On Saturday may 17, I had the opportunity to attend an integration and leadership development workshop at UNIBE. The formality of the invitation hoodwinked me into dressing up for what happened to be a laid back activity (nothing to do with a conference room or the outfit I was wearing). I stepped into UNIBE and [...]
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June 7, 2010
Integration and Leadership Development Workshop at Unibe / Taller De integración y Desarrollo de Liderazgo en UNIBE
May 27, 2010
Dominican Republic Fashion Week
This past month the Dominican Republic Fashion Week took place at Puerto Sans Souci, Santo Domingo, and it featured a number of renowned international and native designers. The event began Wednesday, April 27th, 2010 and concluded Sunday, May 2nd. Sharon Gallardo, an elementary teacher at The Community for Learning, had the opportunity to participate by [...]
May 24, 2010
Thank You for Attending/ Gracias por Asistir
On behalf of the school, we would like to thank everyone who attended this year’s Family Fun Day. Your attendance showed the support you have for TCFL. Family Fun Day was a day full of excitement and surprises and everyone enjoyed the activities: the dunk tank, slides, the mechanical bull, the batting cage, food and [...]
May 10, 2010
Meet Your Carbs/Conoce tus carbohidratos
Carbohydrates make up from 45% to 60% of a healthy diet. We consume carbohydrates when we eat cakes, cereals, eggs, cheese, fats, fruits, meat, nuts, vegetables, etc. But what happens when the “wrong type of carbs” makes up the biggest part of our diet? To know how to fix this mistake in our diets, first [...]
May 6, 2010
Media Center’s First Year/Primer año del Media Center
This is the first year that the Media Center is being run under the supervision of Ana Meyreles. In previous years the computers were located in the classrooms and students who wanted to research needed to interrupt the class. The media center was created to allow students to research with no such disturbance. According to [...]
May 3, 2010
Green Love/ Amor por lo Verde
In July of 2009 a Dominican company committed to protecting the environment emerged. This company, known as Green Love, collects scrap paper and cardboard and transforms them into egg cartons and other usable containers. This way these used materials don’t go to waste. This company began working because of a group of conscientious people who [...]
April 22, 2010
Remembering a Freedom Fighter/Recordando Un Luchador por La Libertad
The 12th grade Language Arts class had an essay unit in which we were required to analyze a sonnet. The unit was based on picking a sonnet and discussing its content. My paper was based on an in depth analysis of the poem Frederick Douglass by Robert Hayden. I focused on decoding those aspects of his [...]
April 19, 2010
Family Fun Day/Dia de diversion familiar
On April 24th from 10am through 3pm the Family Fun Day will take place in school in the soccer field and basketball court. The admission ticket will be sold at the gate for $100 pesos. The Parents Association has organized a series of activities for this Family Fun Day such as: mechanic bull, inflatable (slides, [...]
April 19, 2010
The Psychology Elective Course/La Electiva de Psicología.
One of the elective courses the TCFL is offering this year is Introduction to Psychology. Psychology is the study of the human mind. It focuses on human emotion and behavior as it studies how humans react to various conditions. Eight students from 11th and 12th grade make up the first group to take this elective [...]
March 22, 2010
Spring Social: Helping Camila Otero Salazar/Spring Social: Ayuda para Camila Otero Salazar
Spring Social: Helping Camila Otero Salazar The Spirit Club is organizing the Spring Social which will take place at school on May 7th from 8-11pm. Students from 7th through 12th grade are invited; the price of admission will be 500 pesos. TCFL Students are welcome to invite their friends who do not attend TCFL; their [...]
