Radnor Township was first settled in 1663 by a group of 40 Quakers from Radnorshire, Wales. Today, the bucolic town with lush greenery and winding roads happens to be home to an Armenian day school—Armenian Sisters Academy. The first of its kind on the east coast of the U.S, Armenian Sisters Academy
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Getseh, Sevana! We had to teach our sons the best we could at home because there was no Armenian school near us. But what they learned and retained gave them a special appreciation for their inherited culture and made them both well-grounded and self-achieving young men.
“That means that this year only 13 students in the state of Pennsylvania have been trained in formal Armenian. … 50 students on the east coast who are well-versed in the Armenian language, culture, religion and identity… Our generation needs science to justify everything.”
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My cousin Hayr soorp Ghevornt wanted to creat an Armenian Nursing home, but the water town city called it racest and haleted his dream.
My sister went to this school in the 1970s. Good article.
I always found it interesting, however, that the school is Catholic, since most Armenians are Orthodox.