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Sixth Grade Assembly
Invocation
CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE!
First Semester Accomplishments
CERTIFICATES OF HONORFr. Willie García-Tuñón, S.J.
Faculty - Counselors
Dismissal- Ms. Cartaya
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
Ms. S. Dávalos• Read “St. Ignatius and the Company of
Jesus” and completed a project on his life.
• Also learned about Abraham and his descendants and their covenant with God.
• Students attended the Respect Life Chain on US1. watched a documentary about abortion, adoption and parenting.
• Learned about the Bible, the Rosary (students made their own), and the objects used at Mass.
• Read biography about St. Ignatius and completed a group project.
• CLC: welcomed new 6th graders to the CLC commitment
• Commended students: Andrés Arenas Daniel Garrástazu Andrés
Piñate
Ms. K. Mackle
Ms. M. De Aguiar
• Completed five units in the Sadlier-Oxford vocabulary workshop.
• Read and completed one novel, Freak the Mighty.
• Taught many different genres of literature.
• Covered units 1-13 in spelling book.Personal writing, the writing process, nouns, sentences, verbs, subject-verb agreements, subject/predicates.
• Students used Criterion-writing evaluation software and Turnitin.com.
• Projects: peer biographies and magazines
• Magazine Contest winners: Alejandro Smith, Mikel Acha, Daniel Coulombé, Romare González, Francisco Melo, Gabriel Seda, Alex Pusch, Jorge Miró-Quesada, Michael Cabeza, Peter Martin
Ms. M. Navarro
Ms. M. Navarro
• Read and saw the movie, Freak the Mighty and found similarities/differences.
• Covered vocabulary workshops units 1-6.
• Covered literary genres such as poetry, fiction, nonfiction.
• Newspaper interviews and feature articles• Class magazines• Creative writing-free verse poetry• Grammar: subject-verb agreement, nouns,
verbs, usage• Spelling, composition• Websites: criterion online writing
evaluation, Turnitin.com• First place English Magazine Writing
Contest: Raphael Pérez-Blanco, Roberto Pupo, Michael Sueiro, Gabriel Trastoy
Ms. A. Menocal
Mr. C. Curry• Ch 1 Number Sense & Algebraic
Thinking• Ch 2 Decimal Operations• Ch 3 Data and Statistics• Ch 4 Number patterns and Fractions• Ch 5 Fraction Operations
Excellent Mathematicians! Michael Borell Daniel Otero-Pfaeffle Jovier Jiménez
• Completed chapters 1-6, which covered decimal, fraction operations, and integers.
• Middle School Math Club: Preparing for County competition in February.
• Commended Students: Lucas Pola and Michael Moreno
Ms. D. Toledo
Ms. A. Fariñas• Belen Modern Languages Fair – All 6th grade
students made a three dimensional model depicting a subject from Spain.
• Participated in creative writing contest for Dade County Youth Fair.
• Class Competition: Conquest & exploration of Latin America.
• Honors class wrote and acted out scenes of El Cid.
• Fieldtrip to Everglades National Park.• Commended students: Mateus Tordín, Daniel Otero-
Pfaeffle, Luis Gómez
Dr. M.C .Reyes• Covered verbs, grammar, word study, basic
spelling rules, syllables.• Studied Hispanic Civilization• Participated in Belen Modern Languages
fair• Class competitions: Conquest and
Exploration of Latin America• Wrote poems for Dade County Creative
Writing contest• Field trip to the Everglades National Park• Commended student: Carlos Arazoza
El Cid
El Cid
Ms. M. Sánchez• Heard and practiced much Spanish!
• Completed units 1 and 2.
• Participated in Modern Languages Fair.
• Commended Students: Michael Borell, Nicolás Senior, Daniel Garrástazu
Modern Languages Fair
ML Special Award Projects to Compete at County Fair
6th grade Special Awards
Matthew Bec Matthew Bravo Steven Calles
Erick Labrador Frankie Menéndez Daniel Otero-Pfaeffle
Joseph Parladé Alfonso Rodríguez
Ms. S. Lara• Students completed the first seven
chapters
• Participated in the Invention Convention.– Finalist: Lucas Pola
• 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
• Participated in several labs: how to calculate speed, how to make chemical reactions, how to find the density of an object.
• Invention Convention: – Winners: Lucas Pola, Carlos Marin, Michael Gonçalvez
– Overall Winner: Maurice Milton
• Fr. Willie’s Macaw Contest winner: Oscar Berlanga
Ms. L. Lascano
Invention Convention
Halloween Assembly
In the Intro to Computers class, we covered the basics of word processing, including appropriate layout and emphasis options for different situations. We also covered the insertion and formatting of pictures into documents. When not working on the computers, we covered the history of computers from human “computers” and early mechanical computers through to modern times. We reached the 1984 introduction of the Apple Macintosh computer and associated GUI-based OS.
Mr. I. Santa-Cruz
• Impressed with enthusiasm of 6th grade!
• Learned how to use Microsoft WORD.
• Completed a final report on computer history.
Mr. Mike Crudele
• Art assignments downloaded in Artsonia.
• Created posters
• Self-portrait drawing collage
• Photo Club: participated in the Autism basketball clinic.
Mr. I. Font
• Students complete video interviews on how music enriches our daily experience.
• Brief overview of music history –from Motown Records to American popular music.
• Practiced music for Mass.• Clubs:
– MS Praise & Worship: 32 members praising and worship our Lord through song.
• Commended Students: Esteban Guío, Andrés Concepción
Mr. C. Dreeson
• Learned the importance of team work.
• Learned how to work handle their instruments.
• Performed at the Belen Gala.
• Commended Students: Julián Arabitg and Ernest Barral
Ms. M. Urbay
Mr. F. Padura
• The students did an outstanding job on their monologues. They worked very hard and proved that they are up to the challenge.
• Belen Junior Thespians once again qualified for the State Festival of Feb 11-12. Top in District, Critic’s Choice: Jaime López and José Pelegrí. Anthony Padura, Rafael Cariello, Pablo Arévalo, Ignacio Pérez and Ghulian Ramos received Superiors in their respective categories.
• Learned how to stretch properly.• Participated in Water Polo and Basketball• Learned rules and history of sports.• Held 6th 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.
Physical Education
New Student Orientation
Sixth Grade Lock In
Homeroom Dynamics
Skills Assembly
Mini Olympics
Mix It Up
Middle School Clubs
• ALPHA ClubsPicaresque assembly and 108 went to see musical Oliver among many other activities.
• Belen R-C Club: created and organized by Jossan Elias. Meet weekly and hold car-rallies in central patio after school.
Robotics Club• The Middle School Robotics team participated in
three World Championship Qualifier events. They did well at all three events, improving their robot between competitions. At the Disney All-Stars Competition in November, the Middle School team finished the first day of qualification matches in 1st place! They came very close at all three events to qualifying for the World Championship, a feat they finally accomplished at the Ransom Everglades Qualifier in January.
Middle School Sports
• MS Football: two teams, 7th and 8th, future plans for 6th
• 6th Grade Soccer Team: completed season with record 7 wins, 1 tie, and 0 losses! 64 goals for the season. ACC champions.
• MS Cross Country: 2nd Place in State Championships
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 Nunez
• The JH Football team– Finished with a record of 5-2.
• The 6th Grade Cross Country Team– Finished in 5th place at ACC. – Top runners was Mickey Moreno.
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-Garcia, Antonio Montadas, Lorenzo Laurita and Bruno Zayas.
• The 6th Grade Soccer team– Had a record of 7-0-1– Won the ACC Championship.
Future Activities
• Tómbola
• Homeroom Dynamics
• Intramural Barq Ball
• Honor Roll6th - 104 students 63% 7th - 98 students 49% 8th - 114 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!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Daniel José Otero-Pfaeffle Esteban Guío Alejandro José Smith Carlos Alfredo Moreno Miguel Angel Hernández Carlos Eduardo Marín
CELEBRATION!
• FRI. JANUARY 28TH- 2:55 PM – IGNATIAN CENTER
• PATIO PIZZA
• RAFFLE - ROCA THEATER
Enter through your grade door - PUT YOUR NAME ON TICKET!
• DISMISSAL AT 3:45PM.
BELEN JESUIT - IGNATIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTSPATIO OF THE POETS ROCA THEATRE
STAGE
6TH 8TH 7TH
GRADE SECTION GRADE SECTION GRADE SECTION
6Th GRADE ENTRANCE
LOBBY
8TH GRADE ENTRANCE 7TH GRADE ENTRANCE
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!