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In two separate, but
equally inspiring, trips, 18 PC students and 2 teachers have traveled to
Sestroretsk, Russia, to establish a working relationship with School #556
there. Having won an AFS-sponsored contest, the school was able to
send Mr. Woody and 10 students in 1995, then Mr. Hattman took 8 more of
our kids in 1997. In between, we hosted 16 Russian students from
our sister school, as well as their Headmistress, and two teachers, plus
3 other Russian AFS kids.
HISTORY
Here's the whole story
of how we were selected, and what we did while we were there.
PICTURES
These are just some of
the photos of our trip; there's an entire album at the school. Sestroretsk
is very near St. Petersburg, which we toured with regularity.
RUSSIAN e-MAILS
Though the differences
in cultures makes regular contact very difficult, we try to keep up-to-date
on addresses where you can contact folks we met there.
FUTURE
Will we get to go back?
We certainly hope so. Though the political and employment climate
changes regularly and rapidly in Russia, we remain ever hopeful that arrangements
can be made again to allow another visit. Our experiences so far
have been excellent, and the people we met were warm, generous, and kind.
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