Closed for Holidays

🎄🎅Happy Holidays from the Volunteers and Teachers at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste!  

We are closed from December 19th until January 6th.

If you would like information, please send us an email at aia.fvg@gmail.com  We will periodically check our email during the break.

Looking for English classes starting the week of January 7th? Here are the links:


Informazioni Corsi di Inglese - WINTER 2018/19



WINTER SESSION


Il trimestre Winter inizia la settimana del 7 gennaio 2019  e termina il 23 marzo 2019, per un totale di 10 lezioniSaremo chiusi la settimana di Carnevale dal 2/3 al 8/3. 
Il trimestre Spring inizierà subito dopo e durerà 10 lezioni fino alla fine dell’anno scolastico. Sotto trovate il calendario del trimestre Winter. 

Essendo un associazione, oltre al pagamento del corso è obbligatorio l'iscrizione come socio, con il pagamento della quota associativa per l'anno sociale e consegna (anche via email o scan) del relativo modulo di iscrizione  all'Associazione Italo Americana FVG.  Nel caso di studenti, sotto 16 anni, un genitore diventa socio.   Vi ricordiamo anche che il tesseramento presso la nostra Associazione Vi permette di prendere in prestito libri, dvd e riviste, e di accedere all’American Film Series presso il Teatro dei Fabbri.

Richiediamo il pagamento del corso e iscrizione (modulo e pagamento) entro la data della prima lezione (7 gennaio). 

The Week Ahead: December 17-18, 2018

Holiday Open House!  Holiday Break!

Tuesday, December 18, 2018
10 am - Holiday Open House

Holiday Treats and a Reading of "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus"

We will be CLOSED from:

DECEMBER 19th until JANUARY 6th

We reopen for classes and activities on JANUARY 7th.  

The Week Ahead: Dec. 10-14, 2018

Santa Week, Nati per Leggere, American Film Series, GLOW Yoga, Teddy Bears and more!    

Come and join us!  All American Corner Events are FREE.  

Purchase your unique Teddy Bear!  Only €25.  What a great gift! 

Monday to Saturday - 10/12 - 15/12 - SANTA WEEK
A week of holiday spirit.  
Families are invited to the last 10 minutes of every Elementary 123, Elementary 345 and Native Speaker Class for some caroling.









Tuesday - 11/12
10 am - Laboratory / Workshop Teddy Bear Project Integration through Entrepreneurship - Production of Teddy Bears by Migrant Tailors in the Teddy Boy Project.  Come and learn more about the project and the artisans behind it.  Take home a beautiful and unique Teddy Bear. This is a continuing event every Tuesday & Thursday morning.  Our Teddy Bears went on the first lag of their voyage.  They are now in Rome!  More Refugee Bears are in production and will be available this week! 

 10 am - Mom and Baby Playgroup in English.(every Tuesday and Thursday morning).  Come in and meet some other Moms and let your babies or toddlers play together (or Sleep) .  Informal.  Networking and Friendship for Moms and babies in our Baby Friendly environment.


Thursday - 13/12

 10:30 am - Nati per Leggere - Early Childhood Bilingual Reading English / Italian for 0 - 36 months.   Free and Open to the Public.  

1:30, 4:00, 6:30, 9 pm -   American Film Series at Teatro dei Fabbri, Via dei Fabbri 2/1
 The Florida Project. Dir. Sean Baker. Starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince. Drama. 111 minutes.



Friday - 04/12

MANDATORY Pre-registration.  Space is LIMITED.
Only for Middle and High School GIRLS.


4 pm - TEEN MAKER SPACE - Make, Create, Innovate in English.  
Free and Open to Middle School and High School Teens. Every Friday afternoon.
Under the guidance of a Super Cool Adult Expert, we are constructing a drone from scratch!  Broken computer or broken electronics at home?  Bring them end and we will deconstruct them and salvage parts.

5 pm - FROSTY the SNOWMAN - Family Film in English - 1969.  29 min.  





COMING UP:

Tuesday, December 18th, 10 am - Holiday OPEN HOUSE 
Holiday Treats, Reading of Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS from December 19th - January 6th.

WINTER CLASSES BEGIN ON JANUARY 7th    

Thank you Members!





The participation in the Member Assembly Meetings on December 7, 2018 was much appreciated.  Whether you were physically present or with a proxy, many thanks!
All points on our agendas were approved.

La partecipazione dei Soci nelle Assemblee del 7/12/2018 era molta apprezzata!
Se eri presente fisicamente oppure tramite una delega, molte grazie!
Tutti i punti degli Ordini del Giorno sono stati approvati.

ASSEMBLEE per SOCI - 7 dicembre 2018

Cari Soci dell'Associazione Italo Americana della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia,

Vi ricordiamo che abbiamo due importanti ASSEMBLEE - il 7 dicembre 2018. 

La Vostra Partecipazione è IMPORTANTE!

I DETTAGLI QUI:


16:30  - ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA SOCI - Associazione Italo Americana FVG

18:00  - ASSEMBLEA ORDINARIA SOCI - Associazione Italo Americana FVG

Se non potrete essere presente, Vi invitiamo a compilare i moduli per le deleghe.  

The Week Ahead: December 3-7, 2018

Assembly Meetings for Members, Teddy Bear Sale, Hour of Code and more!    

Come and join us!  All American Corner Events are FREE.  

Purchase your unique Teddy Bear!  Only €25.  What a great gift! 

Tuesday - 4/12

10 am - Laboratory / Workshop Teddy Bear Project Integration through Entrepreneurship - Production of Teddy Bears by Migrant Tailors in the Teddy Boy Project.  Come and learn more about the project and the artisans behind it.  Take home a beautiful and unique Teddy Bear. This is a continuing event every Tuesday & Thursday morning.  Our Teddy Bears went on the first lag of their voyage.  They are now in Rome!  More Refugee Bears are in production and will be available this week! 

 10 am - Mom and Baby Playgroup in English.(every Tuesday and Thursday morning).  Come in and meet some other Moms and let your babies or toddlers play together (or Sleep) .  Informal.  Networking and Friendship for Moms and babies in our Baby Friendly environment.


Thursday - 06/12

10 am - Laboratory / Workshop Teddy Bear Project Integration through Entrepreneurship (see above)

 10 am - Mom and Baby Playgroup in English.(every Tuesday and Thursday morning).  Come in and meet some other Moms and let your babies or toddlers play together (or Sleep) .  Informal.  Networking and Friendship for Moms and babies in our Baby Friendly environment.

8 pm - WOMEN'S BOOK CLUB - Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.  

Friday - 07/12

4 pm - TEEN MAKER SPACE - Make, Create, Innovate in English.  
Free and Open to Middle School and High School Teens. Every Friday afternoon.
Under the guidance of a Super Cool Adult Expert, we are constructing a drone from scratch!  Broken computer or broken electronics at home?  Bring them end and we will deconstruct them and salvage parts.
This week we're also doing the HOUR OF CODE.  

4:30 pm - ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA SOCI - Associazione Italo Americana FVG
6:00 pm - ASSEMBLEA ORDINARIA SOCI - Associazione Italo Americana FVG
If you cannot attend the ASSEMBLY Meetings, please fill out the PROXY.  

COMING UP:

SANTA WEEK - December 10-11-12-13-14-15

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS from December 19th - January 6th.
    

December 2018 Calendar

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December 2018 Newsletter



DECEMBER 2018 NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER = Happy Holidays!  Assemblea Soci, Santa Week, Open House, Hour of Code and More.   A grand finale towards year end.  Give a loved one, or yourself, a unique teddy bear!  View the Newsletter on the Blog in Text and in Calendar Format.  Forward the newsletter to a friend!

OFFICE:
ADMINISTRATION HOURS
Tuesday and Thursday mornings:  9-12 and Wednesday afternoons: 5-7 pm
Pick up your IBAN Receipts, Membership Cards, Make Cash Payments, during our Administration Hours, listed above.  

We will be CLOSED from December 19th until January 6th.   We reopen on January 7th and WINTER Courses begin on that date.

LIBRARY and AMERICAN CORNER HOURS:
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday mornings 9-12 and Monday to Friday afternoons from 4-7 pm.


FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7th ALL of our Members are cordially requested to attend our Assembly Meetings.  If you cannot attend, please fill in the Proxy form at the bottom of the convocation.  Following the Ordinary Meeting, stay for an exchange of best wishes.  

We are an association.  In order to participate in members only events, attend the American Film Series, take a course, check out library materials, you MUST be a 2018/19 MEMBER. 
Our 2018/19 Membership Year began on September 1st. 
Here is the Membership Form.  If you have been a member in recent years, we can quickly upload your data in the office.  Membership prices remain unchanged.  Euro 25 – Ridotto for Students 16 and over, Teachers and 65 and over.  Euro 35 – Intero.  Membership is valid until August 31, 2019.    Questions? aiafrontdesk@gmail.com

THANKSGIVING POTLUCK DINNER: 
A GREAT success, fully booked as always!  Here is the LINK to the photos from the evening.  Join us next year.  Reserve early.  Thanks to all participants and especially to our American Interns.  

38th AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro dei Fabbri
The film series continues with shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9 pm.
Great American films in Original Version on the Big Screen (not on your PC or TV!)  You must be a Member to attend the films.
13/12/2018:  The Florida Project. Dir  Sean Baker. Starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Prince. Drama. 111 minutes.

AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES

Santa will visit all PreK, Family English, Elementary 123, Elementary 345 and Native Speaker Classes during the last week of classes.  Elementary 123, Elementary 345 and Native Speaker Families are invited to join the last 10 minutes of the lesson during that week.  
WINTER 2018/19 COURSES BEGIN on JANUARY 7th 
Here is information.  KIDS and ADULTS. Many sections are closed with waiting lists.
From Dec. 3rd, we will begin to contact students on the waiting lists to inform them of their status.
We have asked all students to CONFIRM their interest in continuing the class. If you forgot, please email us ASAP at aia.fvg@gmail.com

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS are possible all year long.  Yes, you can! Schedule an appointment to discuss your needs.

American Corner EVENTS - FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS and FAMILIES – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
·       every Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am - Mom & Baby Playgroup
·       14/12, 5 pm - Family Film Festival FROSTY THE SNOWMAN (1969) 25 min.
·       13/12, 10:30 amNATI per LEGGERE –Bilingual Reading English/Italian for ages 0-36 mo.
·       Fridays at 4 pm - TEEN MAKER SPACE - Building a homemade drone with our expert Mentor!
·       14/12 at 4 pm - GLOW Intro to Hatha Yoga Workshop - Girls Leading Our World – For Middle/High School Girls by reservation only.

ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
·       Every Tuesday 10-12 – Refugee Teddy Bear Workshop – Morning Maker Space
·       6/12, 8 pm - Women’s Book Club -Reading around the World.  Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. Send an email to aia.fvg@gmail.com to participate.
·       18/12, 10 am Holiday Open House – Holiday Treats, Reading of Yes, Virginia There is a Santa Claus and Refugee Bear Sale.

TESOL TRIESTE LOCAL GROUP the first TESOL Workshop of the school year. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Workshop. If you’re not on the TESOL Italy Trieste Mailing list, send an email to tesolitalytriestemail@gmail.com for details.  Teachers, bring your teacher friends and colleagues.  You receive MIUR Credit, enrich your C.V. and free get professional development! Congratulations to Karoline and Janine, AIA FVG teachers, who made presentations at the Annual National TESOL Italy Convention in Rome in November!  Join us. Be a presenter in Trieste. Share your teaching knowledge.
Next Meeting: 18/01, 6 pm – TESOL Workshop

CODING
07/12 – HOUR OF CODEthe Teen Maker Space Kids get an intro to this 21st Century Skill through this project that has given millions of students around the world a coding experience.  Have any broken or no longer used computers or electronics? Bring them in.  We are deconstructing to build our own drone.

TEDDY BEAR PROJECT – Integration through Entrepreneurship
A unique Teddy Bear is a a wonderful Christmas or San Nicolò gift!  Now available at a Special Price for our BLACK FRIDAY Sale that lasts until Christmas.  Watch the RAI FVG feature about the project.  Available at the Associazione Italo Americana during our office hours.  Thanks to the staff of the US Embassy to Italy who “adopted” many bears.  The Refugee Bears are also available in Rome in selected holiday markets thanks to the Sewing Cooperative.  Follow the Refugee Bears on Instagram and send us a picture and the location of your teddy bear.  Join the tailors and the volunteers every Tuesday morning to stuff, cut, sew.  We are looking for a heavy duty sewing machine to donate or at a reduced price?  Contact us. 

VOLUNTEERS
We are a Volunteer Run Non-Profit Association. Volunteers run our Library, American Corner Programs and Activities.  We are looking for Volunteers to Work at the Cinema, Help with our Morning Activities at the Front Desk and in the Library
We’re looking forVolunteers for:  American Film Series Cinema Check-In, Expert tailors Seamstresses for Tuesday Maker Space – Teddy Bear Project, TESOL Speakers, Teen Maker Space Mentors, Assistants for Nati per Leggere,. 

Send us an email and we’ll find a role for you.  University of Trieste students in Humanities, P.R. and other majors can earn with us (CFU).  We accept students with a minimum of 75 hours (3 CFU).  You'll have a great experience and improve your English, while you also learn valuable life and people skills.  High School Students can also do Alternanza Scuola Lavoro.  Contact us! aia.fvg@gmail.com 

AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE – Since 2007, we have been part of the American Spaces Network.  Programs, consultation of the library, public internet access computers, and Wi-Fi are always free and open to the public.  A great place to study, meet friends, bring your kids.  Specific sections of the library are dedicated to Educational Advising, Children’s Corner Library and Women’s Space.  Consult our on line catalog of Books and DVDs.   The American Corner also offers Life Skills in English Courses for Refugees thanks to a U.S. Department of State Grant and the US Diplomatic Mission to Italy. 
The American Corner promotes the Teddy Bear Integration through Entrepreneurship Project, encouraging professional refugee tailors to use their skills to produce the beautiful unique teddy bears, using recycled materials.  Select your bear and take it home with a donation.

GLOW Yoga

Friday, December 14th - Yoga

Only for Middle School and High School Girls

GLOW stands for Girls Leading Our Worldan initiative sponsored by American Corners across the globe. GLOW promotes self-advocacy, friendship, leadership, life skills and community through meaningful lessons/activities for adolescent girls in a fun, safe and respectful environment.  Most appointments are in English.

We have another active year planned with exceptional women guest speakers from around our city who are looking forward to meeting and sharing their passions with all of you- our super-duper GLOW teens!

December 14th from 16:00-17:30 we will be offering an Intro to Hatha Yoga lesson with Erin Russo, in collaboration with Namaste Yoga Studio!


There are only 15 spots available for this workshop due to the size of the studio so please RSVP here!



 



Holiday Open House - Dec. 18th

Join us on December 18, 2018 from 10 am.  
Holiday Treats and a Reading of Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.  Free and Open to the Public.


Santa Week 2018

Le famiglie sono invitati in aula per gli ultimi 10 minuti dell'ultima lezione della sessione Fall. 

  • Elementary 123
  • Elementary 345
  • Native Speaker

10-11-12-13-14-15- dicembre 2018

Le lezioni riprendono il 7 gennaio con la Sessione Winter.  

Teddy Bears on their way home!


The US Embassy to Italy supports the Refugee Bear Project at American Corner Trieste.  

Over 20 teddy bears found loving homes yesterday with the Embassy Staff!

Follow the Refugee Bears at https://www.instagram.com/refugeebears/

Come in to American Corner Trieste and select your own Teddy Bear!  What a great Christmas gift.  PS San Nicolò is coming up on December 6th!

Special price:  €25 per bear with an outfit.  Extra clothes: €5 per outfit.

Learn more about the project at this LINK

CONVOCAZIONE ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA DEI SOCI 7/12/18

Trieste, 27 novembre 2018

E’ convocata

 L’ ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA DEI SOCI
DELL'ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA 
DELLA REGIONE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA

 
per il giorno 7 dicembre 2018 alle ore 16:00 in prima adunanza
               e
 per il giorno 7 dicembre 2018 alle ore 16:30 in SECONDA ADUNANZA
 
presso la sede dell’Associazione Italo Americana della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia 
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6, Trieste 
 
per discutere e deliberare sul seguente
 
ORDINE DEL GIORNO
 
1)   ADEGUAMENTO STATUTO SOCIALE ANCHE ALLA LUCE DELLA DOMANDA
DI RICONOSCIMENTO DELLA PERSONALITA’ GIURIDICA

Il Presidente

Leonardo Buonomo   
______________________________         
DELEGA

Con la presente delego ……….......………...……………........................………. 
 
a rappresentarmi all’ASSEMBLEA STRAORDINARIA dell’Associazione Italo-Americana FVG
del giorno 7 dicembre 2018.

NOME E COGNOME DEL DELEGANTE……………………………...........……
FIRMA …………………………………………………………………….................

DATA…………………………………………………………………..…...............…