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Doral Academy of Nevada Where Learning is an ART

Upcoming Events December 1 Unsatisfactory Notices distributed

December 3 Health Screening for grades K, 4,

and 7

December 4 Student Government Inaugural

Ceremony

December 4 Inaugural Ball for Student

Government

December 7 - 11 Santa Shop

December 8 Winter Program Performance for

Families - Elementary Music and

Choir (Creativity Center, 6:30 p.m.)

December 9 Winter Program Performance for

Families—Upper School Choirs and

Dance (Creativity Center, 6:30 p.m.)

December 9 NJHS Ornament Drive ends

December 10 Winter Program Performance for

Families—Upper School Band and

Guitar (Creativity Center 6:30 p.m.)

December 11 8th Grade field trip to Bodies Exhibit

December 14 - 16 Candy Cane Grams on Sale

December 14 - 18 Winter Wishes Week

December 17 Free Dress for those who have a

coupon from the Ornament Drive

December 18 Pajama Day

December 18 Winter Break begins end of day

Happy Holidays

January 4 Classes resume

January 5 School-Wide Accelerated Reader

Begins

January 6 PTSO Member Meeting

January 7 NJHS Meeting

January 18 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - no school

January 19 End of 2nd Quarter - 1st Semester

January 21 NJHS Meeting

January 22 Report Cards Distributed

January 22 Minimum Day

January 22 PTSO Family Event - Ice Skating

Principal’s Pen

Dear Doral Parents,

The month of December is a busy month for all of us as our

talented students demonstrate their many talents. December’s

highlights include fabulous holiday performances from both our

elementary and upper school students. We have scheduled three

winter performances with specific focuses at school and we have

been invited to perform at many community events. The detailed

schedule is included in this newsletter. We hope that you will be

able to join us. Our student leadership groups, National Junior

Honor Society (NJHS) and Student Government, have been

busy participating in community service projects including an

ornament drive for families with children who suffer from

cancer and the Fill the Stocking project for Street Teens which is

an organization that provides support to homeless and at-risk

youth as well as a toy drive for children living at St. Jude’s

Ranch. NJHS will also participate in the Fill a Fire Truck

campaign with the North Las Vegas Fire Department.

January will be filled with many opportunities for our students

to experience the arts including the Fellar’s Art Factory which

will return to our school during the week of January 25th. We

are excited to be included in their schedule again this year.

On behalf of the entire Doral Academy staff, I would like to

wish you a wonderful holiday season.

Thank you all for your support.

Debbie Tomasetti,

Principal

Inside this issue: Principal’s Pen

Get Connected

Upcoming Events

Respect Citizens for October

Cooperation Citizens for November

Classroom Connections

Straight “A” Honor Roll

Student of the Quarter

December - January 2016

Dragon News Get Connected!

Respect Citizens Cooperation for Citizens for October November

Luke Fannon Atalya Carroll

Mayson Murdaugh Kira Ratner

Jared Downey Tess Woodlard

Juliana Vuong Aubrey Lasha

Trey Bunker Sabrina Rosenbusch

James Tracy Alexandra Milano

Celona Ng William Haley

Nataly Miller-Hooks Sophie Miller

Addie Neuharth Avalon Triplett

Lia Carter Matthew Wanlass

Arieyani Fagaragan Parker LaFontaine

Eleanor Strope Yvanna Abarico

Dax Bennett Hailey Park

Mason Kim Elliana Ceballos

Chloe Bennett Katherine Chigas

Viktorija Martins Dallynn Manutai

Adrienne Pengson Eli Padilla

Jacob Ching Mia Holpuch

Reagan Foglia Anthony Cimini

Max Walden Benjamin Wilson

Sawyer Culley Preslee Smith

Alex St. Pierre Grey Wirth

Ava Gardner Rhodas Dawit

Landon Gonzales MaKena Morrow

Ryan Dibble Eddie Carson

Marley Timko Bailey Fernandez

Kalina Iazanov Nicole Morris

Angelie Buonto Sarah Pelinger

Alexandra Corcodel Jayci Frehner

Tyler Parker Shelby Nebeker

Landon Miyoshi Gabriela Nikolova

Isabella Sanchez

Rylee Cragun

Mia Edwards

Samuel Truman

Straight “A” Honor Roll

Sydney Alderman Elan Kidd

Maksim Baletic Ashlyn Klein

Tyler Brandes Jasmine Liu

Myla Brian Melody Luke

Ronald Brock Patrick Lydon

Lauren Campbell Angelo Jacob Mariveles

Brooke Cimini Madyson Rae Mayol

Alexandra Corcodel Hailey Mendez

Isabella Costa Lawrence Minister

Rylee Cragun Emi Nation

JayCee Crespi Shelby Nebeker

Rochelle Espino Erica O’Connor

Daisy Fimbres Pandora Ondo

Gennah Francis Alexandria Orr

Jayden-Alexander Galliguez Maggie Pan

Madison Gomez Tatum Rafalski

Kevin Graeser Kaelyn Ren

Rachel Grauberger Hudson Ryder

Noah Grunwald Wynn Tompkins

Kayla-James Harwell Michelle Trajtman

Daemon Hopkins Samuel Truman

Leah Hutchful Tiara Vina

Siman Ikariden Anna-Christina Visage

Yasser Kamrani Rachel Whelan

Halley White

Makaela Wilfong

Brooke Wingate

Congratulations to our Student of the Quarter

ELA Math Fine Arts 6th Grade Angelie Buonto Nina Mijan Maggie Pan

7th Grade Ruby Reynolds Kaelyn Ren Rosemary Cate-Caribari 8th Grade Tatum Rafalski Anuhea Faitau Rachel Whelan

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The Doral Academy Fine Arts De-

partment is in full swing during this

busy holiday season!

Our theater students performed a

fabulous rendition of Shakespeare’s

A Midsummer Night’s Dream in No-

vember, followed by an improv

night.

The Elementary Honor Choir

performed at the tree-lighting

ceremony at the Linq Hotel on

Saturday, November 21st! They are

also going to perform at the Smith

Center on Saturday, December 5 and

Sunday, December 6 prior to the

matinee performance of “The Snow-

man”.

Please mark your calendars for our

holiday programs:

Tuesday, December 8

Elementary Choir and Select

Elementary Classes

1:30 PM and 6:30 PM

Wednesday, December 9

Upper School Choirs and

Dance 1:30 PM and 6:30 PM

Thursday, December 10

Upper School Bands and

Guitar 1:30 PM and 6:30 PM

Also, several performing groups

from all three Doral Campuses will

be performing at the Third Thursday

Event at Village Square (9400 W.

Sahara Ave), on Thursday, Decem-

ber 17th from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Come enjoy a car show and a night

of entertainment!

In Mrs. Varricchio’s enrichment class, each student researched a

charity and then did chores around the house to earn money. The

students pooled their money so they could donate it to a

single charity. The charity they selected was the World Wildlife

Fund. The enrichment class is symbolically adopting a snow

leopard.