¡Feliz Verano!

Dear AFS Families,

I wanted to close the end of the year with a video that shows some of the activities we did during Spanish class. Have a great summer!

Abrazos.

¡El Mundial!

The Soccer World Cup went from South Africa to five-time champion Brazil. The opening ceremony is this coming Thursday, June 12th, and the first match is Brazil against Croatia. If you are a soccer fan like me, you are probably as excited as I am!

What does this has to do with Spanish?

Fútbol (soccer) is very popular in Spain and Latin America. If you and your children can easily contract la fiebre del fútbol (soccer fever), I would like to encourage you to watch the matches in Spanish. Depending on your channel lineup, you will find a few networks always showing World Cup soccer games in Spanish.

Some of the are: Univisión, Telemundo, ESPN Deportes, and Fox Latino.

P.S: El Mundial short in Spanish for "The World Cup."

Collecting Art Supplies

We are delighted to support the work of Yes!  And… whose mission is to equip children and young people with the tools to be better learners, to believe in themselves and to realize their dreams through the work of creating collaboratively with peers and professional artists.

Please help us support the creative and theatrical summer camps of Yes! And… by donating one or more of the items listed below if you are able.  Collection boxes will be placed inside the Lower School, Middle School and Upper School entrances, June 2^nd – June 11^th.

For more information click on the link: http://www.yesandcamp.org/

Questions?  Contact  aemmons@abingtonfriends.net

Markers

Glue (Elmer’s, Sticks, etc.)

Scissors

Yarn, Ribbon, String

Paint

Paper (Construction, plain, lined, cardstock, butcher, etc.)

Tissue Paper

Chalk

Paint Brushes

Magazines

Random Crafty Stuff (puff balls, googly eyes, beads, etc.)

Tape (masking, packing, etc.)

Hole Punchers

Cardboard

Newspaper

Recyclable items (soda bottles, boxes, egg cartons, etc.)

Lower School Spring Arts Day Is This Friday!

THE RHYTHM WITHIN

An AFS Early Childhood and Lower School Spring Arts Day

~ Friday, June 6, 2014 ~

12:15 p.m.

Muller Auditorium ~ Doors Open

12:30 p.m.

Spring Program Begins
Abington Friends School Muller Auditorium

1:30 p.m.

Lower School Arts Gallery Walk

2:15 p.m.

Home and School Cupcake Celebration

~ Spring Program Concert Attire ~
All lower school students should dress in black shirts and long, black pants.  Students are welcome to bring their concert attire clothing to school on Thursday, June 6, 2013.  All students will be given the opportunity to change at school on Friday morning prior to the performance. 

Please note that many students will be involved in movement performance on stage and should wear pants and comfortable shoes (no heels, sandals or flip flops please).  Please make sure that students have on dark socks as we occasionally do movement performances without shoes.

We look forward to celebrating our accomplishments with you on Friday, June 6th in the 

AFS Muller Auditorium beginning at 12:30 p.m.  The auditorium doors will open at 12:15 p.m. 

Please allow additional time for parking.

NO EXTENDED DAY ON FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014

Extended Day will not be providing care on Friday, June 6, 2014.

Please make note of this for planning purposes. 

Spanish Updates

Fourth graders spent the last few weeks of the year getting ready for an interview.

No. They were not going to be interviewed. They were the interviewers.

Last we we had a special guest. Professor Beth Lyon, a human rights lawyer at Villanova's School of Law, visited AFS' 4th graders. She spoke about her personal experience learning a Spanish, as well as the importance of knowing a second language in the USA. As a lawyer with experience in immigrants and workers rights, Professor Lyon highlighted much need help in the legal field for translator and interpreter

Puzzle: Students matching
words with images.

Through a series of games, exercises and activities, students were slowly getting ready to interview Professor Lyon. Fourth graders knew nothing about her. The purpose of her visit was to have 4th graders interview her. In order to know ANYTHING about her, they had to ask questions in Spanish. The week before Professor Lyon's visit, 4th graders wrote down their questions in English, then translate them (very quickly, I must say) to Spanish.

And they were so excited to get to know her!

See below photos of some of the activities where we reviewed, and also learned, vocabulary.

Thank you to Professor Lyon. Her presentation went far beyond language and culture. We ended up discussing about the global community and equality.

Sopa de Letras (Word Search)
about peace and equality.

Professor Lyon talking about the importance
of English-Spanish translators/interpreters in the legal field