 8:45-9:45am

MPR (in the new building) All parents welcome!

All parents get frustrated and tired. We will give you some strategies to raise responsible and respectful children while having fun. In this session we will discuss various parenting styles, the difference be-tween discipline and punishment, how to carry out positive discipline methods, and how to avoid power struggles with your children. We hope to see you there!

Counselors: Stacia Taves (grades 5-8)

Julie Allison (N-grade 4)

Campo News February 23

Dear Parents,

I hope everyone had a pleasant Carnival holiday. I know many people traveled during this time, while others stuck around Caracas

and took advantage of the time to get some rest and relaxation. Either way, the holiday provides a nice break.

During the holiday, I returned from the States, where Mr. Sicard and I were recruiting teachers. I’m happy to say, at this time all

teaching positions for next year have been filled. Of the three years I’ve been at ECA, this was the best year for recruiting teach-

ers. I think this might reflect the fact that Venezuela has not been in the U.S. news this year as much as it was last year and the

year before. Negative press about a place can scare teachers away from even considering a place. However, without the negative

press, we were finding more people willing to talk with us and consider the possibility of Venezuela. While we shared with them

the challenges of living here, we also talked about the school. In most cases, once we had the opportunity to talk with people, they

became open to interviewing. The end result was that in most cases we ended up being able to hire our first choice of candidates.

I believe we’ve ended up with a good slate of new teachers and should have a fantastic year next year.

Regards,

Dr. Gregory Hedger

Superintendent

Students leaving in June

If your family is not continuing at ECA in August 2015,

please let us know as soon as possible. You will need to

complete the formal withdrawal process. New schools may

require official documents, recommendations, etc. Please

allow at least one week for these documents to be pro-

cessed by the corresponding division.

For inquiries, please contact Monica Rivero at:

[email protected]

Please note the change in date for the VANAS Educators’ Conference. New date: November 20th, 2015.

Enrollment of siblings for August 2015

We are working on enrollment and staffing for next aca-

demic year. If you are pursuing the enrollment of a sibling,

please formalize your application with the Admissions of-

fice NOW Priority will be given to siblings of ECA stu-

dents however, spaces are limited.


Elementary School News

From the Elementary Principal

ES Art Exhibition All students from Nursery to Grade 5 now have artwork on display in the atrium of the Early Childhood Center from today until

Friday, March 6. We highly encourage all parents to stop by and check out the exhibit as it is wonderful, and while there is plenty

of time to see it! Thank you to Ms. Kiki Krijt and Ms. Ruth Farkas for making it happen.

Venezuela Day Our ES Spanish teachers are planning a number of activities for our students to participate in when ECA celebrates Venezuela day

on Wednesday, March 4, 2015. If you happen to be on campus this Wed. please be sure to stop by and see the festivities in the Star

Plaza and in the theater!


Middle School News

From The Middle School Principal

Dear Parents,

We have a busy few weeks ahead of us with the Brazil trip, report cards, parent-teacher conferences, the VANAS tournament, Ca-

reer day, the Beach Bash and many more activities. ECA Middle School is always a busy place of learning and fun for your child.

Please take the time in the next few weeks to thank our teaching staff for all their efforts in providing a great educational experi-

ence for our children.

Week without Walls Each May, the Middle School spends a week engaging in experiential learning programs. The goal of this experiential learning is

to provide authentic, outside-the-classroom learning opportunities that are not possible in the daily classroom. Due to increased

prices, limited availability, and frequent flight scheduling changes, this year our international trips will be replaced with in-school

and/or in-country programs for Grade 6 and 7 students. Students and parents will be offered experiential learning programs that

have been designed by Middle School staff. The programs available to parents and students during this week will be formatted in

one of three ways: in- school only, in- school with day field trips, or overnight programs. This new format allows for greater

choice based on personal interest and budget. We look forward to sharing more information with you in the weeks ahead.

Spirit Week: March 2-6 There are a number of events scheduled for the first week of March to allow our students to show their national and school spirit.

Tuesday, March 3rd will see our students compete in our annual Venezuela Quiz Bowl. This is followed by our school wide Vene-

zuelan National Day on Wednesday, March 4 on which students may dress in national colors (a combination of yellow, blue, red)

or they can wear a Vinotinto T-Shirt (The National Soccer team). During this day, the cafeteria will be offering a Venezuelan

menu. Finally, on Thursday, March 5 ECA will begin hosting the Middle School VANAS tournament. Come cheer on the girl’s

football team and the boys’ basketball team. Students are welcome to show their school spirit by dressing in school colors.

Parent Chat - March 3rd On Tuesday, March 3rd, (2:30-3:30) we will host our next Parent Chat. Parent Chats are designed to provide you with more infor-

mation about programs or learning opportunities within the Middle School. The focus of our March chat will be for parents of 8th

grade students to learn more about High School expectations and course selection. The parent chat will take place in the New

Building MPR.

Middle School Career Day: Friday, March 13, 2015 Students will learn about eight careers and start thinking about their future goals. There will be speakers from many different ca-

reer fields here to speak to the students about the importance of education, goal setting, and their experiences within their ca-

reer. It's important that children start exploring careers at a young age and to understand what it takes to meet their goals.

Beach Bash The Middle School PTA Boosters will be hosting the Middle School Beach Bash on March 13th following Career Day. Please

contact Holly Bence or a PTA member if you are able to help with decorations or food preparations on this day.

Grade 8 Washington Trip Please remember that if your child is participating in the Grade 8 Washington trip, you need to submit a copy of your child’s pass-

port information page, and USA travel visa (if needed) to the MS office as soon as possible.

Please note that minors traveling on school trips, who are not accompanied by their parents or legal guardians, are required by law

to have an authorized travel permit. This document must be drafted by a lawyer and notarized or processed by the municipality

where you live (Baruta, El Hatillo, Chacao, etc.) Many companies will process this permit with their own lawyers.

If need assistance or have any questions about this process, please feel free to contact the MS office.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Cameron Janzen

Middle School Principal


High School News

“Two strong arms, weathered hands, witness of

many cruelties and pains. They are coarse, stained.

These strong hands are called HOPE. Despite all of

the things that happen to us we are able to keep

holding on. We raise this hope above our heads; it’s

what allows us to keep on living. Not oblivious to

pain, but rather in passive reflection. This Hope, it

is not a fathomable “thing” that can be actually held

at arms’ length, but it is more than that, and to-

night’s show, the Hope Gala, is testimony to that.”

Armando Rivas

Grade 11

Hope is Love, Love is Hope

Looking for help!

Please e-mail Stacia Taves ([email protected]), Counselor

Grades 5-8, if you are willing to do a short presentation about a

Career at the Middle School Career Day! Students will learn

about numerous careers and start thinking about their future

goals. If you are interested in helping out for Career Day in any

way, please mark your calendar as we’ll need many speakers from

9:00am-1:30pm. Each presentation is only about 20 minutes. We

need the community’s help to make this day successful!

Middle School News ...Cont.

Library News

Another teacher recently sent us this list of

terrific books for boys. Many of them are al-

ready in the ECA library collections including

the ones pictured here.

http://happyhooligans.ca/best-books-for-boys-

ages-8-16

mailto:[email protected]


Athletics News

COPA ECA 2015 The annual Copa ECA swim competition took place over the weekend with over

46 first, second and third place medals going out to ECA athletes on Friday night

and Saturday morning. ECA hosted eight schools from around Caracas, with over

200 swimmers competing in the annual two-day event. Special thanks to ECA

Swim Club Director Victor Montero and Coach Pedro Gomez for putting together

the entire event, along with the ECA masters swim team who volunteered for the

weekend. There were also many ECA parents on hand to support the swimmers

and volunteer at the event. Athletes receiving the gold, silver and bronze medals

are listed below. For a complete list of results, please contact Lisa Isom

at [email protected].

Place Name Event

1st Grace Foster 50 Back

1st Grace Foster 100 IM

1st Isabel Redondo, Sofia Servino, Grace Foster, Marta Redondo 100 Medley Relay

1st Sergio Escalante 50 Back

1st Sofia Servino 50 Butterfly

1st Sofia Servino 50 Freestyle

1st Sofia Servino, Isabel Redondo, Marta Redondo, Grace Foster 4x50 Freestyle Relay

1st Young Ji Quan 25 Back

1st Young Ji Quan 50 Freestyle

1st Blanca Pavon 50 Freestyle

Place Name Event

2nd Barbara Cardenas, Cristina Redondo, Blanca Pavon, Rena Khalil 100 Medley Relay

2nd Blanca Pavon 50 Butterfly

2nd Cristina Redondo 50 Back

2nd Cristina Redondo 100 IM

2nd Cristina Redondo 50 Breast

2nd Daniel Bracho 50 Back

2nd David Cardenas 25 Back

2nd Grace Foster 50 Butterfly

2nd Grace Foster 50 Freestyle

2nd Jaad Khalil 50 Back

2nd Jaad Khalil 25 Butterfly

2nd Jaad Khalil 50 Breast

2nd Jaad Khalil 50 Freestyle

2nd Juan David Borges, Manuel Servino, Thor Beaumont, Luis Pavon 4x50 Freestyle Relay

2nd Milla Beaumont 25 Freestyle

2nd Roberto Bazzi, Andrew Wang, Daniel Bracho, Sergio Escalante 4x50 Freestyle Relay

2nd Sofia Servino 50 Back

2nd Sofia Servino 100 IM

2nd Victor Cardenas, Mallory Beaumont, Luke Foster, Asher Pierce 100 Medley Relay

2nd Cristina Redondo 50 Freestyle

mailto:[email protected]

Community News

ECA SUMMER CAMP La Encantada 2015

ECA will offer the summer day camp program, once again at the end of the school year in June and before school starts in August, 2015. There will be four sessions of one week each. The dates are: Session I: June 15-19 Session II: June 22-26 Session III: August 3-7 Session IV: August 10-14 The camp is designed for new and returning ECA students; 3 to 13 years old. More information coming soon!


Place Name Event

3rd Camilla Di Mascio 50 Breast

3rd Daniel Bracho 50 Breast

3rd Daniel Bracho, Sergio Escalante, Roberto Bazzi, Andrew Wang 100 Medley Relay

3rd Delfina Guareschi 50 Butterfly

3rd Delfina Guareschi, Camilla Di Mascio, Monica Redondo, Patricia Redondo 4x50 Freestyle Relay

3rd Luke Foster 50 Freestyle

3rd Mallory Beaumont 50 Breast

3rd Mallory Beaumont, Victor Cardenas, Asher Pierce, Luke Foster 4x50 Freestyle Relay

3rd Patricia Redondo 50 Back

3rd Patricia Redondo 100 IM

3rd Patricia Redondo, Monica Redondo, Delfina Guareschi, Cindia Escalante 100 Medley Relay

3rd Roberto Bazzi 50 Butterfly

3rd Sergio Escalante 100 IM

3rd Sergio Escalante 50 Breast

3rd Sergio Escalante 50 Freestyle

3rd Thor Beaumont, Luis Pavon, Manuel Servino, Juan David Borges 100 Medley Relay

HS VANAS Tournament Good luck to the High School girls' soccer team as they head to Maracaibo on February 26-28 for the season 2 VANAS Tourna-

ment.


Community News

ECA Community Education Activities – Week of February 23-March 1 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

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


Adult Lap


Adult Lap


Adult Lap


Family Swim 10:00am-

2:00pm

Family Swim 2:00-4:00pm

Yoga for Parents 8:45-10:30am

Morning Yoga 6:15-7:15am


Zumba 8:45-9:45am


Intermediate English A 9:00-10:30am

Water Fitness

Class 6:30-7:15am

Yoga for Parents 8:45-10:00am

Intermediate English

B 10:30-12:00pm

Flamenco

Dance Classes 4:45-5:45pm

Intermediate English B 10:30-12:00pm

Tennis Social 8:30-10:00am

approx.

Basic English 10:11:30am

Community Choir 3:30-4:30pm

Master’s Swim

Club 6:30-7:30 only

Yoga 4:45-6:00pm

Zumba 8:45-9:45am

Drawing/

Sketching Club 10:0-12:00pm

Zumba 4:00-5:00pm

Master’s Swim

Club 6:00-7:00 & 7:00-8:00pm

Drawing/

Sketching Club 10:30-12:30pm

Adult Lap

Swimming 4:00-6:00pm

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

Open Gym

Basketball 6:00-8:00pm

Intermediate Span-

ish 10:30-12:00pm

Yoga 4:45-6:00pm

Ultimate Frisbee 6:00-8:00pm

Capoeira 7:00-8:30pm

Community Band 3:30-4:30pm

Master’s Swim

Club 6:00-7:00pm only

Master’s Swim

Club 6:00-7:00 & 7:00-8:00pm

Open Gym

Volleyball 6:00-8:00pm

Recreational

Soccer 6:00-8:30pm

Capoeira 7:00-8:30pm

*Please refrain from using the Fitness Room if a PE class is present.

Activities in bold text are free activities.

Please visit www.ecak12.com and click on the Community tab for access to the complete Community Calendar and more information

about each event listed above.

Kiosko Hours of Operation

The Kiosko in Star Plaza opens around 2:30 (1:00 on

Wednesdays) for parents. However, students are not per-

mitted to purchase anything from the Kiosko until classes

are released at 3:30 (2:00 on Wednesdays). In addition, red

shirts and white shirts must be accompanied by an adult

when making purchases

After School Activities Fair

Join fee-based ASA coaches and instructors in Star Plaza

on Wednesday, March 4 from 12:00-4:00 p.m.

This is your opportunity to meet coaches, register and pay for fee-

based activities in person. Registration will also be offered online

once again this term. Please keep in mind that students will not be

officially registered until fees have been paid to the activity leader

directly.

http://www.ecak12.com

Campo News February 23 page 9

Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events

March

1-6 ES Art Exhibition continues

3 Grade 8 Parent Chat - Moving up

4 Venezuela Day

Fee Based After School Activities Fair

5-7 MS VANAS Boys Basketball/Girls Soccer

@ ECA

6 End of II Session After School Activities

6-13 IB Mock Exams

Grade 10 Internships

7 SSAT Test

9 End Trimester 2 (ES/MS)

Start of III Session After School Activities

10 Begin Trimester 3 (ES/MS)

12 5th Grade Musical

13 HS Mid Term

IB Showcase

MS Career Day

MS Beach Bash

17 ES/MS/HS Report Cards

Counselor-Parent Discussion

18 White Shirt Assembly - Red Hats

19 ES/MS/HS Parent-Teacher Conferences

(11:30 Dismissal)

23 IB Art Exhibit Opening & Auction

23-27 IB Art Exhibit continues

24 Red Shirt Assembly - Pre-K

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

ECA PTA OFFICE Mango Tree Office

North Patio ext. 2005 Email: [email protected]

There are just two weeks of school left before Carnival Holidays and

a little bit more than two months before the International Fair that is

PTA major and only fund raising event. So far we have the following

countries signed up: Colombia – Argentina – Indonesia - Peru – Russia – India – Spain -

Lebanon

The event will be on the second week of April, after the Spring Break

and it will probably take place during the week, with country boots

divided in in 2/3 days depending on the number of partici-

pants. Please come forward and help us organizing this wonderful

event by coordinating your country boots. You can sign up by send-

ing an email to the PTA at [email protected] or by contacting one of

our members.

Thank you in advanced and we are looking forward to work with you.

Every year we request voluntary donations from families and com-

panies 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!

PTA

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