Newsletter December 03-08, 2018

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NEWSLETTER

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December 03 – December 08, 2018

Content: Student Services Thanksgiving and Christmas Celebration (HS)

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Breakfast with Santa (PS & 1st Grade) CEPUDO Fundraiser

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Breakfast with Santa (2nd – 5th) CEPUDO Fundraiser

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Empty Bowls/Christmas Concert (PS & ES)

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Empty Bowls/Christmas Concert (MS & HS)

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Cinderella Project (3rd Grade)

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STUCO Christmas Baskets

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PTO and SEIT Christmas Celebration

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STUCO Christmas Assembly (MS/HS)

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Christmas Concert with Melina Pineda and Jazz Nova (PAC)

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Weekly Activities Calendar

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Cafeteria Menu of the Week

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Alumni Corner ‘‘Rene Gerardo Santos Mondragón (‘88) ’’

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Student Services Thanksgiving and Christmas Celebration High School Student Services celebrated Thanksgiving and Christmas with a delicious feast. Student Services teachers organized a great lunch with fun games.

Kudos Student Services!

Ms. Dulce Lopez, Mrs. Stephanie Villavicencio, and Mrs. Sonny Williams are the teachers in charge of Student Services.

Thank you for all your hard work throughout the year.

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Breakfast with Santa (Pre-School & 1st Grade) Pre-School and 1st grade enjoyed a delicious breakfast with Santa catered by our AST Dining Hall. The breakfast was a fundraiser for CEPUDO. Cepudo is a non-profit organization that helps the ones who need it the most by providing different types of donations.

For more information go to cepudohonduras.org

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Special thanks to CEPUDO Club especially to Advisor Ms. Stephanie Hasbun, President Isabella Lanza, Lacthosa Sula, and all our parents who supported this great activity!

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Breakfast with Santa (2nd – 5th Grade) Elementary 2nd to 5th grade also enjoyed an amazing Breakfast with Santa organized by our CEPUDO Youth Club.

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Empty Bowls & Christmas Concert (PS and ES) Tuesday night PS and 1st grade lit up Christmas as we had our Christmas Concert and Empty Bowls at the Performing Arts Center. It was a great spectacle where our Eagles showed all their talent musically and artistically.

Families bought beautiful Empty Bowls made by our students to support Hospital MarĂ­a de Especialidades PediĂĄtricas.

Empty bowls is an international organization to help fight hunger. It was started at AST in 2008 BY Art teachers Jodi & Chris Peterson, and has been adopted by the ARTS Department ever since.

AST students work on clay projects in their ART classes from Kinder through High School. ALL funds raised this year will go to help provide food to the Hospital Maria patients.

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Empty Bowls & Christmas Concert (MS and HS) Wednesday night was Middle and High School’s turn to show off their amazing empty bowls and demonstrate all the talent in the Christmas concert.

It was an amazing night full of Christmas spirit!

During the Empty Bowls Night parents purchased their bowl, and got a Tortilla Soup from our Dining Hall. Thank you for your support.

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Cinderella Project 3rd grade finished their Cinderella Project campaign last Wednesday. Our students collected shoes in good condition from their houses, and donated to the children of the Amor y Esperanza school of Tegucigalpa. Third graders collected approximately 360 pairs of shoes. 3-D was the section that donated the most shoes: 114 pairs. They won a crunchy taco party! Congratulations and Thank You 3rd graders!

The masters of ceremony were Lucianna SofĂ­a Valenzuela and Juan Diego Sierra.

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Christmas Baskets The AST family rejoiced last Friday as we celebrated Christmas early by delivering Christmas baskets to our General Services Employees. STUCO members represented the student body in the delivery.

Thank you to all our families that kindly support and donated for these very much needed and welcomed Christmas presents!

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PTO and SEIT Christmas Celebration Pto and SEIT organized their traditional Christmas celebration for the AST staff.

Delicious Burritos were catered by our Dining Hall, and each employee received a gift on behalf of the school. GO EAGLES!

PTO Members (L to R): Claudia Mahomar, Lourdes Caballero, Ruth Bendeck, Pili Kafati, and Yadira Calix.

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STUCO Christmas Assembly This year’s STUCO Christmas assembly was tons of fun. Students enjoyed Christmas games (Santa’s Beard, and Marshmallows contest), and the traditional Twelve Days of Christmas. Thank you STUCO for your hard work this semester and Merry Christmas!

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Marshmallow Contest Winner Hector Rodriguez (8th grade)

Santa’s Beard Winner Luis Marichal (12th grade)

Elementary STUCO and Pre-School representatives were in charge of officially giving the Christmas Baskets to our employees during the Christmas Assembly!

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Christmas Concert with Melina Pineda and Jazz Nova Saturday night our Performing Arts Center opened its doors to the community with an amazing Christmas Concert by Melina Pineda and Jazz Nova. It was a very special night were some of our students had the opportunity of sharing the stage with Melina and Jazz Nova and sing Christmas Carols.

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Weekly Activities Calendar

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Cafeteria Menu of the Week Menú de Almuerzo Buffet 10-16 Diciembre 2018 Lunes Breakfast Fun Menu: Fun Menu: Mickey Pancake Bar & Alas de pollo o Nuggets de Pollo Papa salteada / Papas Felices, vegetales salteados y ensalada de col.

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Fun Menús: Barra de Hamburguesa de Res / Pollo con tocino Martes Breakfast Fun Menu: Crepes Bar & Canelones a la boloñesa Vegetales salteados, pan con ajo y ensalada capresse.

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Fun Menús: Gyros de Pollo Miércoles Breakfast Fun Menu: Donut Bar & Pollo campesino Vegetales salteados, Arroz jardinera / Aros de cebolla y ensalada mixta. & Fun Menú: Crunchy Tacos

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Breakfast Fun Menu: NACATAMALES & Pescado empanizado con salsa tártara Casamiento/ Aros de Cebolla, tajadas de mínimo y ensalada de remolacha. & Fun Menú: Tortilla con quesillo Viernes Breakfast Fun Menu: NACATAMALES & Yuca con chicharra Ensalada de Repollo, encurtido con cebolla morada y salsa roja y queso. & Fun Menú: Tacos de Pollo Sábado Pollo rostizado Puré de papa, vegetales mixtos y ensalada verde

& Menú: Hamburguesa de Res & Pizza Artesanal

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Alumni Corner René Gerardo Santos Mondragón (’88) Today we remember one of our Alumnus who recently passed away Rene Santos. Rene was of the Class of 1988. During his school years he was member of NHS, and recipient of the Ambassador’s Medal for the class of ‘88. After graduating from AST, he interned in Economics in the University of Georgia and San Miguel de Tucumán in Argentina. Years later, he graduated from UNAH with a Bachelor in Economics and then he got a Master’s in Education in the University of Kansas. Rene dedicated his life to teaching. He worked 25 years in the Dowal School and he also taught English courses in the Instituto Hondureño de Cultura Interamericana, as well as in the English Academy at his alma mater.

Rene was a founder member of the Club de Leones de Tegucigalpa, where he won a lot of recognitions. He also volunteered in the Club de Leones from San Pedro Sula. It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to this incredible alumnus, but he will be forever in our hearts.

R.I.P Rene Gerardo Santos Mondragón (1970-2018)