鶹ýӳ American k-12 school in Costa Rica Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:08:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 /wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-鶹ýӳ-Escudo-Site-Icon-32x32.png 鶹ýӳ 32 32 Newsletter from the Director April-2024 / Carta de la Directora Abril-2024 /archives/8270 Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:08:00 +0000 /?p=8270 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

Welcome to the last quarter of the school year! We hope you enjoyed a well-deserved Easter break.

We thank the families that donated food and attended The 鶹ýӳ Annual International Luncheon and Assembly last month. It was a heartwarming event, where we were able to celebrate the 41 countries that are represented in our educational community. Thank you so much!

The invitation is cordial to collaborate and participate in the Bingo Night that will be held on April, starting. Stay tuned for official communications via Seduca and WhatsApp, this event is open to all 鶹ýӳ families, alumni and friends.

We are very proud of our sports and academic squads! Congratulations are in order to the Soccer and Volleyball teams for the excellent results they had in their matches last month, to Model United Nations for their successful participation in the LMUN Conference, and to NHS + Generation Amazing for the development of the Soccer School for children sponsored by Roble Alto. Go Falcons!

We will have an Open House session on April for new families looking to join 鶹ýӳ. If you have friends or relatives who wish to get to know our school and learn more about our programs, they can send a WhatsApp message to attend this session or to schedule a private visit.

]]> Newsletter from the Director – March 2024 / Carta de la Directora – Marzo 2024 /archives/8263 Thu, 29 Feb 2024 21:09:38 +0000 /?p=8263 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

Our gratitude goes out to the PTO for organizing a memorable FAMILY DAY, which reported the attendance of more than 500 people. Thank you very much!

We congratulate the Model United Nations (Model UN) team for hosting a very successful 2nd Annual 鶹ýӳMUN Conference last weekend. The event included the participation of 15 visiting schools and more than 115 delegates from all over the country. It was extremely nice to hear advisors from other teams refer to 鶹ýӳ as their role model for this program. What great pride! Congratulations!

Good luck to the Female Volleyball Team that is competing in the Action Tournament (American schools in CR). We invite all our families to attend the games that will be played in our gym and also those scheduled to take place in other schools. Go falcons!

There are still a few spaces available for middle school and high school students who would like to attend the STEAM Camp in Orlando, Florida in October-2024. For more information, please send an email to Dylana Vincenti.

]]> Goleada de Oportunidades /archives/8254 Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:53:04 +0000 /?p=8254 Through Soccer, a program will cater comprehensive development to socially vulnerable
boys, girls and young people from San José.

Goleada de oportunidades will help 41 girls and boys that are assisted by Asociación
Roblealto.

The objective of “Goleada de Oportunidades” is to create spaces where children, from 7
to 14 years old, get involved actively in soccer and physical activities to keep them away
from the social risk factors to which they are exposed in their communities.
The population benefiting from this initiative are members of the care centers managed
by the Roblealto Association that serves socially vulnerable boys and girls in the areas
of Hatillos, Desamparados and Los Guidos.

“The values promoted during the five-day program (from October 2023 to April 2024)
are tolerance, empathy, equity, respect, fraternity and sorority.” Mr. Roy Araya from
Roblealto, declared.

Goleada de oportunidades became a reality thanks to four high school students from
the 鶹ýӳ who were selected by FIFA and
CONCACAF to be part of the global social aid program, Generation Amazing 2022.

These Costa Rican students traveled to Qatar to train on social inclusion, and
subsequently designed a project: ¨Goleada de Oportunidades¨, a youth-driven program
that provides sessions on practical life skills and promotes the empowerment of the
members of Roble Alto.

Generation Amazing (GAF) is the emblematic human and social legacy program of the
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and CONCACAF, through which, their country members,
can optimize their own training programs to deliver entertaining, safe and engaging
football sessions to young people from all over the world.

“The initiative is based on sports as a transformative tool that will positively impact
Costa Rican communities. Professional soccer players Christopher Meneses and Emily
Valenciano joined the program to tell their life stories.” Indicated Dylana Vincenti, Co-
Curricular Coordinator of the 鶹ýӳ.

]]> Newsletter from the Director Feb-2024 / Carta de la Directora Feb-2024 /archives/8258 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:03:00 +0000 /?p=8258 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

Welcome to the second semester of the 2023-2024 School Year!

Greetings to the 12 new families who joined our educational community!

We remind all parents to please include the phone number 7070-0731 in your contact list on your cell phones, so that you can receive reminders and emergency messages from the school through WhatsApp.

We congratulate the Model United Nations (Model UN) team that was traveling in January, for their participation in the international conferences held in Geneva, Switzerland and at Yale University, USA. You can see the photos and videos of these experiences on our
social networks.

The PTO reminds you of our Annual FAMILY DAY scheduled for this Saturday, February 3rd, from 8am to 2pm. Admission is free and the program includes a variety of sports and entertainment activities for all ages, as well as food trucks and an entrepreneur fair. We recommend that our families who live nearby get to the school by bicycle, scooter, on foot or in another way that avoids the use of fuel, to contribute to the reduction of emissions and continue supporting our ecological sustainability projects such as Blue Flag and the UNESCO Objectives.

We wish the very best to our MUN Team, which will conduct our 2nd 鶹ýӳ MUN CONFERENCE in February. Over 100 delegates have already confirmed attendance to this event, some of them traveling from remote regions of the country.

The MEP National Standardized Diagnostic Tests are scheduled for 6th grade in the week of February 12 to 16 and for 12th grade from February 19 to 23. The Principals and Homeroom Teachers of these grades will be providing specific details to their classes.

]]> Newsletter from the Director Dec-2023 and Jan-2024 / Carta de la Directora Dic-2023 y Ene-2024 /archives/8246 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=8246 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

What a joy to have celebrated our Thanksgiving Luncheon once again, we hope that this family time marks the happy beginning of the holiday season.

We congratulate the winning teams of the STEM Fair. We thank the Science Department for coordinating the event, the educators who participated in the implementation of the projects with the students, and the parents and staff members who served as judges.

The MEP National Standardized Diagnostic Tests were rescheduled for February 2024. We will inform you when we have confirmed dates, meanwhile our 6th and 12th grade students continue preparing to take these exams needed for the Costa Rican diplomas.

The activities for the closing of the first semester and the beginning of the second semester are approaching, such as the Christmas Celebration, Santagrams’ Sale, Last and First Day of School, etc.

]]> Newsletter from the Director Nov-2023 / Carta de la Directora Nov-2024 /archives/8241 Wed, 01 Nov 2023 21:25:00 +0000 /?p=8241 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

As we start the last two months of the first semester, we want to highlight the good job of the 鶹ýӳ Team that participated in the CRI-MUN (Model United Nations Conference in Costa Rica) in October. Good job, falcons!

The implementation of the Soccer School in Roble Alto started a couple of weeks ago. We thank NHS and Generation Amazing’s students and staff members, who are conducting this project that provides support and resources to children and adolescents at social risk. If you want to cooperate with them, please contact dvincenti@ais.ed.cr.

We have not received confirmation from the Ministry of Education in regards to their National Standardized Tests (Diagnostic Version) which are intended for grades 6 and 12. Our calendars continue to show the preliminary dates that were scheduled earlier in 2023.

We’ll be in touch with our 6th and 12th grade families as soon as the official dates for the tests are decided.

Finally, we remind you to share success stories of our students and alumni, so that we can congratulate them on social media. Send your photos and details of the events to marketing@ais.ed.cr

]]> Newsletter from the Director Oct-2023 / Carta de la Directora Oct-2023 /archives/8237 Sun, 29 Oct 2023 23:09:00 +0000 /?p=8237 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

We had a very good time during the 202 Years of Independence Assembly, we thank the families who joined this celebration.

We wish all the best to the 鶹ýӳ teams that are participating in national competitions this month: the ACEP Volleyball Tournament and the CRI-MUN (Model United Nations Conference in Costa Rica).

The NHS Team will be working with the students and teachers of Project Goal 22 for the implementation of the Soccer School in Roble Alto. This is a new part of our social service to this organization, that provides support to children and adolescents at social risk.

We will have an OPEN HOUSE event for families who wish to enroll their children in our school next semester, the session will be held this Thursday, October 5th at 6pm, on campus. For more information, send a WhatsApp message to 7070-0733. Invite your friends!

The MEP National Standardized Tests(Diagnostic Version) for grades 6 and 12 in US Calendar Schools(like us), are scheduled in October and November. The specific dates and instructions for each test have not been received yet. We will be sharing relevant information with families in these grade levels as soon as we have access to it.

Finally, we invite you to share the sporting, artistic and academic achievements of our students outside of school, so that we can congratulate them on social media. Send your photos and details of the events to marketing@ais.ed.cr

]]> Newsletter from the Director Sep-2023 / Carta de la Directora Set-2023 /archives/8232 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 20:58:00 +0000 /?p=8232 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

We conclude the first month of school with the joy of having our students back in the classrooms and welcoming sixteen (16) new families. We hope that this will be a year of great success for everyone.

During the last few weeks some reminders have been distributed by WhatsApp. Please be reminded that we will use this channel for communication if an emergency occurs and Seduca is not available. In order to join the WhatsApp Distribution List, each parent must include the number 7070-0731 in their cell phone contact list. If you have already completed this process, but have not received messages, please contact Ms. Elizabeth Hernández (ext. 109) for assistance.

The celebrations for Children’s Day and the Independence Day Assembly in September are being prepared. Stay tuned for the information you will receive via Seduca.

We congratulate our Gymnastics Team for their outstanding participation and for the medals they won in the Acrogym Tournament last weekend. Good job, Falcons!

Seats and airline tickets are being purchased for students who will participate in the Model United Nations (MUN) Conferences in Costa Rica and the USA. We remind you that, to participate in extracurricular events such as these, it is necessary to complete the corresponding forms and deposits, and tuition payments must be up to date.

]]> Newsletter from the Director Aug-2023 / Carta de la Directora Ago-2023 /archives/8211 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:32:03 +0000 /?p=8211 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

Greetings! And our best wishes for the School Year 2023-2024!

We are excited to welcome our students back. We know that the improvements in infrastructure and academic curriculum will be important additions for their student life: Science Honors Classes in High School, renovated gymnasium and garden plazas, etc.

The samples of the packages of school supplies for Preschool and Elementary are already available. You can place your orders with our staff at the Reception and Accounting Office.

We remind families who still have to complete Admission documents or payments that they must do so no later than this Monday, July 31, 2023, in order to avoid any inconvenience on the first day of school (Thursday, August 3rd, 2023).

We also remind parents that to receive messages and reminders via WhatsApp, it is essential to include the telephone number 7070-0731 as part of the contacts on their cell phones and to keep their personal information updated in our office. In the event of an emergency where we are unable to communicate via email, information will be sent to parents via WhatsApp. The school’s WhatsApp does not receive calls or messages, it only sends information from the school.

]]> Newsletter from the Director Jun-2023 / Carta de la Directora Jun-2023 /archives/8206 Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:13:52 +0000 /?p=8206 Dear 鶹ýӳ Community,

We are approaching the last weeks of school, with the excitement of our students’ graduations and the joy of the end of the school year celebrations.

We thank the families who attended EXTRAVAGANZA 2023. The event managed to raise enough funds to provide the Art Department with new equipment.

We congratulate our Volleyball, Gymnastics and Basketball athletes for their outstanding participation in the tournaments that ended this month. Also, our congratulations to the swimmers Carolina and Fabiana (6th grade) for their qualifying results at FECODA. In the coming days we will circulate the Annual Survey for parents, students and staff, in order to evaluate this year and continue with our objectives of continuous improvement in the school. We invite you to participate by completing the form that is displayed from the link that will be provided via Seduca.

If you have any question, please contact your Homeroom Teacher.

We wish safe travels to the families who are moving to another country at the end of the school year, we thank you for choosing 鶹ýӳ as the school for your children during your stay in Costa Rica.

To all our families and students returning in August: enjoy your vacation!

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