Soviet Students visit Clarendon Elementary School

В мае 1990 года я была руководителем делегации советских школьников "Дети встречают детей" Центра Детской Дипломатии Комитета Защиты Мира СССР.

Публикую то, кАк освещала пресса это событие.


By Molle Carleton.

Throughout the school year, Clarendon Elementary School has been studying the Soviet Union.
But the school is using more than books and film strips to make the lessons interesting. For two weeks, the Vermont students are getting firsthand information from 15 visiting Soviet students.  And later this summer, some students from the Clarendon area will return the visit.

The exchange program is only part of the contact between young people in the two countries, however. Each child in the Clarendon program has written to someone in the Soviet Union. The letters were mailed and addressed to certain schools participating in the Kids Meeting Kids program, which takes place throughout the United States. It enables children to learn more about the Soviet Union and actually make contact with the people there. Some students received answers to their letters.
The school in Clarendon has also participated in The Children's Art Exchange. This program exchanges art work between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was established five years ago. Now, 40 schools in the United States take part in it.

The students at Clarendon Elementary raised enough money through candy sales and raffles to help pay for the 15 Soviet students to come to Vermont.
The Soviet students arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York City on Friday, May 11. After a warm meeting from some of the teachers from the school, the students spent the night at a hotel to rest from their long flight.
The students arrived Saturday evening at 8:30 PM in the Clarendon Elementary parking lot, where host families from the area waited excitedly. While the bus unloaded, there was a lot of confusion, but finally the group moved inside with the families to find out whom they would be staying with for the two weeks ahead. Each student looked tired but very excited.

The Klopchin family of Chippenhook is hosting one of the Soviet students. Kostia Granatov, 16, lives just outside of Moscow. Kostia reacted to America by saying, "I like American life. I really like American children and people."
Kostia enjoys working with computers. He worked after school with one at a "pioneer club." His opportunity to come to America came from some computer games that he made. One of the games, called "2000", was about peace and friendship between Russia and America.

1990 май 11

На фотографии - Солист ансамбля "Родничок" - Королёв Сергей.


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