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Keren Secondary School Reunion (KSSR)
ByDr. Fickak Habtes, Dr.PA, MHSA, MPH
Hard work pays off:
After two years of preparation through conference calls and brain
storming the board of directors for Keren Secondary School Reunion (KSSR)
efforts and planning put to test. The hard work to cultivate the best ways
and means to bring back old memories, rejuvenate fading friendship and
reconnect old classmates’ reunion arrived. The conference convened July
2 to 4, 2010 in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A. Participants came from
Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Sweden and different parts of
United States of America. The outcome of the reunion was beyond
expectation and the result based on satisfaction was pleasantly
overwhelming. READ MORE ...
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2nd Reunion Photographs
Announcement
The photographs taken by the professional photographer are ready. More
than 400 pictures are saved in 2 DVDs. One DVD is just pictures from which
you can pick and choose pictures you like to print, and the second one is
a slide show with music. I am pretty sure you will love them, and enjoy
them now, and keep them for years to come. Email us at dearit@sweetkeren.net
if you are interested to order one. If I were you, I would order
now!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Second Keren High School Reunion
concluded successfully on July 4, 2010 in Washington, DC. It was attended
by more than five hundred alumni, and their friends who came from USA,
Canada, Europe and Australia. We had the most jubilant time
witnessed by all the attendees. Here's the closing ceremony
statement...
Keren High school 2nd reunion of summer 2010 Alexandria, VA - USA-
Keren High school 2010 reunion attracted more than 500 alumni, their
families, and friends on July 02, to July 04, 2010. This is the 2nd
successful re-union after the last one hosted in Toronto, Canada. This
time some people start coming earlier than the designated day, but most
arrived on the eve of the convention, Friday July 02, 2010 including a
full bus from Toronto, Canada. The conference officially started on
Saturday July 03, 2010 but the fun, get-together and the welcoming started
Friday. For all who attended, it was a perfect conference, full of
laughter, jokes, memory that went off without a hitch. It was a memorable
moment to see friends who were away for 30 to 40 years. Truly remarkable
experience! READ MORE...
SPEECH
DELIVERED BY MR. GALL AGHAR (Peace
Corps) IN
WASHINGTON D.C. AT KEREN HIGH SCHOOL RE-UNION
July 3, 2010
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I got myself
into this mess by joining the the Peace Corps. I was 21, and had graduated
from
Monmouth
College
in
New Jersey
only five days earlier. It was
the Peace Corp’s first summer. My
group,
Ethiopia
I, was the first to go through training in our nation’s capital, at
Georgetown
’s excellent
School
of
Foreign Service
. It was the summer of ’62,
the best year of the Kennedy administration, and we were truly Camelot’s
kids. Read More...
Speech delivered by the chairman of the preparatory committee.
Thank you all for coming to this historic Second Keren
High School Reunion. Thank you honorable guests! Let’s give them a round
of applause. Thank you spouses and children for sharing this great day
with us; we wouldn’t have done it without you and your support. Please
help me in giving them a round of applause. Special thanks go to our youth
who volunteered to be part of all the discussion of this reunion. Thank
you friends for coming here to share our joy. Keren High School alumni,
this is the day you were all waiting for. It is your day and I am
confident that you will have the best day of your lives!! Read
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Poem
by Woldeslassie
ቤት
ትምህርተይ መርሐባ
ፍትውቲ
ቤት ትምህርተይ
ዓንከል
መተዓብይተይ
ቦክራ
መማህርተይ
እቶም
ዘዕበክና
ፊዯል
ዘቁጸርክና
እነና
ተራኪብና
ባህ
ይበልኪ
ክብሪ
ንዓኪ።
Read
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ብተስፋጋብር
ምስግና ዝቐረበ
ጽሑፍ
እንቋዕ ብደሓን
መጻእኩም ንምባል
ኣፍቁዱለይ፡ ካብ
ዝተፈላለየ
ኩርነዓት ዓለም
ኣብዛ ንመጀመሪያ
ጊዜ አነብዕላ ዘሎና
ምትእኽኻብ ንገለና
ናይ ድሕሪ መዋእል
እንቋዕ ገጽ ንገጽ
ኣረኣኣየና። ናይታ
እንፈትዋን
ዘዕበየትናን ቤት
ትምህርቲ ከረን
ካልኣይ ደረጃ ድሒራ
ሃጸይ ዳዊት
ዝተባህለት
እንደገና ተመሊሳ
ናይ ከረን ካልኣይ
ደረጃ ቤት ትምህርቲ
ምርኻብናን
ምትእኽኻብና ዓቢ
ጸጋ ኢዩ።ሎሚ ኣብ
ከረን ኣሎና
ይመስለኒ፡ ኣብ
ከረን ክብል ከሎኹ
አታ ካብ ኣርባዕተ
መኣዝንን ከባብን
ኮነ ካብ ኣስመራ ፡
ዓሊ ግድር፡
ተሰነይ፡ባረንቱ፡ኣቑርደት፡ኣፍዓበት
ኮነ ናቕፋን
መአከቢትናን
ትምህርቲ
እንቐስመላ
ዝነበርናን
መስራቲት
ሓድነትናን ፍቕርና
እነሳላስለላ
ዝነበርናን ናይ
ከረን ካልኣይ ደረጃ
ቤት ትምህርቲ
ኣሎና።Press to read
more...
Agenda of the Keren High School Reunion
Why do we need a reunion? What is the goal of it? What would we
accomplish at the reunion? These are some of the question asked. The Keren
Secondary School re-union mission is to strive in bringing together old
friends. We envision that we would create, develop and encourage within all
Keren High School attendees a legacy of relationship and belonging. Our
statement clearly defines who we are. This reunion is not organized by any
political, religious or ethnic organization. It does not engage in any
ideological and political discourse. Read
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GENERATION GAP IN ERITREANS
A Generation gap can be defined as difference in views,
values and life style between one groups and another born in a different
era. Generational differences have existed ever since human beings were
created, but with a variance in degrees. In the Eritrean community, we
hear it everywhere, “The old good days”; as if “good” is
restricted to the old days. This generation gap is certainly felt by the
community of Eritrean Canadians. We have migrated from one corner of the
earth to another without appreciating the full impact of the culture of
our new residence. As families settled where they are now, either in
Canada or USA or Europe, they inevitably want to maintain their heritage
both cultural and religious. Read More ... |
Articles from
'Outlook Student Newsletter' published in late 1960th and early 1970th.
Compiled by Yohannes Ferdinando Drar, Ottawa, Canada February 4, 2010
To all former students of Keren high school (Then called Atzie Dawit
Secondary), especially graduates of the 60s and 70s, the school had a magazine
run by the students. To preserve the memory of our former students, I am trying
to collect copies so that people can remember their classmates and friends. I
have the first edition from 1967 with different articles that I have
transcribed. The magazine has poems, question and answer sessions, biographies
and thought pieces. The articles are mostly written by students and teachers. I
would suggest any former students from the high school to forward materials that
could be important for our website. Read
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Realizing our Dreams
For some of us it has been quite a long time since we attended or graduated from Keren High School. Much in us has changed. Much of the world around us changed but the spirit, memory and nostalgia of the olden days is alive. This has left some of us with the idea of forming a reunion lingering in our minds although no one had voiced this desire for quite some time. However, this dream came true when a few committed alumni of Keren Secondary School came together to organize the first ever held “ Keren Secondary School’ reunion in July
2008 in Toronto, Canada. Read
more...
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Keren
is Sweet - by WTO
Let
me say few words about a city I love dearly. It might be a sheer incidence
that I was born in Keren and spent my formative age savoring and enjoying
each and every moment of my childhood...
The
Prerequisite of Wealth is Health - By Fickak Habtes, Dr.PA, MHSA., MPH
Imperatively
speaking today’s life expectancy is attributed to the much improved
medical care and sound applications of health techniques such as prevention,
control and intervention efforts. However, the contributing factors of lack
of health outside of visible diseases are more attributed to self inflected
diseases due to behavioral problems such as obesity, illegal drugs, smoking
and other dangerous life styles.
KEREN
SECONDARY REUNION OF SUMMER 2008
TORONTO
CANADA
The
first ever high school reunion from Eritrea held in Seneca College from July
4th to July 6th in Toronto was very successful which
went well one hundred times
beyond our expectations. The objectives of the reunion as was said at its
inception were all met. We said it will be a meeting for people from all
walks of life and indeed it was. Our slogan was “We learned together and
we will bond for ever”. It is a blessing to see every one happy, enjoying
with each other, focusing on old stories, events, jokes, and constructive
ideas for the future of our children. The
following is a summary of day by day event. Read
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Greetings
to all Sisters & brothers,
Our
Keren High School Reunion website is ready to do what it intended to
do; www.Sweetkeren.net website is
going to foster a spirit of networking where former Keren students, young
and old could reflect on their childhood.
Currently, we are receiving emails and comments.
If you have old pictures, please email us, and we will post them.
If you have memories of
Keren
High School
that you want to write about, please do so.
We all know that we missed each other, and by sharing memories, we
will be able to stay close.
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Washington, DC 2nd
Reunion photos (press
on the photos to enlarge)
Toronto
Reunion of last year you tube
Press on the photos to enlarge
Can you remember your former Peace Corps Teachers?
Here is a list of former Peace Corps teachers who served in Keren, Eritrea. I have collected this information from the Peace Corps website and it might help former students to reminisce their student life in Keren.
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