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Armenian Teachers Coming to Hamilton Next Month
Pingree School is launching an exchange school with an Armenia school
that includes an exhibit and assembly on Jan. 10 that is open to the
public.
http://hamilton-wenham.patch.com/articles/armenia-teachers-coming-to-hamilton-next-month
By Robert Gates
Two teachers from Armenia will visit Pingree School in early February
as part of the first exchange between an American independent school
and an Armenian school.
After the visit by the Armenian teachers, Pingree's Director of
Multicultural Education Trina Gary and English teacher Michelle
Ramadan will travel to Armenia to visit a school in Armenia in March.
The teachers visiting from Armenia and those from Pingree will spend
time in each other's classrooms with students and faculty, sharing
culture, history, pedagogy, philosophies of education and more for
nearly two weeks. The exchange was facilitated by Jack and Eva
Medzorian of Winchester who worked with the staff and administration
of Pingree School on the project.
To introduce Pingree students, faculty and staff to Armenian culture
and history, an exhibit and assembly are planned at Pingree for
January. In the cabinet in the main lobby will be many objects from
Armenia including jewelry, carved and ceramic vases and bowls, dolls,
miniature models of churches and musical instruments, handmade lace,
and other items. These are on loan from the private collection of the
Medzorians.
On display boards in the library will be photographs from Project SAVE
Armenian Photographic Archives in Watertown. These photographs
represent life in Armenia before and after 1915, as well as Armenian
American life in the United States.
In the library will be several fiction and non-fiction books from the
private collection of John Soursourian of Beverly whose wife, Judith
Klein, is director of communications and marketing at Pingree.
Soursourian's father was born in Armenia when it was part of the
Ottoman Empire.
At an assembly on Jan. 10, Ruth Thomasian of Project SAVE will project
the photographs and discuss their significance and the power of
seeking and discovering one's family roots. Her presentation will be
followed by a screening of the trailer of a film by Nubar and Abby
Alexanian of Gloucester who have traveled to old Armenia to document
their family roots. They will talk about their venture and goals.
Nubar is a renowned photographer whose work has appeared in many books
and periodicals including the National Geographic magazine.
Members of the community are invited to view exhibits and attend the 9
a.m. assembly on Jan. 10.
For more information, call 978-468-4415 ext. 233.
Pingree School is launching an exchange school with an Armenia school
that includes an exhibit and assembly on Jan. 10 that is open to the
public.
http://hamilton-wenham.patch.com/articles/armenia-teachers-coming-to-hamilton-next-month
By Robert Gates
Two teachers from Armenia will visit Pingree School in early February
as part of the first exchange between an American independent school
and an Armenian school.
After the visit by the Armenian teachers, Pingree's Director of
Multicultural Education Trina Gary and English teacher Michelle
Ramadan will travel to Armenia to visit a school in Armenia in March.
The teachers visiting from Armenia and those from Pingree will spend
time in each other's classrooms with students and faculty, sharing
culture, history, pedagogy, philosophies of education and more for
nearly two weeks. The exchange was facilitated by Jack and Eva
Medzorian of Winchester who worked with the staff and administration
of Pingree School on the project.
To introduce Pingree students, faculty and staff to Armenian culture
and history, an exhibit and assembly are planned at Pingree for
January. In the cabinet in the main lobby will be many objects from
Armenia including jewelry, carved and ceramic vases and bowls, dolls,
miniature models of churches and musical instruments, handmade lace,
and other items. These are on loan from the private collection of the
Medzorians.
On display boards in the library will be photographs from Project SAVE
Armenian Photographic Archives in Watertown. These photographs
represent life in Armenia before and after 1915, as well as Armenian
American life in the United States.
In the library will be several fiction and non-fiction books from the
private collection of John Soursourian of Beverly whose wife, Judith
Klein, is director of communications and marketing at Pingree.
Soursourian's father was born in Armenia when it was part of the
Ottoman Empire.
At an assembly on Jan. 10, Ruth Thomasian of Project SAVE will project
the photographs and discuss their significance and the power of
seeking and discovering one's family roots. Her presentation will be
followed by a screening of the trailer of a film by Nubar and Abby
Alexanian of Gloucester who have traveled to old Armenia to document
their family roots. They will talk about their venture and goals.
Nubar is a renowned photographer whose work has appeared in many books
and periodicals including the National Geographic magazine.
Members of the community are invited to view exhibits and attend the 9
a.m. assembly on Jan. 10.
For more information, call 978-468-4415 ext. 233.