“Action is eloquence” -Shakespeare
Dates: September 4 through 7, 2008
Location: Antigua, Guatemala
Hotel: Porta Hotel Antigua
http://www.portahotels.com/hotelantigua.htm
8a calle poniente No.1, La Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepéquez.
Telephones: (502) 7832-2801 / 7832-2802 / 7832-2803
7832-2804 / 7832-0331 / 7832-0288
Fax: (502) 7832-0807
E-mail: ventasantigua@portahotels.com
Welcome AASCA participants! Colegio Americano del Sur is very excited to be hosting this year’s leadership conference. We have chosen to hold the event in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua is a lovely, historic town situated in the Panchoy Valley. Founded in 1543, Antigua was once the capital of Central America, and has played an important and colorful part in Guatemala´s history. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, surrounded by volcanoes and filled with historic ruins of monasteries and convents. The beautiful colonial architecture of Antigua is unique in Central America, and its year-round spring-like climate, lovely parks and gardens, cobble-stoned streets, diverse restaurants, Spanish schools, and lovely boutiques and shops make it a popular destination for people from many countries and different walks of life.
Antigua has a limited number of hotels that are large enough to accommodate an event of this size. We have chosen the Porta Hotel Antigua in the center of town, within easy walking distance of all major attractions. The hotel has given us a very favorable room rate; however the number of rooms available is extremely limited. We ask participants to please confirm their attendance as soon as possible, and book your rooms before June 30 in order for the hotel to be able to guarantee the number of rooms and rates. There are only 60 rooms available, so this event will be on a first-come, first served basis. In order to have as many teams as possible participate in this event; we ask that you bring no more than 8 students per school. To ensure that you receive the reduced room rate, please specify that you are with AASCA when you make your reservations.
AASCA Conference Room Rates:
Single: $85.00 US/night**
Double: $95.00 US/night**
Triple: $105 US/night**
**plus 22% taxes (IVA, Inguat)
Contact/reservations: Fluvia de Castillo
fcastillo@portahotels.com
Cellular: 5966-3596
Rates include Continental breakfast, use of pools and gardens, and gym. All rooms are on the main floor level; however they are in two separate blocks of space. To ensure that your group can be accommodated together in the same block, please reserve as early as possible.
Preliminary Schedule of Events
**please note that this schedule is still tentative as we confirm project, site and speaker availability.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Day: Team arrivals. Delegations will be met at the airport in Guatemala City by Shuttle buses and transported to Hotel Antigua. Trip takes approximately 1 hour.
7:00 PM—9:00 PM: -Welcome and Icebreaker organized by CAS students. To be held in Salon Landivar in the Hotel Antigua.
Friday, September 5, 2008
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM -Breakfast in Hotel Garden
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM -Team grouping, “The Amazing Race” Rally instructions given.
9:00 AM-12:00 noon -Rally and team building activity.
12:00 noon – 3:00 PM -Lunch, motivational speaker, tour of coffee farm, processing plant, and music museum.
3:00 PM onward -Free time for touring, dining, and shopping in Antigua. Many sites and activities are available from canopy tours, macadamia farm tours, to historical city tours, museums, etc. We will be happy to help you arrange activities that interest your group.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM -Breakfast in Hotel Garden.
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM -Speaker in Salon in Hotel Antigua.
9:00 AM-9:30 AM -Teams divide and travel to respective sites
9:30 AM-5:00 PM -Leadership in Action. Teams work onsite at various charities. (Students should bring and wear “work clothes” for this activity; old jeans, tee-shirts, and tennis shoes).
“The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel or man come in danger by it”. ‘Francis Bacon
7:00 PM-10:00 -Banquet, awards ceremony in Hotel Antigua. Karaoke or disco afterward.
Sunday, September 7, 2008 -Delegation departures, transport to airport.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us.
Deborah Revolorio,
High School Principal
ddrevolorio@yahoo.com
Telephone: 502-5221-5712
Linda Green
Curriculum Coordinator
Athletic Director
LindaGreenRoesch@gmail.com
Telephone: 502-5501-1146
Scott MacLauchlan
General Director
cas@proesur.uvg.edu.gt
Telephone: 502-5235-5891
