Sixth Grade Assembly
Invocation
CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE!
First Semester Accomplishments
CERTIFICATES OF HONOR
Fr. Willie García-Tuñón, S.J.
Faculty - Counselors
Dismissal- Ms. Cartaya
IGNATIAN PARADIGM
Experience – Reflection - Action
• Experience!
• Reflect!
• Action!
Look back at this first semester.
Celebrate accomplishments and excellence
Think about we have accomplished as a middle school.
(What you have done this first semester?)
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.
Ms. K. Mackle
• 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. 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.
Ms. M. Navarro
• 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
• 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.
Ms. A. Menocal
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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
Mr. C. Curry
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Number Sense & Algebraic Thinking
Decimal Operations
Data and Statistics
Number patterns and Fractions
Fraction Operations
Excellent Mathematicians!
Michael Borell
Daniel Otero-Pfaeffle
Jovier Jiménez
Ms. D. Toledo
• 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. 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
Erick Labrador
Matthew Bravo Steven Calles
Frankie Menéndez
Joseph Parladé
Daniel Otero-Pfaeffle
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
Ms. L. Lascano
• 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
Invention Convention
Halloween Assembly
Mr. I. Santa-Cruz
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. Mike Crudele
• Impressed with enthusiasm of 6th grade!
• Learned how to use Microsoft WORD.
• Completed a final report on computer
history.
Mr. I. Font
• Art assignments downloaded in Artsonia.
• Created posters
• Self-portrait drawing collage
• Photo Club: participated in the Autism
basketball clinic.
Mr. C. Dreeson
• 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
Ms. M. Urbay
• 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
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.
Physical Education
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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.
New Student Orientation
Sixth Grade Lock In
Homeroom Dynamics
Skills Assembly
Mini Olympics
Mix It Up
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.
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
First Semester Honor Rolls
• Honor Roll
6th - 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%
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
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 ARTS
PATIO OF THE POETS
ROCA THEATRE
STAGE
6TH
GRADE SECTION
8TH
7TH
GRADE SECTION
GRADE SECTION
PATIO OF THE POETS
6Th GRADE ENTRANCE
LOBBY
8TH GRADE ENTRANCE
7TH GRADE ENTRANCE
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!