School Updates

Upcoming Events

• Monday, April 3rd - Friday, April 14th - Spring Break
• April 24th - April 28th - Book Week
• April 27th & April 28th - How to Disappear Completely (CDS Play)

Dear CDS community,  

We are very happy to announce that from April 24th through April 28th we will have great activities to celebrate Book Week at CDS:

• Author visits
• Booknic
• Read-a-thon
• Book drive
• Dress up parade
• Special plays

Read-a-Thon 2023 from March 31st – April 21st 

The Library will be sponsoring a Read-a-thon in Early Childhood and Elementary, and MS STUCO will have a schoolwide Book Drive as a community service project. The money and books collected from these activities will go towards Bibliotecas Actualiza project. The purpose of the project is to create and equip public schools in Costa Rica with small libraries with books in Spanish. More than 80% of schools in Costa Rica do not have access to books, with your help more schools like the ones in the picture below could benefit of having libraries, and books to enhance the love for reading in their students.  

If you would like to participate in the Read-a-thon students will need to follow these steps: 

• EC and ES students should ask family members, friends, and neighbors to pledge money for every page that the student reads from March 31st to April 21st. In younger grades students may also listen or read along with a fluent reader (parent, sibling, nanny, etc).   Pledges can be recorded in the linked Read-a-thon Pledge 2023 
• After completing the reading challenge, students should collect their pledges and turn the money into the Library by Friday, April 21st.   

Read-a-thon Pledge 2023 can be recorded digitally and emailed to Ms. Córdoba or they can be printed and turned into the Library.   

MS STUCO students will have a stand to collect books in Spanish for Bibliotecas Actualiza Program during the CDS Book Fair as part of their community service.  Books can also be brought in. 

Other Important Dates and Activities  

Tuesday April 25th Book-nic and Book Fair: Early Childhood and Elementary family members are invited for reading time during our Book-Nic and then join your student at the CDS Book Fair! You can bring blankets, pillows… to get comfortable and enjoy reading in the green areas around EC and ES houses. Please fill out the following form before April 20th Book-nic and Book Fair Participation (Average book price for the Book Fair is between 8500 col to 20000 col).  Additionally, our MS STUCO students will have a stand to collect books in Spanish for Bibliotecas Actualiza Program. More information about this program is included above.  

• For EC From 8:15 am to 8:35 am reading time, at 8:35 am students, parents and teachers will go to the Book Fair at the Pavilion 
• For ES From 8:15 am to 8:35 am Elementary students, parents and teachers will visit the Book Fair at the Pavilion, at 8:35 am Elementary students, parents and teachers will go to green areas for reading time  
• MS and HS students can also enjoy the Book Fair and purchase books from 8:00AM-12:00PM during breaks and lunch.  

Thursday April 27th Dress up day: Come dress up as your favorite book, character or author 

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Córdoba at anagabriela.cordoba@cds.ed.cr. 

More about the play:

• Original screenplay written by CDS students. 
• Free entrance but attendees can give donations which will support organizations that work with teen mental health. 
• Dress code: Black and white
• To RSVP, please click here - RSVP FORM