Maya Connection Issue 20 October

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Director's Letter The Future of Colegio Maya - building on 60 years of amazing education at Maya The steps taken for our future, build on and honor the rich learning created over decades as a school community. Colegio Maya has an amazing history of great learning, teaching, community and care for wellbeing.

Combining a rich history with an innovative future is no small task, not just for Colegio Maya. How do you innovate and create positive change to an education system that has existed for generations without causing angst and discomfort? The short answer is, you can’t. Any time human beings’ mental models are disrupted or challenged it is not comfortable. The PK to grade 12 education system is riddled with mental models as school is one thing that all stakeholders have in common. Everyone went to school and has an opinion on what it should look like, feel like and ultimately produce.

It is an amazing time to be in the business of learning and Colegio Maya is certainly asking the right questions to ensure our students gain the competencies, character and deep conceptual understanding they need to be successful in this ever changing world. Will it challenge our thinking? Yes. Will it challenge what we believe school should be? Yes. Will it jeopardize the ultima te next steps for seniors leaping into college or whatever comes next for them?

Absolutely not. The careful, calculated changes to the Colegio Maya learning program are based on research, best practice, and proven school

examples from around the globe. It is not an experiment to place the learner at the center.

It is not taking a chance to allow students more choice in their learning and how to be assessed. In fact it is imperative that we challenge students in this way to ensure they have what they need to navigate this complex world. Should students simply be able to learn to, “play school” in order to graduate and move on to higher education? We believe that if that is the case, we have done them a disservice. We need to lead them to take chances, ask difficult questions, seek deep understanding, and ultimately be confident to know they can learn anything they set their mind to.

As we transition to a focus on more intrinsic motivation for true learning there will be speed bumps and there will be times when it looks messy. Good learning is messy and when you focus on the process rather than the product, failure is key to growth and learning. We are not taking chances by making changes, we are ensuring that we raise generations of kind hearted, deep thinking, skilled human beings capable of tackling the world's most complex issues. Are we alone in this?

Absolutely not. We are a part of large networks of PK-12 schools, researchers

and higher education collaboratives to ensure we have what’s best for your children. It is about collaborating with leading researchers like Alfie Kohn, have a read here. We work with and learn from PK12 schools about next steps for higher education like the Mastery Transcript Consortium found here. We focus on what’s most important to learn and work with Harvard and other leading schools globally to “Make Caring Common”. Our network of schools is strong as evidenced by our membership in the Common Ground Collaborative.

It’s a wonderful time to lead in the arena of PK-12 education and we at Colegio Maya have no desire to wait to do what’s right for learning for all community members. We love what we do and we thank you for your support, trust and ultimately the role you play in raising human beings with these competencies, character traits and deep conceptual abilities and understandings.

Please do not hesitate to share any concerns, questions and suggestions along the way.

Sincerely,

Colegio Maya Leadership Michael Johnston Ph.D. Director Colegio Maya

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It is with great pleasure that I present to you the new design for our eNewsletter Maya Connections. The Multimedia Design students have been working hard on developing designs that display their knowledge on layout design and illustration skills.

They have been learning to use open source web app Canva.com for editorial design and Youidraw. com to make some graphic elements.

This month we chose to go to with the Halloween theme and we hope that you enjoy it.

Carolina Sandoval Durazo Secondary Design Teacher

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Contents

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Director's Message

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Independance Day

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Elementary Library

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Grade 4 Interviews

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Grade 5 Self-Directed Learners

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Tribes Parent Training

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Tech at Maya

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Looking for Learning

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Elementary Click Here!

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Your children spend a great amount of time here at school learning literacy and numeracy, and growing in character. Because there is so much traffic here in Guatemala, students have less time to relax and enjoy their free time. Although reading (reading to yourself, reading to someone, listening to someone read) is always a great activity, and should be done every day by all of us, no matter how young or old! Reading opens up new worlds for everyone, and teaches so many life lessons, as well as vocabulary, spelling, and writing.

However, at home there are ways to reinforce your child’s learning, and they are interactive and fun. From small car activities like counting the number of red cars as you drive, to using measurements when baking cookies, all of these activities will broaden their understanding of numeracy, as well as demonstrate the importance of math in the world around us. Click the links provided below to find more fun, learning activities that you can do at home.

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Newsletter

Parent Teacher Conferences for Elementary

As I am sure many of you already know, this is my last year at Colegio Maya. I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to work with each and every one of you and especially your children. My husband’s post at the US Embassy will be coming to an end, and we are missing our children (four grown sons and two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren (Harper-age three years, Keira-one year, and Callan-one year.)

We want to be a closer influence on our grand-babies and be a source of support to our children and their growing families.We will be moving back to the United States to a house we bought

in July in Derby, Kansas.

This house has a lot of land, a pond, and a barn.

My husband and I plan to get some horses and I would also love some pygmy goats. Of course, we will have our two dogs, Bella and Dexter (maybe more) and we will have to get some cats to help take care of the field mice population.

I will miss you all, and I pray you will be blessed immeasurably as you live and grow in this beautiful country of Guatemala.

For now, however, we will have the remainder of the school year to be team members for the growth and success of Colegio Maya Elementary.

For ECC, conferences will be held 10-18 and 10-19.

Students will not have classes that day. First-fifth grade students will have their conferences on 10-19. Some grade levels will have students come with you to their conferences, and some will not. Please be in communication about this specifically with your child’s teacher.

Please call Miss Patty to make your appointment. Let me know if you have any questions.

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Elementary Library Everyone wants to Elementary kids are very excited to check check out the new book,“ The legend of out and read our new Rock, Paper, Scissors" books. We have a wide variety of genres and

by Drew Daywalt, author of, “The Day the New York Times Best Crayons Sellers. Authors that Quit”. Students are elementary kids love are Mo Willems and Dr. using rock, paper and scissors method to Seuss, therefore these take turns by being are a must in our fair to each other. newest collection.

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Coming soon Banned Books week! Check it out!!!

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It's Elementary Colegio Maya Workers Interview As part of Guatemalan Heritage Week, students in Class 4B interviewed members of the Colegio Maya Maintenance Staff. Each student took the information gained through the conversation, as well as photos, and made a draft of a newsletter article. Then, the members of the high school Journalism Class spent a class period paired up with the fourth graders to give guidance and editing help. The fourth graders now have two new friends, an upper class member and a worker, and have gained an understanding of the importance and dedication of those who maintain our school. Please read on to meet these people.

Rigoberto Lopez Sicaja’s Story By: Natalia, Grade 4.

Edited by: MC Maldonado, Grade 12 Have you ever heard about the chief of maintenance that has worked here for 35 years? His name is Rigoberto Lopez Sicaja. He’s 54 years old and his birthday is on the fourth of January.

Now let me tell you about his family. He has three sons and a wife whom he loves very much. He lives in San Jose Pinula, and he told me that when he comes to school it normally takes him about 20 minutes, but when there is traffic it takes around 50 minutes.

He likes his job and benefits from it because he gets money for his family. Rigoberto said that he started to work here on August 2, 1982. He loves to help the school by keeping it clean for us. He is super dedicated because if there's an emergency he and other workers come in any day, any hour and in the day or night. That’s awesome!!!

So if you see him you could say like this, “Thank you so much for helping our school.” Then he would be happy and say, “Thank you for saying that.” So Rigoberto would be happy and you too. That’s all about Rigoberto Lopez Sicaja.

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Fernando, A CM Worker By: Doyun Kim, 4th Grade Edited by: Dharma, 10th Grade Have you ever wondered why this school is so clean? If you don’t know, listen to this person called Fernando who cleans this school and does all kinds of stuff for us that we don’t realize. He is busy every day cleaning and working these kinds of jobs at Colegio Maya.

So first, I’m going to tell you about his job. Fernando does three kinds of jobs. He is a bus driver, maintenance worker, and mechanical repair man. He likes his jobs and he cleans this school. He said, “It is hard, but all the teachers, students and my co-workers are nice to me. That is why I do my best for them.” Even if he can’t see us a lot he smiles at us every time he sees us.

Now I am going to tell you about Fernando’s name. Fernando said, “My father named me and I like my name.”

Fernando’s full name is Fernando Lorenti Granados. He likes his name because it was a name that he wished to have.

This time I am going to tell you about his family and family members. First of all his mother is still alive. He has four siblings, a daughter, and two grandchildren. Sadly, his wife passed away. He lives with his daughter.

He loves his family. And everybody appreciates him. When he comes home, he always cleans his house.

Now I think you learned a lot from this interview article. I think this is a nice place for Fernando to work.

It was so exciting to meet a CM worker like Fernando. I like his kind smiles and he is a really sweet worker. So if you meet Fernando, say good words and a nice smile to him. Thank you!

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Luis Fernando Doniz Lopez, the Electrician By: Stephan Balz, Grade 4 Edited By: Julian Carrion, Grade 10

Last week I had the pleasure of talking to one of our maintenence workers. I asked questions about his job and his life, and this made me think about the hard work that is put into the school so that we can have fun while we learn.

Do you know who Luis is and what he does? Luis is a very important person in our school. He is an electrician. He is in charge of fixing or solving a problem if it has to do with things that use electricity like light, computers, and more.

He said that he loves his job. I asked, “Why?” He said, “I like to fix problems.” So changing the topic a little, he works nine hours per day. That is a lot of time.

That’s two more hours of work than what we do. Like I said in the beginning of the story, he is an electrician. He is very important because he fixes the electricity so we can use computers, projectors, and more. To finish all that hard work he uses industrial tools, which are hammers, pliers, tweezers, and more.

I asked Luis about his family. He lives with his mom and dad and he has four brothers in the area of km 49. It takes one hour for him to get to school.

Then we talked about his interests. His favorite sport is soccer, and his favorite team is FC Barcelona (like mine).

His unforgettable travel was when he went with his family to San Salvador. ”What do you do when you don't work?” I asked.

“I spend time with my family,” he answered.

If you see Luis on the thirtieth of September, say, “Happy birthday!”

After having the chance to talk with Luis, I noticed the hard work that is put in behind the scenes so we spend our time at school productively.

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Nery, The Blacksmith By: Hannah Lim, Grade 4 Edited by: MC Maldonado, Grade 12

Have you ever wondered where all the cabinets in our school came from? Say hello to the Colegio Maya’s blacksmith!

Our school blacksmith’s name is Nery Orlando Díaz Corenzo. Nery makes most of the pieces of metal you see around the school. He says that he picked his job because he enjoys it and because it is necessary to the school. Nery works from 8:30 a.m to 6:00 p.m each day, which is 9 hours and 30 minutes of work.

While he is working, he uses multiple tools such as: a burner, a cutter, a smoothing machine, a painting machine, and a meterstick.

What would a blacksmith want for a hobby? I had been asking that question to myself again and again. Now I was ready for the answer.

Nery’s favorite hobby is to run. He says that running relieves all his stress and if he feels heavy he would feel lighter after his run.

Isn’t Nery just one interesting person? If you listened to another worker, you might be able to collect some very interesting facts about them. Just make sure to notice the hard work all the workers do for our school.

“It’s very delicate,” says Nery as he shows me the burner, “because it can burn a person.”

While he has been working at our school, he has made friends at work. “Last time was some children. One is called Andres and the other is Sebastian,” Nery says as he talks about his little friends.

Not only he have a work that he loves, but he also has a very precious family. Nery says that he lives with his three children and wife. His children are mostly girls with only one boy. He said that his boy loves to study a lot.

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Adolfo The Carpenter By: Lucy, Grade 4 Help from: Halle, Grade 10 Here is an interview with Adolfo Lopez, the carpenter for our school. In this story, I hope you can realize how important Adolfo is to our school, like the rest of the workers. Have you ever wondered how the wooden bookshelves got there? Or, where that small table was made? In this story you will find out just that.

The first thing you should know about Adolfo is what he does. So I’ll tell you all about his job, carpentry. The first question was what do you do?

“I do many things,” replied Adolfo, “carpentry, and painting walls. I make things out of wood too, like tables and doors.”

“Do you like your job?” I asked second.

“Oh, yes, I like it a lot!” Adolfo told me.

And, how is a carpenter helpful to Colegio Maya? Well, here is why. Adolfo said to me he makes what the school needs. He makes almost everything made of wood here: the doors, small bookcases, and other types of organizers.

Without Adolfo we would have none of these things. He also repairs what needs to be fixed.

Adolfo said he helps the school by doing his job well.

“And, how many years have you been working at Colegio Maya?” You might be wondering if he had been here for years, or if this was his first.

"I’ve worked at the school for 22 years,” Adolfo answered. Was that more than you expected?

“Do you have any friends at CM?” I asked.

“Yes, my work partners, and some of the teachers too.”

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Adolfo has five children, two boys and three girls.

He also has a wife. He spoke very calmly, it meant he loves his family. The names of Adolfo’s children are Alma, Jose, and Yolanda. He has two more children who are twins named Eva and Henry.

“Can you tell me about your family?” I asked wanting to know more.

“They are good sons and daughters; two of them are graduated. One of my daughters is married and is working at a clothes company,” Adolfo said to me.

“I have one more question for you: What do you do in your free time?”

“I work with wood and help to repair things,” he answered.

“Thank you for your time, Adolfo,” I said once all the questions were answered.

Now you know all about the school’s carpenter, Adolfo, and why he is so important. Did you know, if it weren’t for the workers here, Colegio Maya would be shut down? Well, that is something for you to think about.

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Self-Directed Learners in Fifth Grade In Fifth Grade, we're practicing the skills, habits and mindset of self-directed learners.

Our goal is for students to take charge of their learning, know where they're going and how to get there, what their personal goals are and why. To be self-directed learners, we need to put all of our elementary values into practice: Caring, Self-Management, Critical Thinking, Resilience, Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, Being Principled, and Reflection.

Making Self-Directed Decisions At the beginning of August, students were asking questions like, “What do I do when I've run out of room on this notebook page?’, “What materials do I need?”

“Where do I put this?” "Can I work with a partner?" and more. In a few short weeks, students are now turning these questions into opportunities! Opportunities to be self-directed and make decisions using critical-thinking and to self-manage. We use a simple protocol, if students have a question, they make a “Self-Directed Decision” through reflection and asking themselves the “3 questions” about their proposed decision: Is it safe and appropriate?

Is it good for learning?

What’s important right now? (Does this decision support that?)

Click here to see a video interview with AJ Link to all student videos!

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Tips for Self-Directed Learning Where is the teacher in all this? If a student asks me a question, I say, “What do you think?”

If their reasoning using the three questions is sound, I encourage students to try it out.

One student has said, “Making decisions is hard!” We’ve discussed that it is hard, even for adults! and that’s why we need to practice. However, in a few short weeks, I’m so proud of the growth the fifth graders have already shown.

For example, instead of asking, “Do I put this away now?” Students ask the 3 questions and make a decision. Students have also communicated, collaborated, and reflected to design creative solutions to class problems and make the classroom run more efficiently.

For example, they have requested that I write the list of materials for each class that is needed so they can get ready more quickly and independently. They have created and agreed upon the job description for each classroom job to help keep the classroom running smoothly. One new job is the ‘Timer”. This person’s responsibility is: Time our transitions Remind us of goals (how long it should take) Monitor the schedule Announce transitions and remind students what to do Monitor materials/set-up list and make adjustments as needed We will continue to work towards our goal of becoming self-directed learners all year long using strategies we collect along the way. We reflect at every step of the way and are beginning to tackle some of the bigger issues associated with being a self-directed learner like: How do I use my time efficiently? What's best for MY learning, working independently or with a partner? Does it depend? And other really important questions.

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! y r a d n o c e S s ' t IIt HS AASCA event in Costa Rica

Nine High School students under the guidance of Ms. Burr and Mr Maclure participated with 11 other schools at the Annual AASCA Leadership conference held this year in Roatan, Honduras.

Students participated in a range of teambuilding activities and design challenges to test their skills of collaboration and critical and creative thinking. They also participated in a beach clean-up. As a final challenge they were tasked with presenting a sustainable solution to a problem in their own school. Colegio Maya students proposed a Green Team with the following aims: to coordinate the various efforts of different service groups on campus, to advise on the sustainability of any new projects on campus;

Students present their project to the conference

and to work with administration, parents and the student body on creating environmentally sustainable solutions within and beyond school.

The Maya students were a credit to the school and learned a lot from the experience. Sunwoo Yoon summed up the feeling of the team commenting , “It pushed me out of my comfort zone … [and] taught me a lot about speaking up for my ideas but at the same time respecting and accepting those of others”. The team are now working on putting in place their Green Team and we look forward to hearing more about them and their work in the coming months.

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About About C-Days C-Days Perhaps you are wondering… What are students really doing on C-Days? What is all this hype about Service Learning and Portfolios…? Well let us tell you….

C-Days were intended to be a day in which students can take time to reflect on what they are already learning and doing in class, tie it to real world context and expand on and develop their learning. Using the Common Ground Collaborative framework, students will develop their conceptual understanding, competences, and aspects of character as outlined in the Colegio Maya Learner Profile.

Activities on these days are divided between service learning projects, time working with their mentors on academic reflections and portfolios, and also flex time, which might include assemblies; concerts; send-offs; guest speakers or time for students to work on an area they see as a priority for their learning. The portfolios are a tool through which students will share their learning journeys in academics and activities undertaken within and outside of school.

In Grade 6-7 the focus is on integrated learning through a framework which incorporates service learning, team-building and developing CREW competencies which include attributes of the Colegio Maya learner profile such as perseverance, responsibility, and respect as well as goalsetting, risk-taking, problemsolving and decision-making skills.

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In Grade 8 students are given time to work on their passion projects. These projects form the service learning component of grade 8 as students use their passions to impact their communities in a meaningful way. These communities may be personal, local or global, depending on student choice.

So what have students been doing on the three C days that have already taken place this year?

On August 23rd all Middle and High School students were introduced to the Service Learning cycle through a series of activities that included them completing a personal inventory of their talents, interests and skills, an introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the video ‘The Worlds largest Lesson’ and then research, using a mapping tool into the needs and assets of some local and international organisations working on these goals. Students then explored what current and recent initiatives the school and wider community has been involved in over recent months in order to practice using some key tools they will need for investigating, planning and preparing their service projects, and also to get them thinking about possible service projects they might be interested in working on.

The work continued on August

30th with the “Be the Change” day aimed at informing and inspiring students to think more about service projects they could become involved with.

The day kicked off with a series of “inspire talks” given by local grassroots organisations and Maya student groups, all working on projects ranging from sustainable housing, greenhouses, smokeless stoves, solar lamps, recycling campaigns to robotics and coding access for local students.

Students were able to meet and workshop with the leaders of these initiatives in order to find out more about the sorts of work they were involved in, hear about their journeys - both struggles, successes - and begin thinking about how they could use their own talents, interests and skills to support these or other projects, or initiate their own.

On September 20th we continued working on service learning, allowing students to explore in more depth their service learning projects. In addition students also began working on goal-setting, starting portfolios and hearing about the key aims with assessment, moving forward. All middle and high school students attended sessions on assessment with Mr. Maclure and Ms. Ellwood.

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questions, feedback and concerns they have via their STUCO representatives in order to continue the conversation. To end the day in high school, a guest speaker, Mr Stephan Tetreau come in to talk with high school students about the art of mastery.

Grades 6 and 7 students began a new pathway for demonstrating and sharing their personal learning with the initiation of their e-portfolio, Protean. Students created a personal profile and learned how to add their first learning experience, a personal biography. In the upcoming weeks, students will continue to build upon their personal learning profile with more identity pieces as well as those dedicated to personal growth.

Students will be sharing their eportfolios with peers, teachers and parents.

In 8th grade students began exploring ideas for their passion project with Ms. Ellwood.

Students also began sharing their learning journeys by starting to think about their portfolios, specifically their ‘About Me’ page. Building on their personal inventory of skills, interests and talents as it relates to what they want to do for their own learning through service or passion projects.

The high school students (Grades 9-12) selected a service learning project they were

interested in, from those they had been introduced to on August 30th and/or through school and local groups, and, led by student leaders who participated in a two day training with Mr. Johnston, began working through a compass analysis of their projects. They also used the 5 steps of Service Learning and Action Research to start investigating and researching their service learning project. In addition, students worked with their mentors to set personal and academic goals for the semester.

The three C days have been both engaging and inspiring, and as they move forward, students will begin developing their service learning both through their subjects and also through extra-curricular activities. As they become more familiar with the process of service learning and begin working on their projects through one or more of the key forms of service: direct action, indirect action, advocacy and service, the C -days will evolve into students actively working on projects and recording their learning experiences in their portfolios alongside other aspects of their learning. In addition, they will of course continue to work with their mentors on team-building and developing character attributes of the Colegio Maya Learner profile. Watch this space for further updates!

Ross Jennings - The visiting piper Last Tuesday September 26 Ross Jennings, a bagpiper from Scotland who is travelling around the world aiming to play in every country, visited Colegio Maya. He began the day piping students into school and attracted a lot of attention for the many students who had never seen or heard Scottish bagpipes before, and never seen a kilt!

A former international school student himself, Ross has played in over 65 countries so far and is visiting schools and sharing his experiences. He spent the day sharing his experiences with students talking about how he discovered his passion for piping, the history of the bagpipes and then about his journey. Ross shared with students both the enjoyable and serious moments of his trip as well as what he has learned about finding a hero, learning from mistakes, pursuing a goal and also how his view of his own journey has changed. Students asked him some insightful questions and also enjoyed finding out about his most embarrassing and frightening moments.

You can find out more about Ross Jennings and his journey at https://www.thefirstpiper.com/

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Come to the Elementary and Secondary Library and get your mugshot from your favorite BANNED BOOK! Or have a Blind Date with a Banned Book!

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Banned Book Week Did you know Harry Potter was banned from some libraries because it promotes witchcraft?

Or how about banning The Diary of Anne Frank, because it was “too depressing”.

Secondary Library News

Banned Books Week celebrates the FREEDOM TO READ!!

It is typically held the last week of September.

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September 7th, 12th and 14th was our first Tribes Parent Training of the year! It was a great opportunity for new parents to connect with other parents and learn about what is Tribes and how their students learn best here at Maya. It also gave them a chance to learn new strategies that they can use at home with their children and families. We had 10 participants this session and we look forward to another training in February of next year. Check out the photos of the dynamic learning that the parents experienced from this training! If you're interested in participating in the next training, signup information will be coming soon! Â Take a look: Further Reading: http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rul esforengagement/2017/09/scientist s_to_schools_social_emotional_deve lopment_crucial_for_learning.html? cmp=eml-ebpopweek+09222017&M=58204139 &U=2389732

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This year, Colegio Maya’s student have been using different types of technology and developing different skills, such as programming, building robots and graphic design, to use technology to create solutions. They are learning how technology can be used as a tool to solve issues and be innovative. They have also been working on collaborating with different age groups to expand their knowledge and create together.

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Grade 1 have been busily exploring the conceptual understanding that “although we are different individuals, we are united as a class”.

Parents have kindly volunteered their time to help the students understand more about the diversity of countries and cultures that influence our student population.

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Grade 3 have started a unit of inquiry which explores the idea that “special adaptations of living things (features or behaviours) give them an advantage when competing for resources with other organisms”. The first stage in the inquiry process saw students exploring the idea of “adaptation” by thinking about how objects can be adapted for different needs, identifying plant adaptations in our lovely gardens, and being book detectives - gathering and sorting information from nonfiction books.

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Grade 6 have continued to explore the concept of “evidence” in social studies and English classes. The students have peer-reviewed and made their final revisions and edits to their memoir stories and are looking forward to being published authors! The magazine is being pulled designed by students in Ms. Sandoval’s class and will also feature work from Ms. Kessel’s visual arts class.

Grade 7 students reinforced and demonstrated their conceptual understanding of “systems” by dissecting a frog.

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Grade 9 Math have been using visible learning techniques to help them make connections between various mathematical concepts and ideas.

Grade 10 World History has been exploring the concept of “conflict - causes and reconciliations”. After a week-long case study investigating the Rwandan genocide of 1994, students turned their attention to the Guatemalan Civil War (1960 - 1996).

They have examined the different perspectives of people involved in this emotive topic - women and children, army personnel, government and foreign influences. This work will culminate in a project in which students will research a modern day conflict and explore possible reconciliation solutions.

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NHS NHSand andNJHS NJHS Induction Inductionceremony ceremony P a g e b y K i r j a G o r d o n

On Tuesday, September 19th, Colegio Maya inducted its newest members into our Eagle Chapters of National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society. During the ceremony members were reminded of the Honor Societies' commitment to service, leadership, scholarship and character.

Current presidents, Daniel Lee and Stephany Lee highlighted the work that student members have carried out with providing clean burning stoves in partnership with Estufas Chapinas, bringing awareness about and funding for deaf education in Guatemala via their work with LAVOSI and helping to provide education and opportunities for members of Colegio Maya's maintenance staff.

Ms. Maria Ines Figueroa was invited to address the members and reminded them of their potential to make significant change by engaging in service.

The members of the National Honor and National Junior Honor Societies are excited to welcome our new members.

We invite them as well as our community to help us in our quest to serve others and to create positive change. If you are interested in finding out about the work of the organization or if you would like to collaborate in our activities, please contact Stephany Lee, NHS President at doeunlee@cm.edu.gt.

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