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ASV nominated for the National Award for Educational Marketing
American School of Valencia has been selected as a finalist for the first edition of the National Award for Educational Marketing. This competition aims to recognize the innovation, creativity and perseverance of schools using marketing and communication to promote their services and engage with their communities.
Candidates are competing this week in an online voting that can be done here. Results will be combined with the individual report of a jury and the winners will be announced during a special event held in Madrid on Friday, January 20, 2017.
We invite our school community to take two minutes to support and vote for ASV’s candidacy. |
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Relocation of Visions Café and Other Campus Upgrades
American School of Valencia has completed a series of campus renovations and upgrades which started on December 21, 2016 while students and staff enjoyed the Winter Holidays. The most important change for the the school community is the relocation of Visions Café, which on Monday, January 9, 2017, reopened in the new dining hall located in the Athletic Center. Thanks to this change, Visions Café has increased its seating capacity and has a better location within the school campus, with nice views to the basketball court and the Athletic Field.
Alongside this upgrade, we have completed the renovation of the First and Second Grade Corridor Bathrooms, which have received a facelift in order to improve their functionality. In addition, the room formerly used for library storage, has been converted to host a Conference Room, the Human Resources Office, and the Creativity and Development Office. Finally, the school has created a highly professional Admissions Office located in an area adjacent to the Atrium. Collectively, these series of facility improvements will add improved functionality, as well as an enhanced environment for all stakeholders.
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New Supporting Teachers
Four future educators joined our staff to collaborate as supporting teachers in Elementary and High School. They are from the University of North Georgia and are at ASV to complete the final stages of their university preparation before they graduate in May 2017. So, please welcome:
Ms. Carley Flores (top left), who will be working in 5th grade with Mary Cass.
Ms. Becca Ramsey (top right), who will be working in 4th grade with Christine Perkins.
Ms. Dezmone Valentine (down left). She will be working with Mr. Stapleton and Mr. MacLarty for 6th grade math and 6th and 7th Science.
Ms. Ansley Thomas (down right), supporting Ms. Soraya Vitorino in 2nd grade.
Please help welcome these teachers to our school. |
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Moving forward with the ASV PBIS Program
The PBIS Planning Team had a new session on the implementation of this program supporting positive behavior at school. The team is comprised of the ASV leadership team, a several teachers and other staff members, and works following the training provided by Dr. George Sugai.
Among discussion items was determining where our students would benefit from specific routines and instruction to improve behavior, which has a positive impact in the learning environment. Dr. Sugai will be returning to the school in February 2017 to continue his collaboration with American School of Valencia.
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Parent Delegates January Meetings
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First Assembly in 2017
Ms. Blain’s class (2W) starred the first assembly in 2017 for 1st and 2nd grade. Students modelled lunchroom expectations, offering a nice performance which supports the school PBIS program. Seven students received the Star Student diploma for their outstanding work and behavior.
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Information for all Grade 12 Parents (Class of 2017)
We would like to inform officially you that any Senior Trip (Grade 12), Senior Party and/or Senior Prom are privately planned, privately funded and are not organized with the cooperation or support of the American School of Valencia in any manner. ASV has no involvement in these events, and the school does not permit any organization of these events to take place at the school nor provide any form of supervision.
Therefore, we encourage all parents to have an open and forthright discussion with your child about his/her involvement in these non-ASV activities. As parents, you accept responsibility and must make the decision about whether or not your child will participate in these non-ASV events.
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ASV Students Departed Today for Naples, Florida
The following students and teachers are heading to Naples, Florida to spend the next two weeks at the Community School of Naples. We wish them safe travels and an exciting learning experience.
Grade 6: Nicolas Eulogio and Arianne Zamorano.
Grade 7: María Gracia Aldea, Aron Bocking, José García, Marc Lafarga, Lucía Suay, and Clara Tortajada.
Grade 8: Elena Baixauli, Aroa García, Angela Hernández, Celia Lillo, Jorge Portilla, Ricardo Sáez, and Candela Vega
Grade 9: Ana Borras and Paola Marqués
Grade 10: Marisa Alba, Pablo Martin, Ismael Sáez, and Maria Tormo.
Chaperones: Mr. Marc Boyer, Ms. Ana Arjona, and Mr. Michael L. Smith.
We wish them safe travels and a truly enriching experience at the Community School of Naples.
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Talk on Summer Programs with Education USA
Katherine Matles, from Education USA, an organization sponsored by the US Embassy, visited the ASV to explain how to research summer programs and summer camps in the United States. The talk was addressed to parents of students in Grades 6 through 12.
Attending a summer camp or program is not only important for the students own personal enrichment, but to earn experiences that demonstrate maturity and readiness when applying to universities abroad. These programs can also help students explore different majors or careers to study after High School. Please keep in mind that the application process starts now and many programs fill up early. Please contact Ms Verónica Cinosi if you need any help with this.
Yesterdady’s presentation will be attached to Voices next week. |
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Career Day 2017
On Friday, January 27, 2017, ASV will celebrate the Career Day once again, so we invite you to participate with your son/daughter to listen to a variety of professionals talk about their jobs, academic preparations, and their daily routines.
This year the activity will take place from 3.00 to 4.30, in two sessions of 40 mins each, with a 10 minutes break in between for informal conversations or just relaxing. If you have any questions please contact the High School Counselor. To attend please sign up here.
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Next week students taking science courses in 11th Grade will have the Lab Day, the main part of the annual activity known as Group 4 Project. Eleven teams will develop experiments part of multidisciplinary projects exploring a variety of questions around the main topic: food.
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7th through 12th grade will receive the 2nd term Report Cards on Friday, January 20, 2017.
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Form for Transportation Changes
As of January 2017, in order to communicate that a student will be picked up by car, please fill out the form that you will find here. As we firstly announced on ASV Voices 94, changes are subject to the stipulations on the ASV Transportation Policy. Please, read carefully this document before any transportation request. We wish to thank you for your understanding and support in our daily task to ensure the smooth and efficient transportation of all of our students.
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Additional Charges in February
We would like to remind you that the school office will include these additional concepts within the February school receipt.
- ASV+ Monthly Fee
- 6th Grade Ski Trip
- SAT Exam
Charges will be invoiced only to families of students registered in these activities.
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Lunch Menus for January 2017 available
Download from the Parent Resources Google Site or check them out on the ASV mobile app.
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Marta Molina played with Valencia the Spanish Basketball Tournament
The student in 9th Grade Marta Molina recently competed in the Spanish Basketball Tournament for Regional Teams. Marta and her teammates won the bronze medal representing Valencia. Players had a after a great performance during the last game against Aragón, scoring 75-50. After a short break time, our student returned to her trainings with Valencia Bàsquet.
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Mariano Duran, included among the best lawyers in Spain
Mariano Durán, secretary of the ASV Board of Governors, has been included in the list “The Best Lawyers in Spain 2016” in the area of business and corporate litigation. The acknowledgement has an added value, as list members are elected by voting by all of the registered Spanish lawyers in each legal area.
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Weekly Bake Sales: How is it going?
With the start of a new calendar year and the school year almost halfway through, Ms Julianne and Ms. Jackie would like to t hank you for your support to the weekly snack sales. So far a total of 764 euros has been raised for our two organizations: Kapita School in Zambia and the dog shelter SOS Sagunto. The money raised for Kapita school forms part of the larger donation made on the schools behalf by the ASV Foundation. Whilst a monthly donation of much needed medical supplies is given to the dog shelter from the profits of the bake sales dedicated to SOS Sagunto.
To make things simple for both students and adults alike all items cost euro. For the weeks dedicated to Kapita school different grade levels in Elementary School donate and take charge of selling the items. The profits from the next sale on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 will go to Kapita School.
Ms Julianne and Ms Jackie
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The Red Sticks Visited ASV
The American School of Valencia through their coaches Andrés Sigalat and Vicente Orero organized a training session for the ASV+ 3-4-5 Field Hockey team with the Spanish National Girl's team. The "Red Sticks" came to ASV on Thursday, January 12 to train our student-athletes during their ASV+ time. It was a great opportunity for our younger players to meet and play with professional and Olympic athletes, they all enjoyed meeting the team members and gave them a present to thank them for coming. We hope to see them back at ASV soon!
Find more pictures on this Facebook album. |
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Games this weekend
This weekend ASV teams will play at different facilities:
Saturday, January 14
Sunday, January 15
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Monday, March 13, 2017
On Monday, March 13 all ASV community will be celebrating ASV Fallas, therefore we wanted to inform all the families whose children have ASV+ on Mondays, that on Monday March 13 there will be no ASV+ activities.
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