Being a Senior is totally different compared to being a Freshmore or a Junior. It’s a different feeling, you have different goals, different attitude and way of thinking, and you turn out to be more mature than years before. One thing that makes the Senior year more interesting is the Senior Privileges that the authorities of the school allow us to have. Among those privileges, Senior Lunch is one of them.
It’s about being together with all the Seniors and sharing nice moments. My lunch took place at E.I.S. in December. Every single one of us was wearing decent and very appealing attires. Girls were using long and short dresses, using a lot of makeup and nice hair. Boys were using expensive clothing, dazzling shoes and pleasant cologne. The food was organized by staff members of the caseta. It cost L. 150 per student in order to make this possible.
Weeks before this event, we were planning a gift exchange. It was well organized and everyone participated, even teachers. The minimum limit to spend was L. 500. These gifts were scheduled to be delivered minutes before we started eating. Each of us had to stand up in front of everyone and say something about their secrete friend and the others had to guess who was it. Although people were embarrassed because of public speaking, it was very funny. We had such a great time.
After waiting to be told to approach the food tables and serve ourselves, we finally were told to do so. We were starving; the food looked appetizing, making the L.150 worth something. We then took a seat and enjoy the moment.
After this superb lunch, we had professional photographers take pictures of the whole group together. After we graduate this photos will be some of the things we will always remember. In my opinion this type of events are important because it makes us learn and be grateful for this type of moments. In the future, each of us will remember that day, they will remember this Senior Lunch and every other special events we have together.
-Faris Simon
Some E.I.S. students enjoying lunchtime in the caseta
Monday, January 12, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
MUN at E.I.S.
MUN society is an organization of a small group of students who once or twice a week creates meetings to discuss the current issues around the world. Each student represents a different country and is in charge of searching the things that are taking place in their nations. During the meetings they debate among them solutions they believe could bring peace or positive things to the country. The other nations have the right to have an opinion and try to get involved in the arguments. Sometimes the discussions can get really spicy and the nations create big arguments about the resolutions. Schools all over the world include this type of club. A few months ago, the school’s team left to San Francisco, where they participated in a small friendly competition that took place. This year’s couches were Mr. Willet and Ms. Thur. Some of the team members added the name of EIS in the winner’s list. It was an honor for most of them to return home as winners of many other worldwide schools. Another Latin American country participating was Argentina. One of the team members who agreed for an interview stated that is had been an awesome experience for all of the team. They were able to compete, but also got the chance to travel around the city and meet somewhere new. I would highly encourage student to enter into the MUN organization not only because it’s fun, but because it will open some doors towards Universities. High prestige universities love their applicants to have some extracurricular activities in their record. It’s not something necessary, but it will give you a major plus when you’re trying to apply for college.
-Alexandra Kattan
-Alexandra Kattan
Social Work at E.I.S.
September 15, the eleventh grade had a beautiful experience in the Froylan Turcios public school. That day the eleventh graders brightened the faces of the kids and it made them feel good. When they got there, the kids ran at them and hugged them; they were so happy that someone was going to celebrate with them a very special day. The kids were really nice with them , they treated them well and involved them in their daily activities. Those kids needed for someone to care about them, to show them they had someone to care about them and that’s what the eleventh graders did. The eleventh grade had lots of activities to entertain the kids, they played “Mar y Tierra”, “Salta la Cuerda” and other games. Before the kids got tired of playing, the eleventh graders had a surprise for them; they had brought piñatas! The piñatas made the kids very happy; they looked like the happiest children ever! They were even more happy when they found out that there was another piñata waiting for them. Everyone had a turn to hit the piñata and had fun doing it. Once they were all inside the classroom the eleventh graders gave the kids paper, colors and paint; for them to draw what they most liked about their day with them. The pictures were sincere and adorable; every single picture was unique and different, many of the kids wanted that the eleventh graders took them home to remember that day with them. The fun didn’t stop there, the eleventh graders then tooked out their special color pencil paint to paint the children’s faces and the kids felt loved. The children were tired around 12 30 pm, so the eleventh graders brought them some lunch; they brought sandwhich for every single one of them a big delicous cake. They all were very excited that the kids tooked food for their families! It was a very special day for them and for the eleventh graders; they felt good for the change of a face of someone who needed to.
-Claudeth Pena
-Claudeth Pena
E.I.S. Caseta Food
The Escuela Internacional Sampedrana's caseta has a lot of varieties of food to offer to their students and teachers. Te food is moderated especially for it to be healthy and not harmful to the students health. It changes the menu every single day of the week for the students not the get bored of the same food all the days on school. The prices of the food are comfortable for the students to pay it. But this year the food has been a little more expensive than others. The pizza that is only one piece, in 07-08 it was a 15 lempiras the piece. Now in 08-09 the price went up to 20 lemps.. a difference of 5 lemps in just one year.
This year also, the school decided to put a policy of just selling healthy food. Things like gaseous drinks, junk food, sugar food, fat food were banned from the school casetas. Things that were taken off were things like Donas, pastelitos, pepsi, miranda, chips, fats, sugars, etc. Basically what was taken off were things that were not healthy to students and also a good way to not put hyper the people.
-Christopher Ortega
This year also, the school decided to put a policy of just selling healthy food. Things like gaseous drinks, junk food, sugar food, fat food were banned from the school casetas. Things that were taken off were things like Donas, pastelitos, pepsi, miranda, chips, fats, sugars, etc. Basically what was taken off were things that were not healthy to students and also a good way to not put hyper the people.
-Christopher Ortega
ABSH Basketball Tournament 2008
This year EIS hosted yet another basketball ABSH on this November. Many great teams participated and even our greatest rival the Americana of Tegucigalpa came. Hopes were high for this year’s team to win and be champions. Juvenil boys had been preparing since July and had a new coach training them. The coach’s name is Cesar. He brought to the team a great amount of tactics and new training regime. The whole team looked fit and confident, you could see their level was higher then last years. The juvenile team had an amazing performance on the first games, they amazed everyone but were stopped by the Americana on their first game. After a couple of more games they reached the finals and had to face the Americana again. EIS was superior on the first quarter but after a couple of wrong decisions by the head coach “The Cuban” the Americana took advantage of that and at the defeated EIS by eight points. EIS again lost and history repeated itself.
-Alejandro Zapata
-Alejandro Zapata
Seniors: 1st Semester
Hey seniors! The first semester of our last year together is coming to an end, but we still have half way to go before we graduate. With this part of our school year almost over, we still need to do some work before we celebrate; exams are coming up. Remember to prepare and study for at least that week because flunking senior year would truly suck. College deadlines are also coming up so finish up those apps to the best of your ability and send them to your dream school or, in other cases, to whoever will take you. There are no short cuts to any place worth going
With Christmas Break just over we had plenty of time to rest, eat, and party before coming back to school for our last semester together, and with so many things to do in the weeks to come, it seems like we have nothing but work ahead of us, but you now that is not true. Our classmates are already getting eager to leave for Spring Break! The plans for the biggest and most awaited week of the year are taking shape and the last hotel rooms on the island are being hunted so make your reservations quickly.
The Senior barbeques have been good, but we can do better. Our class president is doing a great job trying to organize fun events that will bring us even closer before our time together runs out. A person alone will not make this a fun year, but one hundred heads definitely have the capability to do great things. As a class we need to cooperate and make an effort to be the best senior class the E.I.S. has ever seen. “We are like stars; we shall shine even after we are gone.”
It has been a great ride, but I assure you that the best is yet to come. Lets finish up with finals and applications, and make the best out of every moment together.
Our lives are before us...
Our pasts are behind us...
But our memories are forever with us.
Seniors E.I.S. 2009
-Fernando Ramos
With Christmas Break just over we had plenty of time to rest, eat, and party before coming back to school for our last semester together, and with so many things to do in the weeks to come, it seems like we have nothing but work ahead of us, but you now that is not true. Our classmates are already getting eager to leave for Spring Break! The plans for the biggest and most awaited week of the year are taking shape and the last hotel rooms on the island are being hunted so make your reservations quickly.
The Senior barbeques have been good, but we can do better. Our class president is doing a great job trying to organize fun events that will bring us even closer before our time together runs out. A person alone will not make this a fun year, but one hundred heads definitely have the capability to do great things. As a class we need to cooperate and make an effort to be the best senior class the E.I.S. has ever seen. “We are like stars; we shall shine even after we are gone.”
It has been a great ride, but I assure you that the best is yet to come. Lets finish up with finals and applications, and make the best out of every moment together.
Our lives are before us...
Our pasts are behind us...
But our memories are forever with us.
Seniors E.I.S. 2009
-Fernando Ramos
Charity Club at E.I.S.
E.I.S Charity club give a lot to the people in Honduras. We show and give to people who needs help or some happiness in their life. Charity club is a group of students working together to give and raise money to give to people.
At school they make many activities to raise money. They have make bake sales to have money for their charity. In the bake sale they sell food and deserts. Such as cookies, brownies, cupcakes, sandwiches, dedito de queso. They sell the food to students of E.I.S at lunch and recess. Another way they raise money for charity is by selling Twlight t-shirts for 150 lmp. For students that are fans of twilight.
Charity club with the money they raise from their activities. They gave some public schools supplies that they needed for kids to learn. Such has bags, colors or notebooks. Also they went to old peoples home to give some food and even gave them a hair cut! This made them happy to see the E.I.S Students helping out and spending time with them and seeing new faces.
-Monica Handal
At school they make many activities to raise money. They have make bake sales to have money for their charity. In the bake sale they sell food and deserts. Such as cookies, brownies, cupcakes, sandwiches, dedito de queso. They sell the food to students of E.I.S at lunch and recess. Another way they raise money for charity is by selling Twlight t-shirts for 150 lmp. For students that are fans of twilight.
Charity club with the money they raise from their activities. They gave some public schools supplies that they needed for kids to learn. Such has bags, colors or notebooks. Also they went to old peoples home to give some food and even gave them a hair cut! This made them happy to see the E.I.S Students helping out and spending time with them and seeing new faces.
-Monica Handal
10th and 11th Graders Banned from Library
Since the beginning of this school year, a bunch of high school students have been hanging out in the library. It seems to be a cool place to spend recess and lunch since its quiet and it’s only a small group of people who hang out because of the high temperatures. But after a while, trouble seemed to be around the corner for a particular group of students who decided to make a play ground out of the library. This continued through for weeks and weeks, until the librarians, who are the responsible to maintain order and quiet inside of the library, got tired of having to deal with this disorder twice a day, and reported the misbehavior of these individuals to the high school office.
After a few days that the bad conduct was reported, the principals decided to take action to punish the students who have caused a huge commotion in the library. I believe these students were suspended for several days, but the part of the punishment that affected at least one-hundred and eighty high school students was the decision to ban all eleventh an tenth grader from the school library during breaks. At the beginning, no one bothered about the decision even though they didn’t find it fair that two entire grades had to pay for five unconscious students. But as the heat increased through the past of the days, everybody was searching for a place in which they could chill and cool off, and the library was the only place available and at the same time unreachable for half high school students.
This started to have a negative effect on the students affected by the ban. The trouble makers who made the office take this crucial decision were threatened to be beaten up for this childish act of them. Behavior during class time was also affected, since students who didn’t find it fair at all started to revolt and misbehave in act of protest.
Some retentions have been given to banned students since few smart 10th graders have tried to enter to the restricted area trying to fool the librarians telling them they are in inferior grades, which librarians and principals haven’t tolerated at all.
As November came by and the temperature slightly dropped, students have seemed to forget about the whole ban, and spend their lunches at the caseta or at C wing as they’d normally do in past years. Everybody seems to be happy, except students who were irresponsible enough and decided to do their homework at school, and as they are unable to enter to the library, they might not enjoy to do their homework in quiet environment, or are unable to print their research or essays.
The ban shouldn’t have been made first of all; the high school authorities should have deal with the trouble makers and should have left the entire grades out of these embarrassing episode.
-Bruno Tome
After a few days that the bad conduct was reported, the principals decided to take action to punish the students who have caused a huge commotion in the library. I believe these students were suspended for several days, but the part of the punishment that affected at least one-hundred and eighty high school students was the decision to ban all eleventh an tenth grader from the school library during breaks. At the beginning, no one bothered about the decision even though they didn’t find it fair that two entire grades had to pay for five unconscious students. But as the heat increased through the past of the days, everybody was searching for a place in which they could chill and cool off, and the library was the only place available and at the same time unreachable for half high school students.
This started to have a negative effect on the students affected by the ban. The trouble makers who made the office take this crucial decision were threatened to be beaten up for this childish act of them. Behavior during class time was also affected, since students who didn’t find it fair at all started to revolt and misbehave in act of protest.
Some retentions have been given to banned students since few smart 10th graders have tried to enter to the restricted area trying to fool the librarians telling them they are in inferior grades, which librarians and principals haven’t tolerated at all.
As November came by and the temperature slightly dropped, students have seemed to forget about the whole ban, and spend their lunches at the caseta or at C wing as they’d normally do in past years. Everybody seems to be happy, except students who were irresponsible enough and decided to do their homework at school, and as they are unable to enter to the library, they might not enjoy to do their homework in quiet environment, or are unable to print their research or essays.
The ban shouldn’t have been made first of all; the high school authorities should have deal with the trouble makers and should have left the entire grades out of these embarrassing episode.
-Bruno Tome
The World Wide Soccer Spirit at EIS
Some people may not know it, but in Honduras, people, see, smell, hear, and live soccer, especially at E.I.S.. It is like a religion. We support all soccer; form Honduran, to European soccer. One of the topics of the dialogues that students at E.I.S. have is about soccer. Some students root for teams such as Milan, Inter, Barcelona or Real Madrid. The UEFA Champions League is very controversial at school. It is a very exiting tournament in which only the elite of Europe participate. This tournament is so loved by students that some of them tend to skip classes in order to have the opportunity to watch at least some minutes of the match. They also tend to bring their favorite teach jerseys to school, and don’t care if they receive a retention for wearing them; this really shows their commitment to their teams and their love. The games don’t necessarily have to be the team that the students root for in order for them to watch the game, because all of them are enjoyable, and are very good matches.
European soccer is not the only thrill of the students, Honduran soccer itself is much appreciated. Colors such as blue, yellow, white, and green are seen at school to represent the four most popular soccer teams in Honduras, Motagua, Espana, Olimpia, and Marathon. You could probably say that we have hooligans at school, but not the violent ones. In one ocation, the league champion up was brought to the E.I.S. library, which was won by Marathon, and students were allowed to go and visit it, and take pictures of it. The love for Honduran soccer has grown so much at school that teachers and American staff members that began to love it, and got to the stadium and watch the games. Most of them root for Marathon, because it is the San Pedro team.
The love for soccer is at its peaking point when we refer to Honduran National games. In these sorts of days, the whole school is allowed to wear the beautiful colors of Honduras, white and blue. The spirit is felt through the whole school. Many are exited and anxious. As we said before that many students skip classes to watch games, the students in this case skip classes to leave to the STADIUM!!!!!!! If there was no victory, the next day, the students have absolutely no desire to talk about the soccer game. However, if there is victory, the whole day, the talk will be about the teams performance on the game.
Soccer will always be in the E.I.S. students heart, there is no way it will leave this place. If you ever desire to start a conversation with a student of this school, I strongly recommend it to be about soccer. We hope that we van share, the happy and sad moments between students for years to come. Soccer is all the EIS students unofficial class topic.
-Lee Rivera
European soccer is not the only thrill of the students, Honduran soccer itself is much appreciated. Colors such as blue, yellow, white, and green are seen at school to represent the four most popular soccer teams in Honduras, Motagua, Espana, Olimpia, and Marathon. You could probably say that we have hooligans at school, but not the violent ones. In one ocation, the league champion up was brought to the E.I.S. library, which was won by Marathon, and students were allowed to go and visit it, and take pictures of it. The love for Honduran soccer has grown so much at school that teachers and American staff members that began to love it, and got to the stadium and watch the games. Most of them root for Marathon, because it is the San Pedro team.
The love for soccer is at its peaking point when we refer to Honduran National games. In these sorts of days, the whole school is allowed to wear the beautiful colors of Honduras, white and blue. The spirit is felt through the whole school. Many are exited and anxious. As we said before that many students skip classes to watch games, the students in this case skip classes to leave to the STADIUM!!!!!!! If there was no victory, the next day, the students have absolutely no desire to talk about the soccer game. However, if there is victory, the whole day, the talk will be about the teams performance on the game.
Soccer will always be in the E.I.S. students heart, there is no way it will leave this place. If you ever desire to start a conversation with a student of this school, I strongly recommend it to be about soccer. We hope that we van share, the happy and sad moments between students for years to come. Soccer is all the EIS students unofficial class topic.
-Lee Rivera
E.I.S. School Uniform
E.I.S is said to have one of the best looking uniforms in all bilingual schools of Honduras, but as students we would like it to be changed. The Administration has been saying for 6 years now that they are going to change the school uniform. A couple of years ago students and parents were asked to answer a survey with new uniform options for next year; we were all very excited after the survey because finally we were going to change uniforms. The majority of the students and parents voted for a polo shirt and black pants. A couple of weeks later the school sent a letter saying that there was going to be no change in the uniform because there was no budget, it really sucked.
-Luis Zuniga
-Luis Zuniga
Men's Varsity Football Team
The men’s football team almost made history this year. Now that I come to think of it, they did. Gatorade inaugurated their Gatorade Cup consisting of thirty-two schools but only two were bilingual, Freedom and EIS. The winner of this tournament would go to Costa Rica and play against the winners of the other Central American countries. The winner would also receive an one hundred fifty thousand Lempira reward and the runner-up would receive a fifty thousand reward. The tournament consisted of one sudden death match, the winner advancing to the next round while the loser was eliminated. Freedom lost their first match with a whooping 8-0 against Franklin Roosevelt school of Puerto Cortes. EIS drew up against Perla de Ulua from El Progreso, one of the best teams of the country. Surprisingly EIS beat the Perla 2-1. No one could believe it, not even the newspaper, they wrote on their article, “One of the surprise of the matchday was the elimination of Instituto Pela de Ulua in the hands of the boys of Escuela Internacional Sampedarana,” goal scorer, Diego Rodriguez, commented “We already overcame one of the favorites, what’s next is defeat everyone who crosses our way to the top.” Next match EIS won 2-0 against the Instituto Arriaga. “EIS showed they are battle-hardened and is a serious candidate of the tournament” said the local newspaper the next day of the match. They reached quarterfinals against Pagan Lozano from Choloma. Pagan started winning 3-1 but EIS scored and the score went to 3-2. The Pagan supporters got rowdy and started insulting EIS players and their crowd. Afterwards EIS received one final goal leaving them out of the semifinals and breaking their dreams of becoming the first champions of the Gatorade Cup. After losing the match the newspaper said, “This duel was one of the most battled. In the first half the one from San Pedro dominated the game but the ones from Choloma showed once again they are one of the best teams in the tournament.” If EIS would have won the cup, the school would have been used to restore the soccer field.
-Agustin Arguello
-Agustin Arguello
Students and Facebook
In 2005 a website called Facebook is a social networking that everyone uses at the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana. Students usually, right after school, comes home to check if they have gotten any picture comments, friend requests, or any other notifications. It’s a great way to keep in contact with old and new friends and even family.
Student post up pictures of their friends and family and show what they have done. Unlimited photos and albums can be uploaded. This is a way for everyone to see what the new style is, and hang out places, and keep up to date with their friends. Status also states what your friend is doing or feeling. Poke is also a way to interact with your friends, doesn’t really do much it’s just like a little game to annoy you. The Wall on Facebook is another way to interact with your friends. You are able to comment on their wall and be able to write to each other back and forth, but everyone is able to read what you write. This has caused drama to many students. There is an inbox located on the top of the page where you are able to send messages and write to your friends in private. Another way to talk with your friends is the “chat” box located at the bottom, which was recently released. This is a private way to talk also. It’s simple; it seems like if it was MSN Messenger. Another great feature of Facebook is that it shows when peoples birthday comes up for a little reminder. Everyone forgets at least one of their close friends’ birthday.
There has always been a problem about gossiping on this website, talking about people, things that are not even true. This really upsets people and no one can really stop this. There are these groups where you can enter in to be a part of. Well there was a case at E.I.S this year that some students have posted up some fake information of other students that really upset them. It’s really immature to even post up things that you know that someone would not like. I am pretty sure that there have been several other cases in different countries or states that has been into gossip and drama over facebook.
-Milade Handal
Student post up pictures of their friends and family and show what they have done. Unlimited photos and albums can be uploaded. This is a way for everyone to see what the new style is, and hang out places, and keep up to date with their friends. Status also states what your friend is doing or feeling. Poke is also a way to interact with your friends, doesn’t really do much it’s just like a little game to annoy you. The Wall on Facebook is another way to interact with your friends. You are able to comment on their wall and be able to write to each other back and forth, but everyone is able to read what you write. This has caused drama to many students. There is an inbox located on the top of the page where you are able to send messages and write to your friends in private. Another way to talk with your friends is the “chat” box located at the bottom, which was recently released. This is a private way to talk also. It’s simple; it seems like if it was MSN Messenger. Another great feature of Facebook is that it shows when peoples birthday comes up for a little reminder. Everyone forgets at least one of their close friends’ birthday.
There has always been a problem about gossiping on this website, talking about people, things that are not even true. This really upsets people and no one can really stop this. There are these groups where you can enter in to be a part of. Well there was a case at E.I.S this year that some students have posted up some fake information of other students that really upset them. It’s really immature to even post up things that you know that someone would not like. I am pretty sure that there have been several other cases in different countries or states that has been into gossip and drama over facebook.
-Milade Handal
Volleyball trip to El Salvador
The school’s volleyball team, both girls and boys, went to El Salvador on November of 2008 to compete against 2 schools. The schools were The Ricaldone School and the Liceo del Salvador. This was not an official tournament however the players were hardly preparing since the beginning of the school year. They had been practicing for 2 hours, 3 days a week and were also having games to prepare for the tournament. It began from a Friday to Saturday. On Friday they had 2 games and on Saturday 4 games. The teams competing against the EIS team were very competitive. The boys’ team was the national team of El Salvador and it had won 2nd place in Central America.
About 13 girls and 13 boys went to this trip and teams, both boys and girls, played 6 games in total of 3 sets each. On the first they, the EIS school teams had 2 games and both in an outside courtyard, which the teams were not used to because in their school they only play in the Cafetorium which is an inside playing field. Because the players had had a long trip from Honduras to El Salvador they were very tired and sleepy so both games they both lost both games they had on Friday. They had what they called the “Dramamine” effect, which made them very sleepy and not conscious of what was happening. The first girls’ game was lost 2 sets to 1 and the other 2 sets to 0. The first set of the first game was lost 25 to 19, the second set the EIS won 25 to 22, and the final decisive set was lost 15 to 11. The second game started very quickly and the EIS lost both sets 25 to 17. Girls were very tired and sleepy because of the Dramamine pill so the coach did not grounded them for losing 2 games.
Boys both two games on Friday were lost. Boys did a very bad job playing against the El Salvador National team. The EIS boys’ team made about 10 points each set in both 2 games. They were also very tired and had the famous “Dramamine” effect.
On Saturday the players had to wake up at 6 in the morning because they had 2 games one at 8 and the other at 11 o’clock. Saturday was a very heavy day for the players, however they survived it. The girls had 4 games in which they lost 1 and won 3, 2 sets to 0. The boys also had 4 games in which they lost 3 and won 1. The boys were very sad, but at least they won experience and learned to work together as a team.
Hopefully in other tournaments this year the school will do better. Good luck for the EIS volleyball team.
-Gaby Jimenez
About 13 girls and 13 boys went to this trip and teams, both boys and girls, played 6 games in total of 3 sets each. On the first they, the EIS school teams had 2 games and both in an outside courtyard, which the teams were not used to because in their school they only play in the Cafetorium which is an inside playing field. Because the players had had a long trip from Honduras to El Salvador they were very tired and sleepy so both games they both lost both games they had on Friday. They had what they called the “Dramamine” effect, which made them very sleepy and not conscious of what was happening. The first girls’ game was lost 2 sets to 1 and the other 2 sets to 0. The first set of the first game was lost 25 to 19, the second set the EIS won 25 to 22, and the final decisive set was lost 15 to 11. The second game started very quickly and the EIS lost both sets 25 to 17. Girls were very tired and sleepy because of the Dramamine pill so the coach did not grounded them for losing 2 games.
Boys both two games on Friday were lost. Boys did a very bad job playing against the El Salvador National team. The EIS boys’ team made about 10 points each set in both 2 games. They were also very tired and had the famous “Dramamine” effect.
On Saturday the players had to wake up at 6 in the morning because they had 2 games one at 8 and the other at 11 o’clock. Saturday was a very heavy day for the players, however they survived it. The girls had 4 games in which they lost 1 and won 3, 2 sets to 0. The boys also had 4 games in which they lost 3 and won 1. The boys were very sad, but at least they won experience and learned to work together as a team.
Hopefully in other tournaments this year the school will do better. Good luck for the EIS volleyball team.
-Gaby Jimenez
Senior BBQ
The Senior Barbecue that happens every year as a party for seniors to raise funds and pay their senior trip took place on the 18 of October, at the night club B412. From every grade in high school people attended, it is one of the most desired parties of the year, depending on the money seniors’ need there are many parties, this year I was told they needed lots of money so they are having at least three parties. The barbecue started at 8 o’clock sharp, people started arriving half an hour late, the only people early at the party were the seniors who were selling the tickets, because if a ticket wasn’t sold the senior who had it, had to pay it.
The atmosphere at the party had a very good mood, everyone was enjoying the music, seniors hired a known DJ from San Pedro Sula, and he is DJ Lulo. Electronic music was mostly played throughout the whole party and some reggaeton songs that put girls to dance all night long, and as if the dance floor wasn’t enough, they took dancing to the tops of tables. People were having a blast of fun, there were also snacks for people to grab bites if they were a little hungry, because dinner wasn’t sold here.
Even though some people didn’t show up, with the number of people that went it was surely enough, at midnight we could see people from other school arriving to the party and also some ex students from EIS trying to catch up with old friends. Lots of pictures were taken throughout the party by everyone, any person with a camera had the pleasure to catch some exciting and fun moments from the party. This kind of party makes socializing a primary thing because if you didn’t know anyone their maybe you were one of those people who were really bored and sitting down at the table doing nothing.
The senior president, Willy Perez, was the mind behind the party, he organized every single detail to make the senior party a party to remember, a party that could be talked about and that it would have good comments. The club was prepared for students, even though there was no school supervision here, the party didn’t allow anything wrong that shouldn’t be done happen. People behaved pretty decently and the school headmasters were proud to know that their students had behaved how they had expected them to do so.
The ending of the party was at about 4 o’clock in the morning of next day, the place wasn’t such a mess because people were well behaved. Some people after the party ended in B412 decided to take the party to the gas station next to the club and they decided to have their breakfast their and eat some baleadas, I was told by most people they had a great time and that they hoped that it could be repeated really soon.
-Helena Valesquez
The atmosphere at the party had a very good mood, everyone was enjoying the music, seniors hired a known DJ from San Pedro Sula, and he is DJ Lulo. Electronic music was mostly played throughout the whole party and some reggaeton songs that put girls to dance all night long, and as if the dance floor wasn’t enough, they took dancing to the tops of tables. People were having a blast of fun, there were also snacks for people to grab bites if they were a little hungry, because dinner wasn’t sold here.
Even though some people didn’t show up, with the number of people that went it was surely enough, at midnight we could see people from other school arriving to the party and also some ex students from EIS trying to catch up with old friends. Lots of pictures were taken throughout the party by everyone, any person with a camera had the pleasure to catch some exciting and fun moments from the party. This kind of party makes socializing a primary thing because if you didn’t know anyone their maybe you were one of those people who were really bored and sitting down at the table doing nothing.
The senior president, Willy Perez, was the mind behind the party, he organized every single detail to make the senior party a party to remember, a party that could be talked about and that it would have good comments. The club was prepared for students, even though there was no school supervision here, the party didn’t allow anything wrong that shouldn’t be done happen. People behaved pretty decently and the school headmasters were proud to know that their students had behaved how they had expected them to do so.
The ending of the party was at about 4 o’clock in the morning of next day, the place wasn’t such a mess because people were well behaved. Some people after the party ended in B412 decided to take the party to the gas station next to the club and they decided to have their breakfast their and eat some baleadas, I was told by most people they had a great time and that they hoped that it could be repeated really soon.
-Helena Valesquez
The Caseta Decorations
The caseta of the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana has been pimped on this school year!
The caseta is a vital space for students and teachers because this area is where they relax and hang out during the school day. For many years, the owner and woman in charge of the caseta has been Ms. Yolanda, and now she has obtained sponsors for her caseta.
On these past years, the Pepsi Company sponsored the caseta, so it was painted with the pepsi colors, white and blue. Pepsi has been in charge of maintaining the caseta and renovating the paint several times. The caseta was not only painted, but was also propaganda for the Pepsi Company . Many of the students argued that they didn’t like how it looked, especially the seats it had.
The seats have been changed several times. There have been wooden, plastic, and now, metal seats. There have been some problems with these metal seats because some people have gotten into accidents. During December of 2008 there were some rumors that the caseta was going to change for the next year. Students thought that the caseta was going to change its food to a healthier menu, but they were surprised when they came from Christmas vacations. A new look for the high school caseta.
The contract with the Pepsi company has finished, so now Powerade is the sponsor of the caseta. Powerade decided to make a new look for the caseta. The caseta’s new look is blue and black with the name Powerade posted on a wall. So big has been the change that even the half of the tables are blue and black. Not only has the Powerade company changed the tables, but it also has given three plasma screen TV and some lights on were students buy their things. Now with the TV, students will enjoy more their time during school. There are new pictures that contain sports and some famous athletes, around the caseta line. Powerade made a 360 degree change on the caseta.
Powerade has made a comfortable place where students and teachers can enjoy their recess and lunch without having any problem.
-Antonieth Colindres Mejia
The caseta is a vital space for students and teachers because this area is where they relax and hang out during the school day. For many years, the owner and woman in charge of the caseta has been Ms. Yolanda, and now she has obtained sponsors for her caseta.
On these past years, the Pepsi Company sponsored the caseta, so it was painted with the pepsi colors, white and blue. Pepsi has been in charge of maintaining the caseta and renovating the paint several times. The caseta was not only painted, but was also propaganda for the Pepsi Company . Many of the students argued that they didn’t like how it looked, especially the seats it had.
The seats have been changed several times. There have been wooden, plastic, and now, metal seats. There have been some problems with these metal seats because some people have gotten into accidents. During December of 2008 there were some rumors that the caseta was going to change for the next year. Students thought that the caseta was going to change its food to a healthier menu, but they were surprised when they came from Christmas vacations. A new look for the high school caseta.
The contract with the Pepsi company has finished, so now Powerade is the sponsor of the caseta. Powerade decided to make a new look for the caseta. The caseta’s new look is blue and black with the name Powerade posted on a wall. So big has been the change that even the half of the tables are blue and black. Not only has the Powerade company changed the tables, but it also has given three plasma screen TV and some lights on were students buy their things. Now with the TV, students will enjoy more their time during school. There are new pictures that contain sports and some famous athletes, around the caseta line. Powerade made a 360 degree change on the caseta.
Powerade has made a comfortable place where students and teachers can enjoy their recess and lunch without having any problem.
-Antonieth Colindres Mejia
The Campus of E.I.S.
E.I.S. is recognized as the best in Honduras. It was established in 1953. It is supposed to be run by the student’s parents. At first, the school was located on Colonia Trejo. It was a small and simple school with no more than 30 class rooms. Twenty years after, the school was moved to this beautiful campus. E.I.S was the first school to ever settle on this area, which had no surroundings except for stranded lands. It took seven years to finish the school´s building.
E.I.S. started having only two buildings. Elementary School and High School. Elementary and Preschool shared a building. All together, there were 126 class rooms. Later on, the Cafetorium was created. This is where all the huge events such as Carnivals, Concerts, Graduations, Fashion and Talent shows take place. Then the soccer field was also provided for the students, which was also used for events. Fulfilling the administrator´s expectations, more students started to full the school and they had to create a separate Preschool building. This building has its own gym, 30 class rooms from Daycare to Preparatory, caseta and playground. Three years ago, the Middle School building was built, which provides around 30 class rooms. They also have a caseta, and a soccer field.
Rumor has it that the school is the most prestigious of the country due to its academic standards and campus. The campus consists of five buildings: Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School and the Administration. It has five parking lots, three soccer fields, an Auditorium, four gyms, a Library, three Science labs, four computer labs, and a tennis court. All together it has 50.4 acres of land. Every classroom has air conditioning, a computer and some a smart board.
The school is surrounded by huge mountains, in fact, it is in a mountain. We have an incredibly huge amount of trees. It provides two entrances. In front of the Administration building, it has a long horizontal alley with around twenty flags of different countries and the School´s flag. With no doubt, E.I.S. has an amazing campus where all the students can find commodity, happiness, and conformity. Thanks to all of the student´s parents (SEIS) we can all take advantage of our education.
-Vivian Kattan
E.I.S. started having only two buildings. Elementary School and High School. Elementary and Preschool shared a building. All together, there were 126 class rooms. Later on, the Cafetorium was created. This is where all the huge events such as Carnivals, Concerts, Graduations, Fashion and Talent shows take place. Then the soccer field was also provided for the students, which was also used for events. Fulfilling the administrator´s expectations, more students started to full the school and they had to create a separate Preschool building. This building has its own gym, 30 class rooms from Daycare to Preparatory, caseta and playground. Three years ago, the Middle School building was built, which provides around 30 class rooms. They also have a caseta, and a soccer field.
Rumor has it that the school is the most prestigious of the country due to its academic standards and campus. The campus consists of five buildings: Preschool, Elementary School, Middle School, High School and the Administration. It has five parking lots, three soccer fields, an Auditorium, four gyms, a Library, three Science labs, four computer labs, and a tennis court. All together it has 50.4 acres of land. Every classroom has air conditioning, a computer and some a smart board.
The school is surrounded by huge mountains, in fact, it is in a mountain. We have an incredibly huge amount of trees. It provides two entrances. In front of the Administration building, it has a long horizontal alley with around twenty flags of different countries and the School´s flag. With no doubt, E.I.S. has an amazing campus where all the students can find commodity, happiness, and conformity. Thanks to all of the student´s parents (SEIS) we can all take advantage of our education.
-Vivian Kattan
Everyone at E.I.S. is Reading Twilight
student at Escuela Internacional Sampedrana is reading the Stephanie Meyer’s best seller, Twilight. This is the first book of the collection. The sequels are New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Twilight is about a vampire name Edward Cullen that falls in love with a normal game named Bella. Most of the girls have fallen in love with Edward Cullen. They say that he is the perfect man for any girl. The most famous quote mentioned when talking about Twilight is “Only a vampire can love you forever.” Most girls feel related to Bella. Their hearts get broken in some love scenes since it is very intense. Many girls even cry when reading Twilight. Since it is a love story, mostly girls are the readers. However, the boys at school have also felt intrigued in reading it. They have loved it too!
Most students use DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read) to read the story. Some have even gotten in trouble for reading out of subject book s during class time. It is like if they get obsessed with the book. You can also see many students during recess and lunch at the caseta or at the library reading Twilight. Some students read the books, which are like 500 pages long, in only one day! They can’t resist stopping to read. Most people can’t just read the first book; they’ve also read the other three.
Currently the Twilight movie is being shown in theaters in The United States and in other countries. Many students were awaiting the movie to be shown here in Honduras in November, the same time it was released in The United States but supposedly it will be shown in theaters until January or February. However, the movie has already been sold in the streets, but those are pirate movies. Also the movie was uploaded online, but since it was also piracy, it was removed quickly from the web. Many stores have also made money selling many Twilight stuff such as t-shirts, key chains, chocolates, pencils, sweaters and many more things.
Twilight has been a huge boom. The author Stephanie Meyer never expected it to be a huge success. Hopefully the next books will also be shown in theaters. Although many reviews say that people were kind of disappointed of the movie because it was nothing compared to the book. At the end of this year hopefully New Moon will be shown in theaters. Many people all around the world are waiting anxiously for the movie to be released and expect it to be as good as the book was.
-Denisse Chinchilla
Most students use DEAR time (Drop Everything and Read) to read the story. Some have even gotten in trouble for reading out of subject book s during class time. It is like if they get obsessed with the book. You can also see many students during recess and lunch at the caseta or at the library reading Twilight. Some students read the books, which are like 500 pages long, in only one day! They can’t resist stopping to read. Most people can’t just read the first book; they’ve also read the other three.
Currently the Twilight movie is being shown in theaters in The United States and in other countries. Many students were awaiting the movie to be shown here in Honduras in November, the same time it was released in The United States but supposedly it will be shown in theaters until January or February. However, the movie has already been sold in the streets, but those are pirate movies. Also the movie was uploaded online, but since it was also piracy, it was removed quickly from the web. Many stores have also made money selling many Twilight stuff such as t-shirts, key chains, chocolates, pencils, sweaters and many more things.
Twilight has been a huge boom. The author Stephanie Meyer never expected it to be a huge success. Hopefully the next books will also be shown in theaters. Although many reviews say that people were kind of disappointed of the movie because it was nothing compared to the book. At the end of this year hopefully New Moon will be shown in theaters. Many people all around the world are waiting anxiously for the movie to be released and expect it to be as good as the book was.
-Denisse Chinchilla
Girls AASCA Basketball Tournament 2008
During October 2008, EIS received teams from all of Central America. There about five schools participating. Each school had male and female representatives. It was a very difficult and competitive tournament. Teams demonstrated their capacity and how hard they had worked during two long months to conquer the first place trophy. Definitely the best teams in the tournament were from Honduras; both the American School of Tegucigalpa (AST) and Escuela Internacional Sampedrana (EIS) did an excellent job throughout the games. But only one could go home as the AASCA champions. The entire EIS student body was able to see the first game that he girls played. The girls’ team did an amazing job. They played great game and as a result they won with a big difference against the visiting team. We were all very excited because it seemed that this was going to be the year in which EIS was going to achieve another first place trophy in the female section. That same say the girls’ team had another game in the afternoon against our sports nemesis: The American School of Tegucigalpa. You could feel the tension in the air; the anxiety grew as the time for the game got closer. The players seemed confident but somewhat nervous. The time for the game had come. Unfortunately the team could not defeat the AST girls’ team. Honestly every time one of our teams looses against this schools we all feel really down. But it was only one game if the girls won the rest of the games they still had a chance to go to the finals.The girls’ team did ever thing to get to the final; which they did. The thrill of being on a final was transmitted from student-to-student. Everyone was really excited and, I guess, we all thought that we had the championship in our hands, but we forgot that we had to play again against AST. It was a Saturday afternoon and the girls’ final was about to begin. The Cafetorium transformed completely and it was full of cheerful students. The student body showed a lot of school spirit and they cheered for the girls all throughout the game. It was an intense and hard game. Since the beginning of the game AST demonstrated that they wanted to win, but the EIS girls showed the same emotion and they were having a great game. At the end it was not enough for our team. AST had won once again. Although the girls’ showed enthusiasm and they wanted to win the other team made more baskets and the time ran out. We have all seen that this basketball team has a great future ahead of them. They are a young team and with some more practice they can do a lot for the school. We are all proud of them and we care for the them and hope that someday they will become the AASCA champions and also the national champions.
-Carolina Tosta
-Carolina Tosta
Presidential Classroom 2008
In summer 2008, a group of the Escuela Internacional Sampedrana assisted the wonderful Presidential Classroom Program intended to form the leaders of the future. This program takes place several times a year, but Mrs. Panting, the organizer, chose July because the weather is similar to Honduras. It took place in Georgetown Conference Center at Washington D.C., United States. E.I.S.’s students left San Pedro Sula on the morning of July 19 and arrived Washington D.C in the afternoon. They were all anxious and happy for meeting new people.
After picking up their baggage they were taken into the Georgetown Conference Center, where Presidential Classroom staff was waiting for them. There they would pick up their room key and find out with who they will share rooms.
The Program started on Sunday, with the welcome speech by the director of Presidential Classroom. It was followed by presentations done by students from all around the world, in which they introduced their country. Afterwards, approximately the four-hundred students attending were divided into delegations and working groups. These working groups worked the entire week formulating a project on peacekeeping, wars, hunger, ecology, energy and education. The projects were presented on Friday, with the corresponding objectives, plans, and conclusions.
Many historical sites were visited by the students. Some of them included the Union Station, The Capitol, the White House, Lincoln’s memorial, Jefferson’s memorial, the Korean War memorial, the Holocaust Museum, the Air and Space Museum, World Bank, United States Department of State and the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives among others.
Seminars included speeches of relevant people in history. The most memorable speech was the one given by a Holocaust survivor. This lady told the students everything she lived during that time and how she managed to survive. Other speeches were given by congressmen, President of the World Bank, the Vice president of the United Nations Organization.
This experience was unforgettable for each and every student who assisted the Presidential Classroom Program, due to the fact that they grew as a person, learn, and made new friends from other parts of the world.
-Alejandra Barrios
After picking up their baggage they were taken into the Georgetown Conference Center, where Presidential Classroom staff was waiting for them. There they would pick up their room key and find out with who they will share rooms.
The Program started on Sunday, with the welcome speech by the director of Presidential Classroom. It was followed by presentations done by students from all around the world, in which they introduced their country. Afterwards, approximately the four-hundred students attending were divided into delegations and working groups. These working groups worked the entire week formulating a project on peacekeeping, wars, hunger, ecology, energy and education. The projects were presented on Friday, with the corresponding objectives, plans, and conclusions.
Many historical sites were visited by the students. Some of them included the Union Station, The Capitol, the White House, Lincoln’s memorial, Jefferson’s memorial, the Korean War memorial, the Holocaust Museum, the Air and Space Museum, World Bank, United States Department of State and the Floor of the U.S. House of Representatives among others.
Seminars included speeches of relevant people in history. The most memorable speech was the one given by a Holocaust survivor. This lady told the students everything she lived during that time and how she managed to survive. Other speeches were given by congressmen, President of the World Bank, the Vice president of the United Nations Organization.
This experience was unforgettable for each and every student who assisted the Presidential Classroom Program, due to the fact that they grew as a person, learn, and made new friends from other parts of the world.
-Alejandra Barrios
Senior Entrance 2008/2009
August 20, 2008. This date is a very special date for this year’s seniors of Escuela Internacional Sampedrana. Is the day when the journey for a senior began. In other words the beginning of a bright future and their last year of high school. Students who saw the senior entrance described it as amazing and a great entrance!
Students liked how the seniors made their entrance but what few knew is the fact that these seniors were so sleepy from the party they had last night. The day before classes the seniors had a party and the majority of them didn’t sleep at all; if they went to sleep it was for an hour or less. Some students were commenting that their favorite part of the entrance was the officers that were in the path and when they threw confetti at the seniors. Students said that they also liked the banner which the seniors passed by when they entered to school campus. Another group of students said they liked the shirts colors, images, and the quote.
First the students got together at the gas station Esso that located near the school. There were fire trucks, police cars, four-wheelers, Rapiditos, Pepsi trucks, mulitas, and others. Students who were riding in the four wheelers made great tricks and they impressed the students that were watching the senior entrance. Talking to some seniors they said they liked their senior entrance and it’s a memory they will always have in their minds.
We had the opportunity to talk to some seniors and they told us many details about their senior and what they have done so far. They told us that although they didn’t sleep at all they had a lot of fun in their entrance and they would repeat again. One of the questions we asked were if they had fun in their party and their entrance and they immediately answered yes and it’s a memory they will never forget. One senior said that so far she likes the beginning of her senior year but she says that by the other hand she feels sad because it’s her last year with her friends and soccer tournament. She said she hopes that she wins this year’s tournament and wishes the best to all her classmates. Another senior said that he felt so tired and so sleepy that his plan is to sleep in all classes. To show us how tired he was he took off his sunglasses and we could see that his eyes were about to close. This senior was really sleepy but he said that this day is so special that he couldn’t miss it at all because something like this doesn’t repeat every day; it’s just once in a lifetime. The majority of the seniors said that they’re sleepy and as soon as they get home they will go to sleep and have lunch. We wish the seniors ’09 a good year and good luck in reaching all their goals!
-Ivana Coto
Students liked how the seniors made their entrance but what few knew is the fact that these seniors were so sleepy from the party they had last night. The day before classes the seniors had a party and the majority of them didn’t sleep at all; if they went to sleep it was for an hour or less. Some students were commenting that their favorite part of the entrance was the officers that were in the path and when they threw confetti at the seniors. Students said that they also liked the banner which the seniors passed by when they entered to school campus. Another group of students said they liked the shirts colors, images, and the quote.
First the students got together at the gas station Esso that located near the school. There were fire trucks, police cars, four-wheelers, Rapiditos, Pepsi trucks, mulitas, and others. Students who were riding in the four wheelers made great tricks and they impressed the students that were watching the senior entrance. Talking to some seniors they said they liked their senior entrance and it’s a memory they will always have in their minds.
We had the opportunity to talk to some seniors and they told us many details about their senior and what they have done so far. They told us that although they didn’t sleep at all they had a lot of fun in their entrance and they would repeat again. One of the questions we asked were if they had fun in their party and their entrance and they immediately answered yes and it’s a memory they will never forget. One senior said that so far she likes the beginning of her senior year but she says that by the other hand she feels sad because it’s her last year with her friends and soccer tournament. She said she hopes that she wins this year’s tournament and wishes the best to all her classmates. Another senior said that he felt so tired and so sleepy that his plan is to sleep in all classes. To show us how tired he was he took off his sunglasses and we could see that his eyes were about to close. This senior was really sleepy but he said that this day is so special that he couldn’t miss it at all because something like this doesn’t repeat every day; it’s just once in a lifetime. The majority of the seniors said that they’re sleepy and as soon as they get home they will go to sleep and have lunch. We wish the seniors ’09 a good year and good luck in reaching all their goals!
-Ivana Coto
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