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Armenian Sisters Academy
440 Upper Gulph Road
Radnor, PA 19087
Contact: Susan Pogharian
Tel: 610-757-7090
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If I could do anything, I would………

Many thoughts swirled around the minds of Armenian SIsters Academy fifth
grade students as they designed a visionary page for web search engine
Google. The online site hosts an annual contest encouraging K – 12
students to use their imaginations and express what they would do in the
world.

When asked their favorite part of the process, some students enjoyed
drawing while for others, writing about their design was the best,
though most challenging, portion. Students were limited to 50 words to
express the thinking behind their drawings. Nareen Babaian’s theme of
helping animals expressed her desire to be a future veterinarian, while
classmate Sophia Ohannessian found inspiration for world peace from the
globe in her classroom. Barkev Sarkahian’s idea revolved around
`Shape Shifting Giants’ which formulated in his mind after reading a
similarly-themed story. Their teacher, Mrs. Susan Dallas, enjoyed
watching her students take their ideas and bring them colorfully to
life.

Academy teachers and staff voted to decide which of the many creative
ideas would represent the Academy in this nationwide contest. Although
all entries were admirable, four students’ work – Zabelle Minasian
(recycling), Anna Terzian (artist), Nareen Babaian (veterinarian) and
Sophia Ohannessian (world peace) will continue on to the regional and
hopefully, national competition. These students’ entries will compete
with other fourth through sixth grade students throughout New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. Prizes include having their designs hosted on
the Google website, a trip to Google’s New York offices, a laptop
computer or even a $15,000 college scholarship.