posted November 06, 2013
Greg Bellemare, Pre-Primary and Primary Director
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Elementary’s first Honors assemblies of the 2013-2014 school year took place during these last few weeks. These events mark the beginning of a new set of goals and academic highlights for Interamericano’s whole student body.
On October 28, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades had their assembly for the first bimester of this school year. Students whose lowest grade was above 85 in each academic subject, received an Honor Roll certificate, signed their name on the recognition posters and had their pictures taken for the school website. During this event there was a huge crowd, filled with dozens of proud parents and well behaved students. As is custom, the ceremony ceremony started with the entrance of the flags. Students who bring in these civic figures receive this honor by displaying great behavior and super classroom achievement. They are nominated by their classroom teachers.
Bringing in the Guatemalan Flag was Veroncia Pagua, the United States Flag by Eliya Cohen and the Flag of Colegio Interamericano by Alexia Monteros.
Silvia de Diaz, Assistant Elementary Principal, gave the monthly announcements. She spoke on how proud the whole Elementary staff was of the recent MAP testing period. Teachers reported great effort from the students and there are high-hope for the scores. Fall Festivals, Halloween and Thanksgiving were also discussed, giving students ample time to prepare for the different activities to be held in the coming months.
Lastly, Mr. Bellemare shared a few tips with the alumni on how to get on the Honor Roll more readily. He also spoke on how proud he was of the students who received an award that day. The principal suggests setting goals and making a plan on improving. He remarked “If you have a plan then improvement is possible.”
The following students were recognized:
| Grade 1: |
| Diego Andres Lee Tobias; Sebastián Sanchez Hurtarte; Eugene Song Jung; Kristen Spennemann Cuevas; Valentina María Paz; Alexia Salazar Alejos; María Dema Ayastuy; José Mariano Cuellar Laparra; Andrés Argueta Chacón; Mia Briere Galvez; Gabriel Novielli Garcia Salas; María Jimena Moreno Diaz; Daniel Yacoub Radi Zahran; Alex Rodrigo Torres Barrera; José Santiago Cuellar Laparra; María Martínez Valdes; Arianna Andrea Castillo Chiovatero; Andres Sanchez Hurtarte; Valentina Rubio Herrera; Nicolas Corredor Pinillos; Gabriela Tanaka Sverzut; Fabiana Genc Johanis; Alfonso Montoya Rebuli; Paulina Corado Gonzalez; Chanmin Lee; Lucas Gabriel Chavez Gil; Sofía Herrera García; Keira Ainoa López Melgar; Eliav Aaron Sudai Mejía; Andrea Sofía Nahas Morales; Chloe Edwards Castañeda; Sebastián Atique Méndez; Woon Seo Choi Kim; Adrian Obiols Hernández; Juan Miguel Ruiz Umaña; Luca Romano Dallamora Arias; Sebastian Morales Castillo; Sihoo Park Lee; Andres Salazar Rosales; Ximena Leiva Espino; María Sara Madrid Campo; Matteo Herrera Pivaral; Andrea Sisniega-Otero Alburez, and, Nathalie Marie Ramazzini Polasek |
| Grade 2: |
| Daniela Lazos Espíndola; Javier Gutierrez Arreaga; Marizú Catherine Weller Rios; María Camila Mancur Bello; David Morales Araneda; Elsa Sophia Salas Bedoya; Natalia Comte Suarez; Eliya Cohen Shecter; Verónica Pagua Martín; Daniela Flores Barillas; Alexia Chatelain Monteros Veillette; Fabián Arévalo Orellana; Sebastián Rojas Serrano; José Rodrigo Lemus Gándara; Ana Sofía Lizarraga Bor; María José Mancilla Garza; Marialexandra Bravo Mendoza; Alessia Victoria Torrico Rojas; Raúl Guillermo Morales Juarez; Mariana Fernandez Mendía; Anika María Chang García; Frida María Remis Duarte; Min Kyun Hwang Kim; Annika Spross Romero; Luis Alejandro Barba Anduquia; Katya Sofía Oliveros Aguilar; Valeria Nicole Lau Mai; Isabella Ruiz Molina; Juan Ignacio de Urioste Cuellar; Isabella Urrutia Orellana; Francesca Romano Espina; Si On Kim Hernández; Matias Kaltschmitt Alvarado; Gabriel Alessandro Miranda Bolaños, and, Sofía Natalia Garay |
Similarly, on November 4th , Grades 3, 4 and 5 had their honor assembly for the first time in the present school year. Announcements were done by Silvia de Diaz, Assistant Principal. During this time she explained upcoming events to the student body and got spirits high for our extremely exciting Family Day. This event marks a great opportunity for Interamericano students to participate in all of the day’s activities, specially prepared by OPAI, and win some massive prizes in the OPAI (Organización de Padres de Alumnos Colegio Interamericano) raffle. The parent led organization will also be organizing Thanksgiving activities with homeroom teachers.
Later, Mr. Bellemare talked more in-depth to the kids about MAP testing. He explaned how students in North America, Central America and South America take the MAP test at roughly the same time. The test is a good way for Interamericano to determine the school’s academic level, when compared with other regional institutions. MAP scores will be given out stakeholders as soon as the school receives them.
Mr. Bellemare recommended students set goals and figure out a plan to carry them out. If each part of Elementary carries out their job, then at the end of the next bimester, the school will see even more people receive awards during similar ceremonies.
The following students were recognized on the Honor Roll:
| Grade 3: |
| Lucas Albin Lazcano; Juan Fernando Aragón García; Martín Argueta Chacón; Valentina Cabrera Harari; Yun Hsun Chang Hwang; Chia Yin Chen Aceituno; Sofía de León Brncic; Karen Dicker Hilman; Michelle Herrera García; Mar Jaen Ruiz; Melissa Adriana Jarabanda Shammas; Francesca Marsicovetere Rossil; Sofía Muñoz Recinos, and, Mikela Salguero Gonzalez-Campo. |
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Grade 4: |
| Marcela Billingslea Durini; Eduardo Ceballos Colombi; Ana Cristina Eggenberger Flores; Annika Garcia Salas Erales; Carlos Lazos Espíndola; Do Yun Lim; Santiago Llarena Perez; Angel Alejandro Lopez Kelly; Natalia Lucía Montes Reyes; Ximena Morales Araneda; Ana Camila Moran Alvarez; Jorge Alberto Ortez Huenuante; Sebastián Ramirez Luna; Camila Ramirez Cascante; Paulina Torres Martínez; Natalia María Vela Zangroniz, and, Andrew Yilk de León. |
| Grade 5: |
| Pedro Albin Lazcano; Mariaregina Alvarado Rodríguez; Javier Urbano Aragón García; Hugo Juan Pablo Arévalo Orellana; Isabel Chang Veliz; Sofía Galvez Toro; So Young Go Ki; Yousef Hanna Makarian; Ana Isabel Herrera García; Sofía Lombardi García; Cristina Helen Makarian Ghawali; Melissa Mascarell Goitia; Claudia Valentina Paiz Maldonado; María Andree Pérez Mejía;María Jimena Pérez Mejía. |
The following student was recognized on the Honor Roll:
| Grade 5 Principal’s Honor Roll |
| Su A Ahn You |
