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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.

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