Art Field Trip for Grade 4
Grade 4 visited Valencia’s Fine Arts Museum on Friday, May 19, 2023. Students and teachers enjoyed its extraordinary painting collection and then spent a nice time in the Turia Park practicing observational drawing as a conclusion of what they have learned about landscapes this year. “In the Art class, we talked about terms like foreground, […]
2023 Fallas Celebration
Preschool and Elementary celebrated the ASV Fallas Festival on Friday, March 10, 2023, with an event held in Park B and open to our families for the first time since 2019. The celebration included a parade of the Corte de honor, the group dressing in the traditional Fallas costume, Valencian dances, and chocolate served in […]
Grade 4 Winter Learning Showcase
Grade 4 students had been working hard over the past 6 weeks studying community. In Social Studies they looked at how our municipal government works and we held our own class elections. They also studied social issues in Reading and thought about how the characters reacted to everyday situations that affect us all (bullying, racism, […]
Grade 4 Language Lab
In an effort to promote multilingualism and see our mother languages as an advantage, Ms. Ramirez (homeroom teacher in Grade 4 Blue) and Ms. Blydenburgh (Learning Support) have created the Grade 4 Language Lab. Students are invited to join once a week during their park time. Activities range from vocabulary games to sharing about each […]
Erasmus+ Students from Sint Maria Geel High School
American School of Valencia continues to collaborate with Sint Maria Geel in Belgium to develop an Erasmus+ practicum experience for students in their last year of the Belgium National Baccalaureate. On Monday, February 6, 2023, the group had a welcome and orientation meeting led by the ASV Director of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum, Ms. Amanda […]
Cozy Up and Read Family Events
Over 475 family members of students in Preschool and Elementary School participated with their children in the new Cozy Up and Read events that were held on Thursday, November 17 and Friday, November 18, 2022. Preschool family members enjoyed reading in both English and Spanish with their children. Teachers were modeling the importance of Read […]
Fun Technology and Literacy Groups
Elementary students who are not enrolled in an ASV+ activity participate in an alternative program that combines Literacy and Technology and is supported by a team of teachers and ASV specialists. The sessions take place twice a week from 15:20 to 16:20 while classmates are at ASV+. The program has a common goal of providing enriched learning […]
Kinder through Grade 5 Celebrate Success by Introducing the PBIS Awards Assemblies
Friday, November 4, 2022, was a historic celebration as Elementary School kicked off the Monthly PBIS Awards Assemblies for Kinder to Grade 2 and Grades 3-5 respectively. This was an opportunity to gather, recognize and celebrate some of the hard work, effort, and excellent behavior students are demonstrating on a daily basis here at the […]
Meteorologists at work in Grade 4!
In Grade 4 students have been learning what it meant to be a scientist and have published their research in a lab report. In a recent Science unit, they were meteorologists investigating if they could build barometers to measure air pressure to predict the weather. Students collected and analyzed class data to come up with […]
