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Colegio Peruano Británico

Art Exhibition at Colegio Peruano. The Colegio Peruano Británico Art Exhibition exhibition will take place on October 27 - 29 and will consist of the work of students from Early Years to IB. The centerpiece will be the work of the IB TWO Diploma students, and this represents a lot of hard work and development over the two years of the IB course. It will be a pleasure to share these moments with all of you who are art lovers, in our School Coliseum, Colegio Peruano Británico, Vía Láctea 445, Monterrico, Surco.

Colegio Roosevelt

October is a busy month at Roosevelt with lots of activities for students, school families and members of the larger Lima community.

For families interested in considering Roosevelt for their children, our Early Childhood and Kindergarten Orientation will take place in the Roosevelt Media Center on Wednesday, October 26th beginning at 6:30pm. You'll have a chance to see the school, meet our teachers, principals and staff and get a sense of what Roosevelt can offer your children and family. Please join us! Call Registrar Nora Marquez at 435-0890 x4008 or email her at nmarquez@amersol.edu.pe

For students planning to attend colleges and universities in the United States, we will be hosting the SAT I and SAT II exams on campus Saturday, October 8 and the ACT exams on Saturday, October 22. You must sign up for the exams online with the SAT and ACT organizations but, if you have missed the deadline, you may come to campus before 8am the day of the exam and try and get a seat on a standby basis.

Every is welcome to the annual Roosevelt PTA Book Fair coming up the week of October 10th. You'll find hundreds of the latest titles in English and Spanish for both children and adults all imported from the States! The Fair is open to school parents on Wednesday, October 12th from 8am to 7pm. It is open to all members of the community on Thursday the 13th and Friday the 14th from 8am to 4pm. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity!

Our Tri-M music group offers a concert on Wednesday, October 19th in Roosevelt's Center Stage. Tickets will be on sale at the door and all are welcome. Proceed from the concert will go to fund the purchase of a baby grand piano.

Interested in pursuing a Masters Degree in Education here in Lima? Colegio Roosevelt offers parents, teachers and members of the community the opportunity to complete a Masters Degree in Education by taking after school classes taught by professors from the University of Alabama. To be eligible, you must have a 4-year undergraduate degree. Each semester, visiting professors teach two week classes at Roosevelt. One class will be offered per semester and the full degree is completed by taking 10 classes and a final comprehensive exam.

To get enrolled in Alabama Master's Program please go to www.graduate.ua.edu and fill out the application. You also will need to fax a copy of your undergraduate transcript and pay a $25.00 registration fee. Application information is available online or by contacting Leslie Ellis at Lellis@bamaed.ua.edu.

If you wish to take the upcoming class, please get in touch with Gaby Gallestegui ggallast@amersol.edu.pe here at school. She can help youb expediate your initial application.

San Silvestre School

The Second Latin American Inter-CAS event will be held in Paracas, Peru from 30th September until 5th October. After the experience that five of our pupils had in Chile in 2004, eight San Silvestre students will be participating in this event, which will bring together about 200 students from nine different Latin American countries. Prior to the event, there will be a meeting for all the Peruvian students involved in this project, so that they can get to know each other and form part of the “host team.” Our pupils are full of enthusiasm, not only because they will be welcoming a foreign student into their homes, but because the whole group will be doing environmental conservation work together.

Hiram Bingham

The school will be the organizers and hosts of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme workshops to be held at Hiram Bingham on October 6th, 7th and 8th. Schools who are authorized to teach the programme, or who are in the process of implementing it, or are interested in finding out more about the programme have been cordially invited to attend. Anyone be interested in receiving further information regarding the programme should contact Cecila Del Solar at informes@hirambingham.edu.pe

Our celebratory 25th Anniversary Dinner Dance will be held on October 22nd at 10.00 pm at Hiram Bingham. The music will be provided by the Fallo Muñoz orchestra. All are welcome. For further information call 271 5875 (Ext. 117) or send an e-mail to Cecilia Del Solar at informes@hirambingham.edu.pe We look forward to seeing you at the party.

International Christian School of Lima

October is "I Love to Read" month at ICS Lima. Our students will be having a contest all month to see who can read the most books. The school has just processed another 2,000 books into the library and now has over 7,000 books for the students to choose from. October 28 is "Storybook Day" where the students will be dressing up as the favorite character they read about during the month. Everyone is welcome to come at 8:45 a.m. to the parade of costumes.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) will be visiting the school in October to review its application for accreditation. The school received candidate status for accreditation with the Association of International Christian Schools (ACSI) in August. There will be a SACS meeting with parents and other interested parties on October 12. Please call the school at 442-6149 for more information about this meeting.

Markham College

Markham continues to involve students in world service projects through its affiliation with Round Square. A small group of Upper School students accompanied teachers to the international Round Square Conference in Melbourne, Australia in late September. On their way back to Lima, the teachers and students joined with an international group of volunteers, involved in reconstruction projects on the Thai island of Phi Phi, devastated by the Asian Tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004. The group brought donations collected from members of the Markham community in an effort to help tsunami victims.

Newton College

Our Arts Festival, to be held on Friday, 28th October, at 7.30 p.m., promises to be an entertaining and cultural event for all the family. Events will include: an Art exhibition of the work of our International Baccalaureate students, a Photograph exhibition organized by one of our ex-students who is working for the magazine Somos, Drama a short play by the French writer Ionesco, Music our orchestra, band, choir and other musical groups, Dance ballet, folk and modern.

The Arts Festival will be a good opportunity to see our Visual and Performing Arts curriculum. Entrance will cost S/.10 and proceeds will go to our social service projects. Tickets can be ordered from our reception (Tel 4790460) as from October 19th.

San Silvestre School

San Silvestre students will be involved in the One Act Play Festival organized by the British Schools of Peru, which will take place in Newton College on Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th of November. This is a festival in which students from the English speaking schools present short plays in English and it promises to be highly entertaining.

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