Elementary Summer Immersion Fun in Monfalcone

Children ages 6-10
August 30-September 3, 2010
9.00-12.00
Istituto Comprensivo G. Randaccio
Via Canaletto, 10
MONFALCONE

Immersion fun with songs, books, games, art, sports, and culture. All in English with Janine!
Price: euro 150
Registration: 23-26 August: info@aia-fvg.org or call Karoline: 3498666667



Some other things we're cooking up for the new school year

We're trying to get some new programs started this year along with your trusty favorites like our year-long classes and intensive refresher courses for students and adults.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
As far as the programs we instituted over the last year, we are planning on continuing the AMERICAN FILM SERIES AT THE ARISTONMONDAY NIGHT FILM/TV SERIES which was so much fun, and our AMERICAN CORNER FRIDAY AFTERNOON DOCUMENTARIES.  AMERICAN CORNER SATURDAY MORNING STORYTIME for children and their parents will also return once things cool off a bit!

MONFALCONE: ONE WEEK IMMERSION PROGRAM FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Mark your calendars for the first week of September. We will be offering a week-long half-day summer school immersion program for Elementary school students in MONFALCONE. I will blog details very soon! As always, we offer discounts to brothers and sisters who sign up. A special thank you to Randaccio Middle School who has offered to host us!

ENGLISH CLASSES FOR ENGLISH AND NON-ENGLISH TEACHERS IN MONFALCONE AND TRIESTE 
One of our most important missions is to support the English teachers in our region! For this reason, we are offering Advanced English Conversation courses to teachers at a special discounted rate. These courses are a great moment for exchanging ideas and "talking shop" as well as refreshing conversation skills with a native speaker. I taught two of these classes this year in Monfalcone (the other course was for non-English teachers), and we had an excellent time, let me tell you! If you already know you're interested in participating, just let us know!

MAKING OUR CLASSROOMS MORE MOBILE 
Another thing we are working on this year is offering more varied classes in other locations both in Trieste and in surrounding areas. If you have any preferences or know of a facility willing to host classes, let us know!

MAKING YOUR TESSERA MORE VALUABLE
Our hope is that by offering more programs and events we will create a positive community of active Italian American Association members who are happy to renew their tessera every year. But... if we can sweeten the deal for you, we are happy to do that as well. We will be letting you know where you can use your tessera to take advantage of special discounts with our sponsors like the Ariston Theater, Uvec Travel and others around town.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE BLOG. 


THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT!

Happy 4th of July!!

Makes you just want to sing Yankee doodle doesn't it?? Have a great one!!

A NEW CHILDREN'S CORNER!

We'll keep you posted, but we had a great visit from our friend Giovanni from Rome who is our reference person for the sustaining funds we receive for the Paolo Bearz American Corner library. Among the exciting news is that the American government will sponsor a brand new Children's Corner where we will have very cute little people furniture, more wonderful books in English, a puppet theater, puppets, props for our Saturday morning Storytime program and children's dvds for a video series we hope to implement this year (starring some of our favorites like Dora the Explorer and the Muppets!) 

IT'S SO EXCITING! Now we are REALLY getting psyched about the new school year. 

More to come!

SUMMER HOURS

July 5-August 1
Monday, Tuesday 4-8pm

August 2-22
CLOSED

August 23-August 31
Monday, Tuesday 4-8pm

New Summer Hours to be Posted Soon

I will post our new Summer Schedule tomorrow. We are reducing our hours to give our wonderful volunteers a break and time to study for exams! We will stay open 2 days a week in July (4-8pm) and close for most of August. In July we will NOT be open in the mornings.

Details tomorrow.

Good News Coming Soon

We should know by Friday if we will stay at Via Roma, 15. If you've been following our heart-wrenching announcements and of course reading the Piccolo, you probably know that we've had a difficult Spring and Summer at the Association. We're doing our best to get back in shape financially by reducing costs and maximizing everything else. It has not been easy but we really appreciate your continued support.

To update you, thanks to the article in the Piccolo a couple of weeks ago, our landlord has reconsidered and is helping us keep our library right where it is. We are greatful for this chance, and are taking this week to really examine our economic situation and the status of our co-renters to make sure that staying is a sustainable decision.

This year it will be very important to show your support in any way you can, and the easiest way is by renewing your membership to the Association. Besides allowing you to see films at the Ariston and attend any of our other Very Exciting Events, it is also a wonderful way to help keep the Italian-American-Triestino link alive.

TESSERA FOR 2010-11 are already on sale! Stop in!

Thanks again for your continued support.