Saigon Kids and American Community School » Bamboo Beacon http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com Saigon Kids and alumni of American Community School Saigon (1955 - 1975) - Kind Words Go A Long Way Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 CLOD Removal – End of an Era http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/clod-removal-end-of-an-era http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/clod-removal-end-of-an-era#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:30 +0000 aliceahlgren http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/?p=574 Well, once the CLODs were all deported… and Vietnamese-American relationships were “normalized”…things got very proper in Saigon. A new high school wing – Kennedy Hall – was dedicated in January 1964. Upon the completion of this 3-story!!!! building, high school students had to get up at 6:00 AM to get to school. [...]]]> http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/clod-removal-end-of-an-era/feed 2 ACS Newspapers: Bamboo Beacon 1962 http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/acs-newspapers-bamboo-beacon-1962 http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/acs-newspapers-bamboo-beacon-1962#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:50:59 +0000 Admin http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/?p=493 The Bamboo Beacon 1962 school newspapers are now in the ACS Library (located on the Menu on the right side of this page).

This eBook contains issues from January 19th through April 6, 1962.

The eBooks “Bamboo Beacon 1961″ and “Bamboo Beacon 1962″ contain all the issues of the newspaper for the school year 1961-62.

They are best [...]]]> http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/acs-newspapers-bamboo-beacon-1962/feed 0 ACS Newspapers: Bamboo Beacon – 1961 http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/bamboo-beacon-1961 http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/bamboo-beacon-1961#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:51:13 +0000 Admin http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/?p=465 Now in the ACS Library: 1961 Bamboo Beacon school newspapers.

All of the 1961 Bamboo Beacon school newspapers have been converted to an eBook. They are located under the ACS Library on the Menu over there on the right side of this page.

This eBook includes the first Bamboo Beacon (September 15, 1961 through the Christmas Edition [...]]]> http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/bamboo-beacon-1961/feed 1 Bamboo Beacon 2/4/64 http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/bamboo-beacon-2464 http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/bamboo-beacon-2464#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:33:01 +0000 aliceahlgren http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/?p=372 Mornin’ Everyone,

Sounds like Bob has mountains of info to scan so before I send off my precious Bamboo Beacons to him I thought I’d share an article or two with you all (I was the typist for the Beacon in 63). This is from Sherry Penney…Feb. 1964:

ALUMNI GREETINGS

A little belatedly, I want to with [...]]]> http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/bamboo-beacon-2464/feed 2 Ken Yeager: “The Palace Is BOMBED” http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/ken-yeager-the-palace-is-bombed http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/ken-yeager-the-palace-is-bombed#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:51:26 +0000 Admin http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/?p=342 This is a transcript from February 27, 1962 of ACS Saigon news reporter Ken Yeager:

EXTRA THE PALACE IS BOMBED

We came to school Tuesday morning as casual as ever with toast in our hands howling “wait for me!” after the departing buses. We got to school and noted the general weather and heavy clouds while Vicki [...]]]> http://saigonkidsamericancommunityschool.com/ken-yeager-the-palace-is-bombed/feed 18