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EDITORIAL LETTER
LETTER FROM OUR GENERAL DIRECTOR H
oping that the holiday season filled your heart and home with many blessings, I send out greetings and a warm welcome to you all on the start of the New Year. It is now 2015 and we have another 365 days of opportunities ahead of us. Taking a moment to look back, I see that, for our school and for everyone who is a part of it, this past year was packed with accomplishments, success, a lot of effort, goals that we are still set to see through, and lessons to be learned. The best way to turn all this experience into one huge success is to let it light the spark in each one of us to continue learning, innovating, preparing and growing. A community is just as strong as its team work so, let´s continue to work together in making the best of our students. If school and family work together everything is possible. I would also like to take the time to thank all the committed, hard working teachers, students, families and staff who are the core of our Cougar community, and to remind every Cougar family how honored I feel for the trust you have placed on us, to be part of the formation of your children who, without a doubt, will be the ones to shape the course of the future. The timing is perfect to aim high and set out to achieve even more goals this year!
With warmest regards,
M.B. A. Jaime Miloslavich Adell
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CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS PRESCHOOL FESTIVAL This year, the CAA Christmas celebrations started with preschool ´s festival.
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or this event, first and second grade students along with teachers and staff put together a wonderful festival filled with lights and color and presented musical numbers where they sang and danced to classical and modern Christmas carols. Third grade students entertained us with a beautiful musical that told the tale of the littlest Christmas tree and of the true values of Christmas.
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CHRISTMAS
ELEMENTARY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PRESENTED THEIR TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL WHERE THEY PERFORMED CHRISTMAS AND NON-CHRISTMAS THEMED NUMBERS. The event was held at the newly inaugurated Home of the Cougars Gymnasium, where higher elementary took the stage on the first and was followed by lower elementary. Parents, teachers, staff and the whole of the attendees enjoyed the festival with all the music, lights and Christmas magic.
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THE CO-FOUNDER OF “TEENS TURNING GREEN” ERIN SHRODE GAVE THIS YEAR´S MASTER SPEECH AND THE CENTRAL TOPIC WAS “EVERY ACTION A GLOBAL REACTION”.
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The event included 12 committees where over 200 students met from schools such as Instituto San Roberto Valle Alto, Instituto San Roberto San Agustín, Colegio San Patricio del Paseo, Colegio San Patricio Cumbres, Panamerican School, Instituto Brillamont, and American Institute of Monterrey among others.
COUGAR FAMILY
OCTOBER´S MONTHLY ASSEMBLY AS A PART OF THEIR ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS HELD THE OCTOBER MONTHLY ASSEMBLY. There were performances about the Discovery of the Americas as well as musical numbers that represented our cultural heritage. The assembly was held at the central court and, as it is tradition, parents were the guests of honor of the presentation. 7
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CHANGING LIVES TOGETHER Year after year CAA works along our Cougar community and lends a hand to different nonprofit organizations.
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his time the campaign “Changing lives together” benefited three local organizations: DIF San Nicolás, Casa Hogar Imperio de Amor and DEBRA México. The award ceremony was held at the Home of the Cougars Gymnasium where these foundations were handed out the raised donations and where kids, who are part of them, performed Christmas carols and dance numbers that were very much enjoyed by the audience.
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NOVEMBER´S ASSEMBLY
WHEN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER COMES BY, IT IS TIME TO CELEBRATE THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION AND THAT IS WHAT OUR STUDENTS DID DURING NOVEMBER´S MONTHLY ASSEMBLY. Besides having dances to celebrate the Revolution, students presented sketches for the Day of the Dead and a variety of regional dances that were enjoyed by the rest of the students and by the parents we had in the audience.
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CHRISTMAS
JR. HIGH CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
As a surprise treat, junior high school students put together a Christmas special; it took place at the Home of the Cougars Gymnasium and was completely planed and organized by the students.
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he audience, which was mainly parents, was gladly surprised watching their teenage kids singing and dancing showing a lot of Christmas spirit.
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COUGAR LOTTERY
COUGAR FAMILY
AS PART OF THE EFFORT TO BENEFIT SOME OF OUR LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, CAA ORGANIZED THE COUGAR LOTTERY. This was done as a fund raising activity for our campaign “Changing lives together”. Besides the lottery, parents were invited to put up a stand offering their products and services to the attending public. The Cougar Lottery and the service and product expo were a great success thanks to our great staff and especially to the participation of our Cougar community who, with their big heart, always support good causes.
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COUGAR FAMILY
THE NEW HOME OF THE COUGARS COLEGIO AMERICANO ANﾃ？UAC DE MONTERREY TOGETHER WITH ALL THE COUGAR COMMUNITY CELEBRATED THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HOME OF THE COUGARS GYMNASIUM.
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he opening ceremony took place on December 8 and was an exhibit of some of the extracurricular activities that are offered at our school. There was singing, dancing, playing of instruments and, of course, sports.
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COUGAR FAMILY
SANTA LUCÍA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, THE DRAMA CLUB ALONG WITH OUR FOLKLORE AND BALLET TEAMS AND OUR ART DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN THE SANTA LUCÍA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT FUNDIDORA PARK. Our students performed an artistic number called “Oaxaca en paz” which included the poem “Los pájaros se fueron de fiesta” and the rime and dance called “Flor de piña”. 14
PRESCHOOL
WORLD FOOD DAY
PRESCHOOL CELEBRATED WORLD FOOD DAY WITH AWARENESS AND STYLE. Our students dressed up in chef´s customs brought several dishes, fruits and desserts to share and to learn the importance of a balanced meal.
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PREESCHOOL
GRANDPARENTS DAY
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s it has become a tradition at CAA preschool to make a big celebration to honor grandparents, this year they were all invited to watch their grandkids perform for them. The little ones, dressed in colorful outfits, sang and danced and gifted their grandparents with a morning full of joy.
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BACHELOR DEGREE IN EDUCATION
COUGARS AROUND THE WORLD
OUR BACHELOR DEGREE STUDENTS PUT UP A VERY COLORFUL, VERY INTERNATIONAL DISPLAY OF CULTURE. Students of each semester were assigned a country from around the world and were in charge of setting up a display of its most relevant cultural aspects that included architecture, food, dress and music. This exhibition was open to the public for all to learn and enjoy.
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SPORTS
FLASH DE MONTERREY THIS PAST NOVEMBER CAA RECEIVED A VERY FORTUNATE VISIT. This past November CAA received a very fortunate visit. The team Flash de Monterrey visited soccer fields and actually had a round of warm up and practice in our facilities. This practice session was open to the CAA community who filled the benches and gathered around to enjoy such a happy and surprising event.
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THANKSGIVING DAY OUR JR. HIGH STUDENTS WENT INTO A DEEP RESEARCH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL CULTURE, AND FOR THEIR NOVEMBER PROJECT, THEY DECIDED TO DO AN EXHIBITION ABOUT THANKSGIVING DAY. JR. HIGH
They invited everyone to share what they were thankful for, placed more information about the meaning of this well-known holiday for the American culture, and even prepared a Thanksgiving feast for everyone at school!
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COUGAR FAMILY
INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY!
Our institution owns a certification as a UNESCO Associated School for supporting this worldwide organization’s main pillars, being PEACE the most important one.
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his is why our Cougar Community massively celebrated International Peace Day by wearing white clothing to show their support for WORLD PEACE, being this color a universal symbol for it. Moreover, students filled the campus with peace quotes, symbols, and even sang for it.
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ENO TREE PLANTING DAY Colegio Americano Anáhuac’s students will become ambassadors for the environment of their respective local communities and regions! ENO shares with us its 100-Million-Trees-PlantingProject, and so our campus features a Tree Planting Day to help reach this global record.
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ENVIRONMENT ONLINE - ENO IS A GLOBAL VIRTUAL SCHOOL AND NETWORK, BORN IN FINLAND, FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH TWO LEARNING DIMENSIONS: LOCAL AND GLOBAL.
Tree planting reminds our Cougar Family about nature and the importance of taking action for environmental protection. Our students, along with their teachers, carried out this campaign calling on our Cougar families to donate trees, which were planted in Colegio Americano Anáhuac.
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THANK YOU!
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