Tweet
SERZH SARGSYAN GOT ACQUAINTED WITH CONSTRUCTIONS WORKS OF DILIJAN'S INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
15:07, 6 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: The President of the Republic of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan made today a working visit to Tavush Marz. As Armenpress
was reported by the Department for Mass Media and Public Relations
of the Armenian President's Staff, Serzh Sargsyan visited the Dilijan
International School and got acquainted with the construction works of
the educational institution built in accordance to the international
standards and equipped with up-todate equipment.
At the end of the visit Serzh Sargsyan watered his tree planted
on April 9 2010 during the launch of the construction works of the
Dilijan International School. Then the President of the Republic of
Armenia had a discussion with the founders of the DIS, the members of
the Board of Trustees and corresponding state representatives related
to the development of the city of Dilijan and other issues.
DIS will offer a globally regarded education to bright students
from all over the world, striving to be a beacon of excellence and
diversity in the region. The School's location in a host country,
where ancient cultures of the East and the West have been absorbed
over millennia, will create a congenial environment shaped by the
enduring balance of its values and traditions.
At the heart of the DIS mission, is the desire to evoke in the students
the passion for sustainable excellence in educational, social and
environmental development. DIS will foster a harmonious learning
and living atmosphere, where these core values are comprehensively
embedded in the curriculum, facilitating the development of a deep
and holistic academic knowledge and guiding every student in the
acquisition of tools to develop their own potential.
The country's partially mountainous landscape is highly diverse,
with different geological substrates, terrains, climates, soils
and water resources: there are deserts, semi-deserts, dry steppes,
steppes, woodlands, sub-alpine and alpine lands. Armenia is easily
accessible by air. More than ten International air companies are
represented in Armenia, with good connections from Yerevan to most
countries. In turn, Dilijan is located an hour and half by car from
Yerevan on a newly renovated highway. After taking this scenic route
past mountains, plains and lake Sevan, you enter the resort town of
Dilijan which is a stone's throw away from the DIS campus.
Dilijan International School of Armenia (working towards becoming UWC
Dilijan) offers a two week short residential summer course in social
and environmental development. While discovering the beauty of the
school's remarkable location and learning about Armenia's culture
and history, participants will become agents of change in a region
in transition.
The goal for the course is to extend UWC outreach and values to Dilijan
and beyond. The program is based on the principle of collaboration
between young people from the host community and international
visiting students. It provides an opportunity for participants to
engage in activities that identify and address a range of real social
and environmental needs, aiming to create purposeful and sustainable
change.
Participants will be helping set up an essential bridge between the
host community and the future UWC College, while having a summer
experience to remember.
Designed to accommodate 650 mixed boarders, the Dilijan International
School of Armenia's grounds extend over approximately 88 hectares of
spectacular sloping and wooded countryside, located in the Dilijan
National Park.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/721641/serzh-sargsyan-got-acquainted-with-constructions-works-of-dilijan%E2%80%99s-international-school.html
15:07, 6 June, 2013
YEREVAN, JUNE 6, ARMENPRESS: The President of the Republic of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan made today a working visit to Tavush Marz. As Armenpress
was reported by the Department for Mass Media and Public Relations
of the Armenian President's Staff, Serzh Sargsyan visited the Dilijan
International School and got acquainted with the construction works of
the educational institution built in accordance to the international
standards and equipped with up-todate equipment.
At the end of the visit Serzh Sargsyan watered his tree planted
on April 9 2010 during the launch of the construction works of the
Dilijan International School. Then the President of the Republic of
Armenia had a discussion with the founders of the DIS, the members of
the Board of Trustees and corresponding state representatives related
to the development of the city of Dilijan and other issues.
DIS will offer a globally regarded education to bright students
from all over the world, striving to be a beacon of excellence and
diversity in the region. The School's location in a host country,
where ancient cultures of the East and the West have been absorbed
over millennia, will create a congenial environment shaped by the
enduring balance of its values and traditions.
At the heart of the DIS mission, is the desire to evoke in the students
the passion for sustainable excellence in educational, social and
environmental development. DIS will foster a harmonious learning
and living atmosphere, where these core values are comprehensively
embedded in the curriculum, facilitating the development of a deep
and holistic academic knowledge and guiding every student in the
acquisition of tools to develop their own potential.
The country's partially mountainous landscape is highly diverse,
with different geological substrates, terrains, climates, soils
and water resources: there are deserts, semi-deserts, dry steppes,
steppes, woodlands, sub-alpine and alpine lands. Armenia is easily
accessible by air. More than ten International air companies are
represented in Armenia, with good connections from Yerevan to most
countries. In turn, Dilijan is located an hour and half by car from
Yerevan on a newly renovated highway. After taking this scenic route
past mountains, plains and lake Sevan, you enter the resort town of
Dilijan which is a stone's throw away from the DIS campus.
Dilijan International School of Armenia (working towards becoming UWC
Dilijan) offers a two week short residential summer course in social
and environmental development. While discovering the beauty of the
school's remarkable location and learning about Armenia's culture
and history, participants will become agents of change in a region
in transition.
The goal for the course is to extend UWC outreach and values to Dilijan
and beyond. The program is based on the principle of collaboration
between young people from the host community and international
visiting students. It provides an opportunity for participants to
engage in activities that identify and address a range of real social
and environmental needs, aiming to create purposeful and sustainable
change.
Participants will be helping set up an essential bridge between the
host community and the future UWC College, while having a summer
experience to remember.
Designed to accommodate 650 mixed boarders, the Dilijan International
School of Armenia's grounds extend over approximately 88 hectares of
spectacular sloping and wooded countryside, located in the Dilijan
National Park.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/721641/serzh-sargsyan-got-acquainted-with-constructions-works-of-dilijan%E2%80%99s-international-school.html