Issue 2 | Oct. 2006 | Français
Athletic_Center Schedule_Change
I would like to thank all members of the Awty Community who took time to participate in our Listening Groups sessions earlier in September. Our consultant Ms. Susan Stone has remarked to me how impressed she was by the constructive tone she heard and by the enthusiastic appreciation by many parents of the school’s mission and progress made over the...
US_Notes
While Awty is currently and enthusiastically celebrating the 50th Anniversary of its founding, the school did not actually graduate its first class until 1976. That first senior class consisted of just four students – all girls – and we were lucky enough to have had one of those pioneers, Ann Jones Coco, present at the Birthday kick-off assembly on September 8. She...
Prince's_Day
We have had an exciting start of the year with the celebration of Awty’s 50th Anniversary. On Thursday, September 7, students, faculty and staff proudly wore their T-shirts bearing the big golden 50. On Friday, we all gathered for what turned out to be a touching tribute not only to Mrs. Awty, but to the School, its faculty and its...
Overview
The Sarofim Library is proud to once again sponsor Awty’s Texas Lone Star Reading Program to encourage Middle School students to read for pleasure in the hopes of becoming avid readers for life. Each year a special committee of Texas librarians read approximately 200 recently published books (any authors) for Middle School students. This committee then chooses the best 20 titles...
Letter_From Sandy_Awty
The Awty International School celebrated its 50th Anniversary over the course of two days on Thursday, September 7, 2006, and Friday, September 8, 2006. On Thursday, each and every student, teacher and staff member as well as Mr. Sandy Awty, the son of Awty’s beloved founder Kathleen “Kay” Awty, received a commemorative 50th Anniversary T-shirt and wore them with pride...
Overview
The annual Awty Golf Classic is scheduled for Monday, November 7, 2006 at the Sweetwater Country Club.  This event is hosted by the Dad’s Club and everyone is welcome to take part in this day on the golf course.  Monies raised from this event helps to subsidize our student activities budget.   We are asking each family to consider a sponsorship for this event.  See the attached document or Ronald Jackson, Assistant Director of Advancement, at rjackson@awty.org to inquire about more information...

We've been at it for already more than a month. One class follows upon another. One class day follows upon another. But this routine can from time to time be somewhat perturbed by an event that throws a monkey wrench in the works. In September, on the occasion of an exceptional assembly, we celebrated the anniversary of the school's 50th year… two days ahead of the...

MS_Notes
Suffice it to say that I am not a newcomer, however I can tell you that each year it is as exciting as the first one when I and all of the rest of the rookies of that year wore one big star. This year our modest and endearing Newcomers Day tradition went off with great excitement. Numerous fresh-faced newcomers went ‘round with their free cookie, ooohing and ahhhing...
Opportunities
On Labor Day weekend, three Awty students went to the Houston World Affairs Council to help the staff with the mass mail-outs. I got up early on Saturday morning and went to this community service opportunity because I knew our help would be greatly appreciated and that I had the time to do so. When we arrived, Mrs. Gharibeh and her son Patrick...
Zoe Goldman, 12th Grade, attended the Spoleto Study Abroad Summer Session 2006 in the renowned town of Spoleto, Italy, where she participated in the photography program. This month-long “educational journey” featured a rich and varied curriculum in the arts. Excursions to cultural centers such as Florence, Assisi, Rome, and Siena and other medieval hill towns of...
Fall_Fun
The APPA is pleased to announce that they are purchasing for the school two large, free-standing trophy cases and one wall-mounted case for the many trophies (Geography Bee, Debate Team, etc.) to be placed in the Levant Building (Big Blue) until the Student Center is built. The children are eagerly anticipating one of the biggest APPA events each year, the Fall Fun Festival...
Overview
The Awty Rams Booster Club is hosting its first ever Tennis Tournament in conjunction with the Dad’s Club Golf Classic to help celebrate The Awty International School’s 50th Anniversary. Monday, November 6, 2006. Sweetwater Country Club, Sugar Land, Texas. 12:00-4:00 p.m. Reception to Follow. Entry fee is $50 per person. Doubles format. Awards, goody bags, and door prizes. RSVP to Jean Kitchener by October 23, 2006 with your name, level of play and telephone number. Come and Play!...



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