Ciao! Jambo! Kaixo!...The FUNd Stuff at PNA!

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Vol. 1, Issue 27
The FUNd Stuff!
Stories from the Office of Advancement at Pacific Northern Academy
One Vision. All Students. Every Day.
Dear Linda,
Ciao! Jambo! Kaixo! Halló!
Hei! Merhaba!
As an American whose family has been speaking
Science Fair
50% of PNA students participated in the
Science Fair this year. The scientific
scholarship was impressive. We greatly
appreciate the judges who came in to
critique the students' work, the parents
English for generations, it can be embarrassingly
startling to go somewhere where English is NOT
spoken. "What are they doing speaking this other
language? How quaint!"
The U.S. has become complacent about speaking the
international language of business, government, and
pop culture. Travel outside of the US, and English is
prevalent in the airport, main hotels, menus in big
restaurants. But step outside the tourist borders and
you find yourself in a disconcerting world where
decoding and communicating is tricky and timeconsuming, not to mention at times hilarious or error
ridden. Of course, a truly adventurous traveller will
never speak the language of every country she visits,
but it would be a mistake not to become at
least familiar with the basics.
Exploring a foreign culture whose language you do
know is a special and very wonderful privilege, one that
we hope every student at PNA will experience, and one
that we support through our Spanish program.
PNA is lucky enough to have many families whose first
language is NOT English, or who have lived many
places and picked up numerous languages. PNA also
has students who choose to pursue languages beyond
Spanish. This week we salute all of our multi-lingual
families and students, and urge everyone to turn to his
neighbor and say "Kumusta!" or "Bonjour!"
Super Hero letters, marching down the hall. Any
language you please.....
who stayed up late with their kids, and
the teachers who helped make it all
happen.
The judges were particularly impressed
with the comprehensive understanding
the kids demonstrated, how confidently
the students spoke, and their ability to
express what they would do differently
next time: a key requirement for a good
scientist.
We would like to give a shout out to
the kids who went one step further
and took their science project to the
Alaska Science and Engineering Fair:
Dylan Eck, Liam Scannell, Hazel
Nicholson, Ginny Tremblay and Marty
Tumey. Congratulations to you for
your hard work and for your many
awards!
How's Your Spirit?
It was Spirit Week at PNA this week. We
had Mismatch Monday, Superhero
Tuesday, Pirate Wednesday, 60's
Thursday and PJ Friday. As always, in a
school like PNA, kids interpret a
challenge in a wide spectrum of ways.
"Pirate" can be an underwater treasure
seeker or a modern day unscrupulous
business person, Superheroes are
themselves, their future selves or
Batman. Or perhaps the challenge is
figuring out how to wear a tutu every
single day, while still adhering to the
theme.
Tessa has been taking Japanese since Kindergarten at
PNA, when she had Laura Sensei as a teacher and got
a taste for the language. She says it's "a really
interesting language and fun to learn."
At the Council of Superheroes...Student
Council meets every Tuesday for lunch
in Dr. Cohen's office, and decides things
like what to do for Spirit Week. For more
Spirit Week Pictures, go to the PNA
Media Gallery.
Love what you see?
You can support it!
"Je m'appelle Claire, et toi?" Claire took the French
class offered through PNA's after school Enrichment
Program because she can't wait to go to Paris, climb to
the top of la tour Eiffel and then be an exchange
student somewhere in France.
Hannah's first language is Korean, which her family
speaks at home.
Click here to
Thank You!
Cloudy, With A Chance of
Meatballs Performance
Liam took a correspondence course in Arabic through
Johns Hopkins University this fall. Every Tuesday he
took over a computer in the lab, put on his headphones
Be sure to join us on April 5,
at 3:30. Plan now!
and learned away! Liam also takes Greek lessons at
the Greek Orthodox church here in Anchorage. His
favorite language? Arabic. It makes him grin, really
really big.
The Princess Bride
Performance
Be sure to join us on Friday,
April 26, or Saturday, April 27.
Plan now!
For a schedule of rehearsals
and tech needs, go here.
Book Fair
Mr. Frodella brings Swahili into his 1st grade classroom
(and not just on 1960's day). There are other Swahili
speakers at PNA too, in EK.
Valeria, in Kindergarten, speaks English, Spanish and
Italian with equal ease. At home, it's all Spanish for her
and her younger sister Victoria (who's in EK).
This year, our book fair is helping the
library get ready to move. We will be
culling the stacks as aggressively yet
prudently as possible. You can trim your
stacks too! Bring your books in! Used
books will all be under $1, so you can fill
your stacks right back up and keep the
readers in your family happily busy.
We also encourage everyone to
participate in our Commemorative Book
Program, which is how we bring new,
curricularly (no, that's not a word, but it
should be!) relevant books into
circulation. We have a lot of books
waiting to get sponsored so our kids can
check them out; we hope you can find
one that you'd like to sponsor!
Dr. Cohen speaks many languages, including Middle
School-ese and Latin.
Thank you Jill and Michelle,
seamstresses extraordinaire!
And thank you to EVERYONE who
came on Friday night Set Construction.
(The FUNd Stuff will be published by the
time it happens, but we are sure it will
go/did go great!)
Coming Right Up:
SPRING CONCERT EK-2nd
"Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs"
Friday, April 5th, 3:30
Hardwick-West Gymnasium, PNA
ERB TESTING
Monday-Friday April 8-12
Lee Saunders is offering a Mandarin and Tai-Chi class
as an elective this quarter in Middle School.
And what better way to teach Chinese than in snow
leopard footie pajamas?
For translations of the messages and of
Señor Santos's letter, please go to the
FUNd Stuff page on the PNA website.
¡Los días siguen pasando y nosotros aquí en PNA
seguimos aprendiendo el idioma español! En esta
escuela, los estudiantes tienen una oportunidad que
BOOK FAIR
Mid-April: Bring in Books Now!
SPRING CONCERT 3rd-8th
"The Princess Bride"
Friday, April 26th at 7:00 and
Saturday, April 27th at 2:00
Trinity Presbyterian Church
12310 Lorraine St (off Huffman)
For a full calendar, please go to
the PNA website.
pocos otros tienen. Aprender idiomas y ser bilingüe es
algo que hoy en día es más beneficioso que nunca
para los futuros de nuestros hijos. La tecnología ha
convertido el mundo en un lugar conectado, integrado,
y esencialmente pequeño. El poder de la
comunicación entre culturas e idiomas tiene más valor
que nunca, y si cómo maestros y padres nosotros no
nos dan cuenta del valor, nuestros hijos andarán con
desventaja, mal preparados para ser los innovadores y
líderes que esperamos.
Aquí en PNA proveemos a los estudiantes una
educación que sí sabe la importancia del idioma, y
empezamos lo más pronto posible para otorgarles a
los estudiantes el poder del idioma. Desde su primer
año aquí, a los cuatro años de edad, estudiantes oyen
y hablan y juegan en español, y aprenden no sólo el
concepto de que comunicarse en dos idiomas es
divertido y beneficioso, pero más, sus cerebros reciben
un beneficio de crecimiento y aprendizaje que una
persona que empieza con el idioma hasta los quince
años no reciba. Entrenamos a mentes para aprender
mejor. Damos oportunidades que no todos reciben.
Abrimos puertas que no existirían si no empezábamos
tan temprano.
Pacific Northern Academy Website
One Last One
(or Two)...
He escuchado demasiadas veces el cuento ese,
"pues, yo saqué clases de español en la secundaria,
no me gustaron tanto, y ni me acuerdo de nada." Aquí
en PNA no aceptamos esa conclusión. Usamos
métodos nuevos, divertidos, y eficaces. Proveemos
oportunidades para estudiantes para que aprendan el
español, el francés, el chino, y más. Creamos
estudiantes con un concepto global para ser líderes en
el siglo XXI. Tenemos visión. Esperamos la
excelencia. Entendemos lo que sí funciona y lo que
no, y hacemos lo mejor para tus hijos. Investíganos
más y encontrarás un lugar donde sí funciona la
educación.
Señor Santos
"Quién adelante no mira, atrás se queda"
Lee Saunders
Pacific Northern Academy
Batman was everywhere! Superman
AND Clark Kent made appearances, as
well.
Our Corporate Sponsors
Many, many thanks to:
Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Center of Alaska
Alaska Dizziness and Balance Center
Imaging Associates of Providence
Rhyneer Clinic
Mehner and Associates
Drs. Timothy and Michelle Thomas
Copper River Seafoods
Mirror Studios
Medical Park Family Care
Custom Care Rx
We educate students to be exceptional learners and independent
thinkers of wisdom, courage, and integrity.
Pacific Northern Academy * 550 Bragraw Street * Anchorage, Alaska 99508
Arnie Cohen, Head of School
Krystal Boyechko, Director of Admissions & Marketing
Jennie Tschappat, Director of Advancement
TEL: (907) 333-1080 FAX: (907) 333-1652
www.pacificnorthern.org
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