Below is the email correspondence I recently had with the Sandford International School staff and heads after my participation on Saturday, May 27 in the school's campus events, for the Sandford's 75th Anniversary celebrations
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Dear Sandford Staff and Heads,
Thank you for the wonderful 75th anniversary celebrations yesterday. I was the only Sandford Alumni - North American Edition - who was present yesterday. I have passed on the good news to them.
It is a pleasure to have been part of this 75th year event, jump-starting it with my Kidist Foods Expanded Project presentation on January 14, 2023 at the Sandford Alumni Reunion in Addis Ababa, and also its first in Addis Ababa. The little ten-year-old girl from my presentation would surely have been impressed (she was a hard sell!).
I met some wonderful students at the 75th Anniversary celebration, including Herani, who gave the moving and intelligent presentation in the auditorium. I discussed with her my Kidist Foods Expanded Project ideas, and ways to include Sandford's students. We will get Mihiretab on board, who met me at my presentation in January, holding my Kidist Foods Expanded Project flyer in his hand as he told me of his enthusiasm for the project! And we will include others, through the student-initiated (Creative, Action, Service) (CAS) extracurricular program. The Kidist Foods Expanded Project can fit in all three categories!
I have posted the two photos of the event that impressed me on my Kidist Foods site. One is of a little boy who read his eloquent piece on being a student at Sandford's during the student presentations in the main hall, and the second is of children surrounding the delicious 75th Anniversary cake in the auditorium building. I have also attached the photos.
All the best,
Kidist Paulos Asrat
Young student, who read his eloquent piece on
being a student at Sandford
[Photo By: KPA]
Young Students Waiting to Cut the Cake!
[Photo By: KPA]
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Mon, May 29 at 3:57 AM
Dear Kidist,
Thank you very much for your warm email with kind words for the 75th anniversary celebrations. Indeed it was successful because you were part of it. We hope and look forward to further engagement with you and the alumni association. A school that celebrates its past in the present to shape the future is lucky.
Please keep in touch with us.
Warmest regards,
Shem Agunga
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Thank you!
I had a wonderful re-introduction to Sandford in January, and I am forever thankful that the alum assoc. gave me that great opportunity.
But, I am happy to say, that I come as an independent alumna now!
I look forward to working with Sandford in the capacity of my projects, including my beloved Kidist Foods Expanded Project (dedicated to my aunts, my mother and my grandmothers), and my many arts and cultural projects, which you can view here (linked below), recorded in my websites. If you remember from my January presentation, I am both a scientist and an artist (a little like Chekhov! - please bear with my humour).
Kidist