Future Educators Association Junior Class - Aviano High School
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Department of Defense Dependents <strong>School</strong>s<br />
<strong>Aviano</strong> Middle/<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Parent Newsletter<br />
September 2013<br />
EMAIL<br />
avianoMS/HSOffice@eu.dodea.edu<br />
WEBSITE<br />
http://www.avia-hs.eu.dodea.edu/<br />
Main Office: 632-5877<br />
Nurse: Ms. Young: 632-5821<br />
Guidance Department:<br />
Grades 6-9 Ms. Lee: 632-5917<br />
Grades 10-12 Ms. Oleson: 632-5619<br />
Bus Office Mr. Evans: 632-5152<br />
Acting Principal Ms. Kim Redmond: 632-5358<br />
Admin Officer Mr. David Andler: 632-5474<br />
Secretary Ms. Mara Anderson: 632-5293<br />
Registrar Mr. Matthew Bush: 632-5615<br />
Office Hours: 0730-1600<br />
Student Hours: 0756-1435<br />
<strong>Future</strong> <strong>Educators</strong> <strong>Association</strong><br />
Congratulations to the following students who were recently elected as officers of FEA:<br />
What is FEA?<br />
The <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Educators</strong> <strong>Association</strong>, sponsored by Phi Delta Kappa International, is an international network of nearly<br />
1,000 chapters located around the world. As the only pre-collegiate program for prospective teachers, FEA’s mission is<br />
to provide students with opportunities to explore careers in education. Through participation in FEA, students will gain<br />
a realistic understanding of the education profession and the role of the teacher.<br />
FEA is open to all students in grades 9 – 12. Meetings are held approximately twice a month during Super Seminar or<br />
at lunch. In addition to bi-monthly meetings, activities include: Teacher Appreciation, Shadow Days, fundraising to<br />
support teacher appreciation and the annual FEA-Europe Conference, guest speakers from various fields in education,<br />
service project(s), information about scholarships, and tutoring. Interested students should see Ms. Izzo in S40 or one<br />
of the FEA officers. National dues of $8 must be paid by the end of September.<br />
<strong>Junior</strong> <strong>Class</strong><br />
Congratulations to the following students who were recently elected as <strong>Junior</strong> <strong>Class</strong> officers:<br />
President:<br />
Taryn Williames<br />
Vice-president: Cody Price<br />
Secretary:<br />
Kristen Kennedy<br />
Treasurer:<br />
Adam Chavez<br />
Public Relations: Annalisa Hardin and Sarah Hestilow<br />
These students will spearhead activities during the year to include class spirit, t-shirt design, fundraising and prom but<br />
the help of all juniors is needed to make this a year to remember. See Ms. Izzo or one of the officers to get involved in<br />
<strong>Junior</strong> <strong>Class</strong> activities.<br />
It’s Take Home Tuesday!!<br />
Sixth Grade<br />
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SCHOOL EVENTS<br />
Oct 3<br />
NO SCHOOL<br />
CSI<br />
Oct 5<br />
CC & Tennis @ Naples<br />
Football @ Schweinfurt<br />
Volleyball @ Florence<br />
Oct 11<br />
Homecoming Pep Rally<br />
Oct. 12<br />
HOMECOMING<br />
Football vs. Naples<br />
Tennis & CC vs. Naples<br />
Volleyball vs. Naples<br />
Oct 14<br />
NO SCHOOL<br />
Columbus Day<br />
Oct 19<br />
CC & Tennis @AOSR<br />
Volleyball @ AOSR<br />
Football Quarter Finals<br />
Oct 26<br />
CC Europeans @<br />
Baumholder<br />
Football Semi-finals<br />
Volleyball vs. Vicenza<br />
Oct 29<br />
Joint SAC/SAB<br />
1630- ES Media Center<br />
Oct 31<br />
Volleyball Europeans @<br />
KMC<br />
End of 1 st Quarter<br />
Nov 1<br />
NO SCHOOL<br />
Teacher Work Day<br />
Nov 2<br />
Football Final Four @<br />
Kaiserslautern<br />
Nov 8<br />
Parent-Teacher Conferences<br />
Boys VB ASIL @ <strong>Aviano</strong><br />
Football Super 6<br />
The Importance of Learning a Foreign Language<br />
According to Frank Smith, an internationally renowned psycholinguist, “One language<br />
sets you in a corridor for life. Two languages open every door along the way.” Knowing<br />
a foreign language is necessary in today’s global society. Spanish is the fourth most<br />
commonly spoken language in the world, and many colleges in the United States<br />
recommend at least three years of foreign language courses. In most careers, knowing<br />
a foreign language gives a person an advantage because they can communicate with<br />
other foreign speakers. Learning a foreign language expands your view on different<br />
cultures and allows easier communication. Confidence and self-esteem also improve<br />
with increased experiences in foreign languages. There is no doubt that being bilingual<br />
has many benefits.<br />
AMHS Community Service<br />
During Ms Hoffman’s seminar, Madison<br />
Summey and Aylin Blackwell have been<br />
given the opportunity to work with 2nd<br />
grade students from Ms Colon’s and Ms<br />
Geylani’s class. In Ms Geylani’s class<br />
Madison helps students with their work.<br />
She helps them with their math work,<br />
addition and subtraction and how to count<br />
money. Madison also helps with the<br />
organization of the classroom by putting<br />
student work in their folders. In Ms Colon’s<br />
class Aylin helps the students count and<br />
add. She also helps them with their<br />
classwork. Aylin also enjoys correcting<br />
student papers and filing for Ms Colon. Both<br />
Madison and Aylin think that the students<br />
cooperate really well, even though a few<br />
were shy at first they soon warmed up.<br />
These 8th graders are enjoying the teaching<br />
style of an elementary classroom setting.<br />
They feel it is a fun experience and want to<br />
continue serving their community in this<br />
way.<br />
On September 26, a group of middle school<br />
kids went on a hike to The Chrome Dome. It<br />
was really fun! We exercised and found a<br />
dead snake.
SCHOOL EVENTS<br />
Oct 5-6<br />
SAT & SAT sub. Tests<br />
Football @ Ansbach<br />
Tennis & CC @ Naples<br />
Volleyball @ Naples<br />
Oct 8<br />
NO SCHOOL<br />
Columbus Day<br />
Oct 11<br />
Homecoming Pep Rally<br />
Oct. 12-13<br />
HOMECOMING!!<br />
Football vs Bitburg<br />
Tennis & CC AOSR<br />
Volleyball vs AOSR<br />
HOME<br />
Robotics Club<br />
<strong>Aviano</strong> MHS has a very active robotics club that has participated in the FIRST FTC robotics<br />
competition for the past three years.<br />
The goal of our club follows the philosophy of the FIRST organization:“The FIRST Tech<br />
Challenge is more than a high school robotics program. It is a community focused on building<br />
a better world for tomorrow by engaging high school students in Science, Technology,<br />
Engineering and Math (STEM). FTC is about teaching students the value of hard work,<br />
innovation and creativity. It goes beyond competition by teaching teenagers the importance<br />
of working together, sharing ideas and treating each other with respect and dignity.”<br />
This year we have 18 club members and with a grant from FIRST we are going to be able to<br />
enter two teams in the FTC Germany Regional to be held in Munich on March 1, 2014.<br />
Last year we qualified for the World Championships held in St. Louis in late April. It was an<br />
outstanding experience for our students as they competed against 128 teams from 19<br />
countries.<br />
To learn about this year’s challenge you can go to the following link:<br />
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc<br />
If you have an interest in working with the robotics club<br />
please contact us. We currently have four community<br />
volunteers that are mentoring our club.<br />
Here is a photo of club members building the competition<br />
arena.<br />
Oct 18-19<br />
Football @ Hohenfels<br />
Tennis & CC @ Vicenza<br />
Volleyball @ Sigonella<br />
Oct 24-47<br />
Tennis Europeans<br />
@Wiesbaden<br />
Oct 27<br />
CC Europeans @<br />
Baumholder<br />
Oct 27<br />
Football Semi-finals<br />
Volleyball @ Vicenza<br />
Trick or Treat for Unicef<br />
Nov 1<br />
End of 1 st Quarter Term<br />
Nov 2<br />
NO SCHOOL- Teacher<br />
Workday<br />
In Honor of 9/11<br />
On September 11, 2013 at 09:11, the students of<br />
<strong>Aviano</strong> Middle/<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> and the <strong>Aviano</strong><br />
Elementary school attended a special joint 9/11<br />
ceremony to honor and remember the victims of<br />
the attack. The event took place in the courtyard<br />
of the high school. The ceremony began with the<br />
sounding of Revile and the raising of the colors of<br />
the United States as well as the Italian flag. Deputy<br />
Chaplain Palomaria addressed the gathering as he<br />
stressed the importance of acknowledging our<br />
heroes and those who lost their lives during the<br />
tragedy of September 11th. The ceremony ended<br />
with the playing of TAPS and laying of a memorial<br />
wreath by the IT-951 Corps Commander and two<br />
representatives from the 4th grade.<br />
Nov 1-3<br />
Girls VB Europeans @ KMC<br />
Boys VB ASIL @ <strong>Aviano</strong><br />
"Like" us on Facebook!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/<strong>Aviano</strong>schools
Grade 7 officers<br />
On September 27,<br />
2013, the 7 th grade<br />
students gathered<br />
around in the alcove<br />
and elected their<br />
student council<br />
representatives. All of<br />
the speeches were<br />
informative and<br />
interesting and we enjoyed them very much. After the votes<br />
were counted, we had the following winners:<br />
President: Lina Pompa<br />
Vice President: Aranis<br />
Muniz-Perez<br />
Secretary: Elizabeth Ives<br />
Treasurer: Olivia Schuyler<br />
Historian: Amanda<br />
Schaul<br />
It was a very fun<br />
campaign and the<br />
elected officials are<br />
ready to work for you!<br />
So thank you for voting<br />
and we are looking<br />
forward to a great<br />
school year. <br />
By: Amanda Schaul<br />
7 th grade Historian<br />
Congratulations to the following class<br />
officers:<br />
Grade 8<br />
President: Alana Pinuala-Toves<br />
Vice President: Leah Ives<br />
Secretary: Nicole McDermott<br />
Freshmen<br />
President: Hanna Wells<br />
VP:<br />
Liz Soto<br />
Secretary: Ellie Prewit<br />
Treasurer: Monika Stevens<br />
Photographers: Sam Flowers and Natalie Abernathy<br />
Treasurer: Megan Frost<br />
Sophomores<br />
President: Rebecca Ives<br />
Vice President: Elyse Slabaugh<br />
Secretary: Emma Vedock-Gross<br />
Treasurer: Germaine Seisa<br />
Public Relations: Michael Smith<br />
<strong>Junior</strong>s<br />
See article page 1<br />
Seniors<br />
President: Allison Dinges<br />
Vice President: Sabrina Huetra<br />
Secretary: Abigail Schuyler<br />
Treasurer: Songar Ideus<br />
Public Relations:Ashleigh Palomaria<br />
Tennis Team Feature<br />
This year the tennis team plays Mary Mount International, Vicenza,<br />
Florence, AOSR, and Naples.<br />
When we played MMI, Jade Westlake won her singles match, Taryn<br />
Williames won her singles match and Savannah Bartlow and Maggie<br />
Lewandowski won their doubles match. We hope to do well in our<br />
remaining matches.
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