Newsletter May 07 - May 12, 2018

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American School of Tegucigalpa May 07– May 12, 2018

Content: Día del Idioma Assembly (ES).………….……………………..………………... 2 Día del Idioma Contest Winners (ES)…………………………………………....3 End of the Year - All House Competition ……………………………..…….….4 Jumanji Musical Festival (ES).………………………..…………………….….….5 STUCO International Award …………………….……….……...................…6 STUCO Elections 2018-2019.………………………….………………….……….7 5th Grade International Fair………………………….……..…….……..………..8 Bible Club End of the Year Visit…………………………………………………..9 Upcoming Events……………………………………………………….…………..10 Alumni Corner…………………………………………..……………………………11

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Día del Idioma Assembly We celebrated Día del Idioma with an assembly where we recognized the students that won the competitions of Cuento, Ortografía, and Poesía in their Spanish Class.

We also gave award to the students that received academic excellence awards in their Social Studies class CONGRATULATIONS!

Special Thanks to our Spanish and Estudios sociales teachers for all your hard work: Ms. Heydee Quiñónez, Ms. Nydia Barahona, Mrs. Ruth Arita, Mrs. Lourdes Vides (Principal), Mrs. Anita Román, Ms. Yadira Muñoz, Mrs. Janice Bueso, and Ms. Gisela Flores

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Día del Idioma Winners PRIMER GRADO

SEGUNDO GRADO

TERCER GRADO

Ortografía Escrito

Ortografía Escrito

Ortografía Escrito

Primer Lugar: Diego Aldana 1A

Primer Lugar: Fernando Fajardo 2B

Primer Lugar: Denisse Ramírez 3D

Segundo Lugar: Matthew Prats 1B

Segundo Lugar: Lucianna Valenzuela 2A

Segundo Lugar: Luciana Nasser 3A

Tercer Lugar: Giana Wong 1B

Tercer Lugar: Adriana Gutiérrez 2D

Tercer Lugar: Luciana Rumman 3D

Ortografía Oral

Ortografía Oral

Ortografía Oral

Primer Lugar: Matthew Prats 1B

Primer Lugar: Rodrigo Membreño 2D

Primer Lugar: Luciana Nasser 3A

Segundo Lugar: Adrián Farach 1B

Segundo Lugar: Juan Diego Lagos 2B

Segundo Lugar: Arianna Kafati 3B

Tercer Lugar: Juan Fernando Sierra 1D

Tercer Lugar: Adrianna Kafati 2B

Tercer Lugar: Alena Estrada 3C

Cuento

Cuento

Cuento

Primer Lugar: Tatiana Nazar 1B

Primer Lugar: Adriana Gutiérrez 2D

Primer Lugar: Arianna Kafati 3B

Segundo Lugar: Piero Silvestri 1B

Segundo Lugar: Gabriel Hernández 2B

Segundo Lugar: Samia Mahomar 3C

Tercer Lugar: Miguel Andrés Valladares 1C

Tercer Lugar: Norman Rubí 2C

Tercer Lugar: Antonio Kafati 3D

Poesía

Poesía

Poesía

Primer Lugar: Giana Wong 1B

Primer Lugar: José Daniel Zablah

Segundo Lugar: Natalia Zúniga 1D

Segundo Lugar: Farah Giudicelli 2D

Segundo Lugar: Santiago Ordóñez 3D

Tercer Lugar: Miguel Andrés Valladares 1C

Tercer Lugar: Constanza Zelaya 2C

Tercer Lugar: Christianne Kafie 3C

2A

Primer Lugar: Samira Gallardo 3D

CUARTO GRADO

QUINTO GRADO

Ortografía Escrito

Ortografía Escrito

Primer Lugar: Miguel Ángel Ramírez 4C

Primer Lugar: Héctor Perdomo 5B

Segundo Lugar: Antonio Tavel 4B

Segundo Lugar: Valentina Valladares 5D

Tercer Lugar: Carlos Felipe Oliva 4C

Tercer Lugar: Valeria Valladares 5C

Ortografía Oral

Ortografía Oral

Primer Lugar: Lucianna Majano 4A

Primer Lugar: Juan Pedro Callizo 5A

Segundo Lugar: José Ramón Ordóñez 4B

Segundo Lugar: Leónidas Rosa 5B

Tercer Lugar: Angélica Chinchilla 4D

Tercer Lugar: Elena Dánzilo 5B

Cuento

Cuento

Primer Lugar: Valeria Irías 4C

Primer Lugar: Evangelina Penagos 5C

Segundo Lugar: Natalia Nazar 4C

Segundo Lugar: Valentina Valladares 5D

Tercer Lugar: Emiko Tamashiro 4A

Tercer Lugar: María Lucía Martínez 5A

Poesía

Poesía

Primer Lugar: Antonio Tavel 4B

Primer Lugar: Paul Giudicelli 5C

Segundo Lugar: Walter Sebastián Mejía 4A

Segundo Lugar: Arianne Masso 5A

Tercer Lugar: Valeria Faraj 4A

Tercer Lugar: Fernando Nufio 5D

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End of the Year - All House Competition

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nd of the year, All School House competition. It was

so much fun with different activities like Newspaper Wheel, Group photo, Hula Hoop Goal, among other.

Congratulations to the house Balam that won this day competition. #GoEagles

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Jumanji Music Festival AST’s Musical ‘‘Jumanji’’ was amazing! For three days the cast performed this Musical to more than 800 people. CONGRATULATIONS to all our students that participated in this great event, we are so proud of you!

Kudos to our teachers Mrs. Natalie Arguello, Ms. Sofia Fléfil, and Mrs. Michelle Schneider for organizing this event, and also to all our teachers that participated in the musical. You made an outstanding job!

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STUCO Recognition

Student Council was recognized with the National Gold Council of Excellence Award 2018 by the National Association of Student Councils for a second time in a row!

Special thanks and congratulations to our STUCO Advisor, Mr. Carlos Corrales

CONGRATULATIONS to all our STUCO members for all their hard work and for this great recognition!

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STUCO Elections 2018-2019 We celebrated the elections for the new STUCO Board and class presidents for the school year 2018-2019. We want to congratulate all of the candidates who put up an impressive campaign, you are all winners!

Class Presidents 20182019: · 12th Grade: Paula Batres & Patricia Castillo · 11th Grade: Irene Chinchilla · 10th Grade: Fernando López · 9th Grade: Miguel Morazán · 8th Grade: Camila Batres Stuco Board 2018-2019: STUCO President: Graciela Facusse, Vice- President: Raúl López Fiscal Officer: Andrea Hilsaca, Treasurer: Enrique Rodríguez, Secretary: Cristina Willingham, Chairman of Activities: Vera Facusse, Chairman of Sports: Estefanía Matamoros, and Public Relations: Natalia Hilsaca

· 7th Grade: Gustavo Álvarez · 6th Grade: Mauricio Hasbun

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5th Grade International Fair

Friday morning our soon to be Middle Schoolers celebrated International Fair with presentations from different countries from all over the world.

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication, it was amazing!

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Bible Club End of the Year Visit

For the the fourth consecutive year, Bible Club visited ‘‘Hogar de Angeles’’ in Valle de Angeles. These very young members, donated food baskets for this institution that homes mentally challenged citizens. Our little ones delivered cupcakes and many smiles.

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Upcoming Events

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Alumni Corner KARLA TOLEDO (’10) Alumna Karla Toledo (’10) is a reference of the good manners and etiquette in Honduras. After her graduation from AST she went to Instituto Polimoda in Florence, Italy to get a bachelors in Marketing and Fashion Communications. Later, she got a Masters in Administration of Luxury and Fashion Brands in Instituto Marangoni in Milan, Italy. Inspired by the Italian culture she decided to take some courses in ‘‘Bureau du Style’’ with Nicola Santini and in the Etiquette School of New York. Recently she has finished a course in Image Consulting and Personal Shopper with Elle magazine and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. With all this expertise, she is now doing etiquette workshops, and you can follow her at etiquetamoderna.com #ProudEagle }