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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИПЕНЬ - СЕРПЕНЬ 2010 19 Open World Delegates visiting UNWLA Branch 76 Svitlychka age - appropriate curriculum, and there are such schools throughout the world, including in Ukraine. Cathy Heller, Childhood Specialist, organized a visit to the Birmingham Public Schools Early Childhood Center, a tuition based preschool and day care center for children of Birmingham residents. The facility also houses a tuition free program for preschool children with identified Special Needs. The delegates also met with Lisa Luther, Principal of the Brookfield Academy, a private school organized under the philosophy of Montes - sori Schools. They visited various classrooms in the academy, which offers unique and progressive programs for infants through elementary school - age children. Brookfield employs Montessori metho - dology, a proven system that addresses each child’s individuality. Christine Lind Hage, Director of the Rochester Hills Library, provided a very informative guided tour of the library. The delegates learned about literacy and technology available to children, adults, and the disabled. This eng aging and inter - esting tour was organized by Olya Koniuch (Br. 115). The delegates’ visit to the Warren Library was organized by Oksana Urban, Branch Librarian Supervisor. Lynn Bieszka, Children's Librarian, provided an interesting tour of the facility and spoke to the delegates about the Library’s past accomplish - ments and its future goals. The delegates also had the opportunity to meet with the staff of U.S. Congressman Sander Levin’s local office, 12 th District Michigan. This visit provided a great oppor tunity for them to better understand governance in a mature democratic society and its rule of law. They learned about accountability and transparency, and the visit enhanced their insight with respect to how the U.S. government and civic institutions func tion. A similar exchange of information occurred in meetings with the Mayor of Warren, James R. Fouts, and the Warren City Council, also attended by Andrey Duzyj, Macomb County Board of Commissioners and Mark Liss, Warren City Council Member. Donna Kaczor Caumartin, Warren City Council Vice President, indicated an interest in further interaction with the delegates, especially with respect to Rotary Club activities. In addition, the delegates participated in a fundraiser for State Representative, Lesia Liss , which provided them with a glimpse of democracy at work on a grassroots level. Our guests were treated to several cultural excursions, which included a performance by the Livonia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Maestro Volodymyr Shesiuk. They also toure d the Cran - brook Institute of Science and its gardens, Meadow - brook Hall, and the Detroit Institute of Arts. This latter visit was arranged by Iva Lisikewycz, Manager of Curatorial Affairs. The delegates’ stay in the Detroit metro - politan area would have been incomplete without visits to various Ukrainian educational institutions. They participated in a very informative meeting with Principal Lesia Lawrin (Br. 115) and Assistant Principal Diane Karpinsky, at Immaculate Con - ception Ukrainian Grade School an d Academy.
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