STUDENTS REPORT ON ARMENIA TRIP

Belmont Citizen-Herald, MA
Sept 22 2005

Students from Cambridge, Belmont, Lexington and Medfield high schools
and the Cambridge School of Weston will show slides and reflect on
this summer’s three-week trip to Cambridge’s sister city Yerevan in
Armenia on Sunday, Sept. 25, from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

“Report From Yerevan: A High School Partnership in Intercultural
Learning” will take place at the Cambridge Senior Center, 806
Massachusetts Ave. in Central Square, Cambridge.

Armenia is located at the foot of Mount Ararat where, according to
the bible, Noah’s Ark landed. It is located in the Caucasus Mountains
between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. Armenia gained independence
from the Soviet regime in 1991.

The city of Cambridge has had a special relationship with the city
of Yerevan, capital of Armenia, since 1987 when the Cambridge-Yerevan
Sister City Association was created.

CYSCA has been supporting students and community exchange programs
during summers. This summer, students and their hosts from Yerevan
School 106 explored the culture and traditions of Armenia, traveled
to scenic and historic places, helped out on a village farm, visited
an orphanage for boys, and shared their interests – everything from
soccer to recycling to dancing to imagining an ideal country.

The public is invited to hear the participants share their experiences
and to learn more about the sister-city relationship.

This program is free of charge. Refreshments will be served.