This year the fifth graders have staged William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream! Join them from March 17th through 20th for a magical romp in the woods. Visit the play's webpage for more information: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=500538395716&ref=ts

This is the place where you will always be able to be in touch with former classmates and teachers. You can tell everyone about your university studies and later career advancements, family life and future M.A.S. students in the form of your own children. A special welcome to the members of the Class of 2009 who will graduate in June.  Visit the site often to keep up on the latest news, and ask your friends and siblings to sign up.

Letty Peredo, high school teacher and assistant to the administration for 33 years, retired from M.A.S. at the end of December. She looks forward to spending more time with her husband and children, and enjoying the sunny climate of Cuernavaca. We are grateful to her for all her years of dedication and hard work, and wish her the best in all her new projects. (In the photo: Miss Letty on her last day at school with students and Miss Mónica)

La comunidad de alumnos y exalumnos así como todo el personal académico de la Escuela Moderna Americana se unen a la pena que embarga a la familia y amigos de Miss María Luisa debido a su sensible fallecimiento el 30 de octubre de 2008. Sus restos serán velados hoy en la Funeraria Gayosso de Felix Cuevas. 

Miss María Luisa García Cardelle fue sin lugar a duda uno de los pilares de la Escuela Moderna Americana, donde trabajó durante 52 años, últimamente ocupando el cargo de Directora de Español del Departamento de Primaria.

Descanse en paz.

Joanne Hillefeld, teacher of English at M.A.S. for 25 years, will retire and move to the United States with her husband Reinhard after the close of the 2008-2009 school year.  Joanne's children, Erika and Reinhard, have been living in the U.S.A. since right after their high school days, and now with grandchildren in Connecticut, Joanne is eager to be closer to her family.

There's a new Linkedin group for MAS alumni. Linkedin is the world's largest professional network, used by over 23 million professionals to exchange information, ideas and opportunities. Joining Linkedin is free, and allows people to:

• Stay informed about your contacts and industry
• Find the people & knowledge you need to achieve your goals
• Control your professional identity online

I'd like to thank Bernardo Farill (96) for creating this group, ingeniously called "X+ Modern American School Alumni". Group members may contact each other directly. You can join by clicking here.

All masalumni.org members as of June 13, 2008 have been pre-approved to join the group.

A total of $405 was raised by the July 1 deadline.  Thanks to the following alumni whose contributions will keep the site up and running for the 2009-2010 school year.

• Saury Lomelí, María Fernanda '93 $40 16-Jun-09
• Rafael Martinez '87 $40 31-May-09
• Ricardo Jara (Faculty) $40 24-Abril-09
• Andres Lopez '88 $50 21-Abril-09
• Carols Santiago Bazdresch '94 $25 20-Abril-09
• Angelica Perez '78 $20 18-Abril-09
• Paloma Cobo Ocjeo '87 $40 15-Abril-09
  
• Jennifer Realme (Fac/Staff) $25 30-Marzo-09
• Julio A Ysusi Farfan '80 $50 11-Marzo-09
• Joanne Hillefeld (Maestra) $25 10-Ene-09
• Mathilde Múgica '87 $50 09-Ene-09

La comunidad de alumnos y exalumnos del MAS estamos consternados ante los recientes sucesos que afectaron a nuestra compañera Jimena Martí (96).  En nosotros siempre tendrá apoyo y cariño.  Estamos con ella en estos momentos tan difíciles.
 

There's a new album with 1037 photos that were scanned from the Modern American School repository. It's a mixed collection of photos from several generations. I've enabled comments for this album, and I'd like to invite all the Modern American School community to browse through the photos and add comments if they know the origin, event, date or the names of people that appear in the photos. Enjoy!

I'd like to thank Adrián Pérez Treviño (09) for sharing these photos and Rodrigo Gómez Morales (03) for uploading them to the server.

Update: The photos will be unavailable until further notice.

Please note that all donations that have been made are exclusively for hosting masalumni.org. They are collected by alumnichannel.com's owner, who provides hosting for this site. masalumni.org will remain unaffected by this situation.

There's a new site with a list of all the books that MAS alumni have recommended in the forums. It's available at:

Additional details are available in this post.
Update (Sept. 1st, 2007): Corrected an issue affecting ratings. Users who rated books in the past week should rate them again. Sorry.

Use this Job Board to reach today's best and brightest minds. Just advertise your job posting and let potential Modern American School candidates contact you for details. Job seekers should find quality jobs in this board.

Maestro Ricardo Jara y Rodrigo Gómez Morales '03

Many thanks to Jorge Juan Gómez Basanta (96) for volunteering to be the administrator of the site!

Keep your e-mail and mailing addresses current and you'll receive the details of alumni information, activities, events, and reunions.