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Delaware City board backs student video exchanges with Sakata and Baumholder
Summary
At its July meeting, the Delaware City Sister City Advisory Board heard student-produced videos and discussed expanding high-school exchanges with Sakata, Japan, and Baumholder, Germany, including coordination with local Global Scholars programs and a planned virtual call with Baumholder.
The Delaware City Sister City Advisory Board used its July meeting to advance plans for student-led video exchanges and broader high-school engagement with its sister cities in Sakata, Japan, and Baumholder, Germany.
Chairman Keever opened the substantive discussion by describing recent contact with Sakata and Baumholder and by asking the board to consider student-centered projects and virtual meetings. Micah Georgi, a senior at Hayes High School, presented a short promotional video he helped produce and described his approach: “I’ve been making videos for a long time now, like, 5 or 6 years. … I liked picking the music for it because I try to look for music that was, like, relevant for teens in Japan.” Georgi said he filmed scenes in downtown Delaware, at Hayes and Dempsey schools, and at local sites to highlight the city’s “small town vibe.”
The board…
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