Dnipropetrovsk WOA Centre has a long time partnership with the local school No.28 (majoring in the English language study). On April, 04 the WOA Centre was visited by a big group of the 8th grade students with 2 teachers.
The previous month - March- is celebrated in the USA as the Women’s History Month. The WOA staff member Tamara informed the students about the background of this holiday. She presented the official International Women’s Day site and discussed with the group the 2014 slogan - ”Inspiring Change”.
We decided to present to the students outstanding American female personalities of the modern time and with Ukrainian roots. We started with the NASA astronauts Heidi Stefanyshyn - Piper and Dr. Roberta Bondar. The group watched videos about these brave women, answered the questions about the ladies’ achievements. Some of the most active students made comments on the change these women introduced into the modern society.
As a musical wrap up to the session we watched and discussed the video of Karina Smirnoff ballroom dancing. Karina was born in Ukraine; her remarkable achievements as a world scale ball room dancer were a big surprise to the students. The session was both educational and funny.
The teachers got interested in further cooperation with the WOA Centre and made plans for the future.
Number of participants – 18 (teacher of English – 2, pupils – 16).
