Interact Issue 3

ISSuE 3

January - Febuary

2014

A Note from our general Director The Christmas vacation break is over, students and teachers are back in the classrooms, and we are beginning what should be a fantastic second semester here at Interamericano.

The first thing I want to do is congratulate the graduating class of 2013 for their remarkable scores on the Ministerio Math Examinations. For three consecutive years the senior classes have been able to significantly raise the scores on the Math test compared to the class from the year before.

Let me be more specific by showing you the scores of the last four years.

2010 2011

2012

2013

58.0% 71.4% = 23% increase from the year before 78.4% = 10% increase from the year before 86.3% =10% increase from the year before

As you realize, the higher the scores are from the year before, the harder it is to get a significant rise the following year. Yet, the class of 2013 still managed to get a 10% increase. That is amazing and they are to be sincerely congratulated.

Now, the challenge is out there for the class of 2014. They will be taking this same test in May and although another 10% rise is virtually impossible with the scores already at 86%, I would like to challenge them to see if they can get their scores to 91% - which would be a tremendous 5%

increase over the 2013 record for Interamericano.

This class is certainly capable of achieving this lofty goal.

Next, I would like to welcome five new Foreign Hire teachers and one Local to the Interamericano family. Unfortunately we recently lost five teachers: Mr. Tedford in HS English, Mr. Mc Craw in HS English, Ms. Barrett in MS English, Ms. Gamboa, in MS math, and Kelly Freeman in Elementary 4th Grade.

To replace these teachers we have been very fortunate to hire the following excellent teachers.

Mr. Preston - He has 18 years of

experience in teaching higher level math classes in HS, including AP Calculus.

Ms. Preston - She has 18 years of

teaching HS English.

Mr. Campbell - He has 6 years of

teaching and two years in the Peace Corps.

Ms. Campbell - She has 6 years of

teaching and two years in the Peace Corps.

Mr. Allard - He is starting his teaching

career at Interamericano and shows great promise.

Mr. Chang - He has been a Student

Teacher here at Interamericano for the

last school year and we were so impressed

with his abilities that we hired him

immediately after his graduation from

college, before any other school could get him.

Please help me to welcome these new teachers to our Interamericano family.

CARL WIEBURG GENERAL DIRECTOR

Table of Contents

Table of contents

Academics

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Working up to the challange: AASCA 2014

ON THE COVER Inter’s administration building got a new face, with the school’s slogan “TOUCHING THE FUTURE” and a new Admissions office at the bottom left ramp.

wallace.ting@interamericano.edu.gt jose.fuentes@interamericano.edu.gt

jose fuentes

Holiday Celebration with Staff

Information

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There is Music in the Air

Boulevard la Montaña, Finca el Socorro, zona 16 PBX. 2200-2990

Activities Sports

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COLEGIO INTERAMERICANO

Sports Activities

Pr and communications coordinator

06 Exalumno Highlight 07 Staff Highlight 11 The Dawn of Emagazines at Inter 18 Maintenance Report

Deputy Director of academics

Administration

Editors in chief

wallace ting

08 On Stuco’s Mind: 12 A Spotlight on Literacy 13 Elementary Update 14 Middle School Update 15 High School Update 16 Singapore Math

Jose Toledo

ex alumni highlight From former student to current president of Fundacion Educativa de Guatemala.

José Toledo’s first day at Colegio Interamericano was

back in January 1978. Now, 35 years later, he’s leading the future of the school he first stepped into as President of la Fundación educativa de Guatemala. Through his time at Inter, he’s seen this school grow, change and become the prestigious institution it is today.

“As a school, we started up small, moving constantly to accomodate the ever-increasing alumni, always caring about the quality of education first and then commodities,” Toledo remembers. In 1984, Colegio Interamericano opened its doors at the present campus, Finca el Socorro in zone 16.

“The change was monumental. Classrooms were bigger, expansion was faster and there was tons of room to keep adding as the first alumni grew older,” says Toledo. Colegio Interamericano started only with present day elementary and middle installations. “It was a place were green landscapes were all around us, a place that grew roots as we grew roots and it felt that much more cozy as time went on,” recalls Toledo.

Toledo went on to graduate with a degree in law from Universidad Rafael Landivar. As an active member of the Foundation Board of Colegio Interamericano, father of a 9th grade student and ex alumni, Toledo is both highly invested and highly involved in the school’s progress. “In a sense, changing places, going from student to Inter dad and then foundation board president, has been a fun ride. I’m convinced Colegio Interamericano is one of the best schools in the region.

It falls on all of us now - parents, students, staff - to keep improving and never giving an inch back.”

On the verge of turning 30 years old, the current Colegio Interamericano campus is in for a bit of rejuvanation. “We’ve got big plans at the Foundation for our campus. Our next steps are to establish a workable time-frame and action plan for the next couple of decades.”

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In 2014 the Foundation Board will unveil the Foundation’s Master Plan for this institution. Among the most notable changes to happen, Toledo mentioned: more classrooms, a bigger parking lot, a professional gymnasium and more open spaces around campus where students can interact with nature. “We’re working

By: Jose Fuentes

We’re working on the basis that will guide Colegio Interamericano through its next 30 years.

- JOSÉ TOLEDO President of Fundación Educativa de Guatemala

on the basis that will guide Colegio Interamericano through its next 30 years,” he comments.

With this long-term project, Toledo hopes to inspire other foundation endeavors to take on in the near future. “The Board firmly believes Colegio Interamericano is just the beginning. Since the school has no real owners, it is our every intention to use the institution’s surplus income to nurture other projects, like a Teacher training school that would be open to the public or funding for social projects that fall in line with the Colegio Interamericano Vision and Mission. “ Above all else, the current president of the Foundation Board wants nothing else but to have Interamericano become the best school it can be. “Even if that means working long hours to achieve it, we’ve come too close to greatness to back off now.”

By: Jose Fuentes

Going back to Guatemala feels like going back home,”

says Kenneth Davis, Colegio Interamericano’s new High School Principal who will start in the 2014-15 school year. Though this last quote may seem odd for thirty-five year old American, but Davis never left Guatemala behind since he last lived here.

While acquiring his double mayor in mathematics and science, Mr. Davis wanted to travel aboard, learn Spanish and get to see the world. A friend, originally from Guatemala, suggested visiting his home country. “He told me that I was going to find a school to work at, that I would find a beautiful wife and that I would end up living there for the rest of my life,” Mr. Davis recalls.

And Ken did just that. In 1995, through local contacts, he got in touch with Colegio Americano de Guatemala and started teaching there as a 6th grade math and science teacher. Within a month, Mr. Davis had met his future wife, Silvia, got a stable job in a prestigious local school and was well on his way to learning Spanish.

Thirteen years later, Davis, having dominated the language and built a stable reputation as an Honors Math teacher, Davis felt the need to travel again. “It was a tough choice, but I wanted to move up to administration. The local dynamics of international schools didn’t allow me to enter a vice-principal role and I didn’t have the experience yet to be a principal,” Mr. Davis comments.

Looking foward to:

-Being part of the school’s social scene.

-Getting involved STUCO in community service endeavours.

- Playing basketball with students.

- Motivating students into staying during big school games.

-Organizing Ultimate Frisbee Tournaments.

- Going to band shows.

-Meeting and greeting High School parents and students.

- Eating a tortilla.

Ken davis

Davis started his journey in guatemala and is now coming back for his next adventure.

Staff Highlight

So, from 2008 to 2011 he moved down with his family to work at Colegio Internacional de Caracas in Venezuela. Here got a job as the school’s Athletic Director and got a chance to travel in the region.

After tasting life in Venezuela, Davis traveled to Santa Cruz, Bolivia where he found his current job as the school’s Dean of Students.

As luck may have had it, the Davis family was growing homesick and Colegio Interamericano was looking for a well-versed and highly qualified High School Principal. “I wanted to continue to move up and thankfully Interamericano offered me just that opportunity. I’m really looking forward to getting there and I think it’s going to be a great fit.”

Davis will be arriving in June and looks forward to hit the ground running. “Since we’ve already lived in Guatemala, my main concern the first few months will be getting to know Interamericano parents, students and teachers, rather than adjusting my family to the country.”

Among the new principal’s most ambitious plans for High School he highlights an ingenious AP Spanish class that will revamp students’ first language with a demanding internationally recognized test.

On StuCos Mind: Hosting AASCA at Inter By: Sabrina Arriaza & Laura Mejia (STUCO representatives) But, in a sense, each and every student of Colegio Interamericano is a host. We open our doors to foreigners and Guatemalans who come to offer great challenges to our team. As our guests, it is our responsibility to help and lead both rival and local teams through the tournament, cheering them on as much as possible, and giving our best on the field.

High School Student Council encourages all Interamericano students from our youngest in Pre-Kinder to our soon be graduating class of 2014 to offer hospitality which our guests can take back home with a smile.

That being said, each of our soccer players was been chosen because of their abilities and dedication. Since AASCA is now being hosted at our school, we not only have a chance to show how united we are as a community, but also what Colegio Interamericano has to offer on the soccer field.

High School Student Council 2013-2014 is planning on hosting the most memorable and amazing tournaAASCA is the Association of American Schools of Cen- ment yet. It’ll be our constant goal to improve school tral America in which our school, Colegio Interamerica- spirit and make the most of this wonderful opportunity. no, is an integral part of. AASCA’s main objective plans We hope everyone can come and cheer our teams on! different sport tournaments each year all around Central America to promote a healthy and competitive interaction between associated schools. This year’s AASCA Soccer tournament will be held at our school from February 19th to 23rd. 13 different schools from 6 different countries are attending this year in hope to score some wins to take back home. These four days are full of highly demanding matches, school spirit and team work.

Each school has two hosts from Colegio Interamericano, one girl and one boy. The duty of the hosts is to help the invited teams in any way possible. They are in charge of escorting them to their games and other activities. Student Council chose 26 students to participate as hosts due to their good qualities as human beings.

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In the Pics Middle left: Sportsmanship is a fundamental part of what makes Inter stand out in international competitions.

Bottom right: Our teams always give their best. An example of this came when playing against the nationally ranked Sub 17.

Holiday Celebrations with Support Staff By: Katrin Huenemoerder

The holiday season is a time for giving, and our Inter

community took that quite literally. We ran several big community service projects, and the support we received from parents and students was overwhelming.

As last year, we wanted to give Holiday gifts to our Support Staff they wouldn’t soon forget, so in a huge joint effort between all Interamericano levels, we managed to give them a holiday season full of gifts and yummy treats.

High School students put together 100 big bags of food and Holiday items, including chocolate and marshmallows. Middle School gathered over 100 different items for the Grand Raffle. The grand prize was a huge Christmas tree which included all the necessary decorations and lights.

In the Pics Middle left: The Korean community pitched in with special drinkable treats for all our support staff.

Middle right: Administration staff helped to serve the breakfast tamal and hot chocolate.

Bottom left: The Support Staff had a chance to kickback and talk while presents were given out.

Bottom right: StuCo members and Volunteer Students helped serve breakfast to Support Staff.

Similarly, Elementary students gathering Holiday gifts for the Support Staff. Each Elementary extremely active and brought

participated in children of our section became plenty of gifts.

With everything set and ready, our school gardening, maintenance, cleaning, security, bus drivers, cafeteria, and bus monitor personnel were invited to the festivities on December 6. Tamales and hot chocolate, along side sweet bread, were served to the invited staff. National Junior Honor Society (NJHS), National Honor Society (NHS) and Community Service volunteers came during their holiday vacation to help serve breakfast and raffle gifts. Mr. Cohen led the raffle, calling out numbers and kindly asking assisting students to deliver each prize.

Although this Holiday activity was a small token of appreciation, it was an important ¨thank you to all those who serve us every day and make sure we have a clean and safe school.

Thank you is due to the whole Interamericano community for contributing so generously to our Holiday Celebration. Your helping hand allows us to mold this school into a warm and welcoming home for each and every one of our staff members.

Participating Students were hand-pickedfor emboding one of the six Pillars of Character-

INTERAMERICANO’S VALUES CAMPAING

The dawn of eMagazines at interamericano.

By: Luis Masaya

Colegio

Interamericano has successfully launched, Zinio for Libraries. Through the efforts of the school’s Library Media Center (LMC), the award-winning platform will now become an integral part of the Interamericano experience. Zinio, which was named the best new Database of 2013 by the trade publication Library Journal, offers one of largest newsstands available online, an easy-to-use multi-user access and the latest in popular publications worldwide.

The school’s objective in this project is to provide students with recreational reading materials and motivate their reading appreciation. In turn, students discover published content in more interactive and creative ways than regular magazine subscriptions. In other words, they get more from their readings and are able do more with the knowledge that is obtained.

The LMC is currently are offering 19 magazine titles.

These include: Popular Science, National Geographic, Mental_Floss, ESPN, Family Circle, Newsweek, Discover Magazine, Reader’s Digest and more. The platform also offers free daily articles on science, technology, entertainment, and travel.

In the Pics Bottom right: Zinio offers tablet friendly software which you can download for free. Its versatile platform allows students to read and navigate the interactive content of digital magazines.

A special thanks is due to Interamericano’s Middle and High School technology teachers who have distributed the accounts amongst our students. Our most important stakeholders now have access to digital reading materials distributed weekly and monthly, which can be easily viewed in most internet-enabled devices, inside or outside our campus.

Now students are able to check out as many digital magazines as they wish. They can keep them as long as they want, interact with unique digital content, enjoy full color pictures, print only the pages they need, navigate in a platform that offers intuitive menus and limitless browsing, as well as, access to in-magazines videos, audio, graphics and real-time simulations.

Interamericano is the first school to have this service available in Guatemala. As an institution, the school is

not a fashion, but rather a need Colegio Interamericano feels obligated to provide. To teach and motivate students in the use of such tools is not only necessary nowadays, but it will also provide a wide variety opportunities to read and be better informed.

Why e-magazines?

• Students need to be up to date with technology that will not leave them behind.

• Reading materials are delivered instantaneously.

• Interactive magazines are linked to videos, interviews, maps, animations, surveys, etc.

• Its versatile multi-user access allows you to lend downloaded magazines to your friends and family.

• E-magazines are portable, they take up no space. You can carry more than a hundred magazines in your account and in your device. You never lose them.

• E-magazines and articles are printable, in case you really like to “feel” of paper.

The LMC school records show that over 6,000 magazines have been checked out during 4 months, in which the project has been active. This means that about 1, 500 magazines are read monthly in Colegio Interamericano.

A spotlight on literacy: The importance of reading to children By: Carol Claypool

As the chart (below) indicates, 20 minutes of reading

each evening can make a tremendous impact on your child’s academic future. Please read 20 minutes daily, in English, with your child. When your child comes to a word they do not know please try the 7 strategies below and not simply tell them the word. Telling children the correct word may help them on that particular story but it does not build decoding skills to read the word the next time it appears in a different text.

Also remember that it is not enough to simply read words. Your child must understand what they are reading. To help with comprehension skills stop after every 2-4 pages and ask your child….”What is happening in the story?” If your child does not know what they have read please encourage them to go back and reread the pages.

To decode a tricky word…

1. Look at the picture.

2. Get your lips ready to say the first sound.

3. Look at the word to discover if there are little words or chunks within the larger word and say those chunks.

4. Stretch out the word and say the sounds and chunks in order.

5. Think what word would make sense.

6. Skip the word, read rest of the sentence and then go back and reread the sentence.

7. Try it again.

BOOK CLUB

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Several parents have said they would enjoy a monthly book club in which we would all read the same book breaking the reading into monthly goals. Then we meet together to discuss the chapter(s) read. Of course, this is meant to be a time of pleasure and enjoyment. I am sure coffee or tea should be included :0). If you are interested email me at carol.claypool@ interamericano.edu.gt Please let me know if a morning, late afternoon or evening time is better for you and which day(s) of the week works well for you. Also, let me know if there is a specific book you suggest for us to read or if not then maybe a genre; mystery, science fiction, etc. …. If there is enough interest we hope to start our book club in late February. Please let me know your personal preferences by February 28.

In the Pics Bottom left: This short infographic explains the relevance and benefits of reading 20 minutes everyday. As the chart shows, there is a strong correlation between the amount read and level of vocabulary a student can develop during a school year.

Elementary Update By: Jose Fuentes

4th graders mix and match cue-cards, in order to better understand fractions as mixed numbers

Pre-Kinder celebrates the first 100 days of the 2013-14 school year with this fun picture.

Elementary’s first 2014 Honors Assembly held many surprises. More than 30 students acheived this distinguished honor.

Kindergarteners are also learning about planting seeds and where plants come from.

Third graders visited Museo Popol Vuh, where they got in touch with ancient Mayan lifestyle and latest updates on the ancient civilization.

First Grade students got a chance to feed and take care of baby kittens, thanks to the encouragement and organization of parents and teachers.

Middle School Update By: Jose Fuentes

Middle School parents celebrated Thanksgiving with their children in a fun day filled with delicious homecooked cuisine.

Victor Ramirez, Middle School Principal, bid farewell to Pilar Mena, Middle School secretary, with a short assembly, as she persues a career in law. Lorena Urzua will be replacing Pilar.

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Middle School Parents and Administration staff got together to organize this year’s Math Counts trip to El Salvador.

Middle School teachers organized a Poetry Reading for students. Participating alumni were taught to write haikus, long format poems and rhyming techniques.

High school update By: Jose Fuentes

High School technology classess are hard at work and are doing their best to make the 2014 yearbook a reality.

The Community Service team held a succesful toy drive, aimed at helping underviledged children of zone 3.

High School parents also celebrated Thanksgiving, offering turkey legs, yams and pecan pies to the student body.

As part of their class Productividad y desarrollo, 10th graders made a wide variety of treats using only canned goods.

The school year’s first Honors Assembly offered outstanding students a chance get some of the recognition they deserve.

SINGAPORE MATH: Apps that make math fun By: Wallace Ting

With

Singapore Math becoming more and more popular in schools around the world, many new mobile apps have been released to help parents and students better understand the methodology. In this article we review some of the most popular Singapore Math apps.

In the Pics Middle left: The friendly user interface allows students to answer multi-step word problems using bar models.

Middle right: Word problems are presented with easy fill-in-the-blank solutions, making difficult problems much more manageable for beginning learners.

Bottom right: Children who first learn number bonds are exposed to pictorial representations first in order to build confidence.

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Thinking Blocks

This series of apps includes four separate apps for fractions, multiplication, addition, and ratios. Thinking Blocks has long been a popular website for math education but has now been modified for iPad use.

There are tons of great example problems that allow Singapore Math Bar Models (Grades 2-5) students to work through problems carefully and sequentially in a visual way. The best part about these This application is directly aligned with our Singapore applications? They’re all free!

Math textbook series, Math in Focus. The application is free to download and has a colorful bar model feature to help solve those tricky word problems. Sample practice questions are available as well in the app but will cost $9.99 to unlock.

Number Bonds: Addition & Subtraction Younger students who are just beginning to learn about the relationship among numbers can reinforce their learning through this playful number bond app.

In this application, students can create and complete number bonds. Smaller number bonds are represented by small animals (pictorial) rather than numbers Grade 6/7 Singapore Math (U.S. Edition) (abstract) which fits in perfectly with the Singapore For older students, these two iPad apps offer a heavy Math methodology. dose of sample word problems along with video tutorials. At only $.99 per app, these are a great find for students or parents looking for additional practice problems.

THERE’S MUSIC in the air By: Katrin Huenemoerder

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which

it is impossible to be silent,” once said Victor Hugo, famed French novelist and dramatist. At Colegio Interamericano we want to give the alumni the opportunity to express themselves through music.

Students as young as four years old have the possibility of learning to play the violin. This instittuion is the only school in Guatemala that offers violin classes to Pre-Primary and Primary students using the groundbreaking Suzuki method.

Suzuki is a Japanese method that allows pupils to learn to play an instrument with the same structure and ease as learning a new language. The methodology invites all participants to learn, acknowledging the capacity of every human being of learning to make music. This, in turn, allows for the program´s unique didactical strategy.

Classes closely involve parents in the learning method.

This allows students to study at home and equips parents with the necesarry knowledge to help out then needed.

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That being said, the violin is not the only music proColegio Interamericano started implmentening the Su- gram we offer. Primary students have the option of zuki violin program three years ago,with just a handful of choosing between six different instruments within the students. Many of them have stayed in the program and Extra Curricular Activities Program. are dedicating up to an hour a day to playing and practicing their instrument. This year over 50 students between Students can join piano, guitar, cello, or flute lessons or Pre-kinder and 5th grade have succefully enrolled and can even learn how to play the Marimba, Guatemala’s national instrument. Younger students have several become part of the exclusive violin program. opportunities to show what they´ve learned during From 6th grade on, “Strings” becomes an option stu- concerts at Family Day or the school´s Arts- and Music dents can sign up for within the school´s curricular music Festival, as well as other special events. program.

This school year around 20% of Elementary students were signed up to the music program. In Middle and High School, students then have the opportunity to continue playing their instrument as part of the regular class and as an after school activity as well.

Middle right: The Suzuki violin program teaches students the necessary skills and discipline to grow musical arts.

Bottom left: Choir classes are accompanied by rythm guitar lessons so that students learn to play with other artists.

Maintenance Report: Keeping the school grounds in tip-top shape By: Pablo Melgar

One of the main goals of the new administration of

In the Pics Middle right: As a security measure, all metal surfaces were buffed and painted, enabiling a safer and healthier enviroment for students and staff.

Middle Center: Each class was disinfected, scrubbed and mopped, in preparations to months to come.

Middle right: Work on the school drainage system was continued during the Holiday Break.

Bottom left: Gardening work was done on most green areas, giving a fresh face to Interamericano.

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Colegio Interamericano is to guarantee that any and all available resources, inside school grounds, have been designed to help keep a clean, safe and joyful environment. This, in turn, will allow for an optimal environment in which education of the highest quality can be achieved. It is to this end that they have worked long and hard for the last two years, propagating said mindset to every department in our school, both operative and academic.

During the Holiday break of 2013, the maintenance and cleaning team worked diligently, classroom-by-classroom and office-by-office, to eliminate any imperfections that may have arise on our campus.

This included any necessary repairs to floors, walls, windows, roofs, electrical wiring, lighting and furniture.

In the same venue, the school’s gardening team focused their efforts on revamping green areas and planting new shrubberies throughout the grounds.

This work was down swiftly and effectively, allowing vegetation to be ready for the upcoming rainy season and blooming at the beginning of the next school year.

The maintenance and cleaning head office is very proud of the work that has been done. Yet it also acknowledges there is still a long to go and that up keeping is constant and unyielding endeavor. For this reason, the maintenance staff is well in line with the Vision and Mission of Colegio Interamericano, working hand-in-hand to meet the expectations of the school’s most valuable assets.

Working up to the challange: AASCA 2014 By: Allan Secaida

La

Asociación de Colegios Americanos de Centroamérica (AASCA), was created to foment and support international cooperation in academic, artistic, cultural and sporting events, between prestigious American School in Central America. AASCA’s main objective is to improve the quality of education accross borders. It offers students and staff an oportunity to expand in knowledge, cultural awarness and human interaction, through the hosted events.

To this end, Colegio Interamericano will be hosting an AASCA Soccer Tournament from Febuary 19 to Febuary 23, 2014. This is considered the biggest school-level sports event in Central America. As an integral institution, the school is certain that this experience will make Interamericano grow into a place where culture and sports are of the upmost importance, at a par with highly level academics.

Among the teams, both boys and girls, participating in this tournament, we find representatives from the following school:

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Colegio Americano de Guatemala 2.

Colegio Decroly Americano de Guatemala 3.

Colegio Village de Guatemala 4.

Escuela Americana de El Salvador 5.

Escuela Americana de

Tegucigalpa, Honduras 6.

Escuela Internacional

Sampedrana, Honduras 7.

Happy Day School de Honduras 8.

Escuela Americana de Nicaragua 9.

Lincoln School of Nicaragua 10.

Lincoln School de Costa Rica The school not only has the instalations to hold such 11.

Balboa Academy de Panama an event (recently having ignauriated the first syn12.

International School de Panama thetic soccer field at a school level) but will also offer

it’s best a welcoming community. Parents, teachers, students and staff are hard at work, making this proj- All together over 450 athletes were invited to the ect the first large scale endevour in 2014. Students event, 12 boy teams amd 12 girl teams will face off will likewise be host specific teams, being as much as during the three day long tournament. a fan as a cultural agent.

AASCA ITINERARY:

Wednesday Febuary 19: Delegations arrive during morning and afternoon.

18:00Hrs a 20:00Hrs Grand AASCA Inaguration ceremony.

Thursday Febuary 20, Friday Febuary 21: Games are to take place from 8:00Am to 6:00PM Saturday Febuary 22: Tournament Semi-finals and finals.6:00PM to 8:00PM Coronation ceremony.

In the Pics Bottom left: The whole student body is encouraged to come to each of match and cheer on the school’s outstanding soccer teams.

Escuela para Padres is a parent managed program, designed to offer stakeholders an opportunity to be up to date with the latest in education, psychology and technology. This month, Guido Aguilar will be giving a keynote lecture on Values in the digital age.

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