American School Fes http://www.americanschoolfes.com Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:36:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Renaissance Program http://www.americanschoolfes.com/renaissance-program/ http://www.americanschoolfes.com/renaissance-program/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:00:14 +0000 admin http://www.americanschoolfes.com/?p=230 director: Omar Fassi

SPRING COURSES OFFERED

BEGINNING JANUARY 18, 2010

3:45-4:45

6 week course: 50 dh for Amicitia students, 150 dh for non-Amicitia students

ELEMENTARY COURSES:

Mondays:

Tae Kwon Do with Mr. Park

Choir with Ms. Wong

Drama in French, English and Spanish with Mr. Omar

Tuesdays:

Ballet with Ms. Griffin

Thursdays:

Guitar with Ms. Wong and Ms. Hatchett

School Newspaper with Ms. MacNaughton

HIGH SCHOOL COURSES:

Tuesdays:

Modern Ballet with Ms. Hutchinson

Thursdays:

Speech/Theater with Mr. Palosaari

Modern Ballet with Ms. Hutchinson

Email questions to: info@americanschoolfes.com

Description of the Renaissance classes:

Modern Dance:
Modern Dance Technique focuses on re-defining the body as art. While increasing stretch and strength, student explore technical movement and expression in a unique way that is attainable by anyone.
Open to any students in the 7th-12th grade. Required attire: comfortable clothes that stretch, bare feet. No jeans.

Guitar for Beginners (grades 3-12)
(Exceptions for pilot 2009-10 for first and second grade students)
Guitar for Beginners is a course suited for the novice guitar player. During the six weeks of sessions the musicians will learn: the parts of the guitar, the steps to tune a guitar, the names of the strings, basic chords, and a short song. Guitar for Beginners requires that each musician furnish a guitar of appropriate size and function for the student along with patience and focus to master the motor skills and information presented during the sessions.
If the musicians practice for 20 minutes three days a week, during the six week session, following the exercises presented in sessions they will be able to advance to private lessons provided as instructors are available.

School Newspaper Club:

Want to be a reporter, photographer, or editor for the school newspaper? Learn how to take photos, interview people, write newspaper articles and headlines, and publish a newspaper. Come help us write the Amicitia News!

Drama:

Ce cours a pour but de renforcer la confiance en soi des élèves en les initiant aux pratiques du théatre. ( Utilisation de l’espace scénique, travaux d’improvisation, jeux de concentration , de mémorisation ,et de prononciation , création d’un espace créatif en explorant divers personnages , travail de l’esprit de groupe des acteurs).

Speech and Theatre:

The Speech and Theatre class instructs students in the basics of the Craft and encourages them to hone their latent or developed skills in presentations. Comfortability in front of an audience, projection, the Method, and role immersion will be emphasized. Depending on student involvement, students will be encouraged to learn how to write and present various types of speeches. An end-year performance is the goal, dependent on abilities and time. Plays, skits, and speeches will be determined based on student abilities, number of students, and student interests. Appropriate and audience-tailored communication skills will be emphasized. This class will provide the student with comfortability in a speaking environment, and should assist in future public speaking endeavors in college and the business world.
]]> http://www.americanschoolfes.com/renaissance-program/feed/ 0 Our New Website http://www.americanschoolfes.com/new-website/ http://www.americanschoolfes.com/new-website/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:00:34 +0000 admin http://www.americanschoolfes.com/?p=1 Welcome to our new website! We are very excited about the possibilities that our new website will bring for our students, their parents, and our teachers as well. We will keep up to date information online at all times. We hope that it will be a continued source of helpful information for those who are new to Amicitia as well as those who are not.

Three features of our new website that we’d like to point out are the Photo Gallery, News Section, and Calendar Features. The Photo Gallery will hold memories throughout the year of various school events and activities. You are currently reading a news article. This area of the site will be used to report useful and relevant information about school activities events and more, and all upcoming events are located in our Interactive student calendar (also located on the left sidebar). With information of events, stories, and photos throughout the year, we hope that you find Amicitia’s new website at the top of your Bookmark list!

The new Subscription feature can be found just below the photo gallery on the left side bar. By subscribing, you will receive email notifications each time a new news article is written or important information is shared. This will save you time because instead of having to visit the website to get your information, we’ll be sending it directly to your inbox!

So stay tuned…there will be more to come!

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