WATERTOWN, Mass.—The St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) welcomed former SSAES student and Olympic Gymnast Houry Gebeshian on Nov. 10.
There was a lot of excitement in the air when Principal Houry Boyamian presented Houry Gebeshian to the students gathered in the ACEC Hovnanian Hall. With the help of a PowerPoint presentation, Gebeshian recounted her arduous journey that took her all the way to the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Her inspirational speech showed how determination, hard work and love of the homeland made her the first female gymnast representing the Republic of Armenia at the Olympics.
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