LEVON G. NAZARIAN KINDERGARTEN and ELEMENTARY END YEAR

1980 06 22- AGBU LEVON G. NAZARIAN KINDERGARTEN and ELEMENTARY END YEAR CELEBRATION ----- The joint certificate distribution ceremony of the Kindergarten and Elementary of the AGBU Levon K. Nazarian School took place on June 22, 1980. The school hall was filled with more than 400 parents and relatives.------------ The event was held under the patronage of the AGBU Lebanon Educational Committee, and was presided over by Mr. and Mrs. Arsen Chaghlassian, who marked the occasion with a donation of 2,000 Lebanese pounds to the school.-------------- Following the opening remarks by the graduating class teacher, Mr. M. Mardirosian, the kindergarten graduates came onto the stage and, accompanied by piano, sang the Lebanese national anthem and the AGBU anthem. The audience was then invited to observe a moment of silence in memory of the school’s long-serving and dearly departed Principal Yervant Gerboyan.--------- The kindergarten program was rich, varied, and carefully prepared, thanks to the dedicated efforts of Mrs. Mary Kouyumjian, head of the kindergarten, and her assistants. All the children’s performances were met with enthusiastic applause.-------------- The certificates were distributed by the presiding couple of the day, Mr. and Mrs. A. Chaghlassian.------------ At 11:00 a.m., the elementary section program began with the entrance of the graduating students into the hall. On stage, they sang the school anthem dedicated to Levon G. Nazarian School, followed by the choral pieces “Streams of the Homeland” and “Song of Peace.”------------ At the conclusion of the program, representatives of the Central Committee and the Educational Committee, Mr. Apraham Yesayan and Dr. H. Koumrouyan, were invited onto the stage, where they presented the certificates.-------------