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CAG Accolades
DI Teams' Results Congratulations to the CAG DI teams that recently represented the school and country at the Global Finals in Knoxville, TN! Both teams competed in the "Chorific!" Improvisational challenge at their respective levels. Their competition included 1st place teams representing states from all over the US, Canada, the UK, Poland, Singapore, China, Korea, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil - a total of 1,032 teams competing in 5 different challenges at 4 levels. The Elementary School Team, "The Black Belt Monkeys," finished in 16th place, out of 70 teams and with the 4th higest score in the Instant Challenge component of the competition. The Middle School Team, "The KDJ-Majestics," finished in 28th place, out of 80 teams. The teams were accompanied by several parent chaperones, Kelly Seagraves and Amanda Ottewell as faculty Team Managers and José Luna, the Guatemalan Affiliate Director and a CAG teacher. More information can be found about the event on www.globalfinals.org and about the Destination Imagination program at www.idodi.org.
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5/26/08 CAG would like to extend our congratulations to the Class of 2008 Seminario groups!
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Part of it! And PROUD of "The 2008 Teacher Talent Show!!!!" Thanks to all the teachers who helped organize another incredible Teacher Talent Show. This year's show raised money for the 8th graders' ONIL Stove project and for cementing floors for pre-existing homes in Zone 3 ("Vida Joven" NGO project).
Mon 5/12/05 Tue 4/29/08 Children Helping Children in Third Grade Children helping children! As a third grade team, we are working with La Unidad Nacional de Oncologia Pediatrica (UNOP), for children who have cancer. Part of our third grade curriculum is the study of the human body and various health issues and concerns. These close connections to our studies lead us to fundraising and sharing with the children from UNOP. During our study of cancer, a local doctor came to share with our students about the causes and effects of various forms of this disease. The students then invited their new friends to school to share in a presentation of a 4th grade play. The third graders prepared a song and small gift for each visitor. The visitors also prepared a skit for our students. It was an emotional and moving experience. Tue 4/29/08 Por el camino de la narración Estas fotografías son muestra de la actividad que los alumnos de 12o. grado realizó junto a los pequeños de la Sección Primaria Tue 4/29/08 AASCA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR CHOIR On March 28, choirs from AASCA schools will come together to interact and perform. We are excited about this project for a variety of reasons: it specifically addresses Middle School students, it provides a forum for the musical endeavors in our schools and it promotes interaction, cooperation and cross-cultural understanding. In this sense, the Honor Choir activity is one-of-a-kind. Tue 4/29/08 Torneo Nacional Destino Imaginación Guatemala Tue 4/22/08 Guest Storyteller/Author to Inspire ES Writers “I like that you make stories very funny. I like how you act and I like that you have a BIG imagination. You show us how to write a good book in funny ways. You show that re-writing stories, we can make them better. I like that you showed us that from little starts we have big finishes. And the biggest think I like of you is that you showed all the kids that the only tool we need to write a book is our imagination.” These words from an Elementary student captured the fascination of our students during last year’s Author Visit. Building on this enthusiasm and appreciation for the craft of writing, we are pleased to announce the April 7-9 visit of this year’s Guest Storyteller/Author: Marc Joel Levitt! During Marc’s visit, he will demonstrate his storytelling strengths during an assembly for Elementary students, guide students through his writing process in a Writer’s Workshop, work with teachers to develop their skills in teaching writing and storytelling and will be our featured guest at the Grade 2-3 Family Reading Night on Thursday, April 10. We look forward to Marc’s visit and to rejuvenating student interest in telling their own stories! Sat 4/19/08 Sat 4/5/08 CAG Festival Wed 4/2/08 Sandra Rief Visit We would like to extend our cordial invitation to a unique opportunity that you won´t want to miss. On April 1, 2008, the American School of Guatemala will host an informative lecture with Sandra Rief, M.A. (To learn more about Sandra Rief please visit her website www.sandrarief.com) Even if you are not a specialist, and even if your child does not fall into the ADHA/LD category, you will benefit from the sound parenting and teaching strategies she will present. The conference will be offered in the MacVean Auditorium at the American School of Guatemala, 11 calle 15-79 Vista Hermosa III zona 15. Free parking will be available across the street from the American School of Guatemala campus. For further information, contact Kimberly de Pivaral, Public Relations Officer at 2369-0791 ext. 244 or by emailing kpivaral@cag.edu.gt Tue 4/1/08 “A Gift For Life” “Un Regalo para toda La Vida”
Los especialistas del “Student Support Services”
les invitan a un taller sobre estrategias clave para ayudar a los hijos en su etapa escolar. The specialists of Student Support Services” invite you to attend a workshop about strategies to help your children during their school years. Day: March 31 Time: 8:00 to 10:30 Place: Middle School Cafeteria
Presenters: Carolyn de Alvarado Fri 3/28/08 Jump Around! One week each month, there will be a competition for jumping rope at recess. Each day is a different type of jumping rope: The next competition will start on Monday, February 18th, when students will be allowed to sign-up for one competition for each day. Students may not compete in more than one competition on any day. There will be prizes given to those students who win the competitions and those students will be allowed to join the “Jump Off” in June to see who will be the Champion Jumper in each category. Those overall winners from June will be given special recognition that month. Fri 3/28/08 Future World Leaders Summit, July 20-26. If you are interested in international relations, aspire to be a diplomat or are planning a career with a multinational corporation, FWL Summit will help you achieve your goal. The summit attracts over 700 future world leaders from around the world. You will get the opportunity to teach as well as Thu 3/27/08 Middle School Celebrates Math and Science! This year, our annual Illuminating the Arts program was expanded to include the Arts and Sciences with the theme “Math and Science in the World Around Us.” Activities kicked off on the afternoon of Thurs. Jan.31st with exhibitions in the foyer of the auditorium. There were also student presentations, including the burial rite of chickens that had been mummified in Ms. Newmyer’s 7th grade Science classes. Thu 3/13/08 MUN Boston 2008 Math Day How many students does it take to answer 733,273 questions mentally in 48 hours? The answer for the American School of Guatemala was 665!! This past March 5th was World Math Day, an event in which students from around SGA Fashion Show: March 6th at 6:30 Thu, 2/28/08 DEAR PARENTS This event has been a sports highlight for many years, not only for our school but also for other neighboring schools. During this activity, participants develop sport skills and human values such as sportsmanship, respect, team work and a sense of “Fair Play”. This will be a great opportunity to share with your family, students and friends. There will be music, food and a professional cheerleading squad that will show their skills. The School Band of “San Sebastian” will also join us. Come, play, participate, and help us build CAG spirit. César Herrera Mon, 2/25/08 Congratulations to all the new inductees of the MS chapter of NJHS. These students have demonstrated outstanding qualities in the areas Mon, 2/25/08 HS Student Government's Spirit Week: Mon, 2/18/08 One Hundred Days and Counting! The Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of school with a morning full of math and science on the Moñtanita. Every class had the opportunity to participate in an array of activities that focused on integrating math, science and the number 100. Fri, 2/15/08 Grade 5 students showed their spirit and dedication to fitness by participating in the Individual We are very proud to announce that CAG will be hosting the International Drama Festival on February 1-4, 2008 whose main purpose is to promote theater development and friendship among high school students in Central American. During the Festival we will have a variety of monologues, scenes, and improvisations. Also, each group has prepared a One Act Play. There will be a total of 7 schools participating in the Festival! We are proud Wed, 2/12/08 Was it a dream or waking fantasy? Either way, TNT Britain wove their magic on two captivated audiences this week. Tue, 2/29/08 CATCH THE DREAM AT CAG!!!! Tue, 1/22/08 Last Monday, students at CAG celebrated MLK, Jr. Day by participating in a memorable and moving presentation not only about Martin Luthe Thu, 1/17/08 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day On Monday, January 21, CAG will celebrate the U.S. holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. CAG will hold two separate assemblies for grades 5-8 and grades 9-12. On this day, we hope t Tue 1/08/08 50 Year at CAG/ASG and Going Strong! What a special day January 8th is for us this year! Do you know who holds the record for riding the CAG/ASG bus? Fifty years ago, Celia de Melendez stepped onto the CAG schoo There is hardly a student that doesn’t know her name or who won’t forget her smiling face. Thank you Celia for being such a vital link for all of us. We appreciate you and all the love and dedication you have given to our school. |
In addition to competing it the tournamnet, each CAG team was matched up with a team from the US as an International Ambassador Team that supported them during the event and added to the intercultural experience for our students. These team members are a part of a 10-year CAG tradition of participating in what is known as the world's largest critical thinking and creative problem-solving competition, sponsored by Destination Imagination, Inc. 
The projects were on display last week in the gym during which parents, teachers, and students could ask questions and learn about the community outreach that our seniors were involved in throughout the year. Some of the topics this year included: "El Medio Ambiente en Guatemala", "Como la Economia Mejora la Educacion", "Semiario de Ambiente e Higeine", "Cuidando Nuestros Riñones" and much more. To learn more about this project, stay tuned to the CAG Newsletter that will be coming your way next week! 
It was a packed house last Thursday night and when the lights turned stage center, the CAG teachers stole the spotlight with their talents. We enjoyed listening to the tunes from "No Expectations" and the Divas, pounding out the rhythm with STOMP and "Brining it Back in Black", and mixing it up with Janet Remixs, Bollywood and the YMCA flashback. We climbed mountain tops on an "Outdoor Adventure" and explored the beauty of the world through "Earthscapes" all in one night! Thanks to all of you, too, who came out for the family fun and to support our causes. Click on the gallery below to see a few of the highlights of last week's show. 
de nuestro colegio. Los jóvenes, tras escribir un cuento basado en uno de los tanto mitos que encierra El Popol Vuh y luego de practicar la lectura entonada, visitó las aulas de sus compañeritos para compartir con ellos su creación. La actividad resultó gratificante para ambos, unos porque recibieron la visita de "los grandes", otros, porque jugaron el rol de maestros por primera vez. ¡Felicitaciones!
(Americano, Bentham, Decroly Americano, Entrevalles, Evelyn Rogers, Intellego, Interamericano, Maya, Metropolitano, Montesorri, SEK, Solalto y Village) se reunieron en el gimnasio del CAG para participar en el desfile que formó parte de la ceremonia de inauguración. La Presidenta de la Junta Directiva del Colegio, dio la bienvenida a todos los participantes al campus del CAG. Los motivó a seguir utilizando su capacidad de pensamiento analítico y creativo ya que Guatemala necesita trabajo en equipo para la resolución de problemas. Enfatizó que Guatemala necesita jóvenes enfocados en resolver problemas no sólo enfocados en dónde están los problemas y por qué hay problemas. 
“Marc is a writer, storyteller, educator, 
Come one, come all! Sign-up and join in the Jump Rope Competition each month. Do you have a hidden desire to jump for prizes? Do you like to jump fast? Do tricks? Jump for a long time? Then you are just the student we are looking for to participate in the Jump Rope Contest.
learn by showcasing your country's heritage and culture. You will gain insight and experience in diplomacy, coalition building, negotiation, and compromise. If you are interested, visit 
The performance by “Ciencia Sin Fronteras” vividly demonstrated how to concoct “mocos de vampiro” and use static electricity to make your hair stand on end. On February 1st, Middle School students spent the day rotating through a series of workshops all centered on the theme of how math and science are used in our everyday lives. The Middle School Math and Science teachers planned experiments and activities such as building a container to protect an egg from breaking, using measurement conversions to make ice cream, weaving a web to understand the interdependency of living creatures and working in teams to build weight-bearing structures. The day began with another Science presentation, this time by “Mad Science” and ended with an exciting discussion and display by Chepe Masacuata. Students saw an iguana, a hedgehog, a tarantula and had the opportunity to hold a (gasp!) python. Once again, the annual Middle School theme day proved to be an illuminating, interactive and educational experience for all. 
looking for the Guatemalan representative. As we figured out that he wasn’t present, our chair called for silence, motioning to start the first of four three-hour sessions. Immediately, seven hands shot up into the air, already bursting with arguments about war, human rights, and the environment. We were ready to fix the world.
the world participated in an online competition of mental math. The goal was to break last year's world record of 38 million questions answers. The response was overwhelming, as the students combined globally for 182,455,169 questions answered. The American School of Guatemala was responsible for nearly a million of those questions in which our community was full of fun, competition and eagerness to do mental math. As a group we clocked in 34,987 minutes of "Math" power in just two days (That's over 24 days worth of work!) 
of leadership, academics, community service, citizenship and much more. The school feels honored to have such quality members of the community. Keep up the good work! 
and much more during the annual Spirit week run by the SGA. The goal of this activity is to give students a chance to dress in fun ways to show their school spirit and promote unity. Mr. and Mrs. CAG Spirit will be nominated and honored at the end of the week. These are the two students that were creative in dress, participated each day, and understand the importance of promoting spirit in their school. 
Triathlon January 18th. Boys and girls alike swam, ran, and rode their bikes to victory. Congratulations to those students who participated in the event, you are all winners!
to say that this is an excellent example of teamwork and collaboration amongst the staff and students in the High School. Our Drama students, under the supervision of Mr. Fernando Mencos, are involved in many facets of the Festival including scene arrangements, light and sound, costumes, etc. Members of the Student Government, supervised by Mrs. Suzanne Chang, will organize the "Ice Breaker" activities, which will set the tone for the entire weekend! Art Teachers, Amada Moreno and Juan Bautista Guas will prepare the decoration of the bulletin boards and workshop areas. There will also be a number of teacher volunteers throughout the weekend. This is an excellent example of teamwork on the part of the High School Staff!
We hope that all of our community members that came out and supported this event enjoyed one of the best comedies ever written both structurally and artistically. To be or not to be... TNT Britain in Guatemala? We hope to welcome this group back again this September for another performance. Log into our website to stay informed. 
r King, Jr., but about what we all can do to stand up and help each other, our community and country. 
o further introduce and remind students of the powerful example of Martin Luther King. King's ideas apply not just to the struggle of African Americans in America, but rather to universal principals of human relations for equal treatment and justice. As we prepare students to be the future leaders of Guatemala, it is our hope that we are producing intelligent minds infused with a sense of integrity and responsibility to influence a world characterized by love. As King said, "The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists who are dedicated to justice, peace and brotherhood."
l bus to start her first day of Kindergarten and is still with us today (also still riding the school bus!). 
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