Seventh Grade Assembly

Invocation

CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE!

First Semester Accomplishments

CERTIFICATES OF HONORFr. Willie García-Tuñón, S.J.

Dismissal

Lord Jesus,Teach me to be generous.

Teach me to serve you as you deserve:To give and not to count the cost,

To fight and not to heed the wounds,To toil and not to seek for rest,

To labor and not to seek reward,Except that of knowing that I do your will.

Nuestra Señora de Belén:¡REZA POR NOSOTROS!

IGNATIAN PARADIGMExperience – Reflection - Action

• Experience! Look back at this first semester. Celebrate accomplishments and

excellence

• Reflect! Think about we have accomplished as a middle school.

(What you have done this first semester?)

• Action! How can we continue to improve our school and ourselves to serve one another for A.M.D.G

Deacon R. O’Malley• Studied basic dogmas of faith.

• Saw videos reinforcing the themes in class and inspiring us to be “Men for Others”.

• Learned important prayers of our Catholic faith.

• Altar Servers:– Continue to serve the Belen community– Served in Masses, Grandparents’ Day and other liturgies

Mr. J. Castillo• Students gained greater understanding

and appreciation for the Catholic Faith.

• Studied the Apostles Creed.

• Learned about the different heresies that threatened early Christianity.

Ms. M. Morera• Covered nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives,

adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections.

• Completed 30 journal entries.

• Read books: Tunes for Bears to Dance To, That Was Then This Is Now, Maus and The Hobbit.

• Students with A+ and excellent behavior & attitude: Andrés Concepción, David Fager, Joseph Fuentes, Nicholas García, Daniel Romeu.

• Students with A, excellent behavior, attitude and role models: Juan Carabeo-Nivea, Alexander Fernández, Andrés Márquez, Luis Mejer, Christopher Menéndez

Mr. C. Reyes

• Read The Hobbit .

• Covered more material than ever before.

• Came together as a class to discuss pros and cons to improve upon the course for second semester.

Ms. J. Iglesias• Read 2 novels: Maus: A Survivor's Tale and The

Hobbit

• Covered variety of short stories.• Dramatic readings in class, including The

Christmas Carol.• Covered introductory, concluding and body

paragraphs.• Commended Students: Rodrigo Bustamante Kevin

Ramos

Ms. M. Sánchez• Covered units 4 and 5.

• Participated in Modern Languages Fair.

• Wrote poems for Grandparent’s Day.

• Outstanding Work: Romare González, John Powell, Michael Gonçalves, Lucas Pola

Ms. D. Haibi• Covered targeted 3 units of Tu mundo.

• Participated in Belen Modern Languages Fair.

• Contributed poems for Grandparents’ Day.

• Participated in Red Ribbon Week.

Ms. M. Vidal

• Students studied about main Hispanic groups in USA.

• Illustrated posters in the Modern

Languages Fair.

• Three units of Tu mundo.

Modern Languages FairPoster Winners

7th grade Special Awards

Rodrigo Bustamante

Marcelo Mión

Andrés Márquez

Mr. R. Fernández• Covered 16 chapters in total, which included:

– Life Science foundation– Animals– Diversity of life– Bacteria– Proptosis and Fungi

• Will be preparing for Fairchild Challenge

Ms. S. Lara

• Covered chapters 1-4 and 12-15.

• Learned about the Animal Kingdom.

• Participated in the Fairchild Challenge.

• Performed a lab for each chapter.

Mr. F. Elorza

• Completed Chapters 1-6

• Robotics– Held first competition hosted by Belen– Was a huge success– Teams from central and south Florida

participated.

Mr. J. Forte• Covered chapters 1-6.• Extra credit assignments on Jesuit

mathematicians and core values.• Participated in successful after school

tutoring program.• Commended students:

– Daniel Dager, David Fager, Andrés Márquez, Daniel Portuondo, Manuel Rojas-Romero, David Salazar

Ms. D. Toledo

• Completed chapters 1-5.

• Solved equations and inequalities.

• Worked with exponents, decimals, fractions, integers.

Mr. E. Delgado

• Covered North, South and Central America and the Caribbean Islands.

• Studied states and capitals of the United States.

• Also identified countries of Latin America.

Mr. D. Fry

• Learned to analyze human and physical characteristics by using five themes of geography.

• Students studied how maps can be used to describe many aspects of human society in a particular area.

• Applied five themes of geography to North America.• Commended students:

– Connor Meagher for an outstanding attitude– Rodrigo Bustamante for superior academics

Physical Education

• Introduced to Field Hockey and Ultimate Frisbee.

• Learned rules and importance of group unity.

• Fitness and hand/eye coordination was evaluated.

• Trained for Presidential Fitness Test.

Mr. F. Padura

• Incredible job on ensemble acting scenes!

• Students performed with them in Roca.

• Theater with lights, sound and props!

Mr. I. Font• Art assignments downloaded in

Artsonia.

• Created posters

• Self-portrait drawing collage

• Photo Club: participated in the Autism basketball clinic.

• Learned how to stretch properly.• Participated in Water Polo and Basketball• Learned rules and history of sports.• Held grade tryouts• Participated in Thanksgiving weekend tournament.• Tested for skills in Water Polo and Basketball.

– Held tournaments for each– Winning team received extra credit

• Weight Training Program– Trained and assisted football, baseball and basketball

teams.

• Commended Students: Mario Robaina

Physical Education

• Learned the importance of team work.

• Learned how to work handle their instruments.

• Performed at the Belen Gala.

Ms. M. Urbay

Middle School Clubs

ALPHA• Students attended Oliver, A Few Good Men,

Fuenteovejuna and the Picaresque Novel.• Also went to Edin Gutiérrez Art Exhibit and did

workshop on Origami.

Math• Middle School Math Club: Preparing for County

competition in February.

• Belen Junior Thespians once again qualified for the State Festival of Feb 11-12. Top in District, Critic’s Choice: Jaime López (7) and José Pelegrí (8), Anthony Padura (8), Rafael Cariello (8), Pablo Arévalo (7), Ignacio Pérez (8) and Ghulian Ramos (7) received Superiors in their respective categories.

• Future Doctor’s of America:– visited Miami Children’s Hospital– participated in UM Health Clinics– volunteered in the Autism Basketball Clinic

• Green Club:– starting a recycling program– working on a garden with Mrs. Fenton

Middle School Sports

Grandparents’ Day

Mix It Up

Middle School Sports• The JH Swimming team

– Most successful squad…went undefeated!– First place at Westminster Christian,

Gulliver, Belen Jesuit, MS Private Championships & Dade County Youth Fair.

– Outstanding swimmers: Ryan Guso, Santiago Núñez

• The JH Football team– Finished with a record of 5-2.

Middle School Sports• The Junior High Cross Country team

– First place at Flrunners.com Invitational, Tri-County Championships and Arch. Carroll.  

– Finished in 2nd place at ACC, Catholic State, Ransom and St. Theresa.  

– Top Runners: Matthew Mullin-García, Antonio Montadas, Lorenzo Laurita and Bruno Zayas.

• MS Cross Country: 2nd Place in State Championships

• MS Football: two teams, 7th and 8th

Future Activities

• Tómbola

• Ambassador Program

• Intramural Barq Ball

• Honor Roll6th - 104 students 63% 7th - 98 students 49% 8th - 115 students 55%

• Principal’s Honor Roll 6th – 28 students 16.9%7th – 27 students 13.5%8th – 19 students 9%

First Semester Honor Rolls

Honor Roll Certificates

G.P.A. of 3.4 or higher

Principal’s Honor RollAn A in all subjects

Fr. García-Tuñon, S.J., Ed. D.Principal

Faculty & Counselors

Top Five Averages First Semester

Invited to special Field Trip & extra raffle ticket!

Rodrigo A. BustamanteAnthony M. Castro

Daniel A. DagerDavid I. Fager

Nicolas J. GarcíaDaniel A. Portuondo

Daniel A. Romeu

CONGRATULATIONS!

CELEBRATION!

• FRI. JANUARY 28TH- 3:00PM – IGNATIAN CENTER

• PATIO PIZZA – Use ticket that says ”Keep this coupon”

• RAFFLE - ROCA THEATER – Write your name clearly in the lined ticket. Keep it safe!

Enter through your grade door

• DISMISSAL AT 3:45PM.

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6Th GRADE ENTRANCE

LOBBY

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PATIO OF THE POETS

Citizenship & School Spirit

• Care about each other

• Care for your family and neighbor

• Care for our school

• Do what is best and right for all!

DO YOUR BEST… GOD WILL DO THE REST!

Congratulations to all

who did their best the first semester &

here is to a great second semester!