Apply for summer program in Armenia
November 24, 2005
Belmont Citizen Herald
The Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association is recruiting students to apply for its summer program in partnership with School No. 190 in the Southwest District of Yerevan, Armenia.
CYSCA has been sponsoring youth exchange programs to Armenia since 1994 and Belmont High School students and teachers have enjoyed this partnership relationship since 2000. Former Belmont teachers in residence in Armenia, funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, have been Luke Bruffee, Cheryl Shushan, Alison Thalmann, and Nancy Aykanian.
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The program offers a realistic introduction to teenage life in Armenia and the political, social, educational and economic challenges of a landlocked country in the Caucuses, with a 98 percent literacy rate. Armenia was the former site of the Soviet Olympic national training grounds and the largest Soviet telescope and observatory, was the seat of mathematics, science and physics for the former Soviet Union; and held the highest production rate of semi-finished goods during communism.
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Programming includes: attending a political science class at Yerevan State University; visiting the World Bank office; and students interested in medicine will be invited to tour a city hospital and observe surgery in the operating room. In addition they will visit the U.S. Embassy, United Nations Building and Peace Corps office, volunteer at an orphanage, ride amusements at Victory Park, attend an open air concert, go to the opera, shop in Armenia's outdoor craft markets, travel through four seasons in one day, dance at a disco, make lavash bread in an Armenian village, visit 3,000-year-old historical sights, walk among ancient ruins, visit orphanages, go to museums, swim in the "Caribbean" of Armenia, enjoy an ice cream by the singing fountains in Republic Square, work on joint projects, and volunteer side by side with Armenian students to make a difference in the country.
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Belmont Citizen Herald
The Cambridge-Yerevan Sister City Association is recruiting students to apply for its summer program in partnership with School No. 190 in the Southwest District of Yerevan, Armenia.
CYSCA has been sponsoring youth exchange programs to Armenia since 1994 and Belmont High School students and teachers have enjoyed this partnership relationship since 2000. Former Belmont teachers in residence in Armenia, funded by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, have been Luke Bruffee, Cheryl Shushan, Alison Thalmann, and Nancy Aykanian.
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The program offers a realistic introduction to teenage life in Armenia and the political, social, educational and economic challenges of a landlocked country in the Caucuses, with a 98 percent literacy rate. Armenia was the former site of the Soviet Olympic national training grounds and the largest Soviet telescope and observatory, was the seat of mathematics, science and physics for the former Soviet Union; and held the highest production rate of semi-finished goods during communism.
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Programming includes: attending a political science class at Yerevan State University; visiting the World Bank office; and students interested in medicine will be invited to tour a city hospital and observe surgery in the operating room. In addition they will visit the U.S. Embassy, United Nations Building and Peace Corps office, volunteer at an orphanage, ride amusements at Victory Park, attend an open air concert, go to the opera, shop in Armenia's outdoor craft markets, travel through four seasons in one day, dance at a disco, make lavash bread in an Armenian village, visit 3,000-year-old historical sights, walk among ancient ruins, visit orphanages, go to museums, swim in the "Caribbean" of Armenia, enjoy an ice cream by the singing fountains in Republic Square, work on joint projects, and volunteer side by side with Armenian students to make a difference in the country.
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Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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