AOSR News May—June 2004 WWW.AOSR.ORG “Don’t Know Much about History… Don’t Know Much about Science Books….” By Dr. Larry Dougherty, Headmaster

When I was growing up there was a popular rock and roll song with these lyrics, and many more about what we did not know, mostly because the singers were in love. Recent articles have alleged that there is a “growing historical ignorance” among teenagers. According to Professor Sam Wineburg of Stanford University in a recent article in the Journal of American History, American students have been performing poorly on history tests since the first record of a standardized history test in 1917. According to his research, students scored equally poorly in 1943, 1976, 1987 and 1994. “A sober look at a century of history testing provides no evidence for the ‘gradual disintegration of cultural memory’ or a growing historical ignorance,” he stated in his article entitled “Crazy for History.” Wineburg demonstrates that the type of multiple choice standardized tests that have been used to measure student knowledge is the source of this low level of achievement. By their very nature, these examinations are de- signed to create a bell curve. Automatically half of the students will be above the mean and half below. The mean

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Turn Off TV! Turn On a Healthier Lifestyle By Dr. Beth Pfannl, Principal

Every year the third week of April is National TV Turnoff Week in the United States. This initiative, dedi- cated to raising awareness about the impact that television has on children and adults, celebrated its 10th anniversary last month. It may be appropriate to put some of their well-researched advice into practice here in Italy! Why not take a seven-day break from TV? Reclaim time to talk, play, read, exercise, create, dream -- and live in this wonderful place and time! Turning off the TV, even if it is only for one week, is not only a great way to im- prove your health and quality of life: it also makes you realize how much time you actually spend sitting in front of the television set, Nintendo, Play Station, X-Box, etc. Does that sound impossible? Not with the students and parents I have met here in Rome! They have so many other things to do!

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Contents Message from the 1, 3 3rd Q Honor Roll 11 HS News 20-21 Notes from the 27 Headmaster Field Principal’s Column 1, 4 All-School News 12-15 HS Awards 22 Rome ‘N’ About 28 PPAC 5 Pre-K News 15 News from the 23 Bon Appetito 29 Counselor PTO Corner 6, 7 ES News 16 Talking with Teachers 24 Il Foro 30 Tara Rosso Mayfair 8, 9 News from Rome 17 Sports Briefs 25 June Calendar 31 1 Teacher’s Bulletin 10 MS News 18-19 More Sports 26 May Calendar 32 Board NO CLASS DAYS Letter from the Editor I have a sign posted on the refrigerator Memorial Day at my home: “The object is not ‘to sweep the Monday, May 31 floor’….The object is ‘to clean the floor’!” My parents had it up on their refrigerator, too. Italian Holiday Students do a great deal of “sweeping” Wednesday, June 2 throughout the school year, and sometimes I know it might feel to them that it is just endless process, but then comes this exciting time of year with finals and then graduation right around the cor- SUMMER VACATION STARTS JUNE 12 ner. In a way, next month’s graduation issue is the most im- portant news of the school year. It announces publicly that our Admission packets were due April 7. Please return children have passed the requirements laid out before them, ful- your forms quickly, if you haven’t. All of the school’s filling all the requirements, and are moving on. Finally, the floor planning is based on this enrollment information and a is spotless. Job well done! The graduation issue of the Falcon Flyer is published on good school plan benefits all of our children. the day of HS graduation , June 11, because the award winners do not know of their award until that morning, and we don’t want to ruin the surprise. We know that folks have a lot else to think about that day and might not pick up a copy of this newsletter, so PTO Partners we are making special arrangements to send it out by e-mail. Please, take a minute and make sure that the school has your cor- Carol Atwood [email protected] rect email address ([email protected])! Susan Berton [email protected] The “news” that we report each month --- the student Julie Deptula [email protected] writings, sporting events, the drama and music productions, the Grazia Deulus [email protected] art work, the events designed for and by the students—is wonder- Lisa Finerty [email protected] ful. After a year of doing the Falcon Flyer, Mariela Ortiz and I Susan Haight [email protected] realize that this is such a creative group of children who, before Francesca Kelly [email protected] our eyes, develop understandings of the world that are profound. Laura Rumpf [email protected] Look at the 7th grade poems on page 19, Patricia Kelly-Schmutz’s Monique Smits [email protected] achievement on page 10, Daniel Deulus’s story on page 28, and Ana Volk [email protected] David Ortiz’s description of soccer around the world on page 26, Moshira Zelenka [email protected] among the other insightful, personal reflections. The students here know who they are. They are accept their differences and As always, please call if we can help with info, recom- each others. They are curious. They recognize the gifts they mendations, advice, — or a lunch date! have been given. We are fortunate. AOSR parents, faculty and administration can commend themselves that these children, after this year together, have more Important Phone Numbers ability — and sensibility — to be leaders than they had 10 months ago. School Number: 06-334-381 So, with Mayfair (the school’s biggest fundraiser) this Fax: 06-3326-2608 weekend, and May being Teacher Appreciation month, there is a oHeadmaster: Larry Dougherty 06-3343-8331 great deal to be thankful for and appreciative of. It’s almost time Headmaster’s Secretary : Domenica Losani 06-3343-8331 to put away the brooms and admire your work. Principal: Beth Pfannl 06-3343-8326 (Oops… missed a spot) Lisa Finerty Principal’s Secretary: Alessandra Cozzi 06-3343-8326 Admissions: Don Levine 06-3343-8300 Editor Reception/Secretary: Joanne Hoberg 06-3343-8300 Financial Consultant: Elisa Bruno 06-3343-8338 Boarding/Finance: Estelle Dougherty 06-3343-8339 Guidance Counselor: Donna Ross 06-3343-8327 Graduation/June Issue Nurse: Diane Cullen-Moore 06-3343-8321 After School Activities: Christine Hogan 06-3343-8320 2003—2004 Margaret Ciuffreda Coming Next MS Activities Coord.: Angela Santangelo 06-3343-8336 Resource Room: Karen Lee 06-3343-8302 To make comments, suggestions, Records Office: 06-3343-8315 or to submit an article to the Falcon Flyer, please send an PTO/Boutique 06-3343-8322 email to [email protected]. or call editor Lisa Finerty at 06-4782-6192. We prefer documents to be sent as an attach- All telephone and internet address corrections should be ment in WORD. Article submissions may be left also in the emailed to [email protected]. Flyer box located in the Principal’s office. Via Cassia 811 00189 Rome, Italy Next Deadline 6-7-04. Internet: www.aosr.org 2 (Continued from page 1) Dr. Dougherty: “Don’t Know Much About….

scores of students throughout the century are similar because the tests all are designed on the same basis. Pundits, reporters and politicians who write about the good old days in education are probably too young to remember the good old days. As I get older and older, I remember that some of the methods used in the past to keep test scores high were discriminatory and anti-democratic. For example, in one district in which I worked in the last century, the school counselors did not allow students to take the Scholastic Aptitude Tests unless they had a B aver- age on their report cards. Students who might do poorly on the examination were discouraged from taking the ex- amination. The original population of students on which the SAT examination was standardized came from high schools and private preparatory schools, all of which were preparing students for college. In the late seventies and early eighties politicians pointed out that New Hampshire had the lowest per pupil expenditure in the U.S. and above average SAT scores. On further analysis, very few students in New Hampshire actually took the SAT examination and the three large, exclusive, and highly expensive private schools in New Hampshire—Exeter, Andover and St. Paul’s—had enough students taking the SAT to significantly increase the average scores. The reality was that the students from among the most expensive schools in the U.S. were causing the SAT scores in New Hampshire to be very high. Statistical facts can be misleading. From the perspective of many years of observing students and schools, I believe today’s students at our school know a great deal more about history, science and many other things than past generations of students. Sci- ence instruction in biology has been revolutionized in the last 15 years, for example, based on the ever growing body of scientific research and the rapid dissemination of these discoveries throughout the world. Our students learn sev- eral languages and as a result, acquire subtle understandings of different cultures that cannot be acquired any other way than through language. Today’s students have ease with computers, technology and the Internet that those of us who have had to learn the technology later in life can only watch with envy. I believe that the adult world is too prone to look back on some golden era in the past as though the education that students received then was better—students were more serious, programs were more rigorous and the generations that followed were never quite the same. Every since the publication of a Nation at Risk in 1983 which outlined the failures of United States schools, politicians have blamed schools for one problem or another in our society. It is interesting that the students who graduated from US high schools in 1983 are the same young people who sparked the computer revolution, the Inter- net and dot-com explosion as young adults. If the schools were so bad in 1983, why was the U.S. not on the verge of bankruptcy when these young people began working in the real world? I believe our schools were succeeding then, just as they are succeeding now. The alleged golden ages were never so golden. The schools were never as bad as they were portrayed, nor as good as we remembered them. In fact, many of them were quite good, especially when student demographics were taken into account. During this period of time the US had one of the largest influxes of immigrants in history and their children were educated in the public schools throughout the US. The democratization of education meant that the students who were discouraged from taking the SAT tests in the 1960’s were encouraged to take them in the 80’s and 90’s. The fact that these test scores have continued to improve slightly over the years, despite the fact that more and more students are taking the examinations, is a tribute to all of the schools who help their students learn and achieve, in spite of some incredible obstacles in some communities. Our students are very fortunate. They learn about the global economy by living in it. They acquire cultural sensitivity as a result of interacting with friends and classmates and learning to speak different languages. They learn something about history from living in Rome in a post 9/11 world. Some day I suspect that some of them will look back on this period of their lives as their own personal golden era and wonder why their children and their friends could not be more like they were at AOSR. While the artifice of standardized tests and the bell curve may make it appear that the words of that old rock and roll song are true, this generation of AOSR students will provide leadership for a bright future throughout the world. I only hope I live long enough to see it happen.

Alumni Corner Recent graduates from AOSR are invited to call or email the Principal’s Office when plan- ning a trip to Rome. You will be invited to the school to speak about your transition to the world from Via Cassia to the current HS students, and specifically next year’s senior class. Small-group discussions or class assemblies will be scheduled to hear your wit and wisdom of “Life Af- ter AOSR.” The contact information is always on Page 2 of the Falcon Flyer.

3 Continued from page 1) Dr. Pfannl: Turn Off TV, Turn On…. READING Instead of watching television or playing video games, TV-free children will end up reading more and getting involved in more physical and social activities. Parents report that families become closer. Statistics show that when children do not watch television or play video games they will naturally choose to read, become more creative and do other healthier things. According to a survey conducted in the U.S. by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, children watch 2.1 hours of television per day — second only to the time they spend sleeping! Over half (55.8%) of secondary school aged students have a television set in their room. Children with television sets in their bedrooms watch an addi- tional 2.5 hours more TV per week! In another survey conducted on children who do not watch TV, the following was found: “TV-free children are readers. Reading capabilities are classified as well above, or above, average by 80% of parents. Of those children who are TV-free and who are capable of reading, nearly half read one or more hours per day. Parents tend to read more to their TV-free children too — since they don’t have to compete with the TV. This is so valuable for children. 83% of parents feel the lack of TV is responsible for improved academics. According to the TV Turnoff Network, no single habit undermines school performance to the extent that excessive television watching does. Research shows that there is a strong link between an increase in television watching and a decline in reading achievement. A HEALTH ISSUE In the March issue of the Falcon Flyer, you read about our High School Wellness Day. It may come as a sur- prise to discuss television viewing in relation to wellness, but here is what the U.S. Surgeon General has to say:

Given our national television habit, it is no surprise that we are raising the most sedentary and most overweight generation of youngsters in American history. As they grow, these children will run increased risks of heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems -- unless they turn off the tube and become physically active. David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., US Surgeon General

Healthy exercise and diet are essential to a healthy lifestyle. Instead of sitting in front of the television there are hundreds of other things children and adults can do. Reducing the hours that one watches television is a great way to find the time to play outside, take a walk, or pick up a new sport, skill, hobby, or language! I find television very edu- Child obesity in the United States has now reached epidemic proportions, and it cating. Every time some- is of concern in Italy. In the US, one in ten children is obese, and one in five is over- body turns on the set, I go weight. Later in life, these children risk suffering from obesity related diseases, in- into the other room and cluding diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and arthritis. read a book. Almost three out of four TV-Turnoff Week participants say they exercised -Groucho Marx more during the Week. According to Dr. William Dietz, Director of the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), “The easi- est way to reduce inactivity is to turn off the TV set. Almost anything else uses more energy than watching TV. There is no waking activity that we do that burns fewer calories than watching TV - a body in front of the tube is a body at rest.¨ CREATIVE CHILDREN=SCHOLASTIC SUCCESS “Free-time” at home is an important and fertile time for children. Where there is boredom, creativity and self- motivation emerge. Children who are not regular TV viewers have considerably more free time at home than the aver- age child. TV-free children develop an ability to entertain themselves for hours with their own creativity. A much longer attention span in TV-free children is noted in hundreds of essay responses. Not only does watching television keep you sitting still for long periods of time, bit it also encourages an un- healthy diet. TV ads push a diet opposite of what doctors recommend. The high-fat, high-sugar, high-salt processed foods promoted by commercials is simply not healthy! Worse yet, research shows that the more television children watch, the more likely they are to snack between meals, consume foods advertised on TV, and attempt to influence their parents’ food purchases. TAKE ACTION The Annenberg Survey also reveals that adults average over four hours of television viewing each day. Because children are influenced by what their parents do, it is important that whatever effort you make to read more, exercise more, eat better, or watch less TV is done as a family. In this supporting context, turning off the TV becomes a great family endeavor --- bond and spend time together — like at MAYFAIR! Visit www.tvturnoff.com (TV-Turnoff Network, 1601 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite #303, Washington, DC 20009)

4 PPAC NEWS Principal Parent Advisory Committee

PPAC Meeting Notes of April 26, 1:15 PM Present: Grazia Deulus, Lisa Finerty, Susan Haight, Millie Kneeland, Cinzia Palana, Principal Beth Pfannl

Agenda Items: SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS: The update of all family email is in process; parents are re- quested to email the school at [email protected] with any updates now, or through the summer. As time goes on, communication from the school to the students’ homes is improving, and with the (upcoming) advent of the new AOSR web page, internet access and communication will be a vital link in our community. Parents will soon receive an email with a link that will take them directly to the last issue of the year, with all of the student awards, etc. That issue will be sent in this way since the awards are not announced until the last day of school and for families to get this information, as well as summer reading lists; an email Falcon Flyer is preferable to snail-mailing the last issue. The print edition of the Falcon Flyer will now be published in a different color paper to distinguish it from other school communications. WELLNESS ISSUES: Based on the feedback from HS Wellness Day, student and family well- ness training will continue in the 2004-2005 school year. Planned are parent workshops on age- and grade-specific issues, recommended reading for parents on child development, and a monthly book club/ issue presentation in the AM and PM in order to include the maximum participation of all parents. More reading events, like the ones this past month, with visiting authors and storytellers, will be planned, based on child development research. By doing what we do AND supporting the parents, the school creates a singular and rich education for our students, who will one day be in world leadership positions. SPORTS’ LEAGUES: It was affirmed that participating in the American Schools of Italy League (ASIL) was beneficial to our HS athletes. This is primarily because of the similar sports philosophy and seasons. NEW TEACHERS: Beginnings are important and improvement in the initial resettling of new teachers and their families could be improved. Orientation to Rome and to living abroad for the commu- nity’s professional newcomers should include geographical orientation, shopping and errand assistance and advice; especially important is obtaining cell phones and assistance getting internet access once they have housing. A “Welcome Basket” could be prepared. The school could organize and/or sponsor social out- ings for the teachers, including field trips and families who could invite them for occasional dinners (“adopt-a-teacher”). SCHOOL-SPONSORED EVENTS: A discussion took place about the HS Talent Show and whether or not student acts should be judged.

English is a Funny Language!

I take it that you already know A moth is not a moth in mother, Of tough and bough and cough and dough. Nor both in bother, broth in brother; Others may stumble, but not you, And here is not a match for there, On hiccough, thorough, laugh and through. Nor dear and fear for bear and pear. Well, done! And then there's dose and rose and lose And now you wish, perhaps, Just look them up - and goose and choose, To learn of less familiar traps. And cork and work and cord and ward, Beware of heard, a dreadful word, And font and front and word and sword, That looks like beard and sounds like bird; And do and go and thwart and cart. And dead: it's said like bed and not like bead. Come, come, I've hardly made a start! For goodness sake don't call it deed. A dreadful language? Watch out for meat and great and treat; Man alive! I'd mastered it when I was five! They rhyme with suite and straight and debt. From the Manchester Guardian

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THE PTO’s CORNER

May, 2004 By Francesca Kelly, PTO Secretary Spring in the Boutique! By Susan Haight OK, so it rained and it rained and it rained and PTO Boutique Coordinator then, suddenly, Spring arrived and now it’s almost the end of the school year, and we’re all still wondering what The school year is drawing to the heck happened. There doesn’t seem to be enough a close and so is your time for shop- time to get everything done before the kids are out for the ping for summer bargains! The Bou- summer! tique will be open on Tuesdays, May And that reminds me with only two meetings 4, 11, 18 and 25 for our final days of bargain shopping. more to go, the PTO is winding down its year as well, The red and orange tags will go half price on May 18 and and we are looking for new PTO officers — President, our final day on May 25 will see a Surprise Mega Sale! Vice President (s), Treasurer and Secretary — particu- Don't miss it! larly a new Secretary. It’s not hard to be the PTO Secre- A reminder to vendors: If you wish to collect any of tary, but you do need to be able to write/type easily in your unsold items, this must be done on May 11. The Bou- English. For more information, please email or call cur- tique's last day for sales benefiting the vendor will be Tues- rent PTO Secretary Francesca Kelly ([email protected]; day, May 11. All items in the Boutique will go half price 06-329-0280). on May 18 with all proceeds coming to the school. The year’s end may be fast approaching, but Vendors may collect their payouts for items sold this there’s something we all have to do first — and I bet you year on any Tuesday through May 25 or from Susan Haight already know what it is…CELEBRATE AT MAYFAIR! at 9 am most mornings in the Cafeteria until the close of If you haven’t “done” Mayfair before, you’re in for a school this year. Please note that no money is carried over treat. Lots of treats, in fact, ranging from falafel to bürek to the next year. to hot dogs to brownies! Our international foods section In June we will be packing all of our unsold items to is one of the most popular features of Mayfair. There will donate to refugee families here in Rome. The Boutique also be games for all ages, raffle prizes, an auction, a ter- will NOT accept items from families moving during the rific used book sale (with many new books, too), student summer holiday, unless prior arrangements are made with entertainment, crafts vendors, a booster bar, a bake sale, the administration office. and much, much more. So mark your calendar for Satur- A tremendous note of thanks and appreciation goes out day May 8, and don’t forget that Mayfair needs your help to Christiane Krippl who has facilitated this yearend as well – even just an hour, or a contribution to a class- packaging for us for the last three years. room basket. The Boutique has earned € 7.500 from September to We’ll see you at Mayfair — and let’s all cross May 1st and hopes to increase that figure even more by the our fingers for sunny weather! year's closing. All of the profits we make are used to bene- fit the students of AOSR through the PTO. That brings us to all the wonderful volunteers who have made this possible. Special thanks to coordinators Susan PTO Academic Award Haight, Mary Usnick, Ana Volk and Janet Otte who are The AOSR Parent Teacher Organi- there every Tuesday. Also to Norizmah Hidayah, Gloria zation will announce the Academic Letter Conteduca, Moshira Zelenka, Maria Grazia Testi, award for academic achievement. This alumni mom Barbara Eddy and our Spirit Items Coordina- letter, awarded to students maintaining a tor Dyan Goldhammer. If I've missed anyone, please 3.50 GPA for a minimum of two consecutive semesters know that you are appreciated! of attendance at AOSR, has been a tradition since the Thanks also to our faithful customers of parents, teach- 1992-93 school year. ers, staff, alumni and our Cassia neighbors. Their support Many students achieved this goal. After each contributes greatly to our school. Also to those people who additional two consecutive semesters of qualifying regularly donate items for the school's benefit. A note of scholastic excellence, the student receives a Lamp of appreciation to Carol Atwood, our treasurer and to Taddeo Knowledge pin to place on the letter. The 2003-4 Aca- who gives out lots of visitor badges on Tuesdays! demic Letter and Lamp awardees will be announced at We look forward to seeing you next year on our opening the HS Class Day ceremony on June 11. day to consign items on September 28, 2004. Have a great summer - wearing clothes from the Boutique, of course!

PTO NOTE: A VERY special thanks to Susan Haight 6 who is a pleasure to work with, and for!

THE PTO’s CORNER

Booster Bars By Carol Atwood Teacher Appre- ciation Luncheon The Booster Bar is wrapping up another wildly successful year of Wednesday, fundraising. In the month of March, May 26 there were four booster bars, sponsored by the Third 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 Grade, the Honors Choir, First Grade and the High School prom. p.m The PTO distributed over 1,500 euro of As we are approaching the PROFIT to those groups which will help them finance end of the school year, it is worth remembering those various trips and events. There were three booster who spent this year with our children and helped bars in April sponsored by the Pre-K, the tennis team them prepare for their future. and the Literary Magazine. Teacher Appreciation week is celebrated in The last booster bar of the year will be held May, and so, the AOSR PTO is organizing a lunch- on May 21. The PTO is sponsoring that event. On eon on May 26, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. that Friday afternoon, the Permanent Booster Bar will You are kindly requested to contribute with be dedicated to the memory of Kathy Zacaroli. one dish per family. The parents of the ES and MS students are asked to bring either a pasta, main dish, side dish or salad. HS parents are asked to send a dessert. ES contributions will be collected from the BEGINNINGS ARE IMPORTANT classrooms and MS and HS are asked to deliver them New teachers coming this fall to AOSR will enjoy a to the cafeteria. The PTO will provide the rest. wine-and-dine party to meet some of their seasoned col- This is one way to show our appreciation for leagues at dinner hosted by the school two days before their hard work. Please help us make this a special school begins. event. But once the initial novelty of being new to Rome bends to the necessities of settling in order to concentrate on If you have any questions, please feel free to their jobs –our children!—they find themselves in a strange call or e-mail me at 06 3630 4287 or deu- place, with language and cultural differences, and often don’t [email protected] have the resources to deal with their housing, communication Your efforts, like the teachers’, are greatly and “life-support” necessities in an efficient way. appreciated. Thank you! If you have cell phones that you would like to do- nate or are vacating a nice, well-priced apartment, or would like to help organize “Welcome Baskets” for the 17 new PTO Elections to be teachers arriving in the fall, please call Joanne at the school Held or Sabine Neumann at 06- 33266738, or email the Falcon at End-of-Year Flyer at ptonewsletter.com. Luncheon, June 1 The last PTO meet- ing of the year will be the Book Drive Donations PTO elections for 2004-2005 The Elementary School Book Drive is and will be held at a lunch- over but that doesn't mean you can't still donate eon meeting on June 1. The location has not yet been books. We will take donations through Tuesday, determined by anyone who wishes to attend (and, re- May 4. Just bring them down to the Boutique member, you are all members!), should contact Sabine during regular operating hours. Neumann at 06-33266738. The people running for the 2004-2005 PTO So clean out your book shelf and keep offices are: Carol Atwood, President; Sue Berton, those books a coming! It's for a great cause, Our Vice President; Treasurer, Marlene Khachadourian. School! Any questions? Call Sue Berton at 334-332- At the time of printing this edition, the post for PTO 6737 or 06 331-2710. Secretary for next year is vacant. If you are able to attend the monthly mornings meetings, and read and write in English, consider providing this service.

7 OUR MAYFAIR

AOSR MAYFAIR 2004 COUNTDOWN Saturday, May 8 TO 11:00am-4:00pm

MAYFAIR This annual event is our school’s way to celebrate with the friends we have made at MAYFAIR will be held on Saturday, May 8, just AOSR. Games, food, music, dancing, perform- a few days away. I encourage everybody to attend this ances, raffles, auction, book sale, sports and fun event, and if at all possible, help out at one of our much more! booths for an hour. Know that we are going to have games for all In order to make this a great success, we ages, food from around the globe, music, performances, need your (parents’ and grandparents’) participa- raffles, auctions, book sales, sports and much more! tion. Please contact the person below who coor- This year we also have a “MAYFAIR INFOR- dinates the area that most interests you, or con- MATION BOOTH” opened every day from 2:30 to 4:30 tact Grazia Deulus. You can also help by volun- to answer your questions. teering with just one (1) hour of your time on the This is also the time of year when we must say day of the event. goodbye to many people in our school community, and we will miss them. I’m a firm believer that those leaving Your help makes this a fun day for all! and staying should be encouraged to keep in touch across the miles; f r i e n d s h i p s c a n t r a n s c e n d *International Food, Coordinator: Moshira Ze- boundaries. In attending the Mayfair, we have one of lenka 06-30361196 the very few occasions to see these folks again before *Italian Families, Coordinator: Gloria Cont- their departure. Seeing old friends and making new ones educa 06-33625632 —- all at the same time. *Booster Bar, Coordinator: Sabine Neumann Remember to invite relatives and friends to at- 06-33266738 tend our Mayfair and enjoy the fun. We have the “Good *Bake Sale, Coordinator: Jennifer Freeman 06- Weather Committee” working overtime! 33111169 *Drinks, Coordinator: Monique Smits 06- Grazia Deulus 30888306 PTO Mayfair Coordinator *Book Sale, Coordinator: Sue Berton 06- [email protected] 06 36304287 3312710 *Logo Sale, Coordinator: Dyan Goldhammer 06-30365925 *Raffle, Coordinator: Marlene Khachadourian 06-30367976 MS Theme Baskets for MAYFAIR

As in the past, MS will be donating theme baskets to be raffled or auctioned. We kindly MAYFAIR request that all MS students contribute at least one item to their class basket. BOOK DRIVE Collection for the baskets started on April 23. It is Winning Classrooms: never too late to make your contribution. Grade 6th: Bath Basket - Mr. Mancini 4th Grade Grade 7th: Breakfast Basket - Ms. Pestilli Grade 8th: Dinner Basket - Ms. Santangelo

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Baked Goods for

the Dessert Table

If you can donate some won- MAYFAIR derful brownies, cupcakes, muffins, cookies or cakes, INTERNATIONAL FOOD COURT please bring them to Villa 10 The International Food Court is asking for donations on Friday, May 7th. You can also drop off the baked of bottles of wine from school families to accompany goods on Saturday morning near the Booster Bar area our fabulous selection of international foods. Please where our table will be located. Do not forget to bring a bottle to the Boutique on Tuesday or leave it in place the goodies in disposable containers. Thanks the Villa office marked “Attention: Moshira Zelenka for your contribution! or Susan Haight”. Many thanks!!

MAYFAIR IS FOR SHOPPING TOO! This year’s Mayfair will host a number of vendors, new and old-timers. Products include: Booster Bar at ♦ Brazilian goods Mayfair ♦ Cushions and pillows ♦ Polish food and beverages The Booster Bar will be ♦ Gold AOSR pins Several jewelry vendors, some handmade open at Mayfair on May 8th. We ♦ Bathing suits are looking for volunteers who can ♦ Calendars and interesting photos help on that day. One hour of your ♦ Art and interesting frames time would help the booster bar ♦ Baskets with various goods and be guaranteed fun as ♦ Scarves well. You can sell or grill - you decide. If you are ♦ Table linens, custom and ready-made interested, contact Carol Atwood at 06 30889705 Additionally, our very own Ms. Prisco will be selling her home- ([email protected]) or Sabine Neumann at 06 made wine, and long-time AOSR friend, Yolanda Bernardini, 33266738 ([email protected]) will be registering folks for the Race for the Cure 5K footrace to benefit breast cancer research. AOSR alumnus Augusto Morelli from Lion Bookstore will be here also. There will also be a This Just In! U.S.Voter’s Registration table. A Warhammer Tournament will be featured at May- fair in the room next to the Video Game Tournament! ES Contribution to MAYFAIR Participants pay E2 (or E4 in combination with entry As you might know, each ES class fee for the Video Game Tournament). will be filling up a basket for either the raffle or silent auction. The letters are going out this week, some teachers already sent Voter’s Registration letters to the parents in their class. Service Following are the themes of the baskets Project Continues at Mayfair selected by each teacher: Pre-K Educational Toys and Books (3-6 years The presidential election in the United States is No- old) vember 2, 2004. You can participate in this election by request- 1st Grade International Wine and Wine Acces- ing an absentee ballot if you expect to be outside of the U.S.A. sories on that date. Absentee ballots can be obtained by filling out a 2nd Grade Pamper Yourself! Federal Postcard Application (FPCA) 3rd Grade Hot and Spicy Foods AOSR parents and students will help US citizens reg- ister to vote (by means of the FPCA) at Mayfair. If you know 4th Grade The World of Books of someone that needs to register or request an absentee ballot, 5th Grade Gardening just bring them along to the event! We've asked the parents that NEW items only be contributed to the baskets. 9 TEACHER’S BULLETIN BOARD Patricia Kelly - Schmutz Awarded Top Girl Scout Honor

Faculty Night Out —- Not many people have heard about the Senior Gold award – the highest honor a Girl Scout can achieve. Only 2% of all of the Girl On the Town and In the Garden! Scouts worldwide have ever achieved this rank. But now, thanks to Senior Patricia Kelly-Schmutz, the US Air Force knows about it! On June 4, after school, all teachers have Patricia was awarded this highest honor in April when her Girl Scout service records were reviewed by the International Girl been invited to jump on the bus and begin an eve- Scout committee. She (and her mother!) have been active in Girl Scout ning together visiting the fabled famous gardens at in Australia, Japan, Guam, Bahrain, and Hong Kong and even for the Ninfa, owned by Caetani family since 1297, and 12 months of her life that she lived in the US. The project she designed this past year, “The Structure of Love,” will continue on the island which about 1 hour south of Rome. Since the pub- community of La Maddelena, just off the coast of Sardinia. lic has access to it only one Sunday a month, this is This project, centered at the La Maddalena Social Services a private opportunity to see this. The teachers will Center, forged a relationship with the US Navy and the 17 handicapped and Down’s syndrome Italians who live there. Since the funding for have dinner at a famous osteria (wine cellar) in the many programs at the Center has been cut over the past two years, vicinity afterwards to celebrate the end of the Patricia lobbied the Navy and other private organizations to provide school year. donations of food, clothing, games, gifts, time and money. As a result of her efforts, there is now enough to support the activities of the Cen- The bus and song sheets will be provided by ter – and for birthdays and major holidays for these for these 17 indi- the school —- entirely different than ones provided viduals! at Christmas! With this great group of AOSR teach- Patricia’s family has lived on La Maddelena for three years. Her father is stationed there with the Navy. She attends AOSR as a ers and their significant other(s), the outing will be border because there is no high school on the island. On her school one that the historic gardens will not forget! vacations, she has returned to La Maddelena and has volunteered at this center. “I notice that programs were being cut and the Center was re- duced to one full-time person. The disabled adults couldn’t understand why the celebrations that they looked so forward to were no longer part OPERATION RESPECT of their routine, “Patricia said, “That’s when I decided to ask the “Chief Mess” at the Navy base to bake birthday cakes for them. Then I asked WORKSHOP Squadron 22, the First Class Association (all Navy) and MWR (a pri- vate organization) to contribute gifts and to volunteer their time, and they started to bring presents. I coordinated all their contributions and put it on a calendar. They have promised to continue even after I leave to go into the Air Force.” Patricia is one of the few members of the naval community who speaks Italian. “My family has always insisted we live off-base wherever we are stationed, so I can speak a bit of many languages,” she said. “The best method of evaluation the impact of this project is the positive relations in our Italian and American communities –which are now working together,” she wrote on her project description. When Patricia knew she was being considered for the Gold award, she notified the Air Force, which will induct her August 11. She can then qualify for the Montgomery GI Bill to pay for college. “The Air Force had never heard of this Girl Scout award!” she said. “Of course, they HAD heard of the Eagle Scout Award given to the top achievers in the Boy Scouts!” The Armed Forces give each Eagle Scout a starting rank of E-3 –two ranks higher than the regular recruit – which recognizes their leadership and service training. When Patricia explained the discipline needed to achieve the Gold Award via petition to the Air Force administration, they understood it was a parity rank Brian Hall, Jane Rumsby, Tara Rosso, Sybil Hall, and Den- with Eagle Scout and, as a result of Patricia’s appeal, awards the E-3 to nis Uyenoyama display their optimal “respectful work- Gold awarded young women! place” ideas developed at the Operation Respect work- Patricia will be the last La Maddelena student to attend shop. The other faculty participants included Lars Rahm, AOSR –or any other International School. Navy budget cuts now force Jody Ballard, Erica Ricci, Matt Tupper, Kim Murphy, all military families to attend Department of Defense School now. “It’s Susan Prideaux, Mary Prisco, Rosa De Bellis, Miriam too bad,” said Patricia, “since they won’t get the same chance to meet O’Brien, Raffaella Zecca, and Carla Dawson. The one-day and become friends with kids of all the other cultures.” Patricia thanks Millie Kneeland, an AOSR parent, for leading workshop was facilitated by Carlyn Zaniboni and Jane the AOSR Girl Scout Troop, as well as the woman she assisted in La Rumsby. Maddelena, Cynthia Panzani. AOSR teacher Jennifer Flaherty became It was a wonderful success. Participant’s surveys aware of Patricia’s efforts earlier this year –she too, was one of the rare were analyzed to plan future professional community- Gold Award recipients during her senior year in HS! –and Jennifer was building events. very supportive of her application. Congratulation, Patricia! Good luck in all your future en- deavors!

10 THIRD QUARTER HONOR ROLL 2003-2004 Headmaster’s Honor Roll (4.00 GPA)

Grade 12 Grade 11 Grade 10 Grade 8 Grade 7 Grade 6 Hannah Ceen David Israelachvili Maria Anna Murmura Garen Der-Khachadourian Benjamin Otte Katherine Berton Ian Haight Sudeep Bhatia Helena Hagg Flaminia Marrucci

Principal’s Honor Roll (3.50-3.99) Grade 7 Neta Ben Israel Ranieri Maglione Brennan Panzarella Andrew Ceen Grade 12 Grade 11 Flavio Massari Maja Risovic Gabriele Fabozzi Luca Candelori Gina Andreucci Shira Gazit Lavinia del Bianco David Brown Giulia Merlo Holly Rumpf Raya Mustafa Silvia Valente Rebecca Jonsson Methiya Fuang- Ettore Canestri Lorenzo Masserini Arrom Rozen Erdal Nicole Otte Riccardo Serrao Grade 8 Federico Merlo Danai Giwa Shankar Kar Joey Miller Trillian Gregg Na-Re Lim Sabrina Triglia Christian Brown Zhi Chao Yi Aaron Dungca Seth Moore Nicole Halloran Agnese Marino Taussig Elisa Palana Annalisa Kelly de Bodona Mario Gioia Grade 9 Talya Kahan David Prosperi NaHyun Lee Elisa Russo Sage Rahm Luca Montesi Chiara Siravo Sabina Abdullaeva Silvia Maglione Flaminia Belli Mohamed Mattar Siddheshwar Singh Paolo Murmura Oluseyi Smith Shulamit Smith Shikha Prashad Rachel Smith Javier Elkin David Ortiz Chiara Gambioli Crishan Perera Nicoletta Valente Georg Seebode Federico Soddu Jiayi Wang Christine Skodon Christopher Haight Yeonathan Shachar Tajnim Imami Alejandro Smith Roxana Weich Valentina Squitieri Grade 10 Silvia Telesca Stephanie Andreucci Nuwanthika Jayatilake Matthew Smith Maria La Via Carolina Van Der Does De Grade 6 Oguzhan Tulun Gabriele Cancelliere Elena De Giovanni Marin Finerty Tae Hyun Lee Willebois Michela Lombardi Serena Zhang Eva Ellergaard Pedersen Simona Grimaldi Kelly Fowler Jose Kamel Morel Naim Jin Kai Zhou Tyler Otte Fatin Nashra Hadtamizi Edoardo Linari Sophie Manente Jasmine Mohsin Anna Rumpf Honor Roll (3.00-3.49) Callie Simpson

Grade 12 Ryan Panzarella Claire Sensi Ludovico Linari Alessandro Batazzi Daniele Pestilli Mandi Shenedjela Marina Pozzan Martin Oberle Gianluca Belisari Benjamin Pfannl Ides Van Der Does De Edoardo Quadri Sani Salha Nicole Borunda Enrico Piano Willebois Gioia Raccah Marcella Zarrelli Ry Finerty Gabriele Raccah Yael Rafaeli Mariafrancesca Gioia Tjasa Volk Grade 9 Danique Smits Grade 6 Anna Grasso Roisin Agnew Brieanne Vallee Ludovica Batazzi Staecy Ives Grade 10 Victoria Borrero Karim Zelenka Romy Ben-Hur Patricia Kelly-Schmutz Syeda Zinnat Akhter Simona Capogna Nur Synhada Bte Robert Peterson Raffaello Amorosi Kristin Fowler Grade 7 Rossdy Isabel Pogany Eric Davignon Yara Mirdad Ezio Belli Jacopo Foco Sean Satterwhite Taykun Erdal Annika Neumann Piergiorgio Ciceri Omri Ithaki Katia Trukhanova Alessia Fiochi Elena Testi Dario Corsetti Paolo Liel Karpel Ottavia Zappala Steffen Fischer Nina Van Der Does De Angela Cosenza Danielle Levi Sean Hooker Willebois Stefan Countryman Miranda Mancini Grade 11 Shungo Inoue Nina Ellergaard Pedersen Marissa Musselman Federico Arnaldi Shashi Karunanethy Grade 8 Jonathan Farache Shahar Nof-Agam Sesil Erdal Joshua Kneeland Niccolo Amato Melanie Ferguson Nicholas Ortiz Giorgio Ferrero Emin Mamedyarov Alessandro Castiello James Freeman Cindy Pratesi Michael Gorelick- Robert Michalski Alessio Daswani Jon Gangsaas Benny Raccah Benedetta Marigliano Damiano Pietroni Pietro Fazzi Shira Gazit Michael Rafaeli Matteo Mencarelli Nathan Rice Edoardo Foco Jillian Kneeland Tayler Smith Tom Nof-Agam Roma Rispoli Randy Garcia Eugenio Marini Luciano Wu Hauyon Meaghan Oppenheimer Daniele Schiavo Alexa Goldhammer- Daniela Muenzel Massimo Zheng Blanc

11 All School News Library News 41st Annual Shakespeare By Ms. Molly Bianchini, HS Librarian Festival and the Songs of Spring Both the HS and ES libraries resources for the Again this year, the High School Shakespeare 17 teachers who will be new to AOSR next year. En- Festival will be held on Friday, May 28th at 7:00 pm and tertainment DVD’s are often lent to teachers who set on Saturday, May 29th at 7:30 pm. This is one of the old- up their households in Rome without any TV service est and most venerable traditions at AOSR, nurtured not or internet, but bring personal computers which can only by the bard’s timeless dramas, but also by the balmy play DVD’s. spring air and chirping birds of an ideal setting, our val- If you have any DVD’s which you would like ley theater. The centerpiece of this year’s festival is The to contribute to the “Teacher’s Collection,” they Winter’s Tale, directed by Cottie Ceen. would be appreciated by our AOSR August newcom- Friday’s performance will begin a half-hour ear- ers. Drop them off in either library. lier, at 7:00 pm, for an opening concert by the High School Ensemble, which will play Claudio Monteverdi’s RISA Art Show to be hung the Toccata, the opening fanfare of his opera, Orfeo, written in 1607, about three years before Shakespeare’s play. week of May 10 Their program will continue with the Concerto in B Flat Major by Tomaso Albinoni and the Minuet from Mo- The school will host the end-of-the-year Art zart’s Serenade, K.375. In the Ensemble’s performance, Show for the Rome International School Association the appeal of these high-brow delights is truly amplified, (RISA) during the week of May 10 through May 17. through the presence of numerous electric guitars, elec- Elementary school art teachers from six schools will tric bass, and three keyboards, which, thanks to Mr. Zim- mount their students’ work on the boards and dividers merman’s wizardry as an arranger, harmoniously com- to be assembled outside the gym. bine with our flutes, clarinets, trumpet, trombone, tenor The ES art to be displayed will include draw- saxophones and percussion. ing and painting, ceramics and paper mache. Ms. All parents and friends of the AOSR community Consentino is curating this massive show. are heartily invited to attend!

2nd Semester Final Exam Schedule for Middle School and High School

MS ONLY: Friday, May 28 (exams for Periods 1 and 2)

Tuesday, June 1 (exams for Periods 3 and 4)

Thursday, June 3 (exams for Periods 5 and 6)

Friday, June 4 (exams for Periods 7 and 8)

HS ONLY: Monday, June 7 (Exams for periods 1 and 2) These days will be normal school days for all Middle and High School students (9:00 -3:20). Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes Visiting Irish storyteller, Niall De Burca told stories during those days. After morning exams, students to ES, MS, and HS students during his visit on April will be in review sessions where important material 5 and 6. He was enthralling to the young and the will be discussed. Parents are highly encouraged to younger. Above, Seniors Luca Candelori, Luca have their children attend school for the entire school Montesi, Anna Grasso, Isabel Pogany, and Ale day during exam days. Batazzi enjoy Mr. De Burca’s visit. Who says teen- agers can’t be corralled with simple, awesome ora- 12 tions?? All School News (continued)

Spring Concert Brings the AOSR House Down By Mr. Roy Zimmerman Summer Camp HS Music Teacher

It’s a Sports Camp, an The annual spring concert, which was held in Arts and Theater Camp, and a the school cafeteria on the evening of March 25th, Swimming Camp all rolled into proved to be the biggest musical event seen at AOSR one! It’s the AOSR Summer Ad- in many years, with an impressive number of students venture Camp. involved and a large and enthusiastic audience. Fea- Designed for children turing the Elementary, Middle and High School choirs ages 3-15, the camp features spe- and the high school instrumental ensemble, the con- cially designed recreational activities based on summer cert brought the entire school community together in a camp programs in the United States. These camp ac- very special way. tivities, songs and games are always a hit with children. Much credit must go to our Elementary, and And, at the end of every session, campers will take part Middle School music teacher, Becky Bailey, who has in Olympics Day and be treated to a real American pic- injected so much life and vitality into the music pro- nic. Of course, we’re proud of the quality of its camp gram; her return after years in Seattle is a great boost instructors, including members of AOSR’s own staff. for all the students of the school, since she also directs As an added bonus, door-to-door bus service is avail- the high school chorus. But the school has played its able. part in our musical renaissance, investing in a beauti- Camp is divided into two sessions:. June 21- ful set of risers for the stage. July 2, and July 5-16. For the “Pre-K Pods” (pre-school In an impressive choral finale, more than children ages 3-6) there is an additional session of- eighty kids of all ages combined together to sing fered, June 14 to June 18. Campers may choose to at- "When You Believe" from The Prince of Egypt. A tend the half-day program from 9 am to 12:30 pm for significant part of the program was filled by the High €275 a session, or the full-day program from 9 am to School Ensemble, a nineteen piece group that played a 3:30 pm for €375. Another camp — Total Sports — varied program, from Mozart to the Beatles and Frank will be held July 19-23. Zappa. Registration forms are available at the main This year's concert explored some infectious office, by writing [email protected], or it can be Italian contributions to the world's popular music, with downloaded from the AOSR website at www.aosr.org Modugno's "Volare" and the spaghetti-pop of "Mambo Italiano." The concert concluded with the High School Chorus and Ensemble doing a wonderful ren- dition of Renato Carosone's unforgettable "To Vo' Fa' l'americano." Hearing kids from all corners of the globe singing the Neapolitan lyrics made everyone smile from ear to ear. Missing Something? For all those who missed the concert, they have not totally missed out. The school's musical If your laundry basket seems forces will be performing at the Mayfair! Lend us a little lighter lately, maybe your support! some of your child’s cloth- ing has been left at school. “Camp-y” Humor Please check the bags By Sam Atwood, Grade 5 A kid who is away at camp writes a letter to his and boxes of the Lost and Found under the gym parents back home in North Carolina: stairwell. Chances are, you’ll find something you Dear Mom and Dad, haven’t seen for a while. I need $omething. I think you can gue$$ what it i$. Plea$e $end $ome $oon. You have until MAY 25 to claim your lost Love, items. After that they will be sold in the PTO Bou- Norbert tique, so unless you’re willing to buy your chil- His parents write back: Dear NOrbert, dren’s clothing a second time, please check the Lost Thank you for writing aNOther letter to us. It is finally NOt rain- and Found. ing back here in NOrth Carolina. Please send aNOther letter soon. Love, Mom and Dad 13 All School News (cont.)

Mr. U. Compiles “New to Rome” MS Honors Choir goes to Trieste Info for Incoming Teachers and Families By

As reported in last month’s Flyer, Mr. Dennis Laura Rumpf, AOSR Parent Uyenoyama, ES Computer teacher, is building a new website for the school before he completes his From April 21st-25th, the Middle School Honors Choir (action-packed) tenure teaching here at AOSR. He participated in the annual MAIS choir trip, this time in leaves to return to Boston in late July/early August.. Trieste, Italy. After many weeks of preparation, led by The “New Faculty and Families” website was an AOSR music idea that came from his personal notes as a newcoming teacher Re- teacher to AOSR two years ago. The site will soon be becca Bailey, available to be seen by internet by any of the AOSR the 10 stu- families and, as importantly, folks can contribute infor- dents sang mation. The intention is that it is a living “life support” with 110 of la dolce vita here in Rome. other students Below is a sample of information for those who from interna- have Italian national health insurance. tional schools from cities in From the “New Faculty and Friends” website being the Mediter- constructed at AOSR: ranean area including Barcelona, Madrid, Tu- Libretto sanitario nis, Cairo, (Italian national Rabat, Casa- healthcare document) blanca, Rome and Trieste. Everyone “Keep your Health Insurance Healthy” stayed to- Although you may always go to pronto soccorso gether in one (emergency room) at a hospital, it is possible you will be hotel in the denied medical treatment by your primary care physician beautiful sea-side village of Grado. until renewing your libretto sanitario. A recent incident Rehearsals were rigorous for the three days lead- involving a loved one’s health served as the catalyst for ing up to the concerts performed at Udine International this article. school and at the Lutheran church in Trieste. However, Take a minute and check the dates atop your there was some free time between rehearsals to socialize libretto sanitario (see illustration above) and do the fol- with new and old friends, eat gelato, stroll along the lowing if expired: 1. Gather and make copies of all necessary paper boardwalk, and play on the beach under the warm sun- work. This includes: the original and one copy of shine that graced them for the majority of the trip. your permesso di soggiorno, your old libretto sani- An excursion to Venice was also included where tario and your carta d’identita’ (if applicable). the students had a tour of the Doge’s Palace and frolicked 2. Check the location and hours of the office you need among the pigeons of Piazza San Marco. The students to visit to renew your paperwork. Here are the two were rewarded on the last night with a disco dance at the locations I recently visited: Poliambulatorio “Tor di hotel, DJ’d by our own Freddy Alejandro. Quinto” located adjacent the Ponte Milvio market. It was an honor for AOSR to be among this fan- Hours: 8:00–12:30, 14:30-17:00 (M,W,R) and 8:00- tastic group of talented young singers from near and far 12:30 (T,F,Sa). Poliambulatorio “Trionfale” located on Via San Tommaso D’Aquino, 69 near Piazzale and to bring a warm feeling of harmony in these times of Eroi. Hours: 8:30-12:30 (M-Sa). Again, these are conflict. A great time was had by all! only two of, I am assuming, several different offices. Honors choir participants included: Anna Rumpf, You should confirm you have the correct location as Freddy Alejandro, Alexa Goldhammer, Melanie Fer- the first office above was not able to assist us. You guson, Jessica Kingsbury, Jillian Kneeland, Daniela can visit the following web site for a list that covers Muenzel, Caroline Van Der Does De Willebois, Jiayi all of Rome: Wang, and Katherine Berton, who has a kid’s-eye ac- count on page 19.

14 All School News (cont.) PRE-K NEWS

By Ms. Kimberly Murphy Pre-K Coordinator

“E-I, E-I-O!” The 3-year old “Puppies” spent the last month studying about farm animals and farm life. They read stories, sang songs, read poems and learned many st things about the farm. The class then worked together 41 Annual Festival Begins May 20 to create their very own table size farm using recycled By Mr. Kip Hendry, Drama Teacher materials. The children were very proud of their farm and spend several days using it in the dramatic play Do you like shipwrecks, duels, crossdressing, unre- area. The culminating activity was a visit to a farm quited love and yellow stockings? Who doesn’t???? So just outside of Rome on April 22nd! On the farm, come and see the MS Shakespeare play, “Twelfth Night,” they saw a variety of animals (strangely enough, no which is part of the 41st annual AOSR Shakespeare Festival pigs!) and helped make bread from the wheat grown at the Hillside Theater this year. on the farm (photo below). The cast reports that “Twelfth Night” has had a charmed production so far. The out-of-door rehearsals have enjoyed the ONLY moments of sun in Rome over the past six weeks. The cast ask you to bring your own weather charms (and yellow stockings!) to “Twelfth Night” on Thursday, May 20, and Friday, May 21 at 7 PM sharp at the Hillside Theater.

Students’ Symphony Debut at MAYFAIR The HS students in Mr. Zimmerman’s Music Composition class will debut the symphonies they com- posed, using the new computer technology which the school got this year, during Mayfair. Reading Buddies

Mr. Zimmerman will transfer these works, which the 2nd floor of the HS has enjoyed hearing --- onto a CD disk which will be played over the PA system at May 8 event. For those who have had the pleasure to have heard them, they are complex and beautiful crea- tions – and so complex and so melodic. These pieces are the culminating project for the 18 students involved in this class.

HS Students Land Part in Film Julian Brophy, in Grade 11, and Ry Finerty in grade 12, have landed parts in a British film, “Don Bosco,” which will also air in Italy as a mini-series on Since January, every Wednesday morning, we RAI-TV in October. Julian and Ry portray Italian or- have some special visitors from the fourth grade. Our phans who flim-flam their way through life on the streets children have had the opportunity to meet with Mrs. until they attract the attentions of a young and honest DePaolis’ and Mrs. Piccirilli’s fourth grade classes priest, and they are reformed. each week for our coveted time called “Reading Bud- The movie will be filmed mostly at Cinecitta, dies.” Each child in Pre-K has a “buddy” in the fourth now the world’s most famous religious film venue, after grade who comes to our class especially to read to her/ the success of last year’s production, “The Passion.” Lu- him. Both grades look forward to this time very dovico Gasparini is the director. much! 15

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS

Villa Ada, Robot-A Rama, and more: Third Grade News What “World-Class Kids” do By Ms. Susan Prideaux and Ms. Jane Rumsby in Kindergarten MAYFAIR is right around the Corinthian column at By Ms. Patricia Robertson and Ms. Mary the corner. Remember to come to play CIRCLE TOSS or Prisco, K Teachers LOLLIPOP TREE at our booth on May 8th. There are great April, with less than 15 school days, was a prizes! busy one for Ms. Robertson and Ms. Prisco’s Kinder- Most of the third graders are packing their bags in garten classes. The field trip to Villa Ada was a suc- readiness for their trip to Paestum. We depart on Wednesday cess; it was just in time to find eggs in nests --- and May 26th and visit Herculaneum on the way. On the second also the colorful ones hidden by the rabbit that no one day we shall tour Velia, an ancient Greek city formerly called ever sees! The students also did everything you could Elea, and see wonderful tomb paintings and vases in the do to, and with, robots (Walking on Mars was one of Paestum museum. On the last day we will sketch the three the few things that the individually designed, con- temples in Paestum (known as Poseidonia to the Greek colo- structed, and decorated machines didn’t accomplish nists) and return to AOSR after lunch. during “R” week!) The members of the 2, 5, and 10 Third grade had a wonderful trip to Villa Ada. The club can count to 100 by those increments, and each carp were still too sluggish to come and greet us but as the week a “World-Class Kid” is chosen and the parent day went on and the sun came out, the red-cheeked turtles of our WCK joins the class, and organizes a special were out in full force soaking up the rays. The tadpoles were activity, and their child enjoys the celebrated status. numerous. We have a few swimming happily and growing Everyone gets a turn! bits that will eventually transform them into frogs. We also It’s fun to be learning in Kindergarten. saw, thanks to Mr. U., the amazing National Geographic website featuring Brazilian frogs doing their courtship dance. Grade 5 Hosts a Musical Feast – with the Help They wouldn't be shaking their thighs so vigorously if they of Many Friends! were in France — just ask a 3rd grader why. By Ms. Hillary Hall, Grade 5 Teacher We will shortly be visiting the Palombini coffee fac- Have you forgotten how to eat like a child? tory, thanks to Lorenzo Mencacci's dad, checking out the Well, do not fret! The three Grade 5 classes will re- simple and compound machines and watching the process mind you all “How to Eat Like a Child and Other Les- from bean to ground coffee. sons in Not-Being-Grown-Up’ in their upcoming musi- Field trips are fun and great learning experiences. cal which will take place in the cafeteria on Thursday, Our Booster Bar profits just about paid for our last 3 trips, so April 13, at 7:30 PM. thanks again to all those who helped. “How to Eat Like a Child” is a comical collec- tion of songs and sketches that serves as a guide to the art of being a child, as told by children, strictly from Time Traveling, through Ancient Rome their point of view. It is based on a book by Delia By Ms. Hillary Hall, Fifth Grade Teacher Ephran, in collaboration with John Forester and Judith The three grade 5 classes explored the Basilica of Kahan. San Clemente, a church-on-top-of-a-church on top of a still The students are working hard, practicing for functioning acquedotto, in the ancient heart of Rome, near this show with their classroom teachers, Ms. Hogan, the Colosseum, on Thursday, April 28. Ms. Di Cori, and Ms. Hall. Their music teacher, Ms. This field trip related to their fall and winter stud- Bailey, has done the casting and organization. She and ies about ancient Rome, although the building styles span Mr. Reale are giving their time generously, playing the the centuries of change and development. Students looked piano and practicing songs with them. The students forward to exploring this treasure trove of history. Student have been dancing up a storm under the brilliant cho- feedback from this time-travel adventure will be in the next Falcon Flyer! reographic stylings of parent volunteer, Gloria Cont- educa. Mr. Kieran Canter has joined forces with us to share his dramatic experience to oversee and direct the HANSEL AND GRETEL THEATER student practices. Behind the scenes, Ms. Cosentino is OUTING MAY 6 helping with backdrops and Mr. Tupper has created The classes of Kindergarten, and Grades 1, 2 and, 3, sets for the show with his carpentry expertise. are going to see a performance of HANSEL AND GRETEL Grade 5 is looking forward to sharing this artis- at the Teatro Colosseo on Thursday, May 6. This perform- tic and collaborative effort. Mark your calendars! ance combines drama, music and singing, and the actors Save the evening of Thursday, May 13! come from England.

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News from Rome Mr. U and Ms. Z say, ”Ci vediamo a presto ... (Speriamo)!” Parco della Musica Concert The hip-hop, techno and ambient music of Time well spent with our students and Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, student-athletes, Coach Phil’s karaoke, running in Reich and other rave artists will be featured on the valley, “beefcake,” double-dutch, Roman June 10 at the Parco della Musica (the buildings Sundays, cappuccinos, computer class, Wellness which are affectionately called "the armadillos") Day, websites, travel and the sharing of travels, right here in Rome. This exciting symphonic “the Ross-isms,” multiple language conversa- evening, performed by the London Sinfonietta, tions, the “a fuori eating area,” Tuesday night hoops, the book club, Old Bridge Gelateria, hugs, will also feature a light show and the special friendships, smiles and so much more. guest, Mira Calix. We will miss it all, but hope to return to This energetic and avant-gard musical the AOSR community someday. If you find program is sponsored by the Comune di Roma, yourself in or around the New England area - the AMIT, and the British Council. If you have- especially the Boston/Cape Cod area - be sure to n't yet introduced your children to the new Parco e-mail us at: [email protected] or della Musica, this is a great opportunity. And [email protected]. We’ll even treat you to you will go up a notch in style in their eyes! The a cup of “chowdah.” subsidized ticket prices are €10 and €22. You In the meantime, you can check out Mr. can reserve on-line at www.santacecilia.it or by U’s website www.misteru.com for all sorts of information about school… and our lives. Go phone at 800-90-70-80. Red Sox! (that is for you Kieran, Tucker, Patrick and Andrew). Let’s hope for a Cub/Red Sox se- ries…. Right, Rabin? Strike news: Bus, trams, and metro will be on strike for four hours all over Italy on May 19. WHAT I DID OVER THE BREAK By Martine Johannesen, Grade 3

On Thursday my cousins, uncle, aunt and grandparents came. We were going to go on the MY SPRING BREAK big tour bus but when we waited 30 minutes the bus came and it was too full!!!! The bus was big, By Chiara Catania, Grade 3 red and had white stripes.

Next, we went to Campo di Fiori. My un- Over the spring break on Sunday April cle (Jeff) got some trail mix. It had coconut in it. 11th it was Easter and I ate a lot of salami because Also it had dried bananas, nuts, dried mango and they portano fortuna. Then I had milky coffee dried pineapples. It was delicious. with a piece of margherita cake and ciambellone Next we went to the Spanish Steps. It with little chocolate eggs and they were called started to rain. We (my mom and I) had to go to eggs of the colomba. Then we went on an egg gymnastics. Well, I had to go to gymnastics my treasure hunt because they had to be found. Then mom had to take me there. She got the easy one day after my tooth fell and at night I put it part!!!! under the pillow, the day after I found 13 euros On Friday I went to the Forum. I had a long boring and now another 3 teeth are wobbling and one of tour. The lady just talked and talked. Finally she them is half staccato, but when I eat with these showed me where the bathroom was. She pinched teeth it is an inferno!!! my cheek (yuk). Then the day after I did all my homework On Saturday I went to the Colosseum. It and some of them were funny but very funny, like was so cool! I learned there used to be a gold the one for English where you had to invent your statue in front of it. Also I learned that it was built own invention and then another where you had to by slaves. I also read the Attic Child by Achille write about an inventor and I wrote about Benja- (something like that) Morrison. I also read the min Franklin and the lightning-conductor. Thieves of Ostia. It was sooooo good, I loved it. Then the day after I went to eat outside at We went to a catacombs I got postcards for my the Trattoria della Fattoria and we went with all friends. I also went to Ostia Antica. our neighbors. We had a lot of fun. 17 MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS

Come, shop, eat and have fun!

MS and Mayfair By Ms. Angela Santangelo MS Activities Coordinator The Mayfair committee can certainly count on the MS to actively participate in many aspects of Mayfair this year. Our generous MS troopers will be donating three theme baskets to be raffled. Be on the look out for these colorful baskets filled with special treats. Don’t forget to bid for them! Sixth graders will donate a Bath Basket. Grade Seven will sponsor the annual Breakfast Bas- ket. Grade Eight will shop for goodies for the tradi- tional Dinner Basket. If you are a wine connoisseur, don’t miss out on the MS Teachers’ Wine Basket. By popular demand, the MS will also be donating baked goods for the Dessert Table. Delicious brown- Each year the Alejandro family (Freddie Jr. is in Grade 8 and ies, cakes, cookies and cupcakes will be sold by the Jay is in Grade 11) plays the Easter Bunny and gives a Lindt expert MS bakers! Don’t forget about our fully chocolate egg to the MS. It is so big that even the always- stocked aquarium: our AOSR fish need a loving new ravenous adolescents have trouble finishing it before the day home for the summer! The Booster Bar area at May- is over — but they have plenty of friends who each year are fair on May 8, is the place to be! See you there! willing to “step up to the plate” and help! Thank you again for your generosity, Freddy and Mildred, from all of us!

Get Ready for MS Sports Day! By Ms. Angela Santangelo MS Activities Coordinator Go Greeks, Roman, Spartans, and Trojans! One of the most anticipated events by the MS and their teachers is the end of the year Sports Day. Stu- dents and teachers show off their athletic abilities and team spirit by participating in various sporting events on Monday, June 7. Races, tennis, badminton, sack racing, soft- ball throw, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and water balloon toss are just a few of the events that will be organized by Coach Rice. The final competition is our traditional tug-of-war. Teams will be rewarded with points throughout the day. Sportsmanship and competition winners will be recognized. A BBQ lunch will be prepared for our AOSR On April 7, Grade 7 and 8 PE classes performed athletes. The menu will include burgers, French their choreographed dance routines for lower fries, fruit, ice cream and beverages. As always, the grades. Forty performances were graded based on a PTO will organize and serve refreshments all day dance rubric designed by Teacher Carlyn Zaniboni. Jillian Kneeland, (above) and the ensemble of Nic- long for our thirsty participants. colo Amato, Eros Shenediela, and Eduardo Foco Stop by and cheer on your favorite team! (below) showcase their pop, modern, and break- Good luck Red, Green, Blue and Gray! dancing skills.

18 MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWS

Crocodile The MAIS Honor’s By Roxana Weich

Choir 2004 Hiding in the thicket, By Katherine Berton, Gliding through the streams, Bright yellow eyes shining like beams. Grade 6 He lives with the hippos, dines with them too. This year the Honor’s Choir went to Trieste, in They look like friends for a moment northern Italy. There were other schools in the program, But when he gets in a fight and shows all his might including AOSR, Marymount, Ambrit in Rome, and Snapping his jaws and big white teeth schools from Portugal, Madrid, Barcelona, Egypt, and Keeps other cautious before dipping in their feet. Croatia. We practiced 3-4 hours a day, instructed by Paige Short, who, by the way, was very fun and put a lot Dancing of work into the performances, and other times we spent By Shira Gazit resting and eating. The hotels we stayed at were right on When I dance, I feel safe. the beach, and all of the AOSR kids went swimming right I feel like my life is on strike. away. We had early mornings and late nights, and busy G To think and make everything days in between. right We arrived at Grado, the town we were staying R at on Wednesday, and got checked into our hotels. We I feel like I’m out hung out for a little bit and then we went downstairs to A Of all my problems, practice. We learned a new song called Kwaheri, in Swa- I feel like I don’t need to care About my troubles hili. We ate dinner, and then went up to our rooms. D The next day we did more practicing. We had a That’s why I love dancing so break, practice, lunch, practice, break, practice, dinner, E much. and rooms. Not so exciting, but we all perfected our songs during that time. The War On Friday we did our first performances. We By Lorenzo Masserini went to Udine International School, a fairly new school S There is no day that’s not even a year old yet (it just started this past Sep- There is no night tember). We sang in the school’s auditorium with the E It’s always the same fight Elementary school watching us. Afterward we went up- I can’t stand this anymore stairs to a hallway with snacks prepared especially for us. V Why has there to be war? They weren’t bad, either! After that we went to Venice Now I stand here all alone and toured a big castle. We saw all the gondolas and wa- E My mother’s died ter streets and learned that at high tide the big squares My dad’s in war flood. There were pigeons everywhere, and I’m telling N Why can’t blood stop to pour? you, they weren’t afraid of anything! They would jump on your shoulder if you had food for them. When we got back to the hotel, we had a couple hours of free time and Sunrise dinner. Then we went to bed. P By Stefan Countryman

On Saturday, our last day, we ate breakfast at 8. The sun rises up We did another practice and then we went up to our O Like a ball of golden fire rooms and changed. When we were all dressed up we And warms the cold earth met downstairs and walked to our buses. We got on the E buses and anxiously anticipated our final performance. Money When we arrived at the church we filed onto the stage T By Piergiorgio Ciceri, and we got into our places. There were some townspeo- ple there, and parents, and Dr. Dougherty and his wife, R For some people money is all. too. In fact, Dr. Dougherty enjoyed the singing so much They accumulate it. he fell right out of his chair! I think the others enjoyed Y They keep it. the performance as well. We made introductions, took They become greedy. some pictures, and then went back to our hotels. We ate For some people it’s to spend it. dinner and went to the dance that was being held in the They go around all day spending it. At the end they become poor. hotel (and, may I say, the DJ, Freddy Alejandro [Grade 8], did a great job). So is money really indispensable? I’m sure we can all say that we had a great time It causes war and deatyhs in Trieste, and we hope that more people will come next If you get rich you get robbed year. If you are poor you live miserably The world would be better without money But how would you trade? 19 HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

WELLNESS SEMINAR: Video Tournament Again at “Life Beyond AOSR” Mayfair By Jody Ballard, Family Counselor Seniors Enea Sacco and Ian Haight are organizing the On May 25, the Administration and HS Student third annual Video Game Tourna- Council, are sponsoring an afternoon and evening pro- ment for the Mayfair celebration gram for seniors and their parents to discuss some of the this year. This has become one of issues that are part of the transition to life after HS the most anticipated Mayfair events with a certain graduation. crowd, this single elimination tournament, using two Seniors will be taken on a retreat from 12:30-3:20 different games, is expected to involve over forty par- PM. During this time they will have the opportunity to ticipants in Ms. Young’s classroom during Mayfair this meet and question university students (former AOSR year. Students), and be given information on transition, time Participants pay E3 each, with proceeds going and stress management, and adjustment tips for the in- to the school. “I would prefer to do it all afternoon creased independence. without anyone paying, but Mayfair is a fundraiser af- Later, from 7-9 PM, parents are invited to the home ter all,” said Enea. of the Skodon’s to participate in a panel discussion and There is a lot to organize. Ms. Young’s class- question/answer session. A reception will follow. room gets decked out with TV monitors and game con- Graduation requires both parents and students to soles everywhere, and the little-kid chairs are replaced make many big changes in a brief period of time. The with those more comfortable for teenage frames. Mr. jump from High School to university involves great Rahm handles all the bookkeeping so that Enea and his change, and many people, students and parents alike, team can concentrate on advancing the play. find change stressful. Stress can be motivating or debili- Only moments before Mayfair are the games tating, helpful or hurtful, and exciting or depressing; this chosen. “In years past, we had Tekken Tag, Super seminar will explore the process, help answer questions Smash Brothers, and Super Smash Brothers Melee,” of attitude and management. said Enea. “But there are so many new games since Not only will this program be valuable, it will be last year. The trouble is that all of us have AP and IB enjoyable! exams and papers so finding time for a committee dis- Ms. Cozzi is taking parent reservations. Please call cussion and demonstration is a challenge right now.” the Principal’s office at 06-334 38 326 or by email to Enea and most of his committee have a new [email protected]. RSVP is required to attend. challenge this year: they have a final in Psychology scheduled for the morning of Mayfair. But one of their friends, a Warhammer aficionado, may step into the College Night for Juniors on, May 18 void during the first two hours of Mayfair and set up On Tuesday, May 18th, 7 pm, in the Cafeteria. this popular board game tournament until Enea arrives. Mrs. Ross will sponsor a kick-off informational meeting “There seems to be more interest this year than about the college and university admission process for 11th the other years, based on the questions I have gotten,” graders and their parents. said Enea. “If there is Warhammer there too, it will attract a lot more people.” Last years tournament winners were Chris Haight (Grade 9) in Super Smash Brothers Melee and PROM NEWS Oghuzan Tulun (Grade 12) in Tekken Tag.

The High School Prom will be on Saturday June 5th at the Hilton- Cav- ilieri, on the Monte Mario hill, from 8pm to midnight. Tickets are 75 Eu- Spanish Honor Society ros per person and will go on sale for Seniors and Juniors May 17-19th Elects Officers

and for Sophomores and Freshmen Ms. Alina Bocci, HS Spanish Teacher, announced the May 20 and 21st. There will be a results of the first officers for the newly established buffet dinner and a complimentary glass of wine served at dinner. For the senior toast, Spanish Honor Society. Alessia Fiochi, Grade 10, is prosecco will be served. the chapter’s new president, and Danai Giwa, Grade 12, is the Secretary. Congratulations! 20 HIGH SCHOOL NEWS (CONT.)

Congratulations to the following TALENT SHOW 2004 NHS election winners: By Ry Finerty, Grade 12 David Israelachvili, President On the night of April 21st, massive crowds gathered Tim Garbinsky, Vice President outside the AOSR school cafeteria for what hoped to be the Shikha Prashad, Secretary and greatest night of entertainment the world has ever known. Danai Giwa, Treasurer Assembled for this historic event were two dozen of the most talented individuals ever to be born. The night of Parents Asked to Write Notes to Their dazzlement was well worth the €2 entrance fee, and every Graduating Child seat was soon filled within minutes of the doors opening. Once the impatient grumbling subsided, the room All senior parents will be receiving an email in the next week inviting them to write a note to be became dark. Our STUCO representatives, Kholoud and published in the next issue of the Falcon Flyer This Nicole, were the masters of the ceremony for the evening, and they had quite a formidable task ahead of them. There, issue will be distributed on June 11, after the Gradua- roughly 15 acts performed that fateful night, each and tion ceremony at 6:30 pm. every one of them unique, full of artistic creativity, and This special issue will have the names of all representative of the talent we really possess here at AOSR. in the graduating class and the prizes that were Though I do not remember the exact order of the awarded to individuals that morning. performers, I do remember that in the third act, a duo came But the most special part of the Graduation Edition are the short letters from parents of the gradu- up that this school has not seen on stage before. Shankar ates. and Jacob came on to that stage and just…started dancing! It was really amazing, and it surprised me just as much as it There are copies of last’s year’s Falcon Flyer did last year when Jacob’s older brother Victor came up Graduation issue available in the school office and, and gave AOSR their very own Michael Jackson. I didn’t technology willing, we will make it available to be understand why we were continuing the contest after that, it viewed on the web this month (“56th Graduation Is- seemed like we already had a winner. sue”). Several groups performing that night were no We look forward to receiving your letters —- strangers to our stage. CottonEar performed a delightful as we will all enjoy reading them, now and for years performance, and the different members showed up in dif- to come. ferent performances solo or with others throughout the Details will be sent by email, so make sure the office has your correct address. night. Daniel Piscina had a wonderful solo acoustic per- formance to kick off the night. “Empty Your Pockets” This page is not big enough for me to say how great every performer was, and I wish I could. I will how- Dr. Bree’s HS Math Survey class conducted ever, give a brief list of who did what: an interesting survey during the last week in April to Ryan & Tim-guitars, Daniel Piscina-solo acous- determine how much money each student had at the tic, Silvia & Nai-Hyun-singing, Jacob and Shankar- beginning of that specific day. Students were also totally righteous body rockin,’ Victor Okonkwo-Michael asked if this was a normal amount to have, and if Jackson renaissance, CottonEar, the Widowmakers, Cha- they had a weekly allowance. They polled 171 of the chi, Sarah, and Bridget-mellow perfection, Elisaveta- 202 HS students ( 84.6%). The results were as fol- dirty dancing, Simon-Kung Fu fightin,’ Nathan & Andy- lows: guitars, Rob and company, Yours Truly (Ry) & Marin- 41 Freshmen brought E872 desperate comedy, and a very special performance (albeit 45 Sophomores brought E1037.59 uncoordinated) by Phil and a few 6th grade girls dancing 44 Juniors brought E894 to TuPac. There was a surprise appearance by Manuel 41 Seniors brought E1275.41 from renown band, Nurse, who did an impromptu perform- Of those polled ance with Ryan. 14 Freshmen had no money All in all, the show was awesome. Victor took 1st Ditto, 12 Sophomores, 11 Juniors, and 5 Seniors. place for the second year in a row, while his brother and It was a good day since NORMALLY Shankar got a well-earned second place, tied with Silvia & 22 Freshman don’t bring money, nor do 23 Sopho- Nai-Hyun. Two honorable mentions were awarded, one to mores, 23 Juniors, and 4 Seniors. Tim, who appeared in at least 1/3 of every performance that On the allowance front, night on drums (or supervising). The other went to Phil 48% of the Freshman who get allowance receive, on and co. for their…interesting dance. average, E26.25 Well, that’s all for now, sports fans! Check back 62% of the Sophomores receive E30.75 here next when I report on... MUSIC AT MAYFAIR! 45% of the Juniors receive E30.6 51% of the Seniors E 36.02 21 HS AWARDS

On June 11, “Class Day,” the announcement of the HS awards will take place in the Hillside Theater. Stu- dent leadership and achievement are awarded in the following categories, by polling teachers and administra- tors. The Graduation/June issue of the Falcon Flyer will list the individuals awarded. Excellence in Academic Progress This award is given to a high school student who has shown excellent progress in his or her total academic endeavors during the current academic year.

Daniel J. Pinto School Service Award

This award is given to a senior student in recognition of outstanding service to the school.

Daniel J. Pinto Memorial Scholarship This scholarship is given to a student in grade 11 in memory of our former headmaster, Daniel J. Pinto, who died tragically in the service of the school. The recipient must be a holder of a school scholarship who also shows the qualities of character, scholarship and school service that Mr. Pinto admired.

Luther B. Kristjansen Scholarship This scholarship is endowed by the friends and co-workers of Luther B. Kristjansen, who died while serving as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Overseas School of Rome. His courage and dedication are commemorated by the scholarship recipient who is a student in grade 11 with an above average academic record and an interested in student affairs.

Faculty Award for Academic Excellence

This award is presented to a senior student who has shown a sustained effort and a sincere desire for achieving excellence during his or her high school career at the American Overseas School of Rome.

Scholar Award This award is given to the member of the senior class who in the judgment of the high school faculty and the headmaster best exemplifies the ideals and practice of outstanding scholarship.

Peace Through Knowledge Award This award is presented by the American Women’s Association of Rome to an American young lady in grade 12 who has shown depth of interest and understanding of the Italian language, culture and society.

ECIS Award for International Understanding This award is presented to a high school student who is a good representative of his own country, with a positive attitude towards the life and culture of the host country. The candidate must be able to converse in at least two languages and be a contributing force in the life of the school with the ability to bring differing people together into a sense of community, thus furthering the cause of international understanding.

Harvard Book Award This award is presented to a student who is a well-read scholar. The award recipient is selected by the headmaster.

Fine Arts Award This prize, awarded by the art, music and theatre faculty, will recognize a high school student who has shown ex- ceptional qualities in the field of the fine arts. Given the subjective nature of the artistic spirit, the faculty’s choice will focus primarily upon the student artist who, through a wide range of experiences, offers his or her talent for the delight of all but also provides a positive example of the artist’s potential for elevating and enriching mankind.

President’s Award for Educational Excellence This award is presented to student in grade 12 who earn at least a 3.5 grade point average along with the recommendation of teachers in one or more areas in the school’s core curriculum. Also, the student must be involved in community service, co- curricular activities, and/or demonstrate creativity and achievement in the visual and performing arts.

International Baccalaureate Award for Scientific Merit The award goes to a student that has successfully undertaken the challenge of High Level exams in Math and Science and has gone beyond intellectual rigor and high academic standards to become an internationally responsible citizen.

International Baccalaureate Award for Linguistic Merit The award goes to a student that has successfully undertaken the challenges of two High Level Languages (A1), and has gone beyond intellectual rigor and high academic standards to become an internationally responsible citizen.

Patricia D’Averio Award for Excellence in Mathematics The award is only given to a woman high school student who has demonstrated excellence during her academic career in the field of mathematics and has demonstrated a love of mathematics enhanced by continuous effort and achievement at the highest level.

22 News from the Counselor Donna Ross

Our congratulations go to those seniors who have been accepted at London Metropolitan University the following colleges/universities. Please be aware that this is not Peterson, Robert Bentley College a complete list of acceptances for the Class of 2004. Sacco, Enea Anglia Polytechnic University University of Sussex Barbot, Jacques Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts Satterwhite, Sean Lynn University (LIPA) University of North Carolina at Batazzi, Allessandro University of Sussex Greensboro Belisari, Gianluca Endicott College Skodon, Christine Bryn Mawr College Borunda, Nicole Boston College Hood College Bowdoin College Tufts University Gettysburg College University of Chicago New York University Wellesley College University of California at Santa Clara Stoll, Nicholas Barry University University of San Francisco Lynn University Candelori, Luca Harvard University Trukhanova, Katia Brunel University Imperial College of Science, European School of Economics, Technology and Medicine Rome University College London European Business School, University of Bath London University of Bristol London Metropolitan University University of Manchester Middlesex University Institute of Science and Tech Regents Business School, nology London Ceen, Hannah American University University of Hertfordshire Bowdoin College Tulun, Oguzhan University of Kent Georgetown University at Canterbury United States Naval Academy University of Leeds University of Maine at Orono University of Manchester University of Pennsylvania University of Toronto Del Bianco, Lavinia Barnard College Zappala, Ottavia University of East London Fuang-Arrom, Methiya University of Washington Gioia, Mariafrancesca Boston University A final list of college/university acceptances for the Cornell University Class of 2004 will be issued in the final edition of the “Falcon New York University Flyer”. Tulane University University of Miami University of Pennsylvania University of San Francisco Coming Next Year--- ES, MS and Vanderbilt University Grasso, Anna Royal Holloway, University of London HS Parent Book Clubs University of Bath University of Bristol Next school year, the school is planning to University of Reading host monthly Parent Book Clubs and discussions Gregg, Trillian Bard College about childhood development and parenting styles Green Mountain College and techniques. The Counseling Department will be Southern Vermont College available at these age-specific parent club meetings. Haight, Ian Bowdoin College – early decision Kelly, Annalisa American University Books will be recommended and the suggested meet- Bard College ing topics might include issues such as “Is this Teen New York University Behavior Normal?” and “Am I Helping My Child the Northwestern University Best that I Can?” and others. Tulane University As a result of a suggestion from the PPAC Wesleyan University (see page 5), Counselor Jody Ballard is assembling a Lee, NaHyun Boston College “Parent Book Shelf” of age-specific book titles which Boston University will be published in the Graduation/Summer edition Carnegie Mellon University of the Falcon Flyer, so those who want to get a head New York University start on their reading can do so during the lazy, hazy Nadvegi, Katica Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College days of Summer!

23 Talking with Teachers By Claudia Sobral Ms. Tara Rosso Second Grade

Why did you apply to teach at AOSR? I was talking with another teacher whose daughter worked overseas. After talking to her daughter and hearing about her awesome experiences in London, I decided to join ISS (an international schools placing program) and went to a hiring fair in San Francisco There were MANY international schools there, but I really wanted this job!!!! My family is Italian (Rosso) and I wanted to learn more about them as well as the Italian culture! In addition, AOSR sounded like a great school, with a perfect opportunity to teach second grade!!!

Where were you teaching at the United States? Prior to teaching here, I was a math coach in Houston, Texas for one year. I was more of a liason between teachers and adminis- trators. Along with a team made up of teachers from all grade levels Pre-K to 12th grade, we worked on enhancing the math cur- riculum in our district as well as helping teachers strengthen their math classes. Before that, I student-taught, and after that, I had my own 3rd grade classroom for three years in the same district!

Were you able to use all of your favorite teaching methods at AOSR? All, and even more! Because of the small class size, I have been able to really get to know each of my students and help them grow and learn in the way they learn best. Not only have I been able to help them become lifelong learners, but I have also worked on developing the "whole" child – academically and socially, using the arts, collaboration, and building critical thinking skills that that they can take with them forever. Most importantly, seeing a child smile is the best thing!!!

What were some of the adjustments you had to make? Of course, not having a car has been a BIG change - my feet have become my best Friends. Waiting for public busses, walking to school each morning, and having to leave at least an hour early for ANYTHING I want to do has been a BIG change for me!!! Of course, one GOOD adjustment was getting to sleep in a little more than I was used to! My old school started at 7:30 am and I was up pretty early! Now, I have been able to get a little more beauty sleep here!

What did you learn this year in 2nd grade? What I have learned over the last two years will stay with me forever! Every student I have come in contact with at AOSR has added so much to my life! Every student has taught me more about this fabulous career I am part of and how to continue to make teaching better each day. One thing I truly admire about AOSR is the various cultures that students come from! This has provided me with new information about the way of life of many cultures and how we can use this to help us learn more about one another!

What will you remember about living in Rome? There is sooooooooooooo much - it would take a book or two to write them all!

What would you take as a souvenir from Rome to your Mom? I think the most important thing I can take back to my mom is sharing the experiences I have had here! She loves to hear my sto- ries and see pictures! I love the part of the Italian culture that reminds us to spend time with the ones who are most important to us!

Any tips for people new to Rome? Enjoy the Roman life. Make sure to spend time walking around the city – taking in ALL the richness it has to offer! Eat your fill of good home-cooking Italian food, vino, and gelato!!! Oh, and just FYI - don't try to get more than one errand done in a week! Just do what you can, and then move on!

Why do people choose to live outside of their birth country? To experience and learn about new cultures! There are sooooo many interesting cultures to be a part of —-and in only one life- time!

Will you teach cheerleading again? Cheerleading was a BLAST!!! I would do it again in a heartbeat, especially with the little ones, but only if they have as much spirit and enthusiasm as the cheerleaders I worked with this year had! I wish all the best to my Falcon Cheerleaders this year!!! They were the best!!!!!

And an afternote: Thank you to ALL who have been here in Rome to help me, support me, love me, and enjoy my time in Rome with! My heart and soul have been filled with so many memories that will last a lifetime! I am thankful to the friends, teachers, parents, students, staff and administrators who have impacted my life beyond words! Grazie mille!! Tara

24 Sports Briefs

With Doug Kneeland

FALCONS FLY INTO FINALS TENNIS ANY- The AOSR boys and girls soc- ONE? cer teams scored resounding wins over Milan on Saturday, Falcon freshman Bren- April 24. Both teams head nan Panzarella kept his into the ASIL tournament at Naples with a high level of unbeaten singles streak confidence. alive with a convincing Both the AOSR and Milan boys teams entered win over Milan. The boys doubles team of Sean the game with undefeated records, so the Falcons ex- Satterwhaite and David Israelachvili have also been pected their toughest struggle of the year. But dominating the competition to lead the AOSR boys to the Falcons controlled the game from the start. Nick an unbeaten record going into their match Stoll started the scoring early in the game, and Davide with Marymount, who are also undefeated. Lelli followed with five goals in a row as the Falcons The Falcon girls tennis squad has won most coasted to an easy 6-0 win. of their matches, led by the doubles team of Tjasa The Milan goalie spent so much time diving for Volk and Anna Grasso, with the sister act of Sesil saves in the mud that it was impossible to tell the color and Rozen Erdal continuing to alternate in the first of his jersey. Meanwhile, Simone Raccah was playing singles slot. his first ever game as keeper for AOSR. He might have Both the girls and boys teams look forward to been nervous at the start of the game, but by half-time a strong finish at the ASIL tournament in Naples in his bigger problem was boredom. Milan only managed May. three shots on goal during the entire game, thanks to the stingy Falcon defense led by Paolo Murmura who controlled the middle of the field. Simone even snuck This just In! Boy’s Soccer Team qualified out to the middle of the field to try to play a little of- for the 2004 European Championship! fense before Andrea spotted him and sent him back to guard the net. The young AOSR girls have had a tougher time of it this year, losing one close game after another but gaining confidence and experience each time out. Their perseverance paid off against Milan, as the Falcon girls dominated the match from the start to win 5-1, with Freshman Michela Lombardi and Senior Nicole Halloran each scoring a goal, and Vanessa Ananiades scoring three!

'Race for the Cure'

5km Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer 'Race for the Cure' will be held Sunday, May 16 here in the capi- tal!!! You can register for this wonderful cause with Susan Haight starting Wednesday, 28 April. Forms Double Dutch Jumps to Mayfair! are available with Joanne in the Main Office or in the boutique. Registration forms and money (exact After school activities students in Grade 3,4, and 5 are change) may be left in the Main Office and a receipt part of the world sports phenom —double dutch rope will be delivered to you. For any questions please jumping! Two ropes are turned by two turners while call 06.30310876. There will also be a table at May- jumpers challenge themselves using different techniques. Want to know more? Check us out at Mayfair. fair (May 8th) to register for the race.

25 More Sports By David Ortiz , Grade 8

All around the world one game is Now there is a whole new experience! played, Soccer, but it is played in diverse The first thing I did when I got to Rome was ways. But what is it like to play the sport with start looking for a Scuola di Calcio. There are many influences from different parts of the countless numbers of them spread out all world? Well, I’ve been given the opportunity around the city. After looking all around I fi- to play in numerous countries with many nally found a club to play for with the help of styles. The Germans play precise and fast a friend. The club belongs to a former Lazio while the American’s game is technical. Bra- player by the name of Rambaudi, and Bologna zilians play “samba style” as many like to call player Giuseppe Signori. It’s called the VIC it, and the Italians play an artistic form of the Formello. game. It took me about a year and a half to I started playing at the age of four in adapt to the way the Italians play their form of Colombia, where, as in Italy soccer is almost a soccer. It took me that same year and a half of second religion for people. hard and intense work to in- From there I moved to Chile crease my level of skill so I where I learnt the Chilean could equal them “on the style of soccer, which is pitch”. stronger and more aggressive And now I play than the way the Colombians among them, playing their play it. After Chile, we were way, and every once in a transferred again but this time while just adding a bit of Co- to the U.S.A. where the real lombian, American, Brazilian soccer culture experience be- and Chilean soccer to the gan to form for me. mix. Playing with them made

In the U.S., I had the me realize that individual chance of playing with play- skill is something really im- ers with different backgrounds portant in Italian soccer. Skill, and nationalities, and yet the grace, speed and agility make game was the same, -all tech- the Italian game unique and nical. The way to defeating well-known all around the your opponents on the field world. I’ll have to admit that was the quality and effectiveness of your tac- I’ve never had to play against tics against theirs. I remember that coaches in such aggressive and masterful players as the Italians. the U.S. were always on the lookout for play- ers on their teams who had problems, or who The way soccer here works is simple, needed to work on their individual skills. So if you are good then good, if you are not, then the coach would take the player and help him too bad. But there are other things that a player in the specific areas in which he needed help. needs to keep in mind when playing here in Then the coach would work on the team’s tac- Italy. Normally all the players in teams here tics, coordinating the skills of the team’s indi- have known each other for several years, vidual players. maybe even since early childhood. Therefore

After playing in the U.S. a pair of suc- the new player has to adjust to their style of cessful years, a radical change came to be. My play, and he has to work hard to gain their family’s next destination was the city of trust and friendship —especially if one is still Roma, Italia!. learning to speak their language!

26 NOTES FROM THE FIELD

Caparola–O—Rama By: Ian B. Haight / Christine Skodon / Damiano Pietrorei, HS Latin Students

This year the AOSR Latin class took a field trip to Cardinal Alessandro Farnese’s,” Caprarola” Built by Antonio de Sangallo and Vignola, this pentagon shaped fortress sits atop a hill overlooking the small town be- low. The Cardinal, whose grandfather was Pope Paul Farnese III at the time, had his heart set on becoming the next Pope. Unfortunately, when the time came for a new Pope to be chosen, Julio de Medici was chosen over Alessandro Farnese. In humiliation, the devastated Ales- sandro moved out of Rome and escaped to the country side to live out the rest of his life in solitude at his fam- ily’s estate, Caprarola. Jose Kamel, Grade 10, took this photo during Ms. Harris’s Photo- After walking up the hill, we crossed the for- journalism field trip to Anguillara at Lake Bracciano on Monday, tress’ moat, now empty, and entered the large fortress, April 5. “There was a beautiful market that sells all kinds of which is now a museum in itself. As Latinists, we were things – flowers, clothing, — even flags from South American primarily interesting in finding inscriptions; however, countries! This is the back side, looking up to the old town. I have the first things that caught our eyes were the magnificent always liked to take pictures of nature, but I thought this town was frescos that cover almost every surface of the walls in very special,” said Jose. ”It was a foggy day so I took photos suit- able for a foggy day.” Jose is emailing these pictures to his par- the rooms. The most outstanding was a huge, spiraling ents in Mexico City because they have never seen Anguillara. staircase covered with all sorts of designs and pictures. “When they come to visit me, I will definitely take them to see the Moving into the rooms that contained inscrip- old streets of this town.” Jose thinks that this class has “taught me tions, we first found many passages and paintings that how to give more importance to my work. I recommend to any dealt with the history at the time. Alessandro, during the student to take this class.” turbulent years of the Reformation, was appointed am- bassador by Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor at that time. We saw frescos of army marches and diplomatic GRADE 3 MUSES ABOUT scenes including a depiction of The Congress of Worms. MONTEMARTINI MUSEUM Next we visited a room that contained philosophical in- On April 6, we went to Montemartini. I scriptions in both Latin and Greek. Yet the room that saw the statues of Icarus, Demeter and the Muse, caught everyone’s attention was the map room. The and the heads of Apollo, Dionysus, Hera, Perseus walls were covered with frescos of the world that was and Herakles. Then we saw some statues had real- known at the time. The ceiling had a map of the sky, istic parts — like Venus had realistic movement, complete with physical depictions of the constellations. the Muse had a realistic body and the goddess De- While the landmasses were out of proportion (and Aus- meter had realistic clothing. —- Daniel Fang tralia was missing all together!), fellow student Emin was excited to find his home country Azer Abidjan right I did not enjoy going to the Montemartini were is actually is. Museum. It was boring. I got to see a lot of cool Once we had copied down some of the inscrip- things but it was still boring. The part that I liked tions we strolled into the lovely gardens that sit behind best was when we arrived there – I ate so much I the fortress, complete with manicured hedges in laby- could not stand still. I ate pizza with potatoes and rinths, status, fountains, and blooming Camellias. There cookies with cocoa in them and drank sprite. When was even a full grotto and rose garden. We traveled to- we returned to school I ate pizza with salami. It wards the Cardinals hunting lodge, a whole other palace was wonderful. I will never get to eat that again. I that the Cardinal had built for his hunting parties. It can still remember the taste. My life starts when I opened onto a wide forest where Alessandro would go have something good to eat. (Raffi wet my hunting with his friends. We wondered if he still wore lunchbag on the trip. He put his bottle of ice lemon his red robe while he did that. tea in it and the bottle was open!) We had a great lunch afterwards to end a great — Edoardo Marini trip into the Italian country side.

27 Rome ‘n’About

Vacation in the Past by Daniel Deulus, Grade 8

Some of you might think that this is another posting of people tell- ing of their adventures in a touristy areas. Let me go beyond that. Come with me to an area near Rome so unknown, that entering the city is like changing a time period. I’m not talking of just an old abandoned town out in the countryside. All of the many events through the years combine, weaving its physical and cultural appearance, and creating this exotic, his- torical and beautiful place, called “Castel Di Tora.” Even meandering the highway, my breath was taken away by the luscious green hills. These were mixed in with a hint of a grand medieval town. Reaching the town, I sensed a burning oak fire and it brought a lightheaded feeling upon me. The town is modern with new automobiles, but it is shadowed by towering medieval buildings with great clouds of oak smoke towering above. This particular day is cloudy and there is a slight mist on the horizon. As I trek up the great hill leading to the main section of town, I slowly melt from one time period to another. I first glance at the cars with their shining accessories. Then as I climb, the cars lessen, and I’m brought into a world with men working on rooftops of houses which look too old to be true, along with kids playing on streets that are too cobbled to believe they’re used. As I reach the top, I leave the tall buildings’ shadows and find the mighty sun overlooking the cliff. It is an amazing view and I decided this is truly what heaven must be like. The hills are now covered in mist, and the sun begins to cower behind a cloud which swallows it, bit by bit. I look around and watch teenagers my own age playing in the streets. They talk overlooking this cliff. I wonder how they can sit here on a day like this, without even looking at the amazing scenery they live in. It is a wonderful sight, But all great things must end as my dad calls me back to the car. I rush down to the bottom with my brother and then I suddenly look up and see a different view of this earthly paradise which is even more beautiful. I stop and watch for an extremely long amount of time. I would still be standing firm on that spot if my father had not called me again — and with a much lower tone! As I leave the area, I say goodbye to the old town, and feel stronger and more energized and more ready to tackle the problems of the future! The area is also full of history that shows up everywhere. The landscape is one of a typical medieval town set on a hill. There are many walking paths, one of which leads to a great waterfall. The surrounding countryside is full of greenery, and in the center of all this is Lake Turano. It is all very picturesque and relaxing. This whole area is about 70 km from Rome on the way to Rieti. After the union of Italy in 1870, the town received its name of Cas- tel di Tora, while before it was called Castelvecchio. At one time, the population was about 1,000. One reason for the population reduction was due to construc- tion of a reservoir and Lake Turano from 1935 to 1938, which took up most of the fertile land. Another reason was a heavy bombardment the town received during WWII. Both events led to a very bad economic situation. Located on one of the hills nearby is Antuni, with its famous Dragons’ Palace, frescoed walls, stone stair- case and 365 windows, most of which was unfortunately destroyed during bombings in 1944. In 1950 the people left, and for many years, it was a ghost town until in 1990 when Father Pierino Gelmini founded a rehab center for drug addicts. Their project is to redo the palace and houses around it, making it into a tourist attraction. In Castel di Tora, the polygonal tower of the fortress dates from the 11th century. The church of St. John’s also has some frescoes from the same period. For someone who wants to end their excursion with a mystic finale, there is the convent of St. Anatolia, which was at one time the summer residence of the Greek Orthodox hierarchy. Its beautiful church is first mentioned in religious books dating from 1153. Even throughout all the hardships, the people have learned to cope and move on, and that makes the town a very respected and admirable one.

The Driver’s note: To get to Castel di Tora, you take the GRA, and get off at the Salaria exit, going towards the direction of Florence. Just before arriving at the toll-booth entrance, you'll see a road to your right which is headed for Fiano Romano. Take this road, and keep going straight, heading towards Rieti. This is a two lane country road. After about 1/2 hour, you'll see a sign for Castel di Tora.

28 Bon Appetito ! with Sue Berton

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I feel like Spring is a long time coming. The last few days are feeling warmer and I really think that it is here to stay. So now it is time to start thinking about dusting off the old barbecue. First, I thought I should find some really great steak, rib or chicken recipe. But, then I had a better idea. How about, I combine the great tradition of an American Barbecue with the wonderful tradition of Italian pizza? I didn’t have to look much farther than my Bon Appetito, June 1997 issue. It looks fabulous and all the ingredients are readily available. So, give it a try and see if you like it. I know I will.

Grilled Rosemary-crusted Pizzas with Sausage, Bell Peppers, Onions and Cheese. (Makes four 8-inch pizzas) You can substitute refrigerated pizza dough for this recipe. If you do, make sure to grill over low heat. Or, use your own pizza dough recipe.

Dough 1 cup warm water 1 Tbls sugar 1 envelope dry yeast 3 Tbls olive oil 3 cups all purpose flour 1 ½ tsp salt 1 Tbls chopped fresh rosemary Combine water and sugar in processor. Sprinkle yeast over. Let stand until foamy, about ten minutes. Add oil, then 3 cups of flour and salt and process until dough comes together, about one minute. Turn dough out onto a floured sur- face and sprinkle with rosemary. Knead until dough is smooth and elastic, adding more flour by the tablespoon full if dough is sticky, about five minutes. Lightly oil large bowl. Add dough: turn to coat with oil, Cover bowl with plastic, then towel. Let stand in warm draft free area until dough doubles, about one hour. Then, punch down dough. Knead dough in bowl until smooth, about 2 minutes. Toppings ¾ cup olive oil 6 Tbls balsamic vinegar 3 Tbls minced garlic 2 Tbls chopped fresh rosemary 1 pound spicy Italian sausage 2 yellow or red bell peppers, cored and quartered lengthwise 1 large red onion, peeled, cut through root end into ½ inch thick wedge

Whisk together first four ingredients in medium bowl. Let vinaigrette stand 15 minutes at room temp or refrigerate up to 2 hours. Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Arrange sausages, peppers and onions on baking sheet. Brush with vinai- grette. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill sausage until cooked through and peppers and onions until slightly charred and crisp tender, turning and basting occasionally, about 12 minutes for sausages and 8 minutes for peppers and onions. Trans- fer to cutting board and cut sausages into ½ inch pieces and peppers into thin strips.

Final Preparation 2 cups grated mozzarella ½ cup fresh grated Parmesan 2 cups crumbled, chilled soft fresh goat cheese 4 plum tomatoes, halved, seeded and chopped ¾ cup green onion tops.

Divide dough into four equal parts. Stretch out each piece on floured surface to 9 inch round. Place 2 dough rounds on grill. Grill over medium heat until top of dough puffs and underside is crisp, about three minutes. Turn rounds over and grill one minute. Transfer to baking sheet with well-grilled side up. Repeat with remaining two dough rounds. Sprinkle each with ¼ of mozzarella and Parmesan. Top each with ¼ sausage, peppers and onions, then with ¼ of the goat cheese, tomatoes and green onions. Drizzle each with 1 ½ tbls vinagairette. Using large metal spatula, return pizzas to grill or close grill or cover pizza loosely with foil. Grill until cheeses melt and dough is cooked through and browned. Rotate pizzas for even cooking, about five minutes. Transfer to plates.

Bon appetito from Bon Appetite! Enjoy!

29 Il Foro

ROME CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL

You won't want to miss Available this year's inauguration of The Double room in London (west C U C I N A/CUISINE Rome Chamber Music Festival at Kensington area) offered from June Corsi Primavera 2004 Courses for foreigners Villa Aurelia which will take place until the end of September for 600 on June 15, 16, 17 and June 22, 23, Learning Italian while cooking st 24, in 2004. pounds per month. For more infor- 1 level:Tuesday 9:30-13:00 mation, call Sabina Collura, AOSR 2nd level: Thursday 10:00-13:30 The recently restored his- CORSO DI 2° LIVELLO (9 Lezioni) toric Villa Aurelia atop the Gianicu- Italian teacher at 347-8538097 or 1) Tagliatelle alla bolognese lum Hill offers one of Rome's most through the main office, or call Tagliatelle cacio e pepe breathtaking views as well as an 0044-(0)20-73858178 (London) Tiramisù ideal room for chamber music. The 2)Parmigiana di melanzane Purea di patate unique location and exceptional Art of Living Course Cantucci toscani artistic programs will make this one Throughout our lives we learn many 3)Pizza Margherita Pizzelle, calzoni fritti of Rome's most significant cultural skills but very few of us have actu- events. Fiori di zucca alla romana ally learnt the true Art of Living. Zucchine in scapece The Festival, which is en- 4)Tortellini in brodo dorsed by the Embassies of the We are rarely taught how to handle Baccalà alla romana United States of America to Italy our negative emotions - anger, de- Mousse di fragole and to the Holy See, as well as the pression, stress. Yet, the quality of 5)Pasta e ceci Carciofi e fagiolini in pastella Italian Ministry of Cultural Affairs our life depends upon the quality of Pere allo zafferano e crema pasticcera is presented in collaboration with our mind. The Art of Living course 6)Gnocchi al pesto the American Academy in Rome. offers simple but effective tech- Tortino di asparagi The two week celebration Gelato zabaione e panna niques which eliminate toxins and 7)Alici in tortiera will consist of three performances stresses that accumulate in our sys- Alici marinate each week with two distinct pro- tem over time. They are a unique Spaghetti di alici grams of masterworks performed by Torta di mele world-renowned musicians. way to harmonize and energize the 8)Scaloppine al limone Body, Breath, Mind, Emotions & Scaloppine al marsala All tickets are available at Caponata di melanzane 50 Euro each. For more information, Spirit. Scientific research done on Ciambellone the Festival coordinators may be the Sudarshan Kriya, a breathing 9)Bucatini all’amatriciana contacted as follows: technique that forms the core of the Bucatini alla gricia Puntarelle Telephone: 06-9761-7528 Email: course has shown that it boosts the Cannoli siciliani [email protected] body's natural immune sys- 10)Lasagna www.romechamberfestival.org Arrosto di maiale tem....helping you to fight many Bietole saltate al pomodoro ailments like asthma, high blood Ravioli fritti C.A.L.M. Weekend Retreat with Diane pressure etc in a natural way. For Costo per lezione:30 euro Epstein, May 14-16. The setting is 'In more information call Neeru Singh (Menu di pesce 35 euro) Sabina' consisting of two 17th century Per prenotazioni telefonare stone buildings on 7 acres of land with an at 06-8543497(R)/3383332512 al numero 338.80.11.729 outdoor swimming pool near the charm- ing medieval town of Torri in Sabina three kilometers. Goal setting , taking DO YOU HAVE AN more decisive action, making better deci- FOR SALE ACQUARIUM? Some very sions, are the topics that this 10 member Siemons Electric Clothes Dryer--has cool catfish need a home. retreat will address. Diane Epstein, many settings—€450 Rex 4-drawer Please contact Fracesca Kelly M.A. is the director of C.A.L.M. Intl. ([email protected] or 06-329- Creativity, Abundance and Life Manage- freezer like new—€175; 2 black topped 4 drawer desk-134 cm x 53 cm x 67 cm. 0280) or talk to Will Kelly at ment, a Center for Counseling, Coaching, school. Seminars and Retreats in Rome and the €50, Teak wood secretary desk--3 large Italian countryside. She leads ongoing drawers, drop down desk €50, Stereo monthly workshops entitled: Choosing components--record player, tape deck If you are moving, and Your Life. Diane has been profiled in (auto reverse), 2 CD changer, speakers, have items that you would like national and international magazines and in a black glass fronted cabinet €100, to donate for the incoming has appeared on several TV programs Teak wood dining table -round 108 cm teachers, please call Sabine including the Oprah Winfrey Show. diam., 2 leaves-38 cm. each to make [email protected], http:// Neumann at 06-332-66738. www.astheromansdo.com/counseling, large oval table €60. Call 06-5236-1348 tel. & fax: (+39) 06-578-0144 , cell: 340- 563-5993 Cost=E285-300 for the week- end. 30

Sat 06.334381 MAY 1st 1st MAY Exams SAT 8 11- 4:00pm MAYFAIR @AOSR 15 Soccer Med Champ@ Naples TennisChamp@ Med Aviano 22 Soccer European Cham- pionship 29 Shakespeare HS pm 7:00 WWW.AOSR.ORG WWW.AOSR.ORG Fri APRIL 30 30 APRIL Booster Bar:Literary Maga- zine Mayfair Book Drive Tennis@ AOSR Soccer & Marymount 7 14 Soccer Med Champ@ Naples Tennis Med Champ@ Avi- ano 21 Soccer European Champion- ship PTO Booster Bar— Shakespeare 7:00 pm MS 28 Paestum3rd to Grade trip Semester Second MS/HS Final Exams Shakespeare HS pm 7:00 Thu :00 ES Sports Day :00 ES Sports APRIL 29 Mayfair Book Drive 6 field Gretel Hansel and Trip, K-Grade3 13 Soccer Med Champ@ Naples Tennis Avi- Med Champ@ ano Musical Grade 5th 7:30 pm 20 9 (Grades3—5) 7:00 Shakespearepm MS 27 Paestum Trip to 3rd Grade dayLast activi- after-school ties/buses Wed May 2004 APRIL 28 Grade 5 Field Trip, San Clemente Mayfair Book Drive 5 12 As- Grade5th Play, ES am sembly, 9:30 19 Day (Pre- 9:00 ES Sports K—2nd) 26 Trip to 3rd Grade Paestum 11-2 Appre-pm Teacher Luncheon ciation BanquetSports7:00 pm

Tue 7:00 pm Grade 11 Col- 11 Grade 7:00 pm lege Night APRIL 27 Boutique9:30 PTO Mayfair Book Drive 4 Boutique9:30 PTO HS/MS Pro- Quarter 4th gress Reports distributed 11 Boutique9:30 PTO Assembly9:30 HS Visiting Filmmaker Mother’s2:00 pm Pre-K Day Tea 18 Boutique9:30 PTO 9:30 SpanishHonor So- ciety Induction Ceremony 25 Boutique9:30 PTO 7:00 pm Senior College Night Mon AOSR Memorial Day NO CLASSES

APRIL 26 @ PPAC Meeting 13:15 Boutique Mayfair Book Drive 3 Meeting9:15 PTO 9:30 7th Grade Science Fair 10 at AOSR RISA Art Show 17 sale Tickets on Prom 24 Meeting9:15 PPAC 31

31 Sun APRIL 25 SAT deadlinefor exam 1st 2 9 16 “Race for the Cure” 5K Event 23 30

Sat SAT Exams 06.334381 5 5 6:00 Prompm MS @AOSR Cafeteria Prom @ HS 8:00 pm Hotel Hilton 12 Exams ACT 19 26 WWW.AOSR.ORG WWW.AOSR.ORG Fri 4 MS/HS 2nd Semester periods Final Exams 8 7 & Faculty Night Out 11 9:00 HS Awards Ceremony vacate dorm Borders Cards dis- HS Report tributed 6:30 HS Graduation Commencement 18 25 Thu 3 MS/HS 2nd Semester Final Exams periods 6 5 & of Day Last 10 School, to PreK Grade 8 Awards MS 9:00 Ceremony ES/MS Report Cards Distributed —HS CLASSES NO 17 24 Wed NO CLASSES Italian Holiday 2 9 16 23 30 June 2004 Tue 1 MS/HS 2nd Semester. Final Exams period 3&4 8 15 22 29 Mon 7 Fi- HSSemester 2nd 1 nal Exams periods & 2 MS Sports Day 14 21 28 AOSR Sun 6 13 20 27 32