Introducing the Newspaper Staff: Enrique Chen

My name is Enrique Chiajao Chen Lan. I am 12 years old. My birthday is in October 10^th. When I turn 10, my sister, Yamina Chen is my same age, until November 6^th. Some of my hobbies are reading, video games, and thinking. My dream hobbies are plants, and cooking. My mom is Tati and my dad is Fernando. 

Introducing the Newspaper Staff: Luciana Cappone

Luciana’s favorite color is green, pink and black. Her favorite song is ‘Moves Like Jagger’ from Maroon 5. She plays the flute and the piano, and her favorite animals are the dolphins and dogs (pugs especially). Her favorite books are ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ and ‘The Diary of a Wimpy Kid’. She has two sisters and no brothers. Her favorite movie is Ted, and her favorite thing on the world is her phone. And for the ending, her favorite subjects are Social Studies and Language Arts.

Introducing the Newspaper Staff: Isa Pappalardo

Hello my name is Isabella Pappalardo and I am in 8^th grade. I am 14 years old. This is my first time writing a newspaper and helping it come together. I have been here since Kinder 4 and I love my school. My 3 years in middle school I’ve had 3 different principals. My favorite hobbies are dancing, playing sports, and drawing. I am very excited that this is my last year in middle school and that in a few months I will be in high school. I really enjoy being in this exploratory and I hope that you find our news very relevant and interesting to read.

Introducing the Newspaper Staff: Ale Casabianca

My name is Ale Casabianca and I was born the 12 of October of 1998. I’m in grade. My hobbies are playing soccer and spending time with my friends. I have been in ASA since kinder 4. I am in choir. My favorite song is Skyscraper by Demi Lovato. My favorite band is One Direction.

Introducing the Newspaper Staff: Maria Castorino

I was born 19 of March 1999. I’m in 8th grade and I’m part of the stucco. Some of my hobbies are spending time with my friends, having fun, and playing sports. I have been in ASA since kinder four. I play the violin and the flute. My favorite song is Live while were young by One Direction. My favorite sports are basketball and soccer.

Introducing the newspaper staff: Karl Jann

Hi my name is Karl. My last name is Jann. My birthday is the 20th of April 2001. I am 11 years old. I’m in seventh grade. I’m German, my father is also German but my mother is Paraguayan. My city of birth is Germany ,Hessen ,Giessen. I have 2 brothers named Joshua and Alexis. My favorite sport is Skiing. My hobbies are hunting, target shooting, Taekwondo (fighting style) and, playing videos games (especially MMORPG’s). After school I practice Taekwondo and Bozendo. Before I came here I lived in Scotland for 7 years.

Trial of the Century

By Ariel Klein

A big event is coming up for the 8^th graders. They are preparing a trial about the book The Outsiders. Each student was assigned either witness, representing a character,   jury, judging who wins, the prosecution attorney or the defense attorney. Each student was given a specific task to complete before the trial. Everyone is working very hard to make this trial as hard to win as possible. The students will debate about if Johnny (a character from the book) is guilty of killing another character called Bob for self-defense. This trial will take place in the MPR on October 18. Parents are invited, also students from all grades. Hope to see you there!!

Prof. Cayetano Ferreira

By Luciana Cappone

His favorite color is green, of the hope. Mr. Ferreira’s favorite song is Guarania, and his favorite language to learn is Italian. He likes guitars, his favorite animals are dogs and his favorite book is ‘De Amores y Otros Demonios’. He started his job 13 years ago when they were searching for a history teacher, he taught the last several years in high school but now he is teaching 7-8 grade history class in Spanish, and he seems to love his new job. He has one sister. He is married and has four kids. His favorite places are camping and Villa Rica. But his worst place is Alaska. His favorite movies are Corazon Valiente and Troya. As a subject, he likes sociology best. And his favorite thing to do is talking with his kids and riding horses.

Elementary Teacher Takes New Position!

by Isabella Pappalardo

Mr. Will Diaz recently came to Middle School after being 8 ½ years at Elementary! This is his 9^th year at ASA but his first in Middle School. We did a little interview to ask him how he was told about his new promotion and how he felt about moving to Middle School.

1.       Who told you to come to Middle School and how?	1.       Doctor Beck was the one who came to me and offered me the job to work with Middle Schoolers last semester and I accepted.
2.       Are you enjoying your job as a Middle School assistant?	2.       I enjoy very much this position. I’m having a great time teaching MS students to have fun and learn at the same time. I also have great peers. The teachers are amazing. They all are very nice.
3.       Why did you accept the job Doctor Beck offered you?	3.       I took the job as an opportunity to work and have fun with students. It was a new challenge and I am more than happy that I took the job.
4.       Any last things you want to say?	4.       I know this will be a great year and I hope everyone keeps up the good work and continue learning.

We all hope you give a great welcome to Mr. Diaz as well as the other new teachers that came to Middle School and ASA!

6 years teaching at ASA

By: Ale Casabianca

Mrs. Volpe came to Paraguay in June of 2006. She decided to come to Paraguay because her husband was from Paraguay and she wanted to learn how to speak Spanish. 

Mrs. Volpe teaches 7^th and 8^th grade Physical and Life science in The American School of Asuncion. She has a son named Alex and loves riding the bicycle with him. If she could teach another subject, she would teach Special Education or Math.