Girls Volleyball Team Makes Right Decision

The American Nicaraguan School participates in an event every year called AASCA, where American schools all over Central America go to a host country to compete for their sport. This year the AASCA Volleyball tournament was held in Costa Rica from March 30th to April 3rd, however, the ANS team decided not to participate. The […]

DALE Conference

The IX DALE (Debate Academico de Lideres Estudiantiles) conference was held March 25-26 at Hotel Camino Real Managua, leaving great memories for those who participated in the event. Students got to express their ideas on how to make the world a better place, and in the process, they sharpened their problem-solving skills.  In the past […]

Andrew López, Tenor Saxophonist

Among the musicians leaving the ANS Concert Band this year is Andrew López, a Senior who’s been playing tenor saxophone for nearly five years. Being asked about his experiences, he looks back on his years of performing alongside his bandmates, and shares how his passion for music has developed. How did you start playing music […]

Valeria Alfaro, Clarinetist and Drummer

Over the past years, ANS’ music department has seen several changes. One ever-changing aspect is that every year, the make-up of the ANS Concert Band changes, with veteran students graduating and new ones taking their seats—but each musician leaves a permanent mark, and leaves with something permanently marked within them. One of the current musicians […]

What’s Up 4th Grade?

For the past few months, ANS fourth graders are abuzz about their weekly newspaper: What’s Up 4th Grade? Maria Pia Tercero and Luciana Castro, fourth graders, have been producing and printing a popular weekly newspaper every Tuesday. Maria Pia and Luciana were inspired after their teacher, Ms. Jenny Harding, shared examples of essays featured in […]

Baseball at ANS

On October 6th of 2021 on the first Flex day of the first week back at school after the month-long quarantine, many students signed up to play baseball, one of the country’s most favorite sports. But in private schools across Managua, the main sport has been lackluster compared to football a.k.a soccer. For the past […]