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ISD Students Funds CHAMPS program

Fifth graders at the International School at Dundee (ISD) met this week with CHAMPS (Children Against Mines Program) representatives – both human and canine – to learn about the danger of landmines, and how specially-trained dogs can help find and remove mines quickly and safely.  CHAMPS helps raise awareness and money to sponsor landmine dogs, which cost about $20,000 to buy, train and maintain.  ISD students will raise funds for CHAMPS through activities, including a dog walk and a spelling bee.

ISD fifth graders pose with Senna, the landmine sniffing dog, during a presentation by CHAMPS (Children Against Mines Program).  Pictured (L-R):  Sarah Zeegan and daughter, Hannah Goldenberg (ISD fifth grader), Perry F. Baltimore III, President & Executive Director, The Marshall Legacy Institute, fifth grader Ryan Cleary and his mother Stacey, ISD fifth grade teacher Esra Murray and former ISD student, Megan Cleary.

 

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About ISD:  The International School at Dundee was authorized in July of 2003 as an official International Baccalaureate school.  ISD is one of only 181 IB Primary Years Programme (IBPYP) authorized schools in the US, and one of only a few elementary schools in Connecticut to receive the IBPYP accreditation.  ISD offers programs for students from kindergarten through fifth grade.

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