DispatchThe Anglo-American School of Moscow

May 2012

Congratulations to all on a great Spring Season

softball volleyball tennis

From the DirectorSpringtime has been very busy here in Moscow Seems like only a short time ago that we fi nally said goodbye to the last snowfl akes and now we are busily engaged in pre-summer activities as we enjoy the warming rays of the sun and the few remaining days of school

We have many things happening here at the Anglo-American School and we are keeping staff and students very busy as we build toward graduation and many other end-of-year activities

onJ Zurfl uh

We recently published signifi cant changes to the calendars for both 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (now on the website for your review click here to access) It was not easy to do this given our historical com-mitment to our calendars once ad-opted but we only did so because we felt the change was warranted from a student-benefi t standpoint Without these changes CEESA sports would have been severely impacted for two years in a row A little over a week after my letter home to parents notifying them of the change I can happily report that the community has again taken this change in stride once again confi rming the tremendous fl exibility that exists in our midst Thank you for the many messages of support for both the decision and process We will now start work-ing in earnest on the 2014-2015 calendar where we have committed to a detailed review of our holiday structure and will certainly consider the many notes we received about the May holidays and better align-ment with the host country holi-days Look for survey involvement in the Fall

Pokrovsky Hills was awoken early in the morning a couple of weeks ago to our automated an-nouncement system that warned them of a ldquoCode Redrdquo alert at the school

Cal

end

ar

Complete with the phrase ldquothis is not a drillrdquo families were left wondering what was happening The incident was the result of a technical failure of the equipment and the false signal that was sent by one of our remote units that are kept at the perimeter guard stations After thorough testing of the system we are now confi dent that we will not be waking you up again anytime soon

However we will be having another daytime Code Red Drill (wersquove already had two of them this year) later in May This unannounced drill typically is scheduled mid-morning Code Red refers to our lock-down procedure where students are asked to report to their classrooms and or other secure locations This is not to be confused with our evacuation drill where we take students out of the building in the case of fi re or structural concerns (eg ndash after earthquake) These drills are all detailed in our Emergency Plan that was presented to the School Board recently This is not a document that we post on our website because of security concerns but we do share it with parents upon request This guide covers our plan for all types of disasters and includes communication protocols for getting situation updates to parents when necessary including the use of our SMS emergency notifi -cation system

From the DirectorSpringtime has been very busy here in Moscow Seems like only a short time ago that we fi nally said goodbye to the last snowfl akes and now we are busily engaged in pre-summer activities as we enjoy the warming rays of the sun and the few remaining days of school

We have many things happening here at the Anglo-American School and we are keeping staff and students very busy as we build toward graduation and many other end-of-year activities

onJ Zurfl uh

We recently published signifi cant changes to the calendars for both 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (now on the website for your review click here to access) It was not easy to do this given our historical com-mitment to our calendars once ad-opted but we only did so because we felt the change was warranted from a student-benefi t standpoint Without these changes CEESA sports would have been severely impacted for two years in a row A little over a week after my letter home to parents notifying them of the change I can happily report that the community has again taken this change in stride once again confi rming the tremendous fl exibility that exists in our midst Thank you for the many messages of support for both the decision and process We will now start work-ing in earnest on the 2014-2015 calendar where we have committed to a detailed review of our holiday structure and will certainly consider the many notes we received about the May holidays and better align-ment with the host country holi-days Look for survey involvement in the Fall

Pokrovsky Hills was awoken early in the morning a couple of weeks ago to our automated an-nouncement system that warned them of a ldquoCode Redrdquo alert at the school

Cal

end

ar

Complete with the phrase ldquothis is not a drillrdquo families were left wondering what was happening The incident was the result of a technical failure of the equipment and the false signal that was sent by one of our remote units that are kept at the perimeter guard stations After thorough testing of the system we are now confi dent that we will not be waking you up again anytime soon

However we will be having another daytime Code Red Drill (wersquove already had two of them this year) later in May This unannounced drill typically is scheduled mid-morning Code Red refers to our lock-down procedure where students are asked to report to their classrooms and or other secure locations This is not to be confused with our evacuation drill where we take students out of the building in the case of fi re or structural concerns (eg ndash after earthquake) These drills are all detailed in our Emergency Plan that was presented to the School Board recently This is not a document that we post on our website because of security concerns but we do share it with parents upon request This guide covers our plan for all types of disasters and includes communication protocols for getting situation updates to parents when necessary including the use of our SMS emergency notifi -cation system

We have made some changes to student schedules next year and you are probably hearing about them in various meetings We have tweaked and tightened the Middle School and High School schedules to better align some times and provide for a periodic added instructional block at the high school This will require a change to the rotation but all will be explained in the Fall so that students adapt quickly There is no change to the overall process and course selection remains similar to this year

Similarly Elementary School is changing early childhood dismissal time to 1525 next year to better align with the rest of Elementaryrsquos 1530 end This will help our schedule on a variety of fronts includ-ing scheduling of specialists and other activities The 5-minute early dismissal will give the youngest students just a few extra minutes of time to get to buses or to facilitate pickup by par-ents before older siblings are released This will eliminate the ldquowaiting roomrdquo as well We are hoping to make this transition as smooth as possible and we will monitor it carefully for any unforeseen impacts

We have made a slight change to our policy for evening and weekend facility availability to students along with an exist-ing Pokrovsky Hills housing development agreement This change allows non-Pokrovsky Hills AAS students to participate in activities at the school under similar protocol If AAS stu-dents are interested in using the facilities in the evenings and on weekends they must complete and turn in a Sports Zone application form available in the AAA offi ce in order to receive a necessary additional badge This is only open to students 12 years of age and older and does not include family members or guests Students will need to enter the facility from the main gates at the front or side of the school and must sign in at the Sports Zone entrance

Sport Zone Access bull AAS students may use AAS Sports Zone facilities during the following hours Monday-Friday 1900-2200 amp SaturdaySun-day 0900-2200 unless school events are scheduledbull To enter students must present their AAS Student Badge and Sports Zone Badge bull AAS Ssudents that are not Pokrovsky Hills residents must be over 12 years of age to use the facility during Sports Zone timesbull Non-residents of Pokrovsky Hills may be charged a fee in the future for this use consistent with applicable policy and existing agreements

Parents please watch your email for an invitation to participate in a comprehen-sive end-of-year survey Each email address on record with the school will receive a coded invitation associated with each child in the family This means you will potentially be an-swering questions multiple times from the perspec-tive of each child This is important data for us to consider in addressing school-wide as well as di-visional perceptions of our program This will require patience but the survey is intended to be specifi c to a child and you will see the childrsquos name incorpo-rated into the survey This electronic survey is similar to the re-enrollment survey but questioned are also tai-lored to the childrsquos division Additionally this survey may be taken in English Russian and Korean via a simple menu choice at the start of the survey We hope to provide additional languages in the future but this will get us started and cover the vast majority of our families

We depend upon your help in fi lling out these surveys and we will keep remind-ing you via email until your survey is complete Please help us become better at providing a truly spectacular program to your child now and in the years ahead

2012-2013

Elementary School is changing early childhood dismissal time to 1525 next year to better align with the rest of Elementaryrsquos 1530 end

SchedulesParentSURVEYS

Facility Access

International FairInternational FairMay 13

all that jazz

the 2012 pto spring gala

May 5 2012

Thank youto all our generoussponsors

Please see following page for full list of

companies amp individuals who helped make

this event such a success

Click here to view more photos

International FairInternational FairMay 13

all that jazz

the 2012 pto spring gala

May 5 2012

Thank youto all our generoussponsors

Please see following page for full list of

companies amp individuals who helped make

this event such a success

Click here to view more photos

all that jazz

the 2012 pto spring gala

May 5 2012

Thank youto all our generoussponsors

Please see following page for full list of

companies amp individuals who helped make

this event such a success

Click here to view more photos

Library NEWSWe would like to take

this opportunity to once again thank the PTO for their support in hosting the visit of

Childrenrsquos Poet Laure-ate J Patrick Lewis to the school The award winning author spent 5 days here meeting with Elementary and Middle School students Click

here to view a video of his visit We still have

a few autographed cop-ies of his books for sale in the libraries so stop

by if you are interested

Thank you PTO for your continued

support

Childrenrsquos Poet Laureate J Patrick Lewis Mr Lewis visit was sponsored by the PTO Visiting Artist Program

Coming soon

SummerREADING

11

The libraries are hosting a group of 26 gradu-ate students and professors from North Texas University This group of librarians are visiting the school as part of their Work Abroad program at the School of Library and Information Science at NTU

The students are working here at AAS on vari-ous projects that will enhance and support our library program and will spend three days doing

Ret

urn

Book

s May

28

After that date all library materials will show as over-due That will allow us to create notices for everyone in the community who still has materials checked out of our libraries Please start to gather and return books and other library resources now It is always such a rush to get materials back in the last days of school

Starting on June 8 anyone wishing to check out library materials for the summer break may do so Materials checked out on or after June 8 will not be due again until August Start asking teachers and library staff for good summer reading recommenda-tions and gather lots of good books DVDs and audio-books for the summer holidays The library will close at the end of the last school day in June but donrsquot forget you will still have access to e-book checkouts all summer long

Check Out SUMMER

begins June 8

the same for our campus in St Petersburg They will be working on improving our cataloging records so that we all have better access to materials online They will also be studying library policies and procedures space planning and assisting with the eminent remodeling plans for our libraries They will also be working on a mammoth barcoding project that will eventually provide an inventory of all the instructional resources all across the school We are very fortunate to have the help vision and energy of these university students working with us this month We look forward to all the inspiration and hard work they will bring to our libraries They in turn get valuable work experience as well as a unique visit to this beautiful country we call home

Th e libraries are already planning for the annual return of materials at the end of the school year and we have set the due date for all library materials at May 28

12

9

Our learning in action

Degeneration of CulturesRacismUnderage Social NetworkingPeer PressurePressureBenefi ts of AnimalsDiscriminationAddictionDeforestationRefugees - click here to learn moreChild RightsBullyingPovertyWomenrsquos RightsAnimal TestingExclusionWater PollutionAnimal TreatmentAnimal RightsFamily RelationshipsHealthy LifestyleMalnutrition

Topics

12

9

Our learning in action

Degeneration of CulturesRacismUnderage Social NetworkingPeer PressurePressureBenefi ts of AnimalsDiscriminationAddictionDeforestationRefugees - click here to learn moreChild RightsBullyingPovertyWomenrsquos RightsAnimal TestingExclusionWater PollutionAnimal TreatmentAnimal RightsFamily RelationshipsHealthy LifestyleMalnutrition

Topics

Music amp Lyrics byRichard M Shermann Robert B Shermann

and Terry Gilkyson

Book Adapted amp Additional Lyrics byMarcy Heisler

Music Adpated amp Arranged byBryan Louisell

Based on the Screenplay byLarry Clemmons

Based on the Novel The Jungle Book byRudyard Kipling

Malyy Th eatre

Th ursday May 311400 amp 1730

Friday June 10900 amp 1400

Art ExhibitionMay 1-4

Thank you to parents Inna Varma Alona Bennett Alla Vinter Natasha OrsquoBrien and their art instructor Elena Bauman for the wonderful art exhibition displayed May 1-4

In commeration of Victory Day 50 male and female members of the War Veterans Choir visited AAS This was the 10th year AAS was fortunate to welcome these guests to our school The

veterans performed songs for the MS and HS assemblies and afterwards enjoyed a special lunch hosted by middle school students In preparation for the veterans visit middle school students met with members of the Choir in April to gather stories of their experiences in the

Second World War The enthusiasm with which veterans recounted tales from childhood and young adulthood quickly showed how the stories these men and women shared fl owed beyond

Veterans Visit to AAS

the boundaries of any questionnaire Students recorded memories of play-

ing the accordion on the Eastern Front friendship deaths and concentration

camps and the lyrics of favorite songs and poems

16

at the Anglo-American School of Moscow

Camp AdventureCatch the Magic

Su

mm

er 2

012

Camp Adventure is a summer day camp program op-erated by the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) that serves over 150 program sites in 24 countries reaching over 10000 children around the world

Camp Adventure provides a positive supportive setting that helps children develop their individual strengths and build self esteem Program activities include week-ly fi eld trips arts and crafts songs games and other group activities

What is Camp AdventureCamp Adventure is offered in fi ve week-long sessions Sign up for as many as yoursquod like

Sessions

Week 1 June 25-29Week 2 July 2-6Week 3 July 9-13Week 4 July 16-20Week 5 July 23-27

Click here to register online

Contact Tatiana Yaskova summercamp2012aasru

For ages

6-10

COST $200 per week

Art ExhibitionMay 1-4

Thank you to parents Inna Varma Alona Bennett Alla Vinter Natasha OrsquoBrien and their art instructor Elena Bauman for the wonderful art exhibition displayed May 1-4

In commeration of Victory Day 50 male and female members of the War Veterans Choir visited AAS This was the 10th year AAS was fortunate to welcome these guests to our school The

veterans performed songs for the MS and HS assemblies and afterwards enjoyed a special lunch hosted by middle school students In preparation for the veterans visit middle school students met with members of the Choir in April to gather stories of their experiences in the

Second World War The enthusiasm with which veterans recounted tales from childhood and young adulthood quickly showed how the stories these men and women shared fl owed beyond

Veterans Visit to AAS

the boundaries of any questionnaire Students recorded memories of play-

ing the accordion on the Eastern Front friendship deaths and concentration

camps and the lyrics of favorite songs and poems

16

at the Anglo-American School of Moscow

Camp AdventureCatch the Magic

Su

mm

er 2

012

Camp Adventure is a summer day camp program op-erated by the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) that serves over 150 program sites in 24 countries reaching over 10000 children around the world

Camp Adventure provides a positive supportive setting that helps children develop their individual strengths and build self esteem Program activities include week-ly fi eld trips arts and crafts songs games and other group activities

What is Camp AdventureCamp Adventure is offered in fi ve week-long sessions Sign up for as many as yoursquod like

Sessions

Week 1 June 25-29Week 2 July 2-6Week 3 July 9-13Week 4 July 16-20Week 5 July 23-27

Click here to register online

Contact Tatiana Yaskova summercamp2012aasru

For ages

6-10

COST $200 per week

In commeration of Victory Day 50 male and female members of the War Veterans Choir visited AAS This was the 10th year AAS was fortunate to welcome these guests to our school The

veterans performed songs for the MS and HS assemblies and afterwards enjoyed a special lunch hosted by middle school students In preparation for the veterans visit middle school students met with members of the Choir in April to gather stories of their experiences in the

Second World War The enthusiasm with which veterans recounted tales from childhood and young adulthood quickly showed how the stories these men and women shared fl owed beyond

Veterans Visit to AAS

the boundaries of any questionnaire Students recorded memories of play-

ing the accordion on the Eastern Front friendship deaths and concentration

camps and the lyrics of favorite songs and poems

16

at the Anglo-American School of Moscow

Camp AdventureCatch the Magic

Su

mm

er 2

012

Camp Adventure is a summer day camp program op-erated by the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) that serves over 150 program sites in 24 countries reaching over 10000 children around the world

Camp Adventure provides a positive supportive setting that helps children develop their individual strengths and build self esteem Program activities include week-ly fi eld trips arts and crafts songs games and other group activities

What is Camp AdventureCamp Adventure is offered in fi ve week-long sessions Sign up for as many as yoursquod like

Sessions

Week 1 June 25-29Week 2 July 2-6Week 3 July 9-13Week 4 July 16-20Week 5 July 23-27

Click here to register online

Contact Tatiana Yaskova summercamp2012aasru

For ages

6-10

COST $200 per week

16

at the Anglo-American School of Moscow

Camp AdventureCatch the Magic

Su

mm

er 2

012

Camp Adventure is a summer day camp program op-erated by the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) that serves over 150 program sites in 24 countries reaching over 10000 children around the world

Camp Adventure provides a positive supportive setting that helps children develop their individual strengths and build self esteem Program activities include week-ly fi eld trips arts and crafts songs games and other group activities

What is Camp AdventureCamp Adventure is offered in fi ve week-long sessions Sign up for as many as yoursquod like

Sessions

Week 1 June 25-29Week 2 July 2-6Week 3 July 9-13Week 4 July 16-20Week 5 July 23-27

Click here to register online

Contact Tatiana Yaskova summercamp2012aasru

For ages

6-10

COST $200 per week

1517

Summer TENNIS CAMP at AAS

Ages 5-15 (beginner to intermediate)Full Day (0900-1500) $350 per weekly session

Ages 14 and above (Master Class)Half Day (1500-1800) $300 per weekly session or daily rate $75

Session I June 18-22Session 2 June 25-29Session 3 July 2-6Session 4 July 9-13

Christian Moulin DirectorITF Pro Circuit Player

and Coach to many Top 500 ATP Pro Players

American Sports Management (ASM) is proud to collaborate with the Anglo-Americcan School of Moscow to offer lsquoThe Anglo-American School Tennis Academy Summer Tennis Camprsquo at the beautiful campus of the Anglo-American School of Moscow

Anglo-American School Tennis Academy

Contact tenniscamp2012aasru

Click here to register online

ECO-GREEN

April 20 2012FAIR

18

The Anglo-American School of Moscow

Recyled ArtDisplays

Thank you to all who made the 2nd Annual AAS ECO Fair a great success

A special thanks to Yvette Risk Chairperson of the Eco-Green Committee Thank you for your

energetic leadership and valuable contributions to this committee and to AAS Moscow

You will be missed

Edu

catio

nal

Disp

lays

penguinComing Soon

LIFEWhat is Penguin Life Penguin Life is a replacing our MS and HS Athletics Activities amp Aquatics (AAA) department In addi-tion the Elementary School athletics aquatics and activities is being incorporated into our new Penguin Life department Penguin Life will be your one stop shop for everything that is happening outside of the regular school day - in all divisions

Why the change Our objective is to provide a diverse and challenging program that complements our academic programs and fosters within all of our students the importance of both academic and holistic excellence

By incorporating all after-school opportunities from all divisions into one department we streamline the students and parents processes including scheduling sign-ups payments and com-munication We are trying to make it possible for our students to take advantage of as many of our rich and diverse extra-curricular offerings as theyd like

Penguin Life Video Click here to learn more about our new Penguin Life department

Edu

catio

nal

Disp

lays

penguinComing Soon

LIFEWhat is Penguin Life Penguin Life is a replacing our MS and HS Athletics Activities amp Aquatics (AAA) department In addi-tion the Elementary School athletics aquatics and activities is being incorporated into our new Penguin Life department Penguin Life will be your one stop shop for everything that is happening outside of the regular school day - in all divisions

Why the change Our objective is to provide a diverse and challenging program that complements our academic programs and fosters within all of our students the importance of both academic and holistic excellence

By incorporating all after-school opportunities from all divisions into one department we streamline the students and parents processes including scheduling sign-ups payments and com-munication We are trying to make it possible for our students to take advantage of as many of our rich and diverse extra-curricular offerings as theyd like

Penguin Life Video Click here to learn more about our new Penguin Life department

penguinComing Soon

LIFEWhat is Penguin Life Penguin Life is a replacing our MS and HS Athletics Activities amp Aquatics (AAA) department In addi-tion the Elementary School athletics aquatics and activities is being incorporated into our new Penguin Life department Penguin Life will be your one stop shop for everything that is happening outside of the regular school day - in all divisions

Why the change Our objective is to provide a diverse and challenging program that complements our academic programs and fosters within all of our students the importance of both academic and holistic excellence

By incorporating all after-school opportunities from all divisions into one department we streamline the students and parents processes including scheduling sign-ups payments and com-munication We are trying to make it possible for our students to take advantage of as many of our rich and diverse extra-curricular offerings as theyd like

Penguin Life Video Click here to learn more about our new Penguin Life department

LIFE

Drop off the school uniform items that youd like to swap on May 15-17 For each school uniform item you drop off you will get a swap ticket that you can exchange for a new-to-you item We take clean and gently-used or new clothing only shirts skirts pants shorts dresses sweaters sweat-shirts PE shirts and pants All items must meet the school uniform guidelines

Use your swap tickets at the Uniform Swap on May 22-23 to get a new-to-you uniform item Tuesday May 22 is reserved for swap-ticket holders only

Dont have anything to swap All items will be reasonably priced and for sale on May 23

Uniform Swap Hall of Flags

How does it work

Clothes Drop-Off

Swap amp Sale

May 15May 16May 17

May 22May 23

0800-09001500-1600

0800-09001500-1600

0800-09001500-1600

0830-09301500-1600

0830-09301500-1600

Tuesday May 22 is reserved for swap-ticket holders only

AthleticsSpring Season

MS Girls Volleyball Budapest 3rdMS Boys Volleyball Prague 4thMS Girls Softball Warsaw ChampionsMS Boys Softball Bucharest ChampionsHS Girls Volleyball Moscow ChampionsHS Boys Volleyball Istanbul 3rdHS Girls Tennis Warsaw ChampionsHS Boys Tennis Zagreb ChampionsHS Girls Softball Bucharest ChampionsHS Boys Softball Bucharest 3rd

2011-2012 High School Athletics and Aquatics Awards CelebrationThursday May 24 at 1800 in the Bolshoi TheaterParents Friends and Families Welcome

Results from Traveling Penguins May Full reports in June Dispatch

21

24

29 March to 1 April nine of our fi nest AAS middle school students travelled to Kiev International School to compete against teams from the interna-tional schools of Perchersk Krakow Estonia and Kiev A total of 14 teams were present

For a second year in a row Team A made up of Yoon (6th grade) Henry (7th grade) and Yevgeny (8th grade) took fi rst place It was Yevgeny and Henryrsquos second tournament and second win Team C made up of Ross (8th grade) Simon (7th grade) and Timothy (8th grade) took i4th place after defeating Team B from Moscow in a double elimination round Team B consisting of Matthew (8th grade) Alexandre (8th grade) and Joonha (8th grade) were also competing for the second year Moscow teams also tied in for the Citizenship trophy

The competition consisted of a team written round individual round and numerous head-to-head matches Students are asked questions on topics such as science his-tory mathematics and arts

It was not all work students also had the opportunity to take a walking tour of Kiev and enjoyed a social on Friday evening All around a great weekend for our Moscow Middle Schoolers

Coach Patricia Anne Bourdon-MacMillan

BasketballJV Boys

Knowledge

Bowl

Activites

25

ISTA

at I

stan

bul On March 29 a group of 21 sixth graders and two ninth graders headed by

Ms Maya Gromakova Ms Amy Wood and Mr Tamil Selvan set out on a journey Our destination was the International School Theater Association (ISTA) festival in Istanbul especially designed for 9-12 year olds Two high schoolers also attended to participate in a theater apprenticeship program The fi rst morning the day began with a welcoming ceremony from the Enka School and large group warm-up activities The festival theme was Tall Towers Tall Stories and students learned about famous towers from around the world before meeting their ensemble group leaders

AAS students also toured Istanbul stopping at the Rumeli Fortress and Galata Tower We traveled by bus and our tour guide pointed out interest-ing sites as we drove past Our students were very excited to have visited both Europe and Asia in a day The afternoon was rainy and we spent the fi nal part of the tour discovering one of the similarities between Moscow and Istanbul- traffi c

The next day students had a full day of theater work and learning Some of the workshops included ldquoTurning Nervousness into Excitementrdquo ldquoBring it to Liferdquo ldquoAct Now or Neverrdquo and ldquoShadow Puppetry Techniquesrdquo The ensemble performances on the fi nal day were fantastic pieces put together by students from a mix of attending schools who had only three days to create something entirely new AAS students were exceptional leaders at the festival and wonderful representatives of our communityMS Drama Director Maya GromakovaChaperons Amy Wood Tamil Selvan

25

ISTA MS Drama FestivalMarch 29 ndash April 2

On Wednesday April 25 students and teach-ers from international schools in Bucharest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade arrived in Mos-cow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

The festival began the following day Thursday and Friday were particularly grueling days for students

Rehearsals were scheduled to run from around 9 am until 500 pm At the end of the day on Thurs-day students were treated to a wonderful perfor-mance presented by local folk music ensemble ldquoSkazrdquo On Friday starting at 210 pm the choir and band ensembles jointly staged short ldquopreview concertsrdquo for our middle school and then for our high school students

On Wednesday April 25 students and teachers from international schools in Bucha-rest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade began to arrive in Moscow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

CEESA High School

FestivalBAND CHOIR

at AAS MoscowApril 25-28

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

AthleticsSpring Season

MS Girls Volleyball Budapest 3rdMS Boys Volleyball Prague 4thMS Girls Softball Warsaw ChampionsMS Boys Softball Bucharest ChampionsHS Girls Volleyball Moscow ChampionsHS Boys Volleyball Istanbul 3rdHS Girls Tennis Warsaw ChampionsHS Boys Tennis Zagreb ChampionsHS Girls Softball Bucharest ChampionsHS Boys Softball Bucharest 3rd

2011-2012 High School Athletics and Aquatics Awards CelebrationThursday May 24 at 1800 in the Bolshoi TheaterParents Friends and Families Welcome

Results from Traveling Penguins May Full reports in June Dispatch

21

24

29 March to 1 April nine of our fi nest AAS middle school students travelled to Kiev International School to compete against teams from the interna-tional schools of Perchersk Krakow Estonia and Kiev A total of 14 teams were present

For a second year in a row Team A made up of Yoon (6th grade) Henry (7th grade) and Yevgeny (8th grade) took fi rst place It was Yevgeny and Henryrsquos second tournament and second win Team C made up of Ross (8th grade) Simon (7th grade) and Timothy (8th grade) took i4th place after defeating Team B from Moscow in a double elimination round Team B consisting of Matthew (8th grade) Alexandre (8th grade) and Joonha (8th grade) were also competing for the second year Moscow teams also tied in for the Citizenship trophy

The competition consisted of a team written round individual round and numerous head-to-head matches Students are asked questions on topics such as science his-tory mathematics and arts

It was not all work students also had the opportunity to take a walking tour of Kiev and enjoyed a social on Friday evening All around a great weekend for our Moscow Middle Schoolers

Coach Patricia Anne Bourdon-MacMillan

BasketballJV Boys

Knowledge

Bowl

Activites

25

ISTA

at I

stan

bul On March 29 a group of 21 sixth graders and two ninth graders headed by

Ms Maya Gromakova Ms Amy Wood and Mr Tamil Selvan set out on a journey Our destination was the International School Theater Association (ISTA) festival in Istanbul especially designed for 9-12 year olds Two high schoolers also attended to participate in a theater apprenticeship program The fi rst morning the day began with a welcoming ceremony from the Enka School and large group warm-up activities The festival theme was Tall Towers Tall Stories and students learned about famous towers from around the world before meeting their ensemble group leaders

AAS students also toured Istanbul stopping at the Rumeli Fortress and Galata Tower We traveled by bus and our tour guide pointed out interest-ing sites as we drove past Our students were very excited to have visited both Europe and Asia in a day The afternoon was rainy and we spent the fi nal part of the tour discovering one of the similarities between Moscow and Istanbul- traffi c

The next day students had a full day of theater work and learning Some of the workshops included ldquoTurning Nervousness into Excitementrdquo ldquoBring it to Liferdquo ldquoAct Now or Neverrdquo and ldquoShadow Puppetry Techniquesrdquo The ensemble performances on the fi nal day were fantastic pieces put together by students from a mix of attending schools who had only three days to create something entirely new AAS students were exceptional leaders at the festival and wonderful representatives of our communityMS Drama Director Maya GromakovaChaperons Amy Wood Tamil Selvan

25

ISTA MS Drama FestivalMarch 29 ndash April 2

On Wednesday April 25 students and teach-ers from international schools in Bucharest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade arrived in Mos-cow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

The festival began the following day Thursday and Friday were particularly grueling days for students

Rehearsals were scheduled to run from around 9 am until 500 pm At the end of the day on Thurs-day students were treated to a wonderful perfor-mance presented by local folk music ensemble ldquoSkazrdquo On Friday starting at 210 pm the choir and band ensembles jointly staged short ldquopreview concertsrdquo for our middle school and then for our high school students

On Wednesday April 25 students and teachers from international schools in Bucha-rest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade began to arrive in Moscow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

CEESA High School

FestivalBAND CHOIR

at AAS MoscowApril 25-28

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

21

24

29 March to 1 April nine of our fi nest AAS middle school students travelled to Kiev International School to compete against teams from the interna-tional schools of Perchersk Krakow Estonia and Kiev A total of 14 teams were present

For a second year in a row Team A made up of Yoon (6th grade) Henry (7th grade) and Yevgeny (8th grade) took fi rst place It was Yevgeny and Henryrsquos second tournament and second win Team C made up of Ross (8th grade) Simon (7th grade) and Timothy (8th grade) took i4th place after defeating Team B from Moscow in a double elimination round Team B consisting of Matthew (8th grade) Alexandre (8th grade) and Joonha (8th grade) were also competing for the second year Moscow teams also tied in for the Citizenship trophy

The competition consisted of a team written round individual round and numerous head-to-head matches Students are asked questions on topics such as science his-tory mathematics and arts

It was not all work students also had the opportunity to take a walking tour of Kiev and enjoyed a social on Friday evening All around a great weekend for our Moscow Middle Schoolers

Coach Patricia Anne Bourdon-MacMillan

BasketballJV Boys

Knowledge

Bowl

Activites

25

ISTA

at I

stan

bul On March 29 a group of 21 sixth graders and two ninth graders headed by

Ms Maya Gromakova Ms Amy Wood and Mr Tamil Selvan set out on a journey Our destination was the International School Theater Association (ISTA) festival in Istanbul especially designed for 9-12 year olds Two high schoolers also attended to participate in a theater apprenticeship program The fi rst morning the day began with a welcoming ceremony from the Enka School and large group warm-up activities The festival theme was Tall Towers Tall Stories and students learned about famous towers from around the world before meeting their ensemble group leaders

AAS students also toured Istanbul stopping at the Rumeli Fortress and Galata Tower We traveled by bus and our tour guide pointed out interest-ing sites as we drove past Our students were very excited to have visited both Europe and Asia in a day The afternoon was rainy and we spent the fi nal part of the tour discovering one of the similarities between Moscow and Istanbul- traffi c

The next day students had a full day of theater work and learning Some of the workshops included ldquoTurning Nervousness into Excitementrdquo ldquoBring it to Liferdquo ldquoAct Now or Neverrdquo and ldquoShadow Puppetry Techniquesrdquo The ensemble performances on the fi nal day were fantastic pieces put together by students from a mix of attending schools who had only three days to create something entirely new AAS students were exceptional leaders at the festival and wonderful representatives of our communityMS Drama Director Maya GromakovaChaperons Amy Wood Tamil Selvan

25

ISTA MS Drama FestivalMarch 29 ndash April 2

On Wednesday April 25 students and teach-ers from international schools in Bucharest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade arrived in Mos-cow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

The festival began the following day Thursday and Friday were particularly grueling days for students

Rehearsals were scheduled to run from around 9 am until 500 pm At the end of the day on Thurs-day students were treated to a wonderful perfor-mance presented by local folk music ensemble ldquoSkazrdquo On Friday starting at 210 pm the choir and band ensembles jointly staged short ldquopreview concertsrdquo for our middle school and then for our high school students

On Wednesday April 25 students and teachers from international schools in Bucha-rest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade began to arrive in Moscow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

CEESA High School

FestivalBAND CHOIR

at AAS MoscowApril 25-28

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

24

29 March to 1 April nine of our fi nest AAS middle school students travelled to Kiev International School to compete against teams from the interna-tional schools of Perchersk Krakow Estonia and Kiev A total of 14 teams were present

For a second year in a row Team A made up of Yoon (6th grade) Henry (7th grade) and Yevgeny (8th grade) took fi rst place It was Yevgeny and Henryrsquos second tournament and second win Team C made up of Ross (8th grade) Simon (7th grade) and Timothy (8th grade) took i4th place after defeating Team B from Moscow in a double elimination round Team B consisting of Matthew (8th grade) Alexandre (8th grade) and Joonha (8th grade) were also competing for the second year Moscow teams also tied in for the Citizenship trophy

The competition consisted of a team written round individual round and numerous head-to-head matches Students are asked questions on topics such as science his-tory mathematics and arts

It was not all work students also had the opportunity to take a walking tour of Kiev and enjoyed a social on Friday evening All around a great weekend for our Moscow Middle Schoolers

Coach Patricia Anne Bourdon-MacMillan

BasketballJV Boys

Knowledge

Bowl

Activites

25

ISTA

at I

stan

bul On March 29 a group of 21 sixth graders and two ninth graders headed by

Ms Maya Gromakova Ms Amy Wood and Mr Tamil Selvan set out on a journey Our destination was the International School Theater Association (ISTA) festival in Istanbul especially designed for 9-12 year olds Two high schoolers also attended to participate in a theater apprenticeship program The fi rst morning the day began with a welcoming ceremony from the Enka School and large group warm-up activities The festival theme was Tall Towers Tall Stories and students learned about famous towers from around the world before meeting their ensemble group leaders

AAS students also toured Istanbul stopping at the Rumeli Fortress and Galata Tower We traveled by bus and our tour guide pointed out interest-ing sites as we drove past Our students were very excited to have visited both Europe and Asia in a day The afternoon was rainy and we spent the fi nal part of the tour discovering one of the similarities between Moscow and Istanbul- traffi c

The next day students had a full day of theater work and learning Some of the workshops included ldquoTurning Nervousness into Excitementrdquo ldquoBring it to Liferdquo ldquoAct Now or Neverrdquo and ldquoShadow Puppetry Techniquesrdquo The ensemble performances on the fi nal day were fantastic pieces put together by students from a mix of attending schools who had only three days to create something entirely new AAS students were exceptional leaders at the festival and wonderful representatives of our communityMS Drama Director Maya GromakovaChaperons Amy Wood Tamil Selvan

25

ISTA MS Drama FestivalMarch 29 ndash April 2

On Wednesday April 25 students and teach-ers from international schools in Bucharest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade arrived in Mos-cow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

The festival began the following day Thursday and Friday were particularly grueling days for students

Rehearsals were scheduled to run from around 9 am until 500 pm At the end of the day on Thurs-day students were treated to a wonderful perfor-mance presented by local folk music ensemble ldquoSkazrdquo On Friday starting at 210 pm the choir and band ensembles jointly staged short ldquopreview concertsrdquo for our middle school and then for our high school students

On Wednesday April 25 students and teachers from international schools in Bucha-rest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade began to arrive in Moscow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

CEESA High School

FestivalBAND CHOIR

at AAS MoscowApril 25-28

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

25

ISTA

at I

stan

bul On March 29 a group of 21 sixth graders and two ninth graders headed by

Ms Maya Gromakova Ms Amy Wood and Mr Tamil Selvan set out on a journey Our destination was the International School Theater Association (ISTA) festival in Istanbul especially designed for 9-12 year olds Two high schoolers also attended to participate in a theater apprenticeship program The fi rst morning the day began with a welcoming ceremony from the Enka School and large group warm-up activities The festival theme was Tall Towers Tall Stories and students learned about famous towers from around the world before meeting their ensemble group leaders

AAS students also toured Istanbul stopping at the Rumeli Fortress and Galata Tower We traveled by bus and our tour guide pointed out interest-ing sites as we drove past Our students were very excited to have visited both Europe and Asia in a day The afternoon was rainy and we spent the fi nal part of the tour discovering one of the similarities between Moscow and Istanbul- traffi c

The next day students had a full day of theater work and learning Some of the workshops included ldquoTurning Nervousness into Excitementrdquo ldquoBring it to Liferdquo ldquoAct Now or Neverrdquo and ldquoShadow Puppetry Techniquesrdquo The ensemble performances on the fi nal day were fantastic pieces put together by students from a mix of attending schools who had only three days to create something entirely new AAS students were exceptional leaders at the festival and wonderful representatives of our communityMS Drama Director Maya GromakovaChaperons Amy Wood Tamil Selvan

25

ISTA MS Drama FestivalMarch 29 ndash April 2

On Wednesday April 25 students and teach-ers from international schools in Bucharest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade arrived in Mos-cow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

The festival began the following day Thursday and Friday were particularly grueling days for students

Rehearsals were scheduled to run from around 9 am until 500 pm At the end of the day on Thurs-day students were treated to a wonderful perfor-mance presented by local folk music ensemble ldquoSkazrdquo On Friday starting at 210 pm the choir and band ensembles jointly staged short ldquopreview concertsrdquo for our middle school and then for our high school students

On Wednesday April 25 students and teachers from international schools in Bucha-rest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade began to arrive in Moscow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

CEESA High School

FestivalBAND CHOIR

at AAS MoscowApril 25-28

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

On Wednesday April 25 students and teach-ers from international schools in Bucharest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade arrived in Mos-cow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

The festival began the following day Thursday and Friday were particularly grueling days for students

Rehearsals were scheduled to run from around 9 am until 500 pm At the end of the day on Thurs-day students were treated to a wonderful perfor-mance presented by local folk music ensemble ldquoSkazrdquo On Friday starting at 210 pm the choir and band ensembles jointly staged short ldquopreview concertsrdquo for our middle school and then for our high school students

On Wednesday April 25 students and teachers from international schools in Bucha-rest Kiev Budapest Warsaw and Belgrade began to arrive in Moscow to participate in the CEESA High School Band and Choir Festival hosted for the fi rst time by our school

CEESA High School

FestivalBAND CHOIR

at AAS MoscowApril 25-28

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

On Saturday we began the day with a tour of the Red Square area of Moscow where students were escorted around the area by an exceptional trio of Moscow tour guides After returning to the school for lunch rehearsals for our evening concert began around 100 The fi nal concert at 6 pm on Saturday provided the musical highpoint of the 3-day experience The program began with the choir performing the fol-lowing programRainstorm African Proces-sional Beautiful Evening How

Lovely Are the Messengers Loversquos Confession Linden Lea Meditation Bohemian Rhapsody and Puttinlsquo On the Ritz With the choir utilizing Sergei Pichuginrsquos beautiful arrangement of Carlos Jobimrsquos ldquoMeditationrdquo as well as his adaptation of Giulio Caccinirsquos 1614 song ldquoAmor chrsquoattendirdquo (en-hanced with an elaborate English text written by Bruce Nelson) the creative talents of our music faculty were showcased

Following the choir program a high school jazz band performed

while behind the curtain our effi cient Green Guys set up the stage for the band performanceThe band program included the following pieces Moscow 1941 Kickinrsquo up Country Mountain of the Sun a selection from Elgarrsquos Enigma Variations and selec-tions from the Broadway musical ldquoWickedrdquo

The eveningrsquos culminating piece ldquoMoscow Nightsrdquo was extremely demanding and dramatic utiliz-ing the talents of not only all the students from the festival but the

various band directors as well who acted as auxiliary musicians in the band Christy Wanamaker acted as conductor for the band ensemble with Bruce Nelson conducting the choir Coordination of the two ensembles with the band on stage and the choir singing from the back of the auditorium proved diffi cult but was nonetheless successful and inspiring due in large part to Ms Wanamakerrsquos impressive con-ducting skills

In addition to our principal high school music teachers AAS Band Director Christy Wannamaker and AAS Choir Director Bruce Nelson various other members of the AAS

music team were engaged to assist with the festival Choir assistant Maria Lazareva and elementary music specialist Pol Sembrano acted as piano accompanists Band assistant Vasily Kovzal assisted with the bandrsquos trumpet sectional rehearsals elementary music spe-cialist Melinda Christensen aided in the rehearsal of the clarinet players Mr Bruce Nelson served as overall choir director for the festival Ms Wanamaker oversaw the daunting task of organizing and coordinat-ing the band repertoire rehearsal schedules sectional duties and so on while sharing festival conducting responsibilities with Mr Mike Perry (Bucharest) and Mr Ralph Green-

blatt (Warsaw) The team effort put forth by our schoolrsquos musical faculty was something of which we can all be proud

Commenting on the amazing orga-nizational job done by our school activities staff headed by Elena Plyuta one of the band directors remarked that this was the most highly-organized festival that he had ever participated in It was a great pleasure for the directors chaper-ones and students alike to have the opportunity to participate in a festival of such quality

Choir Director Bruce NelsonBand Director Christy Wanamaker

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

Security Offi ce

In our ongoing effort to provide optimum customer service AAS Security is happy to announce the open-ing of our new Centralized Lost and Found No more searching all over AAS All lost and found items are to be turned in at the AAS Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby Clothing and miscellaneous items are placed in our new wardrobes located near the stairs Small items of value are placed in our locked display case next to the Security Reception Desk Lost and Found clothing items not claimed by the end of each Academic Quarter will be donated to charity Lost and Found items of value will be sold at PTO fundraisers

In an effort to improve the security of the AAS Community we are requiring that all Helper badges be verifi ed annually If your Helper will be returning next year they are welcome to stop by the Security Reception Desk in the Main Lobby to have their ID

Badge verifi ed by the Access Control Administrator for the upcoming 20122013 school year A highly visible tamper resistant holographic sticker will be placed on their badge Starting September 1 2012 any Helper ID Badge without this security sticker will be invalid and the Helper may be denied entry

HELPER ID BADGE VERIFICATION

bull EVERY ADULT MUST DISPLAY THEIR AAS BADGE AT ALL TIMES WHILE ON THE AAS CAMPUS bull MS amp HS Students are required to have their AAS ID Badge with them while on the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show a Pokrovsky Hills Badge to enter PHrsquos from the AAS Campusbull MS amp HS Students must show an AAS Badge to enter the AAS Campus from Pok-rovsky Hills and at all other access pointsbull Helper Badge holders are not permitted on the AAS Campus between the hours of 0900 to 1455 (Wednesdays 0930-1455)bull Helper Badges must be returned to AAS Security prior to issuance of a new badge regardless of reason It is the responsibility of the Parent requesting issuance of a Helper Badge to collect and return badges from dis-charged Helpers (Nannies Drivers etc)bull A maximum of 3 Helper Badges per Studentbull Students that exit the AAS Campus at ANY-TIME will not be permitted re-entry unless ac-companied by a Parent Helper or authorized by their respective principalbull Students exiting the AAS Campus during normal school hours MUST have a Permis-sion Slip from their respective school even if accompanied by a Parentbull Students should leave the AAS Campus at the end of the school day or at the conclusion of after school activitiesbull All students must leave the AAS Campus by 6pm

Badge Policy Reminders LOST AND FOUND

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

12

MS Drama

Th e

MartianChronicles

May 17-19

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

ThingsTO DODate Activity

May 22 PTO Volunteer Appreciation Brunch 0845 S Cafeteria

May 22 Uniform Swap 0800-0900 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(swap ticket holders only)

May 22 ES Parent Coffee 1030 South Cafeteria

May 23 Uniform Swap 0830-0930 1500-1600 Hall of Flags

(all welcome)

May 24 HS Athletics Awards 1800 Bolshoi Theatre

May 26 Penguin Spring Classic Swim Meet 0915

May 26 HS Graduation 1400 AAS Bolshoi Theatre

May 28 Library Books Due

May 29 MS AAA Recognition Ceremony 1600 Bolshoi Theatre

May 29 MSHS Choir Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

May 30 HS Parent Coffee 0930 South Cafeteria

May 30 MS Parent Coffee 1045 Malyy Theatre

May 31 The Jungle Book 1400 amp 1730 Malyy Theatre

May 31 MSHS Band Concert 1830 Bolshoi Theatre

June 1 The Jungle Book 0900 amp 1400 Malyy Theatre

June 1 ES (Gr 4-5) Social 1545-1745 Hall of Flags

June 1 MS Social 1700-2000 North Gym

June 2 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 5 PTO General Meeting 0845 South Cafeteria

June 8 Library Books Summer Check Out Begins

June 9 Libraries Open 1000-1300 Family Splash 1300-1700

June 13 Gr 5 Moving Up Ceremony 1400 Bolshoi Theatre

June 15 Gr 8 Moving Up Ceremony 0900 South Cafeteria

June 15 Closing Ceremony 1100 North Gym - families welcome

June 15 Last Day of School - noon dismissal

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar

12

APARTMENT FOR RENT

Announcements

Beautiful three bedroom two full bathrooms furnished apartment for Rent Metro Sokol (Sokolionoe Gnezdo) Leningradsky Prospect 764 9th fl oor Very convenient for children attending AAS - school bus stops outside the gate Price 135000 per month Available June 17 Please call Irine at 8-926-526-5750(Russian and English)

Please click here to view photos

APARTMENT FOR RENTNext to the School

Located at Pokrovskii Bereg 5 minute walk from AAS

116 Square meters 3 bedrooms 2 balconies

Underground parking

Call Justin +7 985 921 6475

Scouts

31

Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts pre-registration available for the 2012-2013 school year Re-turn registration forms May 24 31 or June 7 0830-0900 and 1500-1600 Hall of FlagsCub Scouts registration forms click here Girl Scouts registration forms click here

Vacation in southern Francearound 1hour driving from Nice airport Very beautiful area 3 min drive from

the village in the sky Tourtour To view photos please click on the

following link wwwtourtoursuncom

For Rent Villa in France Daybed for Sale

Girls pink iron daybed with trundle (second bed underneath) Comforter sheets pillows and

curtains included 6500 rubles Contact teresabochkarevaasru

ART EXHIBITION LONG WAY HOME (Долгая Дорога Домой)Paintings by AAS Parent Minako Ota + Russian contemporary Enamels

All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts

The Art exhibition ldquoLong Way Home (Долгая Дорога Домой)rdquo by an award-winning Japanese painter Minako Ota will be on display and open to the public at the All-Russia Museum of Decorative-Applied

and Folk Arts from May 31 till July 29 2012 The museum is located at Delegatskaya Street 3 Moscow

httpall-moscowruculturemuseumdecprikldecprikenhtml

The opening reception will be at the museum on Thursday May 31 6-8 PM

More information on Minako Ota can be found online wwwminako-artcom

The Indian Womens Association Moscow is holding its annual Summer Bazaar on Satur-day May 26 2012 1000-1700 at Embassy of

India 6-8 Vorontsovo Polye

Summer Bazaar