The Sargsyan Family’s SMARTification Evolution
September 13, 2024
Norik, Flora, and Sofi from Alaverdi were among the very first students at the SMART Center in Lori, back when the current curriculum wasn’t even in place yet.
Norik, Flora, and Sofi from Alaverdi were among the very first students at the SMART Center in Lori, back when the current curriculum wasn’t even in place yet.
Norik, Flora, and Sofi from Alaverdi were among the very first students at the SMART Center in Lori, back when the current curriculum wasn’t even in place yet.
Eleanora and Maria’s “tour de SMART” began six years ago. In the years since, both sisters have completed over nine programs, participated in different workshops and summer programs, played important roles in the realization of a slew of projects, and had their creations win in an art competition.
In the Petrosyan’s sisters’ family from Odzun, it’s become an ongoing joke that “no SMART program goes without a few side-effects.”
Three-year-old Maria from Stepanakert has found herself a bit “lost” in time and space, but she remembers one address well: the village of Hatsik.
Follow the journey of Davit from Khnabad village in Artsakh — one of the thousands of children who have faced the blockade, wars, and forced displacement. Davit and his family have now settled in Lori, Armenia.
“Everything is fine; we’re not hungry, we’re just eating healthy.” This is how the people of Artsakh, who have been under blockade for almost 9 months, jokingly describe their situation.
It has been a year since the village of Debet in the Lori region passed from “toward the good” to “toward SMART”.
Endless plains and mountains reaching to the clouds, and ravines hanging from the fields, through which Dzoraget flows.
If you suddenly find yourself in the playground of Vahagnadzor and hear the children chant in unison, “Batum, Batum,” don’t be confused.
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