Text Box: The LALC family welcomes Teacher Abby de la Cruz as our new Teacher Aide! Teacher Abby finished high school from the Assumption College in San Lorenzo Village, and went on to get her Bachelor’s degree in Music Text Box: Production from the De La Salle – College of Saint Benilde. As a proficient guitar player and ballerina, Teacher Abby loves music and dancing, but there is nothing she loves more than our Little Archers! “I never thought my first job would Text Box: LALC Welcomes Teacher Abby! Text Box: Page # Text Box: LA CHILD Text Box: For two consecutive Fridays in October, the Little Archers Learning Center was the venue for special celebrations for both parents and students. On October 19, the LALC celebrated cultural diversity and fraternal unity by holding a United Nations Day Celebration. In order to promote awareness for the different cultures in the world, students came in different costumes from all the seven continents, complete with respective dishes from their specific countries. Parents were treated to a special parade of nations done by the students, and later feasted on delicacies from around the world! Parents eagerly whipped out their cameras to capture the special LALC rendition of “It’s a Small World” in order to capture their little one’s performance. The students were then given a project to take home – flags from the countries they were representing! Text Box: The next Friday, October 26, saw the LALC transformed into a spooky school, with cobwebs, pumpkins, pirates and witches decorating the school in celebration of Halloween. Students and teachers came in their Text Box: Halloween best costumes. Fairies, pirates, vampires, and even Dora the Explorer and a Jedi Knight came to the LALC! The students were treated to Halloween themed goodies such as spider cookies, “bloody” spaghetti and green, slimey juice drinks. We also had Halloween games and activities for the kids, like a spider fear-factor, pumpkin coloring, and clay-moulding. The parents and teachers then gave the students candies and chocolates in a special trick or treat activity! Text Box: LALC Celebrates UN Day and Halloween!

be this rewarding,” Teacher Abby says, “and I wish I could stay with the kids the whole day!”  By January, Teacher Abby will also be teaching enrichment classes in Music and Dancing to our Little Archers three times a week in the afternoons.

Teacher Abby is currently taking up the Teachers’ Certificate Program at De La Salle University.