James Tucker
Middle School Principal
Tickets for the Nutcracker for 2,000 are on sale in the MS & Main Reception this week
A busy week of assessments, see below for details!
World Children’s Day will be celebrated with a Mix-It-Up lunch on Wednesday
The Nutcracker performance takes place Tuesday, December 10 at 6:00 pm
MUN teams has great success in Mexico
Toy drive begins next week, please donate toys in good condition
6th Grade: Monday, ELA Narrative due (Miss Krause), Social Studies Egyptian Commercial,
Thursday: Computational Thinking assessment.
7th Grade: Monday SS Crusades dialogue, Friday medieval Europe assessment, Friday computational thinking assessment.
8th Grade: Tuesday-Thursday, Modelling Molecules assessment, Wednesday Algebra assessment, Friday Computational thinking assessment.
Junior Model United Nations - From Mr. Sean McLaughlin
Country Day School's Junior Model UN (JMUN) club went to the ISRMUN conference in Monterrey, Mexico November 5th-8th. ISRMUN is a United Nations simulation where 700 delegates from more than 35 schools around North America come together to discuss global issues and propose viable solutions. CDS represented 11 committees and Clare Pawsey was awarded the Merit Award and Carmen Gomez received the Best Solutions Award!
Title: Progress makes Perfect
This past week we had a huge outpouring of students interested in becoming involved with our two newly formed student-led clubs: Green Team and Club Responsabilidad Social SIFAIS (CRSS). Friday, both clubs met and created a plan for the final weeks of the semester.
Green Team is collecting filled ECO Bricks in Room 231. Their hope is to collect enough by the end of the semester to build a raised garden bed. In their leadership team meeting, Friday, they began writing a proposal to the Parent Association asking for a MS Composter. This is all being done in light of the club’s objective: eliminate waste on campus.
CRSS is designing donation boxes and spreading the word for our first donation drive to the Carpio community. They have asked CRS to send used clothes of good quality that can be sewn and sold as bags, purses, and other items. These items will be sold on in San Jose and in CDS campus. All proceeds will go back to the families in La Carpio who made the items.
Every year middle school collects Toys for "Hogar posadas de Belén". This will begin on Monday 18th and continue until December the 6th. "Hogar Posadas de Belén" is a shelter in Coyol, Alajuela for teen mothers aged 12-18. This year we will focus on Christmas gifts for newborn children up to children of 4 years old. We are asking for new toys with no batteries, or new clothes wrapped inside a Christmas bag. Donations should be given to Ms. Urrutia or Mrs. Rodríguez. Click here for the link to find out more.
On the 10th of December is CDS Drama Department’s production of The Nutcracker. Ms. Margie Stanfield has worked hard over these last few months to get everything ready and we are excited about another spectacular performance to follow on from her hits last year! Tickets are available to buy from the business office and middle school office on Monday for 2,000 colones.
Next Wednesday is World Children’s Day. Each Wednesday middle school students have been working on different aspects of the Rights of the Child. This will culminate next Wednesday with a mix-it-up lunch and activities organised and created by middle school students and their student council.
The Spirit of GIVING at Thanksgiving In the spirit of showing gratitude at Thanksgiving, we will create baskets of supplies for the Country Day School maintenance, cleaning, cafeteria, and security staff. We ask that each student bring in an item to fill the “gratitude baskets” to help show appreciation to the people who help us each day.
Please bring in the following items:
Early Childhood – Rice & Beans
Elementary – Non-perishable food (NOT rice & beans)
Middle School – Soaps & detergents
High School – Luxury snacks
As there are about 51 maintenance, cleaning, cafeteria, and security staff members, it is very important that each student bring in an item so we can fill the baskets with supplies for each staff member. Please be sure to send in your item before Thursday, November 21. We will need help putting the baskets together to make them look beautiful! If you would like to help us in this, please meet in the LRC at 8:15 am, Monday, November 25th. Thank you for your help in showing gratitude to the amazing staff who make our CDS experience possible!
We are pleased to invite you to the annual Country Day School Thanksgiving Lunch. The lunch will be Wednesday, November 27th in the Dining Hall. The dining hall, pavilion, theater, and green space will be open 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm for families to eat together.
The cost for the meal is 3,600 Colones . If you would like for your child or any member of your family to enjoy the Thanksgiving Family Lunch, be sure you buy tickets in the MS office by Friday (Nov. 22). There will be NO sales or alternative lunch available on the day of the lunch (Nov. 27).
*All tickets must be pre-purchased before FRIDAY, November 22, in your child’s House Office.
**Please bring exact amount – we do not have change**
Some pictures of students learning this week featuring… 7th grade students applying their knowledge of what makes a valid experiment... 8th graders engaged in a discussion of child soldiers... 8th grade students just doing some Math… Spanish Beginners working with vocabulary and expressions using Quizlet live.
