February 26,
2010
Ambassador Szombati in MacFarland Middle School
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Ambassador Béla Szombati visited MacFarland
Middle School on February 25, 2010. He met the 5th graders who
participate in the Embassy Adoption Program. The Ambassador
highly appreciated having been greeted in Hungarian by the
class. The correct pronunciation of „Jó napot kívánok!” was a
truly impressive achievement by the children. |
Continuing the curricula started by Mrs. Zsuzsa
Szombati, wife of the Ambassador who talked about Hungary’s geography,
natural treasures, cultural heritage and language in January, Mr.
Szombati gave a PowerPoint presentation with interesting details about
the country’s 1000 year long history. He explained about the origins of
the Hungarian statehood and various important turning points of the
country’s history.
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The students showed a lot of interest
in the past and present of Hungary asking dozens of excellent
questions about events and historic sites in the country as well
as about the cultural heritage. |
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Ambassador Béla Szombati
with 5th graders of MacFarland Middle School |
Ambassador Szombati
concluded his presentation by talking about today’s Hungary: its values
as well as its society, politics and economy. He told about traditional
and national holidays, Easter and Christmas customs - pointing out
differences between the Hungarian and the American way of celebrating.
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The Ambassador congratulated to the class’
teacher, Ms. Ashley Connick for the tremendous job and expressed
his appreciation to Ms. Njambi, Coordinator of the Embassy
Adoption Program and Ms. Stephanie D. Scott, Secretary of the
District of Columbia in the Executive Office of the Mayor for
their valuable contribution. |
