Over the next few weeks, Program Staff will travel across New England meeting with high school classes who are excitedly waiting the first session of Virtual Classroom Project (VCP)!

Our Staff will be meeting with teachers and students at Stoneham High School (MA), the Pioneer Charter School of Science (MA), Mount Abraham Union High School (VT), Harwood Union High School (VT), Bethel High School (CT), and Champlain Valley Union High School (VT).

Program Manager Stacie Clemens will be traveling to Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey in January, 2014 to meet with PH's VCP partner, the Turkish Education Association (TED) and to facilitate VCP orientations with participating high schools.

We are currently looking for two more schools to participate in VCP. If you are interested and would like to learn more about participating, please contact Program Manager Stacie Clemens at (802) 496-4545.

Getting involved in the Applied Civic Education and Teacher Training offers many advantages as teachers and students alike become passionate about new approaches to learning. Recently Martvili civics teacher Ms. Pasha Gulordava was selected to become Head of the Martvili Regional Education Resource Center.

In the framework of GE CALLS Community Initiatives, a new project named Together for Safe Future of Youth started in Khashuri. The project is implemented by Civic Engagement Development Center Co-Participatory.
The project staff made presentations at 5 partner schools in Khashuri. 30 participants of the project were selected to form a youth club. Selection was made based on the application forms filled in by interested students

Through November 22-30, 2013 Youth Forums were held in seven regions of Georgia,

On November 22, 2013 Mr. Roy Plucknett, USAID Deputy Mission Director visited Batumi public school # 2 to meet with the civics club students from different partner schools of the ACETT program in Adjara region.

On November 27, 2013 Mr. David Stonehill, USAID Democracy and Governance Office Deputy Director visited Akhaltsikhe to participate in the final event of the Civics Integration Camp.

On December 6-9, special training were organized for the civic education teachers and local police officers involved in GE Calls program, in order to prepare them for delivering 9th grade Legal culture lessons in the respective schools.

During the first part of the workshop the trainers and participants discussed important aspects of juvenile psychological; the second part was dedicated to the issues of legal culture and specifics of juvenile justice. Participants also received step-by- step recommendations on techniques of team-teaching and about modern teaching methods.

First trainings were held for members of Youth Legal Club in by Samtskhe-Javakheti Democrat Women Association in Akhaltsikhe. The Club was formed in the framework of the GE CALLS-funded project Law Protects You.
The topic of the training was domestic violence. 20 members of the Club plan activities based on information acquired during the training.

GNML Online has engaged approximately 200 students from over 45 countries since the program launched in October 2013! As we approach the start of the new year, we also mark the halfway point of our online program.

PH International is pleased to announce the award of the Scottish Study Abroad program from the U.S. Department of State/U.S. Embassy London Public Affairs Office. During March 8-22, 2014, six Scottish educators will participate in professional visits in Washington D.C., Vermont and Massachusetts.