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
Some E.I.S. students enjoying lunchtime in the caseta
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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
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