září 2008

1st October 2008
1 .t s s u e
DearReaders,
Autumnis hereand we are very joyful becausewe are beginningour first school
newsletter.
Ourfirst issuebeginsin Octoberand we will be issuingone newsletter
we will be writingabouttwo
a month.In this issueof the newsletter;
newclubs:the internationalCluband the Acting/Drama
Club.We hopethat
after readingthe afticles,you will be interestedin joiningthem.
Youcan readan interviewwith our layouteditoraboutAmazonTimes,
In our team, we haveonly one boy,who is a reporterof CurrentEvents,
and in this issuehe haswrittenaboutthe Finlandschoolshootingearlierin September.
It is a reallytragicevent.Our CurrentEventrepoderwill be writingaboutinterestingthingsthat
happenin the world.
Wewill alsohavearticlesaboutthe ImportantDays,Wehavean afticleabout
LanguageDayand in our next issuethere will be an articleabout31st October:Halloween.
i am very happythat we havestartedAmazonTimes.Our newsletterwill alwayshavenew
articlesabouteventsin school,recentnews,and otherexcitinginformation,We hopethat our
newsletterwill be popularand that it will be excitingfor you to read.
for the AmazonTimes,feel free to let us knowand
If you haveany suggestions
we willdo our bestto includeit rn our nextissue.
ThankYouverymuch.
Yourleadeditor,
HighschoolAmazonis openingnew clubsfor students!
i If you will join us you will get a certificatewhich will help you to get into universty.
ACTING/ DRAMACLUB
THE INTERNATIONAL
CLUBI5
Do you like music,theateror movies?
FOROTHERSTUDENTS!
LOOKTNG
Thenthis clubis for you.Thisclubis a great In this clubyou can learnaboutother
opportunityfor you to meetnewfriends
culturesand countriesand perhapscooktheir
Youalsohavean opportunity food.Youwill alsoplayintei'national
and professors.
sports,
for the first thanksgivingpl",l.rtinu
learnaboutdifferentmusicand dancingstyles.
spirkova You'llalsovisit culturaleventsin Prague.
Weare surethat YOUwill enjoyitl
MichaelaHnizdilova
IN FINLAND
MASSACRE
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On the 23rdof September,
year-oldman openedfire at a vocational
Finland.
schoolin Kauhajoki,
He shotand killedninepeople.
Oneof the ninediedin the hospital
and manystudentswere injured.The
shooterbeganshootingwhen
his schoolmates
were preparingto take an
examination,
He eventually
shothimself,
anddiedin the hospital.
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THE EUROPEAN
DAY
OF LANGUAGES
It raisesthe knowledgeof all of the languages
spokenin Europe.The day endorselanguage
TheEuropean
is an annual learning,
TheEuropean
day of Languages
day is beingheld
which
stafted
in
2001.
throughout
Europe
on
26th
September.
event,
joined
provides
It also
in 2004,The day
an opportunityto strenghten
Czechrepublic
relationships
needto continueto develop
at local,regional,
nationaland
encourages
languageabilityacrossEurope.The European international
levels.
day warnsof the importanceof language
Zora Secova
learning.
THE DAY OF LANGUAGES IN
AMAZON
On the 26th of September,
we celebrated
Day
Languages,
the
of
Our professors
preparedseveralexcitingactivitiesfor our
HighSchool.We,as a school,represented
Asia/Fgypt,France,
five countrieslregions;
Spain/Mexico,
and Germany.We had
the opportunityto dressup in the country's
traditionalclothingon this day.
I wasdressedup to representFrance
andworeelegantclothing.
At the 10:10break,we hadamazing
foodthat wasfrom differentcountriessuch
as cheesefrom France,nachosfrom Mexico
and ricefrom Asia.Weweregiven
shortDresentations
abouteachof the
and afterwardwe played
countries/regions
differentgamesfrom aroundthe world.
Wetook a quizover what our professors
said
in their presentations,
whichwasvery
interesting
andfunny.
Wehada bestdressedctasscompetition,
and becauseAsiawasthe bestdiessed,
they won a Pizzapaty on Tuesday.
We alsohada lectureaboutJapanese
and Chinesecultures,Threestudents
competedagainsteachotherto seewho
couldeat ricethe fastestusingchopsticks,
Wealsohada competitionwherestudents
hadto answerdifferentquestions.
Thosestudentswon attractiveprizes.
It wasvery good,Eachstudentgot to eat
sushi.I ate sushifor the firsttime on Friday.
It wasvery different,Weweregivencards
with our namesin Chinese,
In my opinion,and I believe
in the opinions
of allthe students,
this day
wasamazingand lotsof fun.
I wouldliketo thank all our professors,
Mrs.Bajuszova,
andour Headmisiress
for our perfectday.I am lookingforward
to dayslikethese.
JulieDobesova
INTERVIEWWITH LAYOUTFDITORLAUM KIRBY
What was the reason you started newsletter Amazon Times?
The reasonwasthat we must havea schoolnewsletter.
Wespeculated
aboutthe title
in our firstlessonMediaand PRClubmeeting.Wehadothernames
of our newsletter
for the newsletter
but we choseAmazonTimes.
Can any student write an article for this newsletter?
Yes,of course.But first, what he or she must to do is join the Mediaand PRClub,
What is the school newslefteraboutT
newsletter,
Ourschoolnewsletteris a comunication
so therewill be mix of subjects,
It will try to be interestingfor studentsand professors.
We will try to write
a mix of interestingand importantthingsfrom worldand of coursefrom school,
Forexamplewe will writeaboutschooltripsandimportantinformation
aboutschool.
Will this news/efter be only about school events?
Forthe most part, but not everythingwill be aboutschool.Therewill be other interestingarticles
not relatedto Amazon.I hopethat in the futuretherewill be morestudentsin our club
that will be ableto contributeto our newsletter.
Thanksfor the interview,SabinaBouberlova
Leadeditor:JulieDobesova
Layouteditor:LauraKirby
Reporterfor acling:MartinaSpilkova
ReDorter
for international:
Michaela
Hnizdilova
CurrentEvents:DavidTrachta
ImoortantDavs:ZoraSecova
Interviewer:SabinaBouberlova
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LAUROUKIRBY
ROZHOVOR
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CASOPISU
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D6kujiza rozhovor,SabinaBouberlovS
S6fredaktor:
JulieDobeSovii
Designdr:
LauraKirby
Repod6rpro Acting/Drama
club: MartinaSpilkovii
proInternational
Hnizdilovii
Report6r
club:Michaela
Aktudlniuddlosti:DavidTrachta
V'l'znamn6
dny: ZoraSecovd
Rozhovorv
: SabinaBouberlovii