ACES Extends Thanks

Students and volunteers help with clean up at ACES

The parents, board members, teachers and the entire student body of Ambergris Caye Elementary take this opportunity to thank the following persons for their kind contribution in one way or the other to the school.

Mr. Claudio Azueta and Family

Mr. Carlos Alejos and Family

Mrs. Alba Marin and Family

Mrs. Florita Frisinger and Family

Mrs. Melanie Paz

Mrs. Flora Ancona

Mr. Manuel Ancona Jr.

Mrs. Anna Ico

Mr. Kareem Marun

Mr. Roberto Canul

Mr. Geovannie Marin

Mr. Sam

Mrs. Sonia Sutherland

Mrs. Ilse Williams

Mr. Jorge Rodriguez

Mrs. Jessica Eiley

Mr. Daniel Itza

Mr. Emil

Mr. Dee Dillion

Mr. Erick "Gato"

Mr. Samuel Gonzales

The Bikini Bar

Xanadu Resort

The Victoria House

Travellers Liquors

The 14 kids that helped during the summer

Councilor Pablo Ico

The San Pedro Town Board and Mayor Elsa Paz

  

Thank you all.

 God Bless,

Ambergris Caye Elementary School

ACES at New School Grounds

Ambergris Caye Elementary School (A.C.E.S.) is a private school that has been operating since 2007 and has come a long way in obtaining great academic achievements. And this school year they are operating at their new school grounds on Turtle Street, just one block from the original location.

ACES has a total of five classrooms in the building and has classes from Infant I to Standard VI. There are presently 29 students enrolled at ACES and there is space available for anyone interested in attending ACES.

The school ground also houses a play ground and cafeteria. ACES is still being run by the students’ parents and the new board of directors have been appointed:

Victoria Pierre Francois - President

Florita Ancona Frisinger - Vice President

Suyapa Alejos - Treasurer

Analilia Rodriguez - Secretary

Ana Ico - Board Member

Maria Luz Azueta - Board Member

Blanca Navarez - Board Member

Jazeli Azueta - Board Member

The school’s motto is “Parents Empowering Children through Education” and the parents of A.C.E.S. are ready to move ahead and work together for betterment of the school and for the children.

Weekend Graduations

Holy Cross Graduates

On Sunday, June 20, thirty-five students graduated from Holy Cross Anglican Primary School. Mrs. Carol Babb, former General Manager of the Anglican Schools and currently the Deputy Chief Education Officer, was the guest speaker. Mrs. Babb told the graduates that there were great possibilities for their future, but they must remember to be self-disciplined and determined, and they would have to make sacrifices in order to excel.

Mrs. Grace Williams, Principal, and Mrs. Francis Wilson, Local Manager, also had praise for the graduates and words of wisdom. Rosa Lopez (Valedictorian), Zoila Canek and Ethel Villatoro were the top students in the 2009-2010 Standard VI class.

Twenty-five students received scholarships that will allow them to attend high school. The majority of the scholarships were funded through a very generous donation from Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Kingwood, Texas.

Representatives from the church were on hand to meet the graduates and to present the scholarships.

ACES Graduates Three

Ambergris Caye Elementary School held its Graduation Commencement Exercises on Friday, June 18 at the R. Angel Nuñez Auditorium where three graduates received their diplomas: Brandon Ramirez (Valedictorian) on right, David Verralls on left (Salutatorian) and Vivel Rodriguez (Vote of Thanks) in center.

Other schools that held their graduation ceremonies over the weekend included San Pedro Roman Catholic Primary School and Little Angels Pre School.

Reef Week Concludes

As Reef Week comes to a close today, Ambergris Caye Elementary and Island Academy held short skit presentations yesterday, May 7 at the Lions Den. The performances were all to create awareness of our Belizean Coral Reef and ways that we can protect it.

Spelling Bee at Ambergris Caye Elementary

Ambergris Caye Elementry School held a Spelling Bee competition amongst the children from different classes. This began since Wednesday with Infant I, Infant II and Middle Division. Principal Jacobs informed us that they are doing such competitions with the students for them to learn a sense of responsibility, to improve their academic skills and also to prepare for further competitions to come in the future with different schools. The San Pedro Town Council donated the Trophies to the winners.

The following winners were:

Infant I

1st Place- Olivia Frisienger
2nd Place – Suni Vasquez
3rd Place – Rachel Alamilla

Infant II

1st Place – Ivana Nunez
2nd Place – Diego Francois
3rd Place – Bianca Narvayes

Middle Division

1st Place – Sammuel Bachet
2nd Place – Kylie Alamilla
3rd Place – Brandon Worthington

Today’s Winners (Upper Divisions)

1st Place – Tiffany Rivero
2nd Place – Ansely Castillo

3rd Place – Gianna Pacheco

Tiffany RiveroAnsely CastilloGianna Pacheco