by Noelia | Jan 7, 2020
The new school year is fast approaching and at Futuro Verde, the preschool department is preparing to receive the students with our gentle start program, which is designed to provide a gradual and optimal transition to our youngest students. In order to ensure that the gentle start program is clear to all, you will find the details here below.
Gentle Start Schedule
February 10th, 12.30 pm – 3 pm: Open House
Open-door event for the entire school, including the preschool department, to learn about the school, teachers and staff who will work with and support your child all year.
February 11th and 12th: Preschool Department, Gentle Start: interviews with preschool students and families.
Futuro Verde office staff will arrange appointments for individual meetings with each family. During this appointment, families meet with the two preschool teachers to get to know each other, share important details about the students and reach an agreement regarding the goals for the year.
February 13th: first day of school for Prepa (no classes for Pre-K or Kinder).
Both teachers work together on this day to meet our preparatory students and ensure that students adapt to their new role as older students in our preschool department.
February 14th: First day of classes for Pre-K and Kindergarten (no classes for Prepa).
It’s our little ones’ turn to have the day just to themselves! The two preschool teachers work together on this day to meet our Kinder and Pre-K students and ensure that they feel comfortable starting the new school year.
February 17th: All students in the preschool department have their first day of school together, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm.
by Noelia | Dec 3, 2019
Fin de año es siempre una época muy ajetreada para todos y la vida escolar en Futuro Verde no es la excepción. El final del ciclo escolar 2019 llega cargado de muchas actividades divertidas e importantes eventos para disfrutar en familia por lo que pensamos que ¡es importante recordar las fechas para no perderse nada!
- 6 de diciembre, 8 am – 3 pm: Feria de Soluciones Sostenibles, los alumnos de preescolar a 10°grado comparten sus proyectos e ideas innovadoras para proteger mejor a nuestro medio ambiente y cómo vivir una vida saludable; haciendo que la sostenibilidad sea parte de nuestra vida cotidiana.
- 9 de diciembre 7 am – 3 pm: Desarrollo profesional – no hay clases.
- 11 de diciembre: RAP (horario a confirmar), el evento de fin de año que reúne a nuestra diversa población escolar con danzas, música, obras de teatro, poesía lírica y mucho, mucho más.
- 13 y 14 de diciembre: The Mousetrapp, una fabulosa obra de teatro adaptada y producida por los estudiantes.
- 13 de diciembre, 8 am – 1.30 pm: Futuro Verde Trail Fun Run – el último día de clases celebramos nuestra tradicional carrera Futuro Verde Trail Fun Run, un divertido evento para toda la familia. Inscripción aquí. El horario de salida de clases es a la 1.30 pm.
- 16 y 17 de diciembre, 8 am – 5 pm: Conferencias Padres y Maestros – no hay clases.
- 18 de diciembre, 4 – 6 pm: Ceremonia de graduación de 6to grado.
- 19 de diciembre, 4 – 6 pm: Ceremonia de graduación de 12mo grado – 1era generación IB de Futuro Verde.
2019 Holiday Giving Campaign
¡Fin de año es una época para reflexionar, compartir y dar! Nuestra campaña anual de donaciones, en beneficio de las familias necesitadas de nuestra comunidad, Holiday Giving Campaign, ¡está abierta! Del 28 de noviembre al 6 de diciembre, trae a Futuro Verde tu ropa usada en buen estado para todas las edades y juguetes nuevos o poco usados. ¡No envuelvas los artículos y déjalos según la categoría en las cajas correspondientes antes del viernes 6 de diciembre! ¡Contribuyamos con unas felices fiestas para todos!
¡Esperamos contar con tu presencia para celebrar juntos el final de un gran año!
by Noelia | Dec 3, 2019
The end of the year is always a busy time for everyone and school life at Futuro Verde is no exception. The end of the 2019 school year comes loaded with many fun activities and important family events, so we wanted to make sure you wouldn´t miss anything by sharing the dates with you today!
- December 6th, 8 am – 3 pm: Sustainable Solutions Fair, preschool to 10th grade students share their innovative projects and ideas on how to best protect our environment and how to live a healthy life making sustainability part of our daily lives.
- December 9th, 7 am – 3 pm: Professional development – no school.
- December 11th: RAP (schedule to be confirmed): the end of the year event that brings together our diverse school population with dance, music, theatre, lyrical poetry and much, much more.
- December 13th, and 14th: The Mousetrapp, a fabulous play adapted and produced by the students.
- December 13th, 8 am – 1.30 pm: Futuro Verde Trail Fun Run – on the last day of school we hold our traditional Futuro Verde Trail Fun Run race, a fun event for the whole family. Sign up here! School release time is at 1.30 pm.
- December 16th and 17th, 8 am – 5 pm: Parent-Teacher Conferences – no school.
- December 18th, 4 – 6 pm: 6th grade graduation ceremony.
- December 19th, 4 – 6 pm: 12th grade graduation ceremony – 1st FV IB generation.
2019 Holiday Giving Campaign
The holidays are a time to reflect, share and give! Our annual donation campaign, Holiday Giving Campaign, benefiting our community´s families in need has begun! From November 28th to December 6th, bring your used clothes for all ages that remain in good condition and new or barely used toys to Futuro Verde. Do not wrap the items and deposit them in the corresponding boxes before Friday, December 6th! Let’s contribute to a happy holiday season for everyone!
We look forward to your presence to celebrate the end of a great year together!
by Noelia | Dec 3, 2019
Middle School Dance
The middle school dance, Tropical Spring Fling, was a smashing success! We had 38 students from 6th, 7th, and 8th grades attend the first ever Futuro Verde middle school dance. A student-led committee organized the entire event: food, security, games, decorations, music playlist, dress code and space layout. The “lounge” area with couches and beanbags next to the stage was the perfect place to chill and visit with friends. Excellent music provided by our own Futuro Verde student, Axel, had everyone dancing. There was lots of pizza provided by Chelo’s restaurant and delicious desserts provided by the students. This amazing event will now become part of Futuro Verde’s middle school experience.
PROM
Our high school dance, PROM, with the theme “An Arabian Night”, was a great success. The students and their friends enjoyed and danced all night.
The PROM committee was very happy with the results, decorations and the food that parents helped organize, all very popular among the guests. It was a magical night that everyone could enjoy. We would like to thank all the students and parents who supported this student event during the month of November.
We encourage students to apply to be members of the PROM 2020 committee!
by Noelia | Aug 6, 2019
In the past newsletter, Katie Chiaverini highlighted the benefits of summer camps in a detailed article. If you haven ́t read it yet, you can still see it here – it is also worth reading again. This month, several of our students share their personal experiences with summer camps in the past vacation period.
Fiona Jimenez
I went to Oxford Royale Academy for two weeks this year. It took place in Oxford, England. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I took two morning courses on medical biology and genetics and an afternoon course on acting and performance skills. It was very well balanced. We had a lot of freedom, so we could really explore Oxford and have a better understanding of what university life is. I made friends from all over the world. In a group of just 8 of us, we represented 13 countries. It was extremely diverse. I met people from countries I didn’t even know existed. I learned so much about biology and about different people’s cultures. It was truly incredible.
Abayneh Millar
The gist of my summer camp was a bunch of kids doing crazy tricks on skateboards, scooters, roller blades, skis, roller skis, snowboard, and roller board, and having fun while doing them. The biggest take-away from the experience was learning how to do a 180 off a jump on skis. I would definitely recommend this camp to somebody who would like to learn tricks on skateboards, scooters, roller blades, snowboards, or skis. I would recommend it because WoodWard is a positive and supportive environment that doesn’t push you unless you want it to. If you go to WoodWard wanting to learn something they will try their hardest to teach you how. Everyone that I met there where nice people.
Santiago Ramírez
I went to a camp called IDTech and it was AWESOME! The camp happened at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon in the US. In the camp we made and coded our own computers. The name of the computer is Pi-top. On the computer we got to code games on Python. Some of the games were Hangman, Black Jack, the creation of spiral drawings and games on Scratch. My instructor’s code name was Kiwi and she was the coolest! I made good friends, including one from Hawaii. I own the computer now that I put together and coded and I learned how to continue to add more code by myself. It is so much fun! Learning how to code was really, really cool! A lot of people think coding is hacking, but it isn’t. Coding is creating and designing your own programs within a computer. My camp also taught me about hardware of a computer (and now I own that computer!) and that was really special as well! I would recommend this camp because you don’t only code but there is also free time during breaks and during that free time you get to have fun with the coding you are learning. It means you get to socialize, code and have fun- which was the best part of it all!
Wilson Millar
My camp is called Westwind, there’s a lot of fun things you can do like: gu gu ball, elimination (it’s kinda like volleyball) and we go to the beach. The water at Westwind is really cold. I do really recommend this camp to other people because you get to learn new stuff and socialize with other kids. I love this camp. We also sing songs and I go to this camp with my cousins and brother. Love this camp so much.
Joaquín Ramirez
I went for a week to a basketball camp called Cascade Sports Camp in the state of Oregon in the United States. It is a great camp if you love basketball because you play for five days straight. I got four blisters and I twisted my ankle, but it was all worth it. Also the counselors are really good there and the coaches are well qualified for the sport. What I most enjoyed about the camp was the opportunity to learn more about basketball and to practice my skills. We did drills for shooting, dribbling and defense. I would say that my skills in shooting, dribbling and defense all got better throughout the week. I really recommend this camp but you have to be in good shape before you go. The food is great there and you get to go to a really cold river daily.
Dilana Campos
Traveling has always been one of my favorite things and music is one of my passions, so mixing both experiences was incredible. I have always been interested in getting to know new cultures and countries. My twelve days in the United States helped me to see that we are not limited to anything, you just have to work hard for what you want to achieve. I hope that was the first of many experiences to come during which I will have the opportunity to combine music and travels, two activities that provide great pleasure and a touch of adventure. Each piece, each concert, the new people and the many hours of travel made all the effort of going worthwhile.
