Bulletin #9 | October 23rd, 2018

Main Office

About our children performance

Here are some reasons why I think all of us as parents need to take a little more care with our children before school in the mornings: 1. Increased energy: when your children wake up after a night without eating, and go to school without eating, they start the day with low blood sugar levels, and this keeps dropping until they do eat. This makes them feel tired and slow and feeling like this makes many children believe that they simply cannot cope with school in the mornings. Breakfast can help students feel alert and with enough energy to work well in classes until lunchtime. 2. Improved concentration: students who eat a healthy breakfast are shown to have better levels of concentration that students who do not eat anything. With better concentration, younger students are less likely to be distracted by their friends and get in to trouble in class, and even the older students are able to focus, understand, and remember better. 3. Improved grades: studies show that students who eat breakfast before school tend to score better on math, reading, and science. One study I heard about even suggested these increases could be as high as 25%! This is because breakfast provides the energy needed to increase cognitive, speed and problem solving skills. 4. General health: When we sleep our metabolism changes and breakfast starts its daily cycle of burning calories and absorbing nutrients. Studies show that children who eat breakfast absorb about 50% more iron and vitamins than children who wait to eat until later in the day. They also take in more fiber and have less fat and cholesterol kept in the body. Tired children do not want to eat, they say they are not hungry, and would prefer that extra five minutes asleep. It is our responsibility to see this and help them be healthier, even if that is not what they think they want. That grumpy, tired child that you do not want to argue with in the morning because they are so slow? That is the same child you want to sit and work hard at math and reading just a few minutes later when they go through the school gate! We send our children to school to get the best start in life, but then we forget to give them the best start each day! “What it’s like to be a parent: it’s one of the hardest things you will ever do, but in exchange, it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.” Nicholas Sparks (1965)

Gaby Platas

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Sports

Rope Jumping

We invite you to the next workshop on October 27, from 10:00 to 11:30 am, in front of the JFK Auditorium. (Workshop for +8 ages) Details: Miss Cecilia Ponce de León [email protected] Don’t miss it! Click here to see the video

Swimming

Congratulations to Pilar Paras Ochoa for her excellent participation at the XVI International Swimming Torunament “Huracanes 2018”, in Medellin Colombia, on October 12 – 14.