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Visiting Teachers Program
As an English medium school, Sree Ram School believes that it
is important for our children to be exposed to native English
speakers. Therefore, we have instituted our International Visiting
Teachers Program and hope to enjoy the services of at least one
International Teacher each school year. In the 2006-07 school
year, the program was inaugurated with the visit of art teacher,
Valerie Dearing, from Baltimore , Maryland , USA . In addition
to being our first visiting teacher, Valerie has been a steadfast
supporter of Sree Ram School , staging fundraising events and
enlisting other U.S. supporters, and a member of our Advisory
Board.
Arriving on December 17, Valerie was with us for 5 weeks of instruction,
followed by eleven days of touring with our Director, Bharati
Nair, her husband Sateesh Kumar, and “Mama” Vani Devi,
Chairperson of the Sree Ram Advisory Board and another U.S. citizen
and Sree Ram supporter.
The Sree Ram students now agree that art is their favorite subject.
In addition to daily student instructions, Valerie arranged an
art exchange program between Sree Ram students and her Baltimore
students from School of the Incarnation, who sent their congratulatory
works of art as inaugural gifts. She also taught Sree Ram’s
teachers to integrate art into their daily classes in every subject
and left detailed instructions, as well as a large donation of
art supplies from her friends in Maryland . This talented teacher
left a deep impression on our students and, now home in the U.S.
, she is working to persuade other friends and teachers to come
for a similar experience.
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