BALKAN YOUTHS VIEW LEADERSHIP AT LOCAL SCHOOLS.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer Two dozen students and educators from Albania, a Balkan nation that chafed chafe v. chafed, chaf·ing, chafes v.tr. 1. To wear away or irritate by rubbing. 2. To annoy; vex. 3. To warm by rubbing, as with the hands. v.intr. under communist rule for 46 years, toured local schools this week to learn about student government from American teens. Today, Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
The Master's College was founded as Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary on May 25, 1927 to meet the need for a fundamental Baptist school on the West Coast. . Last August, several Albanians visited College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. to tour computer labs, visit the new campus library and look at the college's new Fine Arts and Media building. This time around, the visitors wanted to talk to teens involved in student council. Self-rule at all levels of society is a concept Albanians are embracing six years after the end of the Soviet era, Byrd said. ``I feel (student government) is an important issue to face, because their country's going to need them,'' she said. ``They really are determined to build a democracy, and they know that that's difficult,'' added Byrd, who visited Albania at the end of March. ``Their young people need some hope and they need to be directed.'' The group arrived in Southern California last Saturday and will leave Sunday morning. Byrd said The Master's College, a nondenominational non·de·nom·i·na·tion·al adj. Not restricted to or associated with a religious denomination. Adj. 1. nondenominational - not restricted to a particular religious denomination; "a nondenominational church" Christian school in Newhall, has developed ties in Albania since one of their graduates began working as a missionary there several years ago. ``For years, they have been sending some of the top educational ministers in their government to this college,'' Byrd said. In return, several college professors and administrators, including the academic dean and a political science instructor, have made trips to the Balkan nation. ``They have tried to make themselves available to these people as they're restructuring their country,'' Byrd said. ``It was probably one of the most closed countries in the Communist sector.'' The visitors are linked to the Albanian Educational Development Project, which aims to reconstruct public schools in the capital city of Tirana. The project, partially underwritten with donations from billionaire New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of financier and philanthropist George Soros George Soros Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1930, George Soros is considered by many to be one of the world's greatest investors. A famous hedge fund manager, Soros managed the Quantum Fund, a fund that achieved an average annual return of 30% from 1970-2000. , has built or reconstructed more than 80 schools throughout the country. The Albanian students are bunking in dorms at The Master's College during their visit. The itinerary also includes attending a Dodgers game and visiting Disneyland, Byrd said. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Albanian students, from left, Matilda Duri, Bledi Karajani and Geralda Merterika listen to student body members at Valencia High School Valencia High School may refer to:
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