04 - April 13, 2020
Dear CNG Parents,

CNG Community Shared various positive points about distance learning in the survey. Amongst them, we have found that our teachers are doing amazing work and that our students report enjoying their times to connect with their classmates as well as teachers. Additionally, we have decided on three important steps to be taken from the survey responses. Please click below to continue reading and access the full data spread.
 

Thanks for your support in answering the first Survey,
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HS High School

From the Principal’s Desk

We hope you have all enjoyed some Quarantine time with fewer responsibilities. It has been an incredible time to bond, enjoy family time and remember a simpler time. As we head back into Distance Learning this week and we now know that it will be for several more weeks, we ask you to please reach out to your child’s counselor or Associate Principal (or me) if you have any concerns about your child’s workload or emotional state. 

MS Middle School



We hope everyone had a restful break and enjoyed the Condor Connection Activities or simply time off their computers to rest and recharge. Many students participated in our Advisory check in and both staff and students commented on how great it was to connect in a non- academic way.   





ES Elementary School

 Dear ES Families,

Please click on "View More" to see the ES Newsletter of the week.
PS Primary School

We hope you had a wonderful Semana Santa, rested, enjoyed your family's company and had the opportunity to engage in fun and different activities. 
We know you are thankful for the daily schedules, science experiments, parent-led learning activities and online tours of the world’s museums. But we also know they can be seriously stressing you out.
The expectation for being “perfect” during quarantine is adding up.
The best thing we can give ourselves is the reminder that we are enough.

 Learning Center


Tips from the Learning Center

Distance learning has many challenges for students. It can be especially difficult if you have difficulties with  executive functions . 
Here are some tips that may help students improve their executive functions.

  • Create a schedule and keep it visible
  • Help your child to break tasks into very small steps and use checklists or visual reminders when completing each one
  • Check-in with them frequently.
  • Teach them to use timers or watches to monitor their time.
  • Set work goals for each day, check-in at the end and celebrate their completion.
  • Reflect with them on what worked and what they could do differently the next day.

Counselors


Dear Parents, 

Thanks to all the parents that joined our Parent-Counselor Zoom meetings the previous week!

Check out our  CNG K4-12 counselor webpage  for individual bookings for appointments with us and get useful links.

Our main takeaways were the following:
  1. Increase your child's ability to be deeply and independently engaged in their own activities without the need for your participation or intervention.
  2. Increase your child's ability to complete necessary, daily tasks with minimal prompting or oversight.
  3. Take deep breaths and find peace and centeredness for your day!

Books  we recommend:

The Gift of Failure - Jessica Lahey
Raising an Adult - Julie Lythcott-Haims
If you are being transferred outside of Bogota, and you already know you will not be coming back to CNG for the 2020-21 school year, please email [email protected] as soon as possible and we will assist you with your withdrawal process.