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Artwork By: Stefanii Adler Winter 2020-21 Edition www.fcaq.k12.ec Contents + Academics / Académico + Health & Entertainment / Salud & Entretenimiento 6 Students Motivation 36 Feel Good List of Season Movies (New Year's, Christmas) 2019 10 Online Classes 38 Blue Light Impact on Eye Sight 12 Quarantine Effect on Grades 40 The Impact Of The Pandemic On Teenagers' Mental Health 42 You Are What You Pollute + Arts & Culture / Arte & Cultura + Special Features / Extras 24 New Clubs!! 46 The Meaning of Christmas 26 Trends you didn't know were Black Born 3 48 Sign Language 28 Why Studying Art is Beneficial 50 The Origin of Christmas Traditions 31 Ballroom Culture 52 Distorting "The Beautiful Game" 31 CAMINU Why Winter Is A Season To Look Forward To 54 and the Upcoming Year 56 How Christmas Is Celebrated Around The World Mauris ligula sollicitudin. Maecenas netus, vivamus mollis dui. vivamus Mauris ligula sollicitudin. Maecenas netus, Winter 2020 | School Views fcaq.k12.ec 3 2018 Academics 2019 Académico 4 Students Motivation Victoria G. 5 Isabella A. Online Classes BÁrbara B. Luciana S. Quarantine Picture by: Veronica Missura Effect On Grades Emilia S. www.alexkoin.com mollis dui. vivamus Mauris ligula sollicitudin. Maecenas netus, Winter 2020-21 | School Views fcaq.k12.ec 5 There are several ways to do this: Victoria Gangotena and Isabella Aliyev Just take a moment for yourself and get the chance to truly feel grateful for everything that surrounds you. Motivational Letter to Students and Teachers Take risks and change your daily routine by doing things that you’ve never done before; for ex- ample, yoga, meditation, drawing, playing an instrument, etc. 2018 Start exercising every morning or every night outside with fresh air. 2019 Dear teachers and students, Go for a walk in nature while admiring your surroundings Throughout these 8 months of quarantine, there is no doubt that online classes have been a challenge; most Take a break from technology at least for 1 hour a day importantly, a change that has moved each person from their comfort zone to a problematic and exhausting cycle of turning in work in Google Classroom. Since the lockdown started in March, we’ve had the obligation to sit in front of a computer for 7 hours straight, finish online school, and do homework; a sedentary process By doing all of these things, both teachers and students will find a way to be more patient, and that never seems to come to an end. Besides that, each person has their responsibilities in their household work on self -growth to get through this tough time together. Dear students and teachers, think which has to be fulfilled and divert us from focusing on our happiness. Today, our main priority is to complete about each other. Try putting yourself in the shoes of one another every time you are having assignments before the deadline without really focusing on the learning experience itself. The biggest issue a hard time. Chances are, the other person is probably having a hard time as well. Looking for is that we have forgotten about the importance of taking care of your mental, emotional, and physical health support and help is always a great way to help our school’s family grow during this time apart. making each day predictable for life. For that reason, most of us can agree that quarantine has not been re- laxing6 or enjoyable in any manner, and both students and teachers can come to a common agreement that 7 fatigue is now their most recurring sentiment. However, all these obstacles, new dynamics, and daily zoom meetings should not reform our values as hu- man beings. We have the moral obligation to support, help one another, and overcome these daily burdens because there will be a day that everything will end. That day when doctors say, “We found a cure” and every- thing returns to normality. That day when we go back to school to laugh endlessly during recess, talk with our teachers and friends and get to make fun of each other, fight or debate against the authorities and teachers for the belief that you stand for, or even just go to the cafeteria and beg somebody to buy you something because “you have no money”. That day when we get to play sports again and either cry, celebrate, or just watch the game. Go out to parties with our friends, hang out with people of all ages, and get to experience, learn, and grow as a community forcing each one to adapt and work together without breaking out of reality. We can guarantee that there will be a day where screens and social distancing will not divide us from one another. But for now, we need to learn how to coexist and work together to make these excruciating moments work. Teachers, as well as students, should be one and make from this experience the best that we can. Talk, participate, some days make changes in the activities or just have a day where it is special and we get the chance to talk and appreciate things. As Ralph Martson once stated, “Happiness is a choice, not a result. Nothing will make you happy until you choose to be happy”. We need to choose to be happy, we need to choose to move-on and create beautiful experiences out of horrible situations because it only depends on each one of us to think and decide on happiness. With this being said, motivation goes hand in hand with bliss. And while we have a great attitude towards problems we can shift our mindset completely. www.alexkoin.com mollis dui. vivamus Mauris ligula sollicitudin. Maecenas netus, Winter 2020-21 | School Views fcaq.k12.ec 7 Bárbara Becdach and Luciana Salgado Classes Online, Día a Día 2018 Los estudiantes del Colegio Americano de Quito han empezado clases; sin embargo, por el nuevo 2019 virus llamado “Covid-19”, no pudieron hacerlo en persona, si no tuvieron que comenzar virtualmente. Lamentablemente, esto lleva algunas dificultades, pero por la salud de los alumnos, profesores y trabajadores del colegio, se tuvo que tomar esta complicada decisión. No es completamente nuevo para muchos ya que el año anterior se tuvo que finalizar de la misma manera, pero si extrañamos a nuestro colegio y como eran nuestras vidas antes de esta pandemia. Los estudiantes tienen sentimientos de confusión y felicidad para comenzar un nuevo año escolar, incluso virtualmente. Diciendo cosas como "Me siento feliz y aliviado de estar empezando un nuevo año escolar, pero al mismo tiempo, preocupado de cómo viviremos después de que este virus sea controlado". También diciendo "Estoy emocionado y feliz de poder pasar más tiempo con mi familia, pero no puedo evitar extrañar a mis amigos". No solo los estudiantes son los cuales se preocupan por esta nueva mane- ra de aprendizaje, los profesores y la administración piensan que comenzar el año escolar en línea afectará el aprendizaje de sus estudiantes de una manera negativa ya que para muchos es más 8 difícil concentrarse y estar al tanto de todas sus actividades. 9 Otra pregunta que estaba en la mente de muchos profesores y estudiantes era cómo funcio- nan los eventos y las asambleas escolares que teníamos regularmente en persona virtualmente o hasta si no las tendríamos. La forma que el colegio lo está organizando es de mandar una invitación con un link a un zoom. Para mantener el orden, se da pocas posibilidades a los estudiantes de hac- er cosas, esto incluye mantener a todos en la reunión silenciados por toda la reunión, además de tener solamente dos botones, los cuales son salir de la reunión o alzar la mano. También, el chat es apagado. Para estas asambleas se usa la aplicación ZOOM, la cual también se usa para todas las clases virtuales de los estudiantes. Aunque hay muchas desventajas de este nuevo sistema, también hay algunas ventajas. Por ejemp- Picture by: Veronica Missura lo, una ventaja es que podemos mantenernos un poco más saludables y asegurar que haya menos riesgo de contagio entre los estudiantes. Pero una desventaja podría ser que aunque los estudi- antes son requeridos prender sus cámaras, nunca puedes estar 100% seguro que todos están pre- stando atención, o que todos los estudiantes están entendiendo la materia. En mi experiencia, yo siempre presto atención en clase, pero a veces me distraigo por lo que está alrededor mío. Y aunque entiendo muchas de mis clases, algunas pueden ser más difíciles de entender por video llamadas. La interacción con los profesores y estudiantes no es igual, pero hacemos lo que podemos dadas las circunstancias. Esta es una etapa muy difícil para todos nosotros pero espero que después de esta etapa, salgamos más fuertes y hábiles, igualmente que algún día podamos volver a nuestro amado colegio y a lo que ahora llamaríamos vida normal. www.alexkoin.com mollis dui. vivamus Mauris ligula sollicitudin. Maecenas netus, Winter 2020-21 | School Views fcaq.k12.ec 9 Finally, Ms. Raisa has given her point of view on how grades have been affected by quarantine. Emilia Serrano As a teacher, she can evaluate her student’s average grades and see how they have changed. Ms. Raisa said that the grades depend a lot on the student. Yes, there have been improvements, but also struggles. Some students have adapted quickly to online classes and concentrate Quarantine Effects On Grades better without their friends' distractions. On the other hand, there have been other students that have found it harder to adapt because of the distractions in their environment like notifi- cations on their phone. WhenMs. Raisa was asked, “Do you think it is easier for students to get 2018 better grades now that they are online?” she responded, “I think that it depends on the student.