Editorial Board:

Lic. Marta Zamora

Lic. Ma. Esperanza Zelaya

Lic. Evelyn Torres

Lic. Isaac Ponimansky

Lic. Francisco Hodgson

Lic. Cecilia Herrera

Lic. Ligia Ampie

Important:

August 29 : First Parents Con-

ference High School.

September:

6: First progress Report

7: Color Day

13: Cultural Morning

Prek-2,Prek3Prek4,Kinder.

Elementary I,II,III,IV,V

Middle School VI, VII, VIII

High School IX,X,XI,XII

Agosto 16 2012

Editorial Opening of Academic Year

2012/2013!!!

To start a new Academic Year is an outstanding event. We are

so happy to welcome our Curie Family back to school

2012/2013. We welcome the families that have joined us who

will strengthen our community, sharing with Curie School the

education of their children. This August 16th, we have welco-

med PreSchool, Elementary, Midldle and High School Stu-

dents. So many loved faces, so many smiles, so many emotions, great expectations…

One hundred and eighty eight days are ahead of us, waiting to be lived with the joy of

learning and the happiness of growing in Science Art and Humanism.

Teachers and Staff for this 2012/2013 are eager to start their learning/teaching journey

with state- of-the-art technology within the classrooms, that will enhance the tools and

resources to stimulate and lead to successs the learning of our Curie Students. We are

happy to invite each one of you to embrace this technological revolution we are under-

going.

As you know we are coming to the end of the accreditation process. We are continuing

to gather data, getting your feedback as well as that of your children, teachers and staff.

Shortly you will be contacted by Bernie Hagan, our English Adviser, to ask you to com-

plete an opinion survey. In this survey you will have an opportunity to express your

opinion about our Curie learning processes.

Our infrastructure is in expansion. Construction sites will give birth In the coming

months to many of the dreams we had had since the beginning of our Curie School.

The first site will become our Chemistry and Physics Lab as well as our Astronomy

Observatorium. The second, will become the Middle School and the Arts Building. On

the coming days we will be starting the construction of the Semi-Olimpic Pool. We plan

to have all the construction finished by the end of this year.

Putting into practice our Paradigm to learn from all opportunities and environments we

will be inviting our students to learn from this construction lab that we happen to have

within our campus.

On behalf of our Teachers and Administrative Staff we start the unfolding of this great

Academic year, with the certainty that we are a team working together hand in hand,

teachers and families on behalf of the learning of your children and youngsters. If last

year we discovered an asteroid, who knows what we will discover this year?

It is awesome to give life to daily learning, this is what we love to do. This morning we

felt the young ones positive energy and enthusiasm for learning. Let´s make this Aca-

demic 2012/2013 Year an unforgettable year both for your children and the rest of the

Curie Community.

Marta Zamora

Principal

CURIE EXPRESS

Lic. Marta Zamora Llanes–

Principal Dra. Azucena Loáisiga Flores

Academic Principal

Lic. María Esperanza Zelaya O.

Administration Principal Msc. Bernadette Hagan

English Coordinator

Yolanda González—General Inspector Lic. Daniela Bernhein

Pasos—Counselor

Anita De Anda—Wellbeing Advisor

Evelyn del Carmen Torres

Academic Support Council

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Ligia Ampié. Sub director of Pre-School and also Prek-4

garden Homerrom Teacher. I hold a degree in Pre-School

Educational Sciences in the Universidad Latina of San

José, Costa Rica. It is a privilege to belong to the staff of

Pierre and Marie Curie School, where I participate in your

children's education since four years ago. I have 12 years

of working experience within Nicaragua, Costa Rica and

Italy. I've also performed private tutorship to first graders.

These opportunities gave me the great satisfaction of sup-

porting parents in their children's first educational phase.

I'm thrilled to put that experience at your service.

Fabiola Sanchez R. Prek-2

Homeroom Teacher Ana Lorena Saborio PreK-2

Teacher Assistant

Fatima Morales. Prek-3 Homeroom

Teacher

María Concepción Castro. Prek-4

Assistant Teacher

Scarleth Verónica Gutiérrez

Alegría. Kínder Homeroom

Teacher

Nazareth Garay, Pre K

4 Assistant Teacher

María .Esther Bra-

camonte, Ceramic

(From Preschool to 3rd

grade) Teacher

Je suis Emma Zamor. Prek-

3 Assistant Teacher

Luis Manuel Ocampo

Alvarez. .Music Teacher,

Fabiola Selva Prek-4 Assistant

Teacher

My name is María Cecilia Herrera and I am the Elementary Director.

It´s a pleasure for me to welcome you to the School year 2012-2013.

I have a Bacherlor´s degree in teaching English as a foreign langua-

ge. Also I have completed ESL/EFL courses and a Postgraduate

course on Attention Deficit Disorder. I’m currently coursing my

second postgraduate on Higher Education Methodoly.

My teaching experience at Curie School has been extensive, I have

worked at Curie School for 11 years and a half. Throughout all these

years, I have taught second, fourth, fifth and sixth grade. Additiona-

lly, I have worked as a foreing language instructor in ESL Communi-

cative programs in all different levels.

I am very happy to greet new and returning students and look for-

ward to a wonderful and successful year learning together. There are

new faculty and support staff members who are very excited to

begin the school year and share new ideas with you.

Martha Centeno Pérez—

First Grade ―A‖ Teacher

Assistant Zayda Margarita Urbi-

na—First Grade ―B‖

Teacher Assistant

Dolly Pereira Alemán.

—First Grade A Home-

room Teacher

Mabel Azucena Urbina -

Homeroom Teacher First

Grade B

Jenny Harding

Tefel— Homeroom

Teacher Second

Grade A Abigail Mercado

Mercado— Home-

room Teacher Se-

cond Grade B

Gabriela Sotelo Cerrato—

Homeroom Teacher Third

Grade B

Yariela Cantarero .

—Homerrom

Teacher Fourth

Grade A

Teacher Lourdes Reyes–

Homeroom Teacher

Fourth Grade B Wendy Brooks— Home-

room Teacher Fifth Grade A Roberto Carlos

Flores Cerón—

Homeroom Teacher

Fifth Grade B

Giancarlos Antonio

Pérez– Homeroom

Teacher Third

Grade A

Mr. Francisco Hodgson Hodgson - Director Middle School and Eight Grade A Homeroom Teacher.

It is with great pleasure that I welcome all of you to our 2012– 2013 School year. My name is Mr. Francisco Hodgson Hodgson and I will function as the Director of Middle School. I have been an educator for over 20

years. I have a B.A in Education with concentration on English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) (Universidad

Autónoma de Nicaragua) . B.A in Educacional Psychology UNICA) Universidad Católica Redemptoris

Mater. Post Graduate Certificate in TEFL UNAN (Universidad Autónoma de Nicaragua). International Certificate in English Language Teaching .

Hunter College, City University of New YorkPost Graduate Certificate in English Language Teaching Ave

Maria University Latin American Campus

San Marcos, Carazo. Post Graduate in Mental Health Universidad Adventista de Nicaragua y Centro Internacional de Educación y Adiestramiento Social Post

Graduate in Criminal Psychology

Servicio Internacional de Educación, Hogar y Salud, Proyecto de Calidad Humana Total y Universidad Ad-

ventista de Nicaragua. Member of TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) and ANPI (Asociación Nicaragüense de Profesores de Inglés).

I now that our Curie teachers and with your support we will make this School year a memorable one for our

students.

Manuel Funes—Sixth Grade

A Homeroom Teacher

José Luis García– Sixth

Grade B Homeroom Teacher

Carmen Medina—Seventh

Grade A Homeroom Teacher

Tania Rodríguez—

Seventh Grade B Homeroom

Teacher

Jonathan Martínez A—

Eight Grade B Homeroom

Teacher

Dear Curie Families:

Welcome to our school year 2012-2013 with constant celebrations due to our XV School Anniversary. I am

your child’s high school principal, and I am more than pleased to have your son/daughter in our school.

I have been at Curie School for eleven years beginning teaching Chemistry Class to our First Graduating

Class, later I became to be the mathematic teacher for High School and now I have the honor to accept and

to be the principal for the High School in Curie.

I have always believed that education is the most valuable thing we inherit to our child, and that the respon-

sibility of having a great success depends on parents, teachers and students. As you know parental involve-

ment in child’s education is one of the strongest indicator of student achievement. Therefore, your help and

support will not only make your son/daughter more successful in school this year but will instill good habits

that will last a lifetime.

I am looking forward to a very productive and successful academic school year 2012-2013.

Regards

Mr. Isaac Ponimansky

High School Principal— Teacher IX and XII Grade

Vilma Paola Larrabure— Homeroom

Teacher Tenth Grade A. Eunice López — Homeroom

Teacher Tenth Grade B

Anita De Anda— Homeroom

Teacher Eleventh Grade .

Dolores Randriamalandy, Diana Zepeda and María José Méndez Montiel—

French Teacher

Ricardo López—

Science Teacher

Byron Gutiérrez—English

Advancement Teacher Mark Torres—

Computer Lab 1 Wilmer Mesta-

yer—Physics

Teacher

José Manuel Zolo-

toff—Science Teacher

Cecilia Levallois—

Social Studies

Teacher

Luis Medal— Histo-

ry /Economy Bus-

siness Teacher Ligia Bojorge, Verónica Delgado, Yamilett Martínez and Claudia Rosa Castillo—Spanish Team

Mark Pedersen—

English Literature

Teacher

Lester Silva and Marlon Martínez—

Sports Team

Victor Centeno– Mu-

sic Teacher

Luisa Barahona– Dance

Teacher

Marcos Moreno—

Computer Science

Jamie Robert

McBryde . Math

Teacher