Congratulations to the following students who will be representing our school at the 17th annual Spanish Spelling Competition on Saturday, February 27th at Incarnate Word University. Our students will have the opportunity to compete for cash and prizes and the distinction of being named this year’s winner. Highlights of the event will be featured in the Express News and televised on the Spanish TV Station, Univision.

Middle School:
Native Spanish Speaker Category: Edwin Esparza
Non-Native Speaker Category: Michael Flores
Alternate: Kaitlynn McNellis

High School:
Native Spanish Speaker Category: Aaron Castillo
Non-Native Speaker Category: Panchajanya Karasani

Do you have an eye for fashion? Have you designed and created clothing or accessories? Then we want to see your designs!

Submit your outfits / accessories to Ms. Baize for your chance to be featured in our 1st annual fashion show. Selected designs will be featured in our upcoming Fashion Show fundraiser, scheduled for Thursday February 25th. Juried awards will be announced for “Most Creative” (use of recycled material) and “Most Aesthetically Appealing.”

Deadline to enter is Wednesday, February 17th

We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting Representative Jose Menendez from District 124 for a special presentation for our students and parents. He will be speaking to our students about the Value of Education.

This event will be held on February 18, 2010 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm in Harmony Science Academy San Antonio Gym.

Our school administration is working hard to create a partnership with the San Antonio community. This is one of several events we are planning to introduce our school to the community and create partnerships that will help our students in the future with internships, volunteer opportunities, mentorships, and eventually jobs.

One of the missions of our school is to make our students aware of the opportunities that await them after they complete their college education. It is through these types of events we hope to inspire and awaken the learner inside our students.

Dear Parents and Guardian,
You can see lunch and breakfast menu for February here.

Lunch Menu

Breakfast Menu

SAVE THE DATE – THURS, FEBRUARY 25, 2010, 6:30-8
SST Discovery will be hosting the KG -5 Fashion Show fundraiser.

SPONSORSHIP / IN-KIND SERVICES
We are looking for parents to help out as team leaders or assistants in the following areas:
Food and Drink/ Menu; Sponsorship; Production crew; Video production/photography; Decorations committee; Modeling Facilitator, K-5; Hair design and Makeup; Auction committee; Marketing/Promotions; Music/Lighting; Student Designers committee; Modeling Facilitator 6-9, Auction committee.

To volunteer, please contact Ms. Moreno at cmoreno@ssttx.org ; or 210-543-1111, ext.121. Thank you to parents, teachers and students who have already signed up to help!


MODELING AUDTIONS FOR K-5 STUDENTS THIS WEEK
TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 4-5 P.M.
At SST Cafeteria
Students must bring signed permission slip.

Want to earn 5% in credit for SST Discovery to use towards FREE supplies? We can take care of that:
Shop at Office Depot for all of your school supplies

Be sure to provide your school's 5% Back to Schools ID number (702 14 582) each time you make a purchase

Office Depot will total the purchases made during each program period

Office Depot will award SST Discovery 5% of the qualifying purchases in merchandise credit which can be used towards FREE supplies!

Do not Forget Please, our ID number for Office Depot purchases is 702 14 582

SST Discovery is going to have its first Career Day. Our students are going to experience different job opportunities on this day. We need our parents’ help to organize this event. Also if you know people from any job fields, you can invite them to our first annual career day. We can accept any job field in that fair. It will be between 2:00pm and 4:00pm on Thursday, April 22nd 2010.

Parents’ supports are highly welcomed for this activity. The schedule is as follows. Speakers are going to stay in cafeteria and students are going to visit their tables and talk about their job fields and experience. We highly recommend our students to ask as many as question to benefit from our first career day.

If you would like to participate our career day as a speaker, please email us (info.discovery@ssttx.org).

We need doctor, engineers (such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, manufacturing, electronic, computer and mechanical), lawyer, judge, nurse, veterinarian, professor, fireman, police officer, banker, dendist, photographer, artist, pathologist, psychologist, realtor, pediatrician, lab technician, Phlebotomist, Pharmacist, Speech Language Pathologist, Physical Therapist, Manager Accounting, Portfolio Manager, Tax Clerk, Financial Advisor, AUDIOLOGIST, Paralegal, Financial Analyst, Architect, Fraud Investigator, FBI agent, Software Engineer and …..

Dear Parents,
We are halfway through our school year! At this time we would like to pass on a reminder to all of those that drop off or pick up students. Please make sure that we are keeping our traffic flowing. In the mornings all students should be dropped off at the Student Entrance door. Cars should not be parked in the drop off lanes at any time. Parking spaces are provided for you to park in if you choose to walk your child to the school building. This is a small task that makes our mornings move smoothly. Thank you for your help!

Dear Parent(s);

Thank you for your support in School of Science and Technology Discovery. Due to limited space for the upcoming year, we ask each parent/guardian to fill out the attachment form completely and return it to the front office. This form is designed for currently enrolled students. The closing date for this application is February 26, 2010. Applications received unsigned, incomplete, or after the closing date may not be considered for next year. Please do not send the form with the child.

Re-Enrolment Form

Please review our district's highly qualified teacher report which is required to be published on our school website here.

Science Olympiad Team is a group of 15 students and coaches working on various events. We started meeting every Wed 3 15 - 4 30 and Sat 9 am - 12 pm.
To better prepare our teams for this year's Science Olympiad ask your assistance. If you would like to help us for science Olympiads, please get contact with Mr. Yurtseven ( ayurtseven@ssttx.org ).

To ensure the maximum involvement for all categories we are encouraging parents for their help and support.

For more detailed information, please visit: http://outreach.science.tamu.edu/tso/2010/10events.php

http://soinc.org/2010_div_b_events

SST Discovery is offering Advanced Robotics Club for 4th and 5th graders. It will be on Thursdays. Students who are attending this club will be members of next year's Robotics Team.

This year, we had two robotics teams. They received second place in San Antonio FLL Robotics Competition and seventh place in the Cluster.

Next year, our target is to become Champion. We are starting to work for this competition now. 4th and 5th Graders, If you would like to become a member of next year Robotics Team, do not miss this opportunity.

Dear Parents/Guardian,
SST Discovery is offering new clubs for your kids in second semester.
We are trying to provide your kids more fun activities in school environment. Everyday, they have more than 8 different clubs to choose.
If you would like to enroll your kid/s to these clubs please fill out the attached form and return to school office.

Updated 4 thru 9th graders Clubs List

Updated K thru 3rd graders Clubs List

Club Application Form (pdf format)

Club Application Form (word format)


P.S. Tutorials are mandatory and free. If your child is supposed to attend a tutoring, he/she is not allowed to attend any club on this day.

Dear Parents and Students,

If you would like to help our school, just email the My Coke Rewards Code to ( info.discovery@ssttx.org ). You can return them to school front office also.

When you are having fun by drinking Coca Cola, Sprite or Fanta, we will redeem My Coke Rewards for a variety of school rewards including playground equipment, supplies, classroom materials and more.

Thank you for your help

For more detailed information, please visit my coke rewards web site

For SST-Discovery, the holiday season came early with the arrival of a generous donation from a local company.
Recently, our school web site advertised a need for computers for our classrooms. Many parents answered the call and selflessly gave gently used computers of their own. However, our greatest gift came from a local company, HCA. They became aware of our need through a parent and contacted us. In the end, they donated over 40 computers!
In addition, they also provided some printers for our school. Their contribution will give our Accelerated Reader Program a huge boost. As a result of their generosity, every classroom will now have desktop computers at their disposal for students to access AR quizzes.

Thank You HCA & Mr. Lockwood!!!

Born on May 21, 1956
Died Dec. 9, 2009 and resided in San Antonio, TX.

Visitation: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009 1-5pm
Service: Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 1:30pm
Funeral Home: Porter Loring Mortuary H I 35 / McCullough

Randy Buchanan, age 53, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

For 11 years, he was employed and enjoyed managing the Rivercenter Comedy Club in the heart of San Antonio.

He found pleasure in fishing, but his best time was spent with his beloved daughter, Katelynn in SST Discovery.

Randy was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence Buchanan and is survived by his mother, Virginia C. Goss; his daughter, Katelynn Buchanan; sisters: Colleen Barshop and husband, Bruce; Yvette Miller and husband, Michael; and his brothers: Johnny Buchanan and wife, Candice; and Ron Goss. Randy will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him best.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, December 12th from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at Porter Loring on McCullough.

Letter to Mr Buchanan From Mr Bayar

DISTCO 2009 is part of a series of “Digital Storytelling Contests” hosted by School of Science and Technology (SST) and sponsored by Cosmos Foundation. The contest is open to all K-12 students and teachers at both national and international level. The DISTCO 2009 asks students and teachers to submit their digital stories in a certain time frame and manner for the contest. The competition is held solely online through http://www.distco.org . The project has certain benefits for both students and teacher. It is a way of exposing and challenging the students in a competition where they can show their certain skills in multimedia, technology, researching, writing and creativity.

Digital Stories can be submitted between December 7, 2009 and January 29, 2009 (for Harmony and SST schools).

Please see DISTCO 2009 Flyer for more information. To see flyer Click here

The 2nd School Wide Science Fair will be on Saturday, December 12th.
Following links might help you get prepared for the school wide science fair, that will be held on December the 12th.
Please read Science Fair Letter Here

Science Fair Calendar

Helpful Science Fair Links

Sample Science Fair Board Design

Sample Project

Sample Science Project Powerpoint Presentation

JUDGING CRITERIA

SCIENCE FAIR HANDBOOK

At the end of the day the all the boards need to be picked up school is not responsible from the boards left in the cafeteria.

SST Discovery has participated in one of the most prestigious robotics competition in the Nation with two teams; Discovery First and Discovery Robotics. First Lego League qualification was held at Witte Museum. Our teams did tremendous job and has received two second places among 18 teams from all around Texas. We would like to congratulate our robotics teams and all the parents who came with us all the way for this competition. Our teams will keep representing San Antonio in the robotics competitions in the state wide level and nation wide level. Discovery Rockets are going to have regional competition on December 12. Keep up good works Discovery Rockets !!!

Discovery First : Second Place in Robot Design Category
Peter Mauldin 8B
George Rodriguez 7B
Charles Lowe 7B
Celeste Torres 8B
Randall Scharmen 7B

Discovery Robotics : Second Place in Robotics Project Category
Armin Nasri 7B
Madeline Carrola 7B
Esat Bayar 5B
James Garlow 6A

Radios, Tape or CD Players, IPODs, Electronic Games, and/or similar devices are not allowed at school. They disrupt classes and distract others from learning. Students may bring a camera to school with a one-day advance approval notice from the Assistant Principal.
The possession of cellular phones on school property is allowed under the following condition.
All cellular phones must be kept in lockers and turned off between 7:30 am and the dismissal time. School of Science and Technology Discovery is not responsible for any lost or damaged devices. During school hours, parents should continue to call the school for any emergency situation. We will contact your son/daughter. Do not try to contact them by cell phone. The use of camera phones, or any other phones is strictly forbidden in the school building at any time. Such use may also be in violation of the behavior code.
Consequences:
1st Offense: Parents/guardian contacted. Confiscation of the devices with retrieval only by parents/guardian along with a $10 fee. SST Discovery is not responsible for the confiscated items which are not received one week after confiscation

Starting from 3rd six weeks, we are offering a new club: Ping Pong Club. We have limited space, please hurry up for enrollment.
For 4th and 5th Graders : Tuesday between 3:15-4:25pm Coach: Ms Tunca
For 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Graders : Monday between 3:15-4:25pm Coach : Mr Yurtseven

We've discovered a new way to raise funds for our school. It's super-easy, and all you have to do is use your Target Visa or Target Card. We will receive a percentage of the amount of each purchase in the form of a cash donation from Target through the Take Charge of Education® program.

It's easy. Just visit target.com/tcoe, or call 1-800-316-6142 to designate our school. To designate our school, choose SST Discovery or look for school ID 150762. So if you're going to Target anyway, please consider using your Target Card.

Big thanks to those who are already doing their part to make a great school even better.

Let’s do our part to help recycle our paper products. Not only is this a great way to help the environment, but you will also be helping raise money for your school! Your teachers have already begun to recycle papers in the class rooms. Now it’s time for families and local businesses to join in.
Our recycle bin is located directly in front of our school.

We are happy to announce that SAT tutorial for 8th and 9th grade students is starting as of 10/31/2009. They are free of charge and open to any 8th or 9th grade student who wishes to attend. These tutorials will be every Saturday from 9 am till 12 pm.

SST San Antonio did a similar program last year to its students throughout of the school year and students who attended this program got acceptance to UT with full scholarship because of high SAT and AP scores on their tests.

Even though these tutorials are not mandatory, participating in them is highly encouraged as SAT test is an important element in your child admittance to a college. Therefore please have your child at campus around 8:45am on Saturday and have him/her take the benefit of attending these tutorials regularly.

There will be no charge for this tutorial. Students may come to school with the Free Dress on Saturdays.

Please contact Mr. Konuk for more information at 210-543-1111 ext:108 or e-mail ( akonuk@ssttx.org )

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Parental involvement and communication between our school and its parents is very important here at SST Discovery.
Currently, we are using Monday folders and the school's website to communicate with our parents.
Beginning on Monday, 10.26.2009, we will also communicate with parents via email. You will receive emails about school activities from the school's administration.
To receive email regularly, please update your email information in our database. If you do not want to receive school emails, please notify us. (info.discovery@ssttx.org)

Thank you
SST Discovery Administration

Our Monday Mail is a form of communication between the school and the parents of our students. It will be distributed to the students every Monday of the week.

Our Monday Envelope will sometime contain information on upcoming events, announcements, reminder of important dates, or updates on school’s information. We asked that parents review the Monday Envelope with their child and return the signed acknowledgment to the homeroom teacher no later than the Tuesday of that week.

We believe Monday Mail is a good way to communicate with you so please ask to see it every Monday evening.

Monday Letter 11.02.2009

All students in SST Discovery are already assigned Student ID’s for this year. If you haven’t received your ID, contact the front office. In addition to security purposes, student IDs will be used for receiving lunch or breakfast, and checking out books from the library. It is mandatory for all the students to carry their students ID at all time in the school grounds. If a student lose his/her ID, it needs to be renewed from front office as soon as possible. New IDs cost $5.

Please note that students need to wear their ID’s at all times. If IDs are not worn or if they are altered (for example, painted, marked, stickered with another photo or another item), DPS points will be assigned.

SST Discovery is offering Robotics classes for middle school and Robotics Clubs for both middle & highs school students.
These courses are an exciting introduction to the NXT Robotics System.

We learn how to design, program and develop teamwork skills. In pairs, using LEGO building elements, motors and sensors, students build different robots and program them with a computer to move, react and make sounds to solve challenges.

SST Discovery is working to minimize risks for all students and staff.
• School Staff and Administrators are overseeing health concerns at our school. Front office is keeping a daily log regarding students or staff with flu-like symptoms. Students and staff that have symptoms are being sent home from school immediately with a referral to a health care provider. And they required having a flu test and testing negative in order to return to school.

• All school staff are encouraging healthy habits in the school environment (hand washing, covering coughs, sending students to the school nurse who appear ill, etc).

• School building is cleaned and disinfected daily by janitorial staff.
Our goal is to keep our students and staff healthy and safe.

The symptoms of this new influenza A H1N1 virus in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human seasonal influenza and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with this virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting. Also, like seasonal flu, severe illnesses and death has occurred as a result of illness associated with this virus.

Parents please keep your kids at home and contact your physician if you observe any of these symptoms.

Dear SST Discovery Parents,

You can log in to the school database and monitor your child’s progress. What you need to do is to enter your user name and password as shown on the left and click on the login button.

User Name: Your child’s first name and last name with a space between them.

Password: Call school front office or email ( info.discovery@ssttx.org )



If you have any questions please, email it to Mr.Arykchiev
( arykchiev@ssttx.org )

This year we are starting a new program in our school. It is called D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And Read). It has been credited for strengthening the reading skills of tens of thousands of students across the country. It also represents our school’s commitment to literacy.

Click here to read more about DEAR time

Dear Students and Parents, we are really very happy to inform you that our school is rated recognized by Texas Education Agency for 2008-2009 education year. We appreciate the hard work of our students, teachers and parents.
It is great success in our first year. But it is not enough, now it is time to work harder to become Exemplary.
Go SST Discovery Students, Teachers and Parents ! ! !