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For the upcoming Holiday Season, Interamericano students and faculty will be opening their hearts to support some of the most hard-working individuals at our school – our maintenance, security, and transportation staff.

Our support staff’s tireless work often goes unnoticed, yet they are an integral part of making sure that Interamericano functions smoothly. As a small token of gratitude, members of the school community will team up to honor some of the most supportive, caring and loving people in the school by hosting an appreciation breakfast on Monday, December 9.

During the celebration, bags full of gifts are past out to the school’s most helpful staff.

 
Last year’s Support Staff Holiday Celebration was a tremendous success with scrumptious homemade food and plenty of surprises. Each of the school’s levels (Elementary, Middle School and High School) offered a different contribution to the staff. Elementary parents and students selected and delivered gifts to each of the children of the maintenance personnel. Middle School helped organize a maintenance wide raffle, in which each participant got a gift out of playing the game. Likewise, High School helped out by consolidating holiday gift baskets, filled with delicious treats and goods, to be delivered to each of the maintenance staff’s households.

Currently, the High School Community Service Program, the Colegio Interamericano National Honor Society Chapter, and Student Council (StuCo) Organization are working to make this year’s Support Staff Holiday Celebration even more of a success. For this reason, they are asking for monetary or food donations to make Holiday Gift Baskets that will be handed out during this year’s breakfast.

If you are interested in helping make this wonderful activity a reality, the school is accepting donations until November 27th. This contribution can be in one of two natures:

1. Monetary: each basket costs around Q80 per basket, so donations will be collected by StuCo representatives or are to be delivered to the jars that have been placed in each of the school level’s offices.

2. Items: A collection box has been placed in front of the High School Office where item donations can be delivered. These may include: beans, rice, olive oil, sugar, maseca, Incaparina, Marshmallows, dried fruit (for holiday punch drinks) or chocolate bars for hot coco.

Thank you in advance for any contributions that you can make and for helping brighten the holidays for one of Interamericano’s own.

posted November 14, 2013
Jessica Medsker and Alison Hamilton, Community Service Club Coordinators

 

 

The high school Community Service Club is holding a Toy Drive for children who live near the Guatemala City dump.  We are extending the deadline for the Toy Drive until Thursday, November 21.  Please continue to bring the toys for your grade level, and remember that the section with the most toys wins a pizza party!

 

Here are the toys that each grade can bring, as well as the classroom where each section can drop off their toys:

9th grade: (carritos, aviones, etc./toy cars, toy planes, etc.)

9.1    Aida Hernandez                     9.2    Gaby Ixcoy

9.3    Jessica Medsker                     9.4    Ted Willis

 

10th grade: (kit de crayones y cuadernos de colorear/crayons and coloring books)

10.1    Brian Corner                       10.2    Claudia Diaz

10.3    Douglas Tedford                10.4    Camilo Rivas

 

11th grade: (accesorios para el cabello, muñecas/hair accessories, dolls)

11.1    Claudia Elias                      11.2    Alison Thomas

11.3    John McCraw                    11.4    Diana Rodriguez

 

12th grade: (pelotas de piel o cuero, muñecos/sports balls—leather if possible, action figures)

12.1    Siggi  Holmgren               12.2    Maritza Maldonado

12.3    Carmen Benavides         12.4    Antonio Muralles

 

 

posted November 8, 2013
Jose Fuentes, Public Relations and Communications Coordinator

Set the date for Saturday November 16! Colegio Inteamericano will be hosting it’s annual Family Day celebration. This great opportunity brings our cozy community together for a fun day of highly-competitive sports, scrumptious local and international food and challenging student-led games. Participate in the OPAI raffle and have a chance to win some of great surprises from our Organización de Padres de Alumnos Colegio Interamericano.

For more information please view the following pdf file with all you need to know to enjoy this awesome event:

 FAMILY DAY 2013!

posted November 06, 2013
Greg Bellemare, Pre-Primary and Primary Director

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• Elementary Honors Assemblies October 28 and November 4, 2013 (Photo Album)

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.

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

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