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ARMENIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN ARE TAUGHT CHIVALRY
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
25.08.2009 22:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Four years ago "Hay Aspet" (The Armenian Knight)
child and youth organization was established in Armenia to foster
the Armenian spirit and patriotism in school children.
"First, we selected 36 children, as the number of letters in the
Armenian alphabet, but over the past four years, throughout the
territory of Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk the number of Armenian
Knights has grown to almost fifteen hundred, 900 out of which have
already participated in the Hay Aspet television program," Karine
Tonoyan , founder of the Hay Aspet movement and the anchorwoman of
the Hay Aspet game told press conference today.
This year, the winner of the Hay Aspet television game became the team
of secondary school No 2 from Jermuk, the school team will visit the
cities of Western Armenia.
"We are trying to select energetic children, often considered to
be unmanageable. Their energy should be directed into the right
channel," Karine Tonoyan said. According to her, in addition to
military training, students attend classes in mythology, history of
Armenia, Armenian songs and dances, geography of Armenia.
The organization accepts children from seven years. Hay Aspet organize
hikes and camps in various regions of Armenia.
Hay Aspet has been supported by charitable organizations, the
government of Armenia, as well as the ArmenTel (Beeline trade mark)
telecommunication company.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/
25.08.2009 22:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Four years ago "Hay Aspet" (The Armenian Knight)
child and youth organization was established in Armenia to foster
the Armenian spirit and patriotism in school children.
"First, we selected 36 children, as the number of letters in the
Armenian alphabet, but over the past four years, throughout the
territory of Armenia, Artsakh and Javakhk the number of Armenian
Knights has grown to almost fifteen hundred, 900 out of which have
already participated in the Hay Aspet television program," Karine
Tonoyan , founder of the Hay Aspet movement and the anchorwoman of
the Hay Aspet game told press conference today.
This year, the winner of the Hay Aspet television game became the team
of secondary school No 2 from Jermuk, the school team will visit the
cities of Western Armenia.
"We are trying to select energetic children, often considered to
be unmanageable. Their energy should be directed into the right
channel," Karine Tonoyan said. According to her, in addition to
military training, students attend classes in mythology, history of
Armenia, Armenian songs and dances, geography of Armenia.
The organization accepts children from seven years. Hay Aspet organize
hikes and camps in various regions of Armenia.
Hay Aspet has been supported by charitable organizations, the
government of Armenia, as well as the ArmenTel (Beeline trade mark)
telecommunication company.