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<\/a>Dr. David Khorram, co-founder of Marianas Eye Institute, explained the reason behind the scholarships. \u201cWhen our daughter, Nava, who was born and grew up on Saipan, turned 15, she wanted to spread her wings a bit.\u00a0 She was looking online and found Townshend International School in Europe,\u201d he said. \u201cOf course, we were hesitant to let her go, but as we talked with the school director, with staff, and with students, we were convinced that she would be well-taken cared of at Townshend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the time Nava started at Townshend in August, she has been thriving, and this is the reason Marianas Eye Institute decided to offer scholarships, Khorram said.. \u201cWe wanted other students from the CNMI to have the opportunity for this same wonderful educational experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
Townshend International School uses the Cambridge curriculum, which along with the Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate curricula, are the most common college preparatory curricula worldwide. Townshend students routinely enter the best universities in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. At the same time, the school has a strong English as a Second Language program, helping students who are learning English to strengthen their language skills for university.<\/p>\n
Russ Quinn, CEO of Marianas Eye Institute, said, \u201cThere are excellent schools on Saipan, and we\u2019re lucky that both the public and private schools offer great education for the kids in the CNMI.\u00a0 This is a different kind of opportunity\u2014the chance to have a broader experience, to make international friendships, to live and study in Europe, while getting an outstanding academic education.\u00a0 We\u2019re excited to offer these scholarships for students from the CNMI.\u201d<\/p>\n
Townshend is located in a peaceful village overlooking the countryside of South Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, near the borders of Austria and Germany.\u00a0 The surrounding area is dotted with historic castles, lakes, rivers, and beautiful villages that are centuries-old.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlthough I miss Saipan, there are so many things I love about Townshend,\u201d said Nava. \u201cFirst is the people. I\u2019ve made such amazing friends living in the dormitory.\u00a0 And it\u2019s international\u2014friends from Norway, Germany, Italy, Indonesia, Luxembourg, England, Japan, and Korea\u2026teachers from Spain, Uzbekistan, Australia, and Scotland. It\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nava described that the school works hard to build unity among all the students by giving them the opportunity to get to know people they normally would not interact with. \u201cThere aren\u2019t cliques or exclusive relationships here. You know everyone and everyone is friendly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Khorram said it was not an easy decision to let their daughter leave home at such a young age. \u201cWe thought about it carefully, and our biggest concern was her well-being.\u00a0 But after learning about the dorm parents, the youth-year of service, the warm and loving environment at Townshend, the emphasis on character development, and spiritual growth, along with its focus on service and social progress, we felt it would be a gift for anyone to attend Townshend. We hope that a few junior high or high school students from the CNMI will seize the opportunity to start at Townshend in August.\u201d<\/p>\n
More information about Townshend International School is available at www.Townshend.cz. The first step is to apply and be accepted to the school, and CNMI students should request an application from admissions@townshend.cz. Please mention that you are from the CNMI.<\/p>\n
Marianas Eye Institute, which is funding the scholarships, provides total eye care, including one-hour glasses, contact lenses, medical eye care, advanced cataract surgery, diabetic eye care, and laser treatment. Marianas Eye Institute has been recognized by Retinal Physician Magazine as \u201cone of the best-equipped eye clinics in the Asia Pacific region.\u201d Marianas Eye Institute is located on Beach Road Garapan, Across 13 Fisherman Monument. (MEI)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Marianas Eye Institute announced yesterday that it has set aside funds to support high school…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":38267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[26,37,172,67],"class_list":["post-38263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-cnmi","tag-education-2","tag-europe","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}