Dear SAGE Friends,

Greetings from Tula, Russia!

Today, along with Russia SAGE Coordinators, Irina Dannikova and Sergei, we depart for Kiev, Ukraine, and then on to Odessa tomorrow.

The stage is set for the Fifth Annual SAGE World Cup. Ten countries are represented: Brazil, China, Philippines, USA, Ukraine, Russia, South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. Congratulations to each country coordinator for working so hard this year to reach this point. And a special thanks to Viktorija and Olga, of Ukraine SAGE, for working so hard to put this world-class event together.

To those of you who are traveling, or currently en route, to Odessa, please have a safe journey. Traveling to a new country with different languages, customs, food, etc. is both rewarding and challenging.

Some of you may be asking what I am doing in Russia? This past week I have been meeting with business, government and education officials to help expand Russia SAGE next year. Also, I have actually visited two high school SAGE teams, one of which will represent Russia in Odessa.

If you are interested in learning more about my Russia SAGE experience, I have included a short note that I sent to my family earlier today (see below).

Have a great day!

Curt

“Spaceba” from Tula:

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Hello everyone and welcome!

As you now know, SAGE has launched it’s new website! We discovered that there was a problem with communication between the SAGE staff and SAGE participants so we decided to launch two new communication methods to it’s online presence: a blog and a forum. The blog is a one-way communication method where we will post announcements and ideas that we believe will help the SAGE community as a whole. The forum is a two-way communication method where questions can be answered, general conversation can commence, and team networking can take place. Please register at both the blog (this webpage) and the forum (www.sageglobal.org/forum).

Even though school is now out of session I hope everyone is thinking of ideas for their projects next year! I look forward to our continuing and now often communication.

Cheers!

John Sphar
SAGE USA Coordinator
jlsphar@gmail.com