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DispatchNovember 2011

Scene from the Middle School Drama Department's Production of "Mrs. McThing"

AAS DISPATCH, February 2010

Director'sCHALLENGE AAS has always been quick to take on community service projects at all levels and divisions in support of good causes or to reach out to groups of people who are struggling in some way. This year, the three divisions have come together on one project, the Prozorovo Tractor Fund, for which we feel we can have a lasting impact on a the lives of villagers in our host country. The village of Prozorova is located northwest of the Golden Ring, approximately 400km north of Moscow and they are desperately in need of a new tractor. This tractor is essential to

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With this newsletter, I’m launching a new annual tradition that I would like to call “The Director’s Challenge.”

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the lives of the villagers as the local roads are poor with dirt tracks that are often only navi-gable by tractor. The tractor is used to supply wood and food to the elderly villagers and plough fi elds and transport crops in the spring and summer. Please click here for more information about this village.

I am beginning a new tradition to assist our students in their annual fundraising efforts. I am personally donating 15,000 rubles to the Prozorova Tractor Fund. In order to reach the "Director's Challenge 2011-2012" goal, I encourage 30 adults in the AAS community to match my donation by also contributing 15,000 rubles each. By participat-ing in this fundraising effort, each donator will recognized by a plaque on the "DIrector's Challenge Wall." Please note, after 30 donations have been received this year's challenge is closed.

I'm excited by this opportunity for the adults in this community to join together with our children to help them achieve something bigger than they could do on their own. I hope you too will help our students by taking part in the First Annual Director's Challenge!

How can I be a part of the "Director's Challenge? Be one of the fi rst 30 people to make a 15,000 ruble donation to the Prozorova Tractor Fund. Please drop off your donation to the AAS Cashier in the Admin Offi ces, fi rst fl oor.

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11 November 2011

Dear Parents,

In the weeks just prior to the vacation, we received a few reports of cases of pneumonia amongst students and staff. I believe many of you already saw these notifications in the Health Alerts that come home via email on a regular basis. Generally, these numbers were consistent with patterns normally associated with this time of year. In checking with our health office and looking at records for the last few years, the flu season seemed no different in terms of the number of cases or the number of referrals for seasonal symptoms.

However, two recent cases were sent for additional testing because the patients were not responding to the normal course of treatment. The results of these tests confirmed a particular strain of pneumonia that can be consistent with environmental factors including air and water systems. While it is possible that these patients may have been exposed in any number of locations including home and other environments, we believed it was better to be prudent with regards to student and staff health and safety and carry out full testing of the air conditioning and water systems in school by external specialist companies in order to reassure everyone.

These tests were carried out throughout the week prior to vacation and into the early days of the vacation. We had full access to the building because of the vacation, so the testing was quite extensive. We have approximately 25 air handling systems and many sinks and water sources throughout the building, but the intent was to be sure to check all potential points of exposure consistent with appropriate building maintenance and hygiene standards. It should also be noted that the reported cases were randomly spread throughout the building, so there was no focal point of concern.

On Wednesday, all of the results were tallied and there is no sign of any issue in the school building. Despite this positive result, we continue to be prudent by encouraging hand washing, healthy practices, and we have ramped up our cleaning regime with our Four Squares partners, the contracted agency primarily responsible for school cleaning and hygiene.

We will continue to be vigilant with all local agencies. We have a partnership with the embassy health centers and EMC in this regard and they are keeping us informed of additional cases as they emerge and in our school community. We’ll keep you posted via our Health Bulletin as needed. Please contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Jon P. Zurfluh Director

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During the October break, Patrick and Michael Fulling, along with Ms. Linda DeBoer, traveled to Chiang Mai, Thailand to deliver a donation of $2,000 to the Elephant Nature Park (www.el-ephantnaturepark.org). These were the funds raised last year by the Kids For Elephants group at AAS. Patrick and Michael spent several days living and working with the elephants that have been rescued. They also met with Lek, the founder of the elephant park, to deliver the dona-tion from AAS. It was a great experience for ev-eryone involved and the money donated by AAS was so appreciated by them.

Kids for Elephants

IT MeetingCEESA

Every year Technology specialists from schools in the Central and Eastern European Schools Association (CEESA) meet to discuss Technology in their schools and in the region. Th ese meetings are funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State Offi ce of Overseas Schools to assist participating schools and regions in terms of curriculum quality and continuity, opportunities for collaboration, progressive professional devel-opment, and resiliency in the face of natural or man-made emergencies. Th is year, our topics of discussion included the CEESA Strategic Plan, the World Virtual Schools Project, School Management Systems and Integration methods.

Th e AAS vision is to inspire student learning • Th rough a dynamic & caring environment • With innovative & eff ective instructional strategies • In collaborative relationships, and • By using current, relevant technologies, and the rich resources of our diverse community.

We were joined by AAS Director Jon Zurfl uh, who shared with us the CEESA Strategic Plan that resulted from the CEESA Direc-tors’ Meeting. Part of that strate-gic plan is to foster collaboration between CEESA schools, which connects directly to our World Virtual Schools Project. We de-veloped a draft plan for develop-ing collaboration in the region, through which we hope to partici-pate in a pilot collaborative proj-ect with Directors and Business Managers using the CEESA Moodle Site. All participants will bring ideas back to their respec-tive schools. We are looking for-ward to continued development of the use of Information Com-munication Technology to en-hance learning and collaboration in our schools.

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As many of you know, this is our year for self-study in the PYP, with our evaluation visit scheduled for May of 2012. Teach-ers have put a lot of time and energy into the self-study so far, and are ready to share this process with the AAS commu-nity. Please join us on November 23 in the Maaly Theatre for a gallery walk style presentation from 8:45 to 9:15. These informal presentations are based on the four IB standards for curriculum, and are a result of teacher exploration and learning through the self-study process. For more information about the PYP self-study and the teachers’ learning experiences, please stay tuned to the PYP blog found on the AAS website.

Sharing Our Learning

November 23, 20118:45-9:15Malyy Th eatre

Open to parents of children in all grades. The fi rst topic we will explore is “Math.” The study group will meet approximately once a month throughout the year. Please choose between two introductory sessions, No-vember 25 or December 2, at 08.45 in the Community Room. Introductory material will be provided at the fi rst meetings. The fi rst book we will discuss will be “What’s Math Got to Do with It? How Parents and Teach-ers Can Help Children Learn to Love Their Least Favorite Subject.” By Jo Boaler, PhD. Please click here to view a summary of this book. This book is available for eReaders.

PARENT BOOK STUDYNovember 25 or December 208.45, Community Room

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Your children may have told you that we had a fi re alarm drill in October.

I am pleased to inform you that the drill went very well, and the building was totally evacuated quickly in an orderly fashion. All were accounted for in a good time.

During the year we will have further fi re drills, and also security drills, such as a lock down procedure. Ob-viously these are all for your chil-dren’s safety, but if your child is at all concerned by any of them please reassure them. Please also feel free to discuss any concerns you may have with your child’s teacher or an administrator.

Ian ForsterDeputy Director

Fire Alarm DrillOctober 3

Cafeteria Open 09.00-17.00

Libraries Open 10.00-13.00

Kids' Craft Fair 12.00-15.00

Family Splash 13.00-17.00

MS Speech & Debate all day

Saturday, November 19Lots going on!

www.aas.ru/thanksgiving

AAS DISPATCH, November 2011

LibraryNews

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The library has taken the space made available by the fi rst stages of the library remodeling project to create a

special place for the preschool classes.

The reading room allows our youngest patrons to use a library designed specifi -cally for them, and for their needs, as they begin to build a lifelong relationship with books and reading.

The Elementary Library has e x p a n d e d .

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We would like to expand our DVD collection and lending service, and have changed the limit for DVD check-outs from 3 to 5. If you have legal copies of DVDs that you would like to donate to the library, please remember us. We collect both PAL and NTSC formats, and from all regions. Many families have multi-zone players, so all legal copies are welcome.

As always, we welcome book do-nations as well. Any materials that are donated to the library are reviewed fi rst to see if they can be added to our library collections, and if not, are donated to the PTO for the BookSwap booksales.

We also get almost weekly ship-ments of new books at the library, so stop by and grab a good read or a good movie. We would love to see you.

One of the interesting tidbits you may not know is that the Djupedal library checks out as many DVDs as fi ction books. We have a large lending library of DVDs, including both educational movies as well as feature fi lms.

Did you know....?

New Book FairNovember 14-16Malyy Th eatre

Students only Nov. 14, please.

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Rony is an Israeli claymation artist who has published books, produced animated fi lms, and regularly holds workshops all over the world, display-ing his unique artistry with stop-motion clay fi gures. Rony will be in Mos-cow on a promotional tour, and has agreed to take time out of his schedule to come and work with our Elementary, Middle and High School students.

Rony’s books (in Russian) will be available for purchase at the libraries and at the PTO bookstore prior to the visit. Rony will be available for a book signing as well. His books contain step by step instructions, so even those who don’t read Russian will be able to create clay fi gurines with ease.

Rony OrenVisting Artist

December 2

Th e library and the PTO Visiting Artist Committee are proud to welcome Rony Oren to AAS on December 2, 2011.

PTOParent Teacher Organization

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Malyy TheatreNew Book Fair

November 14 08.15-16.00November 15 08.15-16.00November 16 09.00-14.00

Students only November 14 until 15.00, please.

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Artisan FairTuesday, November 2208.30-16.30

Congratulations, Quiz Night Team

Winners!►

Middle School

DRAMADEPARTMENT

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Now available online - click here to view. The DVD was also cataloged and is ready for check-out at our HS/MS Library.

Mrs. McTh ing

Green Committee

* 18.00 is the only General Admission Showtime, other performances are reserved for classes.

High School

DRAMADEPARTMENT

Price: 200 rubles in advance / 250 Rubles at the door. Appropriate for ages: Upper ES and older

presents...

November 24, 17.00November 25, 18.30November 26, 15.00

Malyy Theatre

Green Committee AAS DISPATCH, November 2011

ECO GreenCommittee News

Green Committee Meeting

November 1615.45

PTO Offi ce

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However, our community buys appoximately 680 plastic-bottled drinks EVERY DAY, and 480 of those bottled drinks are of water. If all of those bottles found their way to the recycling bin, it would total a little over 4000 kg of plastic (over 4 tons).

Consequently, we are recycling about 60% of our plastic bottles which is admirable considering that some countries only manage to recycle 25% of their plastic bottles. It only takes 19 PET bottles (0.6L) to yield enough fi ber for an extra large T-shirt or one square foot of carpet.

approximately 2600 kg of plastic bottles (78,000 bottles) in a school year (179 days).

AASRECYCLES

Consider providing your family members with a reusable bottle. Choose something durable - that can be easily washed. Stain-less steel, aluminum and polycarbonate (BPA-free) are excel-lent materials and can be put in the dishwasher. Moscow is now selling these products at many local stores; Starbucks (kids like these best), Tvoy Dom, and even some Alie Parusa grocery stores. Our very own PTO store sells reusable to-go cups as well.

The next obvious step at AAS is the REDUCTION of plastic bottles in our community.

Unfortunately, plastic bot-tles are among the most prevalent source of pollu-tion found on our beach-es. Not to mention, the extremely high amount of fossil fuels it takes to pro-duce ONE bottle. Imagine a water bottle fi lled a quar-ter of the way up with oil. That’s about how much oil is needed to produce the bottle.

Oil and plastic bottles?

AAS has installed sev-eral new drinking foun-tains with proper spigots for easily refi lling a water bottle. At the ECO Fair in April, many students took a taste test of the tap and bottled water, and half could not even tell the dif-ference. His/her own spe-cial water bottle is a great way to show eco-pride.

If it is to be

IT IS UP TO ME

Alex has been bringing in cans to AAS to recycle for about 2 years now, since she was in grade 5. She fi rst started bringing in cans because she noticed how many coke cans her family threw away everyday. She noticed the recycling bins at school and it made her feel bad that they threw away so many cans at home. She likes to recycle because it makes her feel good to help the earth. She estimates that she recycles about 70 cans every week because her family drinks a lot of soda. She and her dad are the primary people in her house actting green. In addition to recycling cans she also makes sure to turn lights off when she leaves a room so she doesn't waste electricity!

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Meet Alex Hunt

GREAT JOB ALEX!

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Exhibition Hall "Tushino Yana Raynisa Bul’var, 19, k.1

www.vz-tushino.ru

EXHIBITIONMinistry of Culture of the Russian Federation

 November 13-27, 2011

You are cordially invited to the Exhibit Opening & Cocktail Reception

Sunday, November 13, 16.00-19.00.

Attire: Smart Casual

Th e exhibition features works of three artists who come from very diff erent backgrounds and "lands" but share the same pursuitfor the undiscovered.

Art on cover: Swan2, Cory Wanamaker

EXHIBITIONArtNovember 13-27, 2011Exhibition Hall "Tushino" www.vz-tushino.ru

Sculptor Bilar TsarikaevAAS Art Teacher Cory Wanamaker AAS Visiting Artist (2010) Viktor Bokarev

“ Terra Incognita”

Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation

Exhibition Hall "Tushino Yana Raynisa Bul’var, 19, k.1www.vz-tushino.ru

You are cordially invited to the Exhibit Opening & Cocktail ReceptionSunday, November 13, 16.00-19.00.

Attire: Smart Casual

Th e exhibition features works of three artists who come from very diff erent backgrounds

and "lands" but share the same pursuitfor the undiscovered.

“Terra Incognita”

Art on cover: Swan2, Cory Wanamaker

EXHIBITION November 13-27, 2011

You are invited...

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2nd notice

reminderMornings drop off and parking arrangements – security reminder.

Firstly, if you are driving to school please plan to arrive in good time. We recommend planning to arrive at 8.15 am or earlier. If you arrive at 8.20 am or later it may take you 10 minutes or more to get into the school grounds.

Secondly, please be aware that we have two lower car parks, by the school fi elds. The furthest one has guarded access and you can use the footbridge to get into school from there.

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Every morning the Security Staff tries to squeeze 500 cars through the AAS parking lot in 30 minutes. The traffi c jam starts usually at 08.15. If you leave home 15 minutes earlier you will fl y into school.

Have your passengers ready when you arrive at the school compound. The students should have their homework in their bag and have their jacket on and be ready to go.;l lunch money has been given and the pickup time in the afternoon has been agreed upon. If the student fell asleep in the car, wake him/her up when you pass the hospital so he/ she is wide awake and ready to jump out when you arrive at school.

If passengers open the door themselves, the driver doesn’t have to get out of the car. This saves lots of valuable time.

How 5 seconds can make a huge difference

Drop and Drive - Kiss and Go

If you are dropping your child/children off, you can do this in front of the main entrance. Please be as quick as possible (“kiss and run”) in order to keep the traffi c moving. Never leave your car in this zone.If every car takes 5 seconds less to drop off at the main entrance, we will have 45 minutes extra drop off capacity right in front of the door.

500 cars30 minutes

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Dropping off in the middle of the road might seem to be a good solution for you, but it is unsafe and it stops all traf-fi c behind you. Please wait in the car until a spot at the side curb is available.

AAS DISPATCH, November 2011

AthleticsGo Penguins!

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The Middle School Girls’ tourna-ment was held in Warsaw, Poland, on October 6 – 9. When the team arrived, they went to the Holocaust Museum and had a thoughtful cul-tural experience. On the fi rst day of the tournament, the girls faced Bu-dapest, Prague, and Kiev and won these games 2 – 0, 2 – 0, and 3 – 0 respectively. On the second day, they fi rst beat Bucharest 3 – 0, and then were held to a scoreless draw against Warsaw, but these results earned us a spot in the champion-ship game against Kiev which they won 2 – 0. The girls played fan-tastic Soccer and were positive role models demonstrating respect and sportsmanship both on and off the fi eld. Throughout the whole tourna-ment, the girls scored 12 goals and didn’t concede a single goal; such an outstanding effort! Coaches Quirante and McKinney are ex-tremely proud of the girls and their efforts. Job well done!

The Middle School Girls’ tennis team traveled to Prague for the 2011 CEESA tournament. Rainy days took the tournament indoors. AAS quickly showed their strength as a team during day one winning 13 out of 14 matches. In fact, the Penguins ended Day One in a tie for fi rst with Warsaw. Day Two forced better play, as the teams were more competitive. By lunch on Day Two, we were still in a tie with Warsaw. In the end, it came down to a difference of a few games over the course of the two days. AAS earned a very respectable

Middle School Girls’ Tennis Shine Brightly On and Off The Court

MS Girls’ Soccer Team Go Undefeated and Claim Championship Crown

2nd place fi nish as a team, just a few points behind Warsaw. All of our players medaled individually. Congratulations to them all! At 1st seed singles, Zoe Oo-mens came in 2nd place. At 2nd seed singles, Marlene Moser took 3rd (she was the only player to beat the Warsaw player who took 1st place). In doubles, AAS 1st seed with Maya Valieva and Daria Zlobinskaya 2nd, and our strongest results came from our 2nd doubles team, Sarah Andersson and Constance Bus-vine who went undefeated and placed fi rst. The girls worked hard, played hard, handled themselves with integrity, and came away with a strong sense of what playing and working as a team is. Con-gratulations.Coaches: Worley and Kenny

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The Middle School Cross-Coun-try Boys’ and Girls’ teams par-ticipated in the CEESA Tirana, Albania meet from 6 October to 9 October, 2011. The Boys’ Team comprised of Simon Marks, Ray Elias, Gre-goire Germain, Max Giesemann and Taras Kohut won the 2nd place team trophy for the 3.5Km and 2.5 Km races.

The Girls’ Team comprised of Sophie Mansager, Bianca Loge, Sonia Herne, Polina Nash, An-drea Gennari and Maggie Tyson won the 2nd place team trophy for the 3.5 km and 2.5 km races.

MS Boys’ and Girls’ Cross-Country Race To A Second, Yet First In Sportsmanship

Sophie Mansager also won two 2nd place individual medals for both races.

Last but not least, their running peers from Budapest, Warsaw, Tirana and Prague awarded the sportsmanship trophies to both our Boys’ and Girls’ Teams. Way to go Penguins!Coaches: Marth & MacMillan

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The MS Boys’ Tennis Team fi nished their CEESA tournament in Riga, Latvia with a 3rd place trophy this year. In all but one category, the team members also individually placed 3rd and in some cases, they beat the person who placed second. That, however, is to be expect-ed from such a talented group of players. What is not expected is that half of the team were 6th graders! The most impressive highlight of the weekend remains the votes in overall Sportsmanship. While it was the host team of Latvia that took the trophy, coach after coach along with a few parents, continuously commented on what a delight-ful, talented, and humble team we had, and at the end of the tourna-ment, Moscow had several votes in the prestigious Sportsmanship category. The MS Boys’ Tennis Penguins made an outstanding im-pression in sportsmanship and athletics; we have a lot to look for-ward to in future years.Coaches: Worley and Smith

The Middle School Boys’ Team trav-elled to Budapest full of confi dence after a successful early season in Moscow, but in the end they couldn’t retain the trophy they won last year in Prague. In windy and rainy condi-tions the boys battled through their fi rst three matches on Friday. The fi rst game, against the International School of Prague, was a close affair that could have gone either way. Unfortunately, it was Prague who grabbed a late goal and ran out 2-1 winners. However, Moscow comfortably beat both Kiev and the Budapest Red team on Fri-day afternoon and then Istanbul on Saturday morning to earn themselves a semi-fi nal spot against Budapest White.

MS Boys’ Tennis Continue CEESA Successes

Middle School Boys’ Soccer in Budapest

Budapest White were big, well-organized and skillful. Not only that, they were cheered on by a large and vocal home support. The boys stood up to this test admirably, and spent long periods encamped in Budapest’s penalty area trying to get an equalizing goal after falling behind to an early goal. Sadly, it was not to be and Budapest scored a late goal to run out 2-0 winners. The boys, who were by now “running on empty” after four and a half hours of Soccer in two days, had nothing left for the third/fourth play-off and lost again to their day-one nemesis Prague.

The boys learned a lot in victory and defeat and represented their school very well on and off the fi eld throughout the tournament. With over fi fty boys on the roster again this year, the early signs are that the Middle School Boys will be ready to challenge for the championship again next October in Bucharest.Coaches: Malone and Alzamora

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Friday, October 14 saw AAS Moscow depart for Kiev with 13 female players prepared to face Kiev International School and Kiev Christian Academy in a three way tournament and precur-sor to CEESA in Bucharest in November.

After arrival at the school and a short trip to a lo-cal shopping mall to stretch their legs, a friendly match was organized with the host school KIS. Despite stiff legs and tiredness from an early rise and lengthy journey our girls performed excel-lently, playing a brand of composed and fl owing passing soccer. Chances came and went before Kiev took the lead against the run of play. For the rest of the game AAS bombarded the Kiev goal but unfortunately couldn’t break through the massed defense. The 1-0 defeat did not ac-curately refl ect our high quality performance.

Saturday saw the arrival of KCA ready for a round-robin tournament. AAS played a fantas-tic fi rst game and moved into a 2-0 lead just after half time. Both goals were scored by Ali-cia Hillier. KCA managed to pull one back with a speculative long distance shot. However the result was never in doubt as AAS continued to pass and move fantastically, creating a number of good chances.

Despite the rain showers some of our players and coaches then watched KCA deservedly defeat KIS one goal to nil. It was important for the last game that the squad continues to stick to our game plan despite the small pitch and defensive tactics of KIS. Amazingly the picture played out almost exactly the same as the day before, AAS controlling the ball and managing to carve out 15 chances. A combination of bad luck, good goal-keeping, excellent defending and teamwork kept AAS out as Kiev were vic-tors again with a 1-0 score line. All was not lost however, with each of the three teams level on 3 points after count back AAS deservedly won the trophy by nature of scoring the most goals.

We know we still have some work to do before Bucharest and that success will not come eas-ily. Having said this, there were notable perfor-mances from a number of players, great team spirit and a willingness to continue to play at-tractive, positive soccer. It was noted that both opposition coaches commented on our quality of play and high skill level. Well done penguins.

Coaches: Lennon and Nellor

The Varsity Boys' Soccer Team had an eventful and enjoyable, if ultimately mixed tournament in Kiev on October 14 and 15. The boys began with a 2-2 draw against KIS. An excellent goal from Liam van Son gave AAS the lead early in the second half until a hail storm led to the referee halting play for a few minutes. This 'time out' gave the KIS team a chance to regroup and they came out strong, scoring twice in quick succession to leave the Penguins searching for an equalizer. This duly arrived shortly before the fi nal whistle when Tomi Paavola's persistence created a chance with he himself put away.

Saturday began with an excellent 3-0 win against PSI, who them-

Varsity Girls’ Soccer Bring Home Cup

Varsity Boys’ Soccer Lessons in Kiev

selves went on to defeat KIS in the next match. The Penguin scorers were again van Son and Paavola, along with Anthony Carter who turned in a shot from a corner. AAS thus went into the last game of the tournament in a confi dent mood. However, this confi dence drained away when, after a clash of heads between two Moscow defenders, the Penguin defense was left dazed and confused in being hit twice on the break by a determined Kiev team, and also conceding an own goal from a free kick all before half time. The boys put in plenty of ef-fort in an uphill struggle to draw the game in the second half and were ultimately unsuccessful, losing by the half time score of 3-0.

AAS came second in the three team tournament, trailing KIS on goal difference. The boys showed great team spirit all weekend and learned some valuable lessons in advance of the CEESA tourna-ment in Prague.

Coaches: McCluskey & Appleby

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Spectators are welcome!

Host Families Needed! If you can host two visiting students for three evenings (November 17-20), please contact Elena Plyuta, Activities Coordinator. elena.plyuta@aas.ru

Speech &

DebateCEESA Middle School

November 18-19, 2011

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at AAS Moscow!

ActivitiesGo Penguins!

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On October 5-8 the group of MS and HS students from AAS Moscow took part in Russian Exchange program. They visited AAS St Petersburg to meet with its students and teachers and were housed by families of AAS St Pete community. The day program of the trip consisted of visits to museums and memorable places thematically connected with Russian writers (A.Pushkin, F.Dostoevsky, N.Gogol) as well as with culture and history of the city of St. Petersburg. The evening program included visits to the world famous Mariinski Theatre. It was a great trip enjoyed by all.

Students from AAS St Petersburg will arrive to Moscow for a return visit in February 2012. Their stay will have a focus on the cultural, literature and history study opportunities that Moscow has to offer.

Russian Exchange leaders: Ms Mamina and Ms Akhrameeva

AAS Moscow

AAS St. Petersburg

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The Penguin Swim Team led by coaches, Mike McKinney, Charlie Semple, Viktoriya Masyuta and Tatiana Goncharenko participated in the RAS Swim Challenge at the Rabat American School in Rabat, Morocco on October 23, 2011. Twenty-two AAS swimmers across all 3 AAS divisions represented in great style and ex-ceeded expectations during the meet. Coach Semple said of the team, “Our swimmers came to Rabat to have fun, be challenged and perform to the best of their abilities and that’s exactly what they did throughout the meet and the weekend. We’re pleased with the results and all the coaches are proud of all the swimmers’ accomplishments." Nine AAS parents and family members also traveled to Rabat with the team and provided great support throughout the weekend. Thank you, parents!

Penguin Swimmers: Julia Monteith, Katerina Yamamoto, Tirza de Bruin, Emily Busvine, Anais Roger-Evans, Masha Vernik, Alex Rakovshik, Stasik Van Genderen, Maiken Hansen, Ivan Kartashov, Isabelle Worley, Debo-ra de Bruin, Alex Thomas, Matthew Degtyar, Karina Stech, Kalaya McKenzie, Julia Semple, Inthira McKenzie, Andrei Korsakov, Monet Streit, Robin Kennedy and Luc Debaupte.

Thank you to the Rabat American School for hosting our swimmers and coaches!

in Rabat, Morocco!

Penguin Swimmers“Rock the Casbah”

AquaticsGo Penguins!

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AAS SWIM-A-THON 2011DECEMBER 3

A variety of swimming activities will be available to all AAS community members during this year’s SWIM-a-THON on December 3.

This event is a fundraiser and participation in the activities is by donation. We hope you will make this a successful event!

13.00-17.00Swimmers ChallengeWater Games & Fun Activites

Proceeds donated to

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JV SoccerTOURNAMENT

November 11 & 12

Watch LIVE! on Penguin LIVE Stream!

PenguinLive Stream is back! On November 11 and 12 , 08.00-18.00, PenguinLive Stream will Broadcast the CEESA JV Boys Football/Soccer Competition LIVE! on the Internet with full cov-erage, interviews and between-race specials!

How can you fi nd us? "Like" our page on Facebook under "PenguinLive Stream" where the link can be found or go to our website directly under www.livestream.com/aaspenguinlive or look for the link on the front page of www.aas.ru under "AAS News."