Invocation
CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE!
First Semester Accomplishments
CERTIFICATES
St. Ignatius’ Prayer
Toma 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 PARADIGM
Experience – 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 Mighty
 Units 1-5 in Vocabulary
 Literary terms and genres in fiction and nonfiction
 Study skills and reading comprehension strategies
 5 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 Students
 Most reported community service hours this year.
Javier Fraga
Rodrigo Marín
Javier F. García
Alec A. Palacio
Ignacio J. Villasmil
 ISSF Star Student
Javier Bustamante, Javier Fraga and Lucas Zumpano*
Sixth Grade Lock In
Mini-Olympics
th
6
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
6th
7th
8th
117 - 61%
89 - 50%
115 - 58%
Principal’s HR
41 - 21%
22 – 12%
29 – 15%
Honor Roll Certificates
G.P.A. of 3.4 or higher
Principal Honor Roll
An A in all Subjects
TOP 5 THIS FIRST SEMESTER
Javier Guerrero Vicente
Andrew Hernández
Rodrigo Marín
Lucas Rodríguez
Juan-Pablo Arenas
CELEBRATION!
 FRI. JAN 27TH- 3:00 PM – IGNATIAN CENTER
 Pizza in the PATIO
 Raffle Prizes in the Roca Theater
PUT YOUR NAME ON TICKET!
 DISMISSAL AT 4:00 PM.
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 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!