Teen Maker Space 2018/19


Hispanic Heritage Month - October 2018

National Hispanic Heritage Month is the period when people recognize the contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to U.S. heritage and culture.

Hispanic Heritage Month was proclaimed in 1988 by President Reagan.  The Hispanic Americans constitute 17.8% of the population of the United States  (July 2016). This makes Hispanic Americans the nation's largest ethnic or racial minority. 

American Corner Trieste is celebrating with these initiatives that are Free and Open to the Public.  

·       11/10, 10 am – WEST SIDE STORY (1961) Film - 170 min.
·       12/10, 5:30 pm - GLOW Quinceañera Celebration– Girls Leading Our World Workshop (only for Middle and High School Girls with a Reservation)
·       18/10, 10 am – CESAR CHAVEZ (2014) Film - 124 min.
·       23/10, 10 am – Short Story ClubNames/Nombres by Julia Alvarez



More resources:National Park Service https://home1.nps.gov/hispanicheritage/Smithsonian - https://www.si.edu/events/heritagemonthUS Gov. - https://hispanicheritagemonth.gov/about/
Hispanic Heritage Month - https://www.hispanicheritagemonth.org/

October 2018 Newsletter

OCTOBER 2018 NEWSLETTER

With the cool weather comes our full schedule of activities.  If you’re new, Welcome!  If you’re a regular, Welcome Back!  A special salute to our new students and their families!  Theme of the Month:  Hispanic Heritage.  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. Questions? aiafrontdesk@gmail.com

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

HOLIDAYS: CLOSED:  from Oct. 29th until November 3rd

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION at American Corner Trieste
October 9, 2018 Officials from the US Federal Social Security Administration in Rome will be in Trieste to make a presentation, accept Social Security applications and answer related questions.  By appointment only: 

MIDTERM ELECTIONS – American Corner Trieste will collect Absentee Ballots.  Drop off your Voting envelopes by October 9th at 5 pm and they will be send via Diplomatic Courier to the US.  All 50 states have Midterm elections on November 6th.  All US Citizens are eligible to vote.  Register ASAP so you will receive your absentee ballot in time.  For more info: www.fvap.gov

AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES
FALL 2018/19 REGISTRATION for KIDS and ADULTS is CLOSED. 
Courses began on September 15th.  If there is availability in the Winter Session, you are welcome to join a class starting in January.  Here is a link to the Rules for Classes

HALLOWEEN in CLASS - We will be celebrating Halloween Week in Class from October 22nd to 27th.  Wear you costume to class if you want!  Your teachers will give you more details.

WEEKEND WARRIOR Full Immersion English for Adults. 
Oct 20&21: 1 weekend, 10 hours of Full Immersion, Infinite Fun.  Registration is Open at this LINK.

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

Our 2018/19 Membership Year began on September 1st.  The new membership cards are ready.
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.  Renew your membership each year to take advantage of the American Film Series, Register for Courses, Use our Library, Participate in Members Only Events.

38th AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro dei Fabbri
The film series begins on Thursday, October 25th with shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9 pm.
 Get your MEMBERSHIP Card Today!  Enjoy 9 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.
25/10- I, TONYA 120 min. Starring Margot Robbie, Allison Janney. Biography, comedy, drama.



HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTHWe’ll celebrate with films, documentaries decorations and a Quinceañera Party for Middle and High School GLOW Girls. 

SPECIAL 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
·       19/10, 5 pm - Family Film Festival BEAUTY and the BEAST (1991) 90 min.
·       25/10, 10:30 amNATI per LEGGERE –Bilingual Reading English/Italian for ages 0-36 mo.
·       4/10, 4 pm - TEEN MAKER SPACE with 3D Printing and more! Back with a new expert Mentor!
·       12/10, 5:30 pm - GLOW Quinceañera Celebration– Girls Leading Our World Workshop

ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
·       Every Tuesday 10-12 – Refugee Teddy Bear Workshop – Morning Maker Space
·       11/10, 10 am – WEST SIDE STORY (1961) 170 min.
·       16/10, 10 am – Tuesday Coffee Break – a cup of coffee and some clever conversation!
·       18/10, 10 am – CESAR CHAVEZ (2014) 124 min.
·       18/10, 8 pm - Women’s Book Club -Reading around the World.  A Rising Man by Abir MukherjeeSend an email to aia.fvg@gmail.com to participate.
·       23/10, 10 am – Short Story ClubNames/Nombres by Julia Alvarez

TESOL TRIESTE LOCAL GROUP the first TESOLWorkshop 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!
26/10, 6 pm – TESOL Workshop

HEADS UP for NOVEMBER!
CODING GIRLS will come to Trieste.  A tremendous opportunity for local high schools and their female students.  November 11& 12  Coding Training and Hackathon for Trieste High Schools.

VOLUNTEERS
We are a Volunteer Run Non-Profit Association.
We’re looking for:
·       A Knitter to head the Knit Wits group.
·       American Film Series Volunteers
·       Expert sewers for Tuesday Maker Space – Teddy Bear Project
·       A donated Heavy Duty Sewing Machine

Volunteers run our Library, American Corner Programs and Activities.  We are looking for Volunteers to Mentor and Manage the Teen Maker Club, Assist with the Nati per Leggere program, Work at the Cinema, Help with our Morning Activities at the Front Desk and in the Library. Send us an email.  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.

October 2018 Calendar

October is Hispanic Heritage Month and the 1st film in the American Film Series.

Remember to renew your 2018/19 Membership to attend the 1st Film - I, TONYA on October 25th.  


The Week Ahead: Sept, 24-28, 2018

A week full of American Corner Trieste activities and Associazione Italo Americana FVG Course.  Come and join us!  All American Corner Events are FREE.  

Looking for an English Class? Go to this LINK

Tuesday - 25/9 we propose 

10 am - Adult Story Time - Reading of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and viewing of The Teddy Bears - Short Silent Film 1907. 





10 amLaboratory / 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 morning.







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 - 27/9


10 am - Nati per Leggere Bilingual English / Italian reading for 0-36 months and their families.

11 am - Mom and Baby Playgroup in inglese.  (see above)


8 pm - Women's Book Club - A Place for Us by Fatima Mirza.  Send an email to aia.fvg@gmail.com to participate.



Friday 28/9
6 pm - TESOL Italy Trieste Local Group Meeting - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages - A beginning of the school year informal meeting to discuss our programs and objectives for the 2018/19 school year.  






LOOKING AHEAD - AMERICAN CITIZEN NEWS

October 9, 2018 - SOCIAL SECURITY will be in Trieste.  Come to the presentation.  Make an individual appointment.  INFO at this LINK.  

October 9, 2018 , by 5 pm - Drop Off your ABSENTEE BALLOT at the American Corner for the midterm elections.  It will be sent to the US via Diplomatic Courier.  You forgot to register to vote?  Do it ASAP at www.fvap.gov  


TESOL Italy Trieste Local Group

TESOL Italy Trieste Local Group  Established: January 1, 2017 in affiliation with TESOL Italy 

TESOL  Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.


TESOL Italy (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) is a grass roots organization, run by teachers and for teachers. It is a non-profit Italian organization founded in 1975, an affiliate of TESOL International Association, based in Virginia, USA, with over 11,000 members worldwide. TESOL Italy is also accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR) Direttiva 170/2016.  Teachers in the Italian Public School System can use their "Carta Docente" to become of Members of TESOL Italy.


Through the TESOL Italy Trieste Local Group, English language teachers in schools of all types and levels, can obtain professional development and updates recognized by the MIUR (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca or The Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research). 

For info about the TESOL Italy Trieste Local Group - tesolitalytrieste@gmail.com

2018/19 appointments

28/9, 6 pm - Informal Meeting discussing Programs and Objectives for the year
26/10 6 pm - Seminar
16&17/11 - TESOL Italy Annual National Convention in Rome
30/11, 6 pm - Seminar
18/1, 6 pm - Seminar
22/2, 6 pm - Seminar
23/3, 2-6 pm - Half day Conference
27/5 - 6 pm - End of the School Year Alternative Lesson

Teddy Bear Laboratory - Sept. 20 - 10 am-4 pm

See you tomorrow for the Teddy Bear Laboratory 10 am - 4 pm.  Free and Open to the Public.
Learn more about the Teddy Bear Project at this LINK:  


English Courses Off to a Great Start!

Classes at Associazione Italo Americana FVG began on Saturday, Sept. 15th.  We'll see all the Monday through Friday Students this week! 

There are still some openings in some classes. Looking for info? 
Here are the links.  Registration is ONLINE.  

The Week Ahead: Sept 17-21, 2018

A new year of FREE activities begins at American Corner Trieste.  Come and join us!  The theme for the month of September is BEARS.

Tuesday - 18/9 we propose 

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.



10 am - Coffee Break in English - a cup of coffee in company and an informal chat in English of course.   Once a month appointment. 








Thursday - 20/9
10 am - Mom and Baby Playgroup in inglese.  (see above)


10 am to 4 pm 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.  Meet our guest:  Lydia Witt, expert in Migrant Integration with the    Sewing Cooperative with Migrant Tailors in Rome.  



Friday 21/9
11 am - Documentary Film - Bears - Disney Nature (2014) 60 min. in English.  
Follow a Mother Brown Bear and her cubs for 1 year in Katmai National Park in Alaska.  The birth, feeding, fishing for salmon and finally back to hibernation for the long winter.    

5 pm - Family Film Festival - Film Winnie the Pooh (2011) 60 min.  in English
Looking for honey, Pooh and his friends get sidetracked and begin an adventure in search of Eeyore's lost tail and in rescue of Christopher Robin.

Back to School 2018/19!

Back to School 2018/19!                                       

L’Associazione Italo Americana FVG è pronta per un altro fantastico anno scolastico e tante attività.  

Le iscrizioni ONLINE sono aperteSe non avete accesso a un computer, possiamo aiutarti in sede.  Il ns. orario lu-mar-mer-gio-ven 16-19 e mar e gio 9-12. 
I corsi iniziano sabato, 15 settembreLo spazio è limitato e le sezioni vengono chiusi quando la disponibilità viene esaurita.
Ecco tutte le informazioni riguardante i corsi e i LINK per l’iscrizione online:

Se non conosci l’Associazione Italo Americana FVG e i nostri corsi, puoi iscrivere te stesso o i tuoi figli ad una Mini Lezione Prova Gratuita prima dell’inizio ufficiale dei corsi.  Durante l’anno scolastico, a corsi già iniziati, non offriamo lezioni prova. Le lezioni prova iniziano il 3/09/2018.

Con il 1 settembre inizia il Nuovo Anno Sociale 2018/19.  E’ necessario rinnovare l’iscrizione all’Associazione e consegnare il modulo o via scan o direttamente in sede. Come socio, utilizzi la biblioteca per prendere in prestito libri, DVD e riviste, vai alla Rassegna del Cinema Americana presso il Teatro ai Fabbri, partecipi a certe attività soltanto per soci. 

 Condividi questo messaggio con gli amici!
 A presto!  See you soon!  It’s going to be a fantastic year, so come and be a part of it!
 Associazione Italo Americana FVG