59th year, No. 47
Serving the Nato, Naples and Gaeta military community in italy
Friday, december 12, 2014
W hat ’ s I nsIde
Italian Choir Christmas Cantata Page 4
Children from Casoria received gifts from NSA Naples volunteers during Buon Natale Dec. 8. Buon Natale is part of operation “Helping Hands for the Holidays.” Volunteers gathered more than 100 gifts to donate to children belonging to low income households within Casoria. (Photo by MC3 Robert Price)
NSA Naples Gives Casoria Children an Early Christmas By MC3 Robert Price, NSA Naples, Navy Public Affairs Support Element East Detachment Europe
Service members and their families volunteered with the Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples base chapel to visit Chiesa Evangelica Battista di Casoria, to celebrate Buon Natale, Dec. 8. Buon Natale is part of operation “Helping Hands for the Holidays.” For more than a month, volunteers gathered gifts and food to donate to
under privileged children. “We are trying to reach the low income families,” Yolanda Morris, Chapel Youth Coordinator, said. Morris also explained that this is not an orphanage or a group home, but low-income households that might have only one parent or one income. Families gathered in the church to celebrate, pray and sing Christmas songs. When all the gifts were unpacked, organized and labeled, the youth volunteers lined up with gifts in hand. One-by-one the
children were called up to the stage to receive their donated present and have their picture taken. “By the grace of God we had enough gifts to give everybody and we had enough food,” Morris said. “In the end it made it all worth it because one lady was crying and then everybody was coming up crying and thanking me for how happy they were that somebody remembered them during the holidays and gave to their kids.” See AN EARLY CHRISTMAS Page 4
Naples High School Italian Teacher Shares Lessons Learned at U.S. National Conventions
New Female Hair Regulations Page 6
An Overseas Holiday Season Pages 10-11
Weekly Crime Report Review what happened between dec. 3 and dec. 9. Page 5
By Roberta Pennasilico This year I was honored to be selected as a presenter at two prestigious educational events: The Advanced Placement Program (AP) College Board Convention in Philadelphia in July, and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) in San Antonio. Both conventions are amazing experiences for participating teachers. The AP Annual Conference is the largest professional development gathering of the Advanced Placement Program and Pre-AP communities, AP Coordinators, school counselors, and administrators from across the United States and throughout the world. At the ACTFL Convention, in particular, the focus is on Foreign Languages: More than 6,000 educators of all languages have the chance to attend hundreds of inspiring sessions on innovative formats and effective practices for the language classes. See NAPLES HIGH SCHOOL Page 4
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