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Greece 2019: 6/19/19 blog by Owen Brelsford

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, June 20, 2019 / 0 Comments

One thing I’ve been completely blown away by is the fact that everything we do, somehow outdoes the last. Today we spent a good amount of time in the car […]

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Greece 2019: 6/19/19 blog by Mary Lou Ellena-Wygonik

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, June 20, 2019 / 0 Comments

It’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood. As we continue to become immersed in Ancient Greek culture, the history of the Greek people is really very intriguing. A people obviously well-versed in […]

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Greece 2019: CONNECTED | a poem by Betsy Lamitina

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, June 19, 2019 / 0 Comments

Connected by our storiesWho are we?Teachers, administrators, doctors, nurses, parents, future leadersBut morealso Jews, Catholics, Christians, Atheists, searchingBut still more Cuban, Serbian, African-American, Italian, Polish, IsraeliBut more Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, cousins, […]

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Greece 2019: 6/18/19 blog by Sarah Fichter

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, June 19, 2019 / 0 Comments

Today we journeyed to the ruins at the palace of Mycenae, the “Treasury” or Tomb of Atreus, and the Athenian agora and surrounding cultural districts of Plaka and Monastiraki. It […]

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Greece 2019: 6/17/19 blog by Sally Allan

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, June 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

We arrived at the Athens airport a little after 10 am. We were met by Tsipy, Avi, Christian Viviene, and our awesome bus driver, Stavros. After a lunch on our […]

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Children’s Village 2019: 3/19/19 blog by the entire group

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, March 19, 2019 / 0 Comments

Today, we met Nero/Sweetie/Taffy/Schnitzel/Baguette/Gal/Arthes, the black cat. She was very sweet but kept trying to get into our house! We all argued about the cat’s name for the past three […]

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Children’s Village 2019: Monday 3/18/19 — Maite Sadeh and Yiwei Wang

By Ateret Cope / Monday, March 18, 2019 / 0 Comments

[9 a.m. — 1 p.m.] It’s only the second day here at the Village and it’s been truly amazing! This morning we went to visit the local high school, Pisgot. […]

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A special experience at Avonworth Middle School

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, December 27, 2018 / 0 Comments

The morning event at Avonworth Middle School unfolded on this cool Wednesday near winter break as a series of images. Paperbacks — The Children of Willesden Lane, The Book Thief, […]

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Discovering Spain 2018 — A Look Back

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, September 6, 2018 / 0 Comments

This year marked our inaugural study-seminar through Spain – and we couldn’t be more excited about it! Approximately 25 teachers – some from public schools, some from private or Catholic […]

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Poland Personally 2018 – A Look Back

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, September 5, 2018 / 0 Comments

They all had seen the photographs of gas chambers and the piles of dead children’s shoes. But, it wasn’t until they went to Poland that they saw them as humans […]

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