Colegio Maya - The American International School of Guatemala

Announcements

Magna and Summa Cum Laude Graduates - Grades 6-12

On Saturday, we celebrated the Graduation of our 34 Seniors. One of the highlights was acknowledging the effort and perseverance of our graduates who earned Magna and Summa Cum Laude honors for their academic achievements.

Summa Cum Laude -  “With Highest Honor.”  This award is given to the students who have achieved a grade point average of 4.0 or above at Colegio Maya.

Laura C. 
Maren H.
Eliza H.
Eugene K.
Sang Jun L.
Daniel L.
Jae Yong L.
Kerry Y.

Magna Cum Laude - “With Great Honor.” This award is given to students who achieved a grade point average of 3.8 or above at Colegio Maya.

Brunella E.
I Hyun K.
Jenn Yu L.
Tae Ho (Eric) L.
Liam M.
Maria Corina S.
Isabel V.

Broken: Redefined - Secondary Fine Arts Exhibition by MAYArts Society - Grades 6-12

You are invited to celebrate the work of our amazing visual artists this Friday, June 4 from 6-8PM! The theme for the exhibition is "Broken: Redefined" as we explore how our artists, despite the unprecedented times we are living in, have reimagined what it means to be united--to be together. Join using this link. If you have any questions, please send us an email: mayarts@cm.edu.gt. 

High School Farewell - Grades 9-12

As part of our Colegio Maya traditions, we want to send our dear members of the community off in a meaningful way. Therefore, we will have a farewell assembly dedicated to our fellow Warriors that are leaving us this year on June 4th during snack time.

If you wish to deliver a speech live or film a video dedicated to someone that is leaving, please fill this form out. The live speeches/videos should not take longer than 2:00 minutes. Furthermore, if you know someone that is leaving that is not on the list, or someone that is not leaving but is on the list, please let us know (ahaeussler@cm.edu.gt or jday@cm.edu.gt).

We wish many of you who your dear friends or teachers are leaving to consider delivering a nice farewell message and sharing one last meaningful memory together!

HS Student Council Elections - Grades 9-11

Applications for executive officer positions for High School STUCO have opened! Here are some important due dates and procedures we will be taking this year.

Timeline:
May 28, 2021 - HS Executive Officer Applications are due.
May 31, 2021 - Students will all go to one Warrior Time, where candidates will present their speech live. After the speech, students will fill out the electronic voting form (one day). 
June 2, 2021 - Election results will be released through email and our instagram page (@colegiomaya_secondary).

When applying, make sure to submit all the needed files and have completed the asked requirements. This includes the evidence of the teacher recommendations, the speech (written document), and the requirements for the positions you would like to apply. The speech should take no more than 3 minutes when reading it out. 

Remember, this is YOUR chance to be in a position that will allow you to represent and act as a liaison with the High School community. For those running, be creative with your virtual campaign. If you send us any media (poster, video, etc), we can help advertise your campaign. 

If you have any questions, please contact ahaeussler@cm.edu.gt or jday@cm.edu.gt.

Here is to a great, vibrant 2021-22!
HS STUCO

MS Student Council Elections - Grades 6-7

The time has come to run for an Executive position in Middle School STUCO. As the application and voting process will take place digitally this year, we want to let you know about the process:

Timeline:
Sunday May 23, (11:59 PM) - Sign-up Form DUE (Here is the document with the Job Descriptions!)
Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 11:00 am - Speeches Assembly 
Wednesday, May 26- Friday, May 28 - VOTING (via Google Forms - released once the application process is over and speeches have been made) 
Monday, June 1 - Announce Winners

When applying, make sure to submit all the needed files. This is the evidence of the teacher's "recommendations", the speech (written document), and a video of you delivering the speech. The time limit is three minutes. More information regarding the voting process will be released ASAP.

Be creative with your virtual campaign. If you send us any media (poster, video, etc), we can help advertise your campaign. Elections for class reps happen at the beginning of next school year!

If you have any questions, please contact jday@cm.edu.gt or ahaeussler@cm.edu.gt.

Here is to a great, vibrant 2021-22!
MS STUCO 

Warrior Store Merch: AP Exams! - Grades 6-12

As the Warrior Store from NHS is releasing a new AP Exam Seasonal Merch, we have a pre-order form for you students, teachers, or anyone to be able to buy the newly releasing merch. Fill in the following google form to pre-order the Seasonal Merch.

NHS Guerreros por Guate Race - Grades 6-12

Dear Colegio Maya Community,

Guerreros por Guate has officially ended! We are thankful for everyone's support and enthusiasm in our very first online race. Thank you for helping us support the Alcance children in these challenging times, we are making a difference in their lives!

Congratulations to everyone who participated and reached their goal and to those who didn't reach it, we encourage you to keep running! It's never too late. Catch the Spirit!

Check out the NHS website nhs.cm.edu.gt, and our Instagram page @nhsmaya for more.

NJHS's MAYApaca!

We are collecting clothes, shoes, stuffed animals for our big Spring MAYApaca sale! Help us help our workers, and their families. You can deliver your donations at the school garita and label them as MAYApaca. 

Yearbook Photos

As our 2020-2021 yearbook is coming together, we ask for your help in collecting photos to incorporate into our publication. We have two requests for photos: 

1. Individual Portraits - This year, we have the exciting opportunity to take yearbook photos at home and submit them for the yearbook - there will be no official photos taken at school. We appreciate in advance your patience in this extraordinary year, and we look forward to your submissions. 

For instructions and additional information on submitting, please see this document. 

If using an iPhone, please make sure you are submitting a .JPG format picture, not an HEIC picture. (HEIC is a photo format on iPhone 7 and later, and iOS 11 and later). For help switching the format from HEIC to .JPG, please see this article or this video.


Gallery/Collage photos - At the beginning of each division in the yearbook, there is the chance to have a collage of student candid pictures from that division. We are looking for submissions of these pictures (you can use the same form for both). They can be students in their “home learning” environment, playing outside, doing sports, with pets, etc. 


** While we will be happy to accept multiple gallery photos, if appropriate Covid-19 social distancing and masking is not evident in the photo where multiple people from different families are included, it may not be included in the yearbook.


** Not all submissions will be included in the publication