EISENHOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER HEADS TO JAPAN

Eisenhower Middle School Teacher, Mrs. Barbara Delaney, will depart for Tokyo on October 9, 2005, as a participant in the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund (JFMF) Teacher Program.  Mrs. Delaney was selected from a national pool of over 2,500 applicants by a panel of educators to earn this honor.  This program allows distinguished primary and secondary school educators in the U.S. to travel to Japan for three weeks in an effort to promote greater intercultural understanding between the two nations. 

Mrs. Delaney will be among 200 educators visiting Japan in October.  Mrs. Delaney is very excited for this wonderful learning opportunity. Mrs. Delaney is honored to be a part of this program. Mrs. Delaney said,  “It is a tremendous honor to be representing both my school and my country in Japan.  I believe that the way to improving our world is through education.”

  Mrs. Delaney will be returning to Roxbury with a tremendous amount of knowledge to share. “The things that I learn will be passed along to my students and to other students and members of the Roxbury community through presentations and lessons in the classroom. In the spring my 7th grade LLD class will be designing and creating a Japanese garden in our school courtyard.  They too will be learning first hand about a treasured pastime in the Japanese culture,” said Delaney.

Primary and secondary school educators throughout the United States can apply to take part in one of the three trips to Japan scheduled for 2006, as guests of the Japanese Government. 

For more information about the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher program visit www.fulbrightmemorialfund.jp.