Invocation

CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE!

First Semester Accomplishments

CERTIFICATES

St. Ignatius’ PrayerToma Señor en tus manos toda mi libertad;mi memoria, mi entendimiento, mi voluntad.

Todo lo que yo poseo, Tú me lo has dado.Yo te lo devuelvo y te lo entrego, para que

disponga de ello conforme a tu santa voluntad.

Dame tu amor y gracia. Con ellos soy bastante rico y nada más deseo.

Our Lady of Belen: Pray for us!

IGNATIAN PARADIGMExperience – Reflection - Action

Experience! Look back at this first semester Celebrate accomplishments and excellence

Reflect! Think about what we have accomplished as a middle school. (What you have done ?)

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

Ms. S. Dávalos Discovered with St. Augustine that the human

heart is thirsty for God, our hearts rest with God.

Studied the Pentateuch, the core Holy Scripture of the Jewish Faith community.

Explored the emergence of the people “Israel” from a small family in the desert to the great kingdom of David and Solomon in the Promised Land.

Investigated continuity between the Jewish and the Christian faiths in the person of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

Ms. K. Mackle Covered first four chapters in our textbook

Blest Are We.

Read St. Ignatius and the Company of Jesus and completed a group project.

Learned about the Bible and the Rosary, we made our own rosaries.

Javier Guerrero – Leadership as HR President

Rodrigo Marín – Outstanding work in class

Ms. Patricia Bustamante Learned the role of the Holy Trinity

the importance of Faith in our lives the books of the Bible the Rosary and the importance of Mary about the changes made to the Roman Missal and numerous prayers

Read the life of St. Ignatius and did a poster for Ignatian week Student Nominations

Gerald Chang – Great Student David García – Great Conduct Daniel Giacosa – Excellent Behavior Andrés Krikorian – Excellent Student Harrison Stoker – Excellent Student Maximiliano Llorente – Excellent Student

Ms. Raquel García Christ established the church and how the

church continues the mission of Jesus Christ

The missionary journeys of St. Paul the Apostle

The 7 Sacraments

Reflected on the movie “The Five People We Meet in Heaven”

Ms. M. De Aguiar Vocabulary, spelling, genres, fiction, nonfiction and

poetry. Units 1-5, Freak the Mighty.

All the different genres in literature.

Elements, techniques & charac. of fiction & nonfiction.

Articles from Scholastic’s Scope Magazine.

Andrés Dones, Mark Garrigó, Matthew Gómez, Jonathan Manrique

Ms. M. Navarro Freak the MightyUnits 1-5 in VocabularyLiterary terms and genres in fiction and nonfictionStudy skills and reading comprehension strategies5 Scholastic Scope magazines.

Magazine Winners : Santiago Venegas, Javier Saumell, Jorge Vizcarrondo, Christian Tinoco, Michael Sexton, Roger Torres, Conner Yurkon, Eric Lastres, Kevin Galego, Javier Fraga, Robert Lacasa

Ms. A. Menocal Writing Process (all 5 Stages): Personal &

Descriptive

Utilized Criterion on-line Writing assessment

Newspaper feature articles, interviews, class magazines, Dade County Fair Poem

Magazine Winners- David Garcií, Sebastián Dueñas, Lucas Fernández, Nicholas Krikorian, Matthew Gómez, William San Pedro, Andrés Gutiérrez, Máximus García, Ricky Mayo, Brent Mullis, Alex Mejer, Allan Navarro, Javier Bustamante, Bernardo Poulat, Jorge García

Excellence in English – Andrew Hernández, Daniel Fager, Robert Castro, Daniel Sánchez

Mr. C. Curry Began working on ixl.com and did very well

mastering many skills

Completed a bar graph using Excel.

First six chapters of their mathematics text book.

Did very well on their midterm exams.

Effort & Accomplishment – Ricardo Mayo, Daniel Fager , Javier Guerrero Vicente,

Ms. D. Toledo Completed chapters 1 through 6

Students are working very hard

Middle School Math Club: Students took the AMC 8 exam in November and are beginning to prepare for the Mathcounts competition at the end of February.

Extraordinary effort: Sebastián Clark

Ms. A. Fariñas Primer Libro: Part I – Verbs, Part II – Grammar, Part IV –

Word Study, Part V – Hispanic Civilization

Basic spelling rules – Yo Pienso y aprendo

Syllables: diptongos ,hiatos, agudas, llanas, esdrújulas

El Zorro, El Cid – summer reading

All students participated in Belen Modern Languages Fair

All students wrote poems for the Dade County Creative Writing

Contest

El Cid

Ms. M. Sánchez Heard and practiced a lot of Spanish!

Participated in Modern Languages Fair.

Outstanding work/conduct – Deiter Prussing, Daniel Fager, Javier Saumell, Robert Castro, Gerald Chang, Mark Garrigó, Andrés Krikorian, Nicholas Krikorian, Javier Bustamante, Harrison Stoker

Modern Languages Fair

Mr. Sean Myer Earth and Space Science labs included Owl Pellets

and Mineral Identification as well as contour mapping.

Different layers of the Earth, it’s landforms and the types of rocks that make it up.

Invention Convention Winners – Timothy Mackle, Andrés Gómez, William San Pedro

Highest Averages – Daniel Fager, Iván Pachón, Ignacio Villasmil, Daniel Giacosa, Deiter Prussing, Andrew Hernández

Ms. L. Lascano Earth and space Science students conducted labs

that included Mineral Identification as well as contour mapping.

Different layers of the Earth, it’s landforms and the types of rocks that make it up.

Invention Convention Winners – Ignacio López Castro, Andrés Dones, Rodrigo Marín

Special Recognition – Sebastián Hernández

Science Evening

Halloween Assembly

Mr. Christopher Dreeson

Ways in which music enhances our lives

Interviewed family and friends in hopes of finding how music enriches our daily experience

Examined Bach, Marsalis and Musical categories such as popular, traditional, and classical

Ricky Mayo – Highest academic average

Mr. Ignacio Font

Drawings of cloth, still-life, watercolor drawings, and structural lines

3D projects for the Miami-Dade County Fair

Outstanding Students: Alberto Fraga, Gabriel Aparicio

Ms. M. Urbay Learned the importance of team work.

Learned how to work handle their instruments.

Played at Awards Ceremony & Pep Rally among others.

Performed excellent Christmas Show!

Mr. F. Padura Learned to think abstract, using their

imagination and thinking on their feet through improve exercises

Finished the semester with some great monologues performed by the students on stage with lights and sound

Mr. Iván Santa-Cruz Use word processors and spreadsheets.

History of computers and computing.

Used their new skills to make crossword puzzles for their reading classes.

Mr. Andrés Blanco Water polo and Basketball skills.

Trained for ING and Presidential Physical Fitness Test

Great Attitude/Hard Worker: Harrison Stoker, Joshua Collins

Service & Star StudentsMost reported community service hours this year.

Javier FragaRodrigo MarínJavier F. García Alec A. PalacioIgnacio J. Villasmil

ISSF Star Student

Javier Bustamante, Javier Fraga and Lucas Zumpano*

Sixth Grade Lock In

Mini-Olympics

6th Grade Assemblies

Everglades Trip

Mix It Up

Christmas Concert

Christmas Concert

Middle School Sports Middle school football 8th grade team : 5 – 3 Middle school football 7th grade team : 0 – 6

Middle school Basketball Gold team: 10 – 0 ACC Division Champions and ACC Tournament Champions!

Middle school Basketball Blue team: 8 – 4

Middle School Cross Country – ACC ,Tri-County, Catholic State and Dade County Champions!

Middle School Volleyball : 5 -4 ACC Tournament Champions

6th grade Cross Country : ACC and Tri-County Champions 6th grade Basketball : 6 – 2 ACC Champions 6th grade Soccer :10 – 0 ACC Champions

First Semester Honor Rolls

Honor Roll Principal’s HR6th 117 - 61% 41 - 21%7th 89 - 50% 22 – 12%8th 115 - 58% 29 – 15%

CELEBRATION!FRI. JAN 27TH- 3:00 PM – IGNATIAN

CENTER

Pizza in the PATIO

Raffle Prizes in the Roca TheaterPUT YOUR NAME ON TICKET!

DISMISSAL AT 4:00 PM.

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 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 this first semester!

Here is to an even better second semester!