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Tue, 19 Nov 1996 14:17:21 -0800 (PST)
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U.S.-NIS Sister Schools Initiative Grants Awarded
Sister Cities International (SCI) is pleased to announce that it has
awarded five member cities grants totaling more than $240,000 to support
school linkages between communities in the United States and the Newly
Independent States (NIS). The SCI U.S.-NIS Sister Schools Initiative will
form and strengthen institutional and organizational partnerships that will
develop curricula between U.S. and NIS high schools and school districts.
The 1996-97 sister cities partnerships receiving the grants are:
* Cambridge, Massachusetts and Yerevan, Armenia;
* Corvallis, Oregon and Uzhgorod, Ukraine;
* Santa Rosa, California and Cherkassy, Ukraine;
* Sebastopol, California and Chihirin, Ukraine; and
* Waukesha, Wisconsin and Kokshetau, Kazakstan.
Throughout the 18-month SCI program, the five partnerships will exchange
more than 100 educators, administrators, and students (age 14 to 18), who
will attend classes in their sister school for three to 12 weeks. During
their exchange students will collaborate with their sister schoolmates to
develop thematic projects, which may include the study of democracy,
environmental issues, health care, volunteerism, and civic service. In
addition, all the participating U.S. and NIS schools and districts will
develop on-line resources and join a computer network maintained by SCI.
To promote participant diversity, Sister Cities International will offer
10 Diversity Scholarships to support U.S. students who would otherwise not
be able to meet the financial obligations of the program.
The SCI educational exchange program is funded by United States Information
Agency (USIA) Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair's NIS Secondary
School Initiative. The Initiative was authorized under the Freedom Support
Act (FSA), passed by the Congress and signed by the President in 1992.
Between 1993 and 1995, 20,273 students and educators from the NIS and the
United States have participated in Initiative-funded programs.
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David G. Potter
Program Manager, U.S.-NIS Sister Schools Initiative
Sister Cities International <http://www.sister-cities.org/>
120 South Payne St. tel (703) 836-3535
Alexandria, VA 22314 fax (703) 836-4815
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