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U.S. Embassy
representatives, including Ambassador Martin J. Silverstein,
joined school officials, teachers, parents and students
to celebrate the opening of the new computer lab at the
Martin Luther King school on Thursday (Nov. 13).
The Public Affairs
department of the U.S. Embassy Public Affairs arranged for
the construction of the new lab with donations from companies
sponsoring this year’s July 4 celebrations. The funds
were used to buy building materials and paint. And Citibank
donated eight computers.
U.S. Embassy Public Affairs
Officer Brian Penn said donations came from 43 companies,
including Kraft, Coca-Cola, Berlitz and Herman Miller. The
embassy also donated books about the U.S. to the school.
The construction and painting
was done by volunteers from the embassy and sailors from
the USS Robert Bradley, a Navy ship that pulled into the
Port of Montevideo Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. Penn presented to
School Director Carmen Lopez a plaque from the sailors to
commemorate their community service project in Montevideo.
Ms. Lopez said the public
school was named after Martin Luther King two years ago
in honor of the U.S. civil rights leader. Like King, Ms.
Lopez said, the school community was able to “realize
one of its dreams,” thanks to the U.S. Embassy.
“We can say now we have
a computer lab and it will permit us to give the children
of Casavalle, our students, a quality education,”
Ms. Lopez said.
After the presentations,
children from several classes performed dances, songs and
skits. Ms. Lopez, Ambassador Silverstein and Citibank representative
Sergio Pereira cut the ribbon at the entrance to the new
computer lab.
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| Children greet Ambassador
Martin J. Silverstein as he arrives at the Martin Luther
King School. |
Students present flags
to open the inaugural ceremony in the school's courtyard.
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| Public Affairs Officer
Brian Penn presents a plaque from the USS Robert Bradley
to School Director Carmen Lopez. |
Children dance behind
the "TV screen." |
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| Students perform the tango. |
Ambassador Silverstein and Ms. Lopez
cut the ribbon. |
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| The newly inaugurated computer
lab. |
From left: Anna Delitte, Inspectora
Departamental, Consejo de Educación Primeria;
Ambassador Silverstein, Gladys Pérez de Coirolo,
Acting President, Primary Education Council Primaria;
Roberto Scarsi, Acting Director Nacional de Educación;
Carmen Lopez, Director of the MLK School.
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From
left: iGabriela González, Volt Autologic, Rosalía
Zak, Berlitz, Ambassador Silverstein,
Ms. Lopez, Sergio Pereira, Citibank and Nora Di Bello,
Kraft Foods. |
