1. Sixth Grade Assembly Invocation CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE! First Semester Accomplishments CERTIFICATES OF HONOR Fr. Willie García-Tuñón, S.J. Faculty - Counselors Dismissal- Ms. Cartaya

2. IGNATIAN PARADIGM Experience – 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

3. 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.

4. 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 6 th graders to the CLC commitment Commended students: Andrés Arenas Daniel Garrástazu Andrés Piñate Ms. K. Mackle

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Ms. A. Fariñas Belen Modern Languages Fair – All 6 th 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

12. 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

13. El Cid

15. 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

16. Modern Languages Fair

19. ML Special Award Projects to Compete at County Fair 6 th grade Special Awards Matthew Bec Matthew Bravo Steven Calles Erick Labrador Frankie Menéndez Daniel Otero-Pfaeffle Joseph Parladé Alfonso Rodríguez

20. 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

21. 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

22. Invention Convention

23. Halloween Assembly

24. 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

25. Impressed with enthusiasm of 6 th grade! Learned how to use Microsoft WORD. Completed a final report on computer history. Mr. Mike Crudele

26. Art assignments downloaded in Artsonia. Created posters Self-portrait drawing collage Photo Club: participated in the Autism basketball clinic. Mr. I. Font

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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.

30. Learned how to stretch properly. Participated in Water Polo and Basketball Learned rules and history of sports. Held 6 th 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

31. New Student Orientation

32. Sixth Grade Lock In

33. Homeroom Dynamics

34. Skills Assembly

35. Mini Olympics

36. Mix It Up

37. Middle School Clubs ALPHA Clubs Picaresque 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.

38. 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 1 st 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.

39. Middle School Sports MS Football: two teams, 7 th and 8 th, future plans for 6 th 6 th Grade Soccer Team: completed season with record 7 wins, 1 tie, and 0 losses! 64 goals for the season. ACC champions. MS Cross Country: 2 nd Place in State Championships

40. 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.

41. 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.

44. Future Activities Tómbola Homeroom Dynamics Intramural Barq Ball

45. Honor Roll 6 th - 104 students 63% 7 th - 98 students 49% 8 th - 114 students 55% Principal’s Honor Roll % 6 th – 28 students 16.9% 7 th – 27 students 13.5% 8 th – 19 students 9% First Semester Honor Rolls

46. Honor Roll Certificates G.P.A. of 3.4 or higher Principal’s Honor Roll An A in all subjects Fr. García-Tuñon, S.J., Ed. D. Principal Faculty & Counselors

47. 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

48. CELEBRATION! FRI. JANUARY 28 TH- 2:55 PM – IGNATIAN CENTER PATIO PIZZA RAFFLE - ROCA THEATER Enter through your grade door - PUT YOUR NAME ON TICKET! DISMISSAL AT 3:45PM.

49. BELEN JESUIT - IGNATIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS PATIO OF THE POETS ROCA THEATRE STAGE 6 TH 8 TH 7 TH GRADE SECTION GRADE SECTION GRADE SECTION 6Th GRADE ENTRANCE LOBBY 8 TH GRADE ENTRANCE 7 TH GRADE ENTRANCE PATIO OF THE POETS

51. 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!

52. 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!