News Releases

No. 49/07
May 3, 2007

EU AMBASSADORS CELEBRATE EUROPE DAY AT LOCAL SCHOOLS

European Union Ambassadors will celebrate Europe Day, May 9, by becoming substitute teachers at schools in the District, Maryland and Virginia.

Europe Day marks the historic day in 1950 when French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman called on France, Germany and other countries to combine their coal and steel production under a single European institution. Following the Schuman Declaration, the European Economic Community (EEC) of 6 nations was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 leading to what we now know as the European Union of 27 nations. This year's Europe Day will celebrate 50 years of peace, stability, and economic integration in Europe.

Ambassador John Bruton, Head of the Delegation of the European Commission to the United States, will be joined by colleagues from 25 EU Member State embassies in talking to students about the European Union at 26 public and private area schools. They will also provide classroom materials for both teachers and students, including interactive resources. The teaching sessions will take place between May 2 and May 11, with most of the Ambassadors teaching on Europe Day itself.

Participating Ambassadors:

Participating Schools:

Albert Einstein High School (MD)
Benjamin Banneker Academic High School (DC)
Bell Multicultural High School (DC)
Cardozo High School (DC)
Coolidge High School (DC)
Deutsche Schule (MD)
Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DC)
Eastern High School (DC)
Garnet-Patterson Middle School (DC)
Gonzaga College High School (DC)
J.E.B. Stuart High School (VA)
Langley High School (VA)
Luke Moore Academy Senior High School (DC)
Margaret Murray Washington Career High School (DC)
McLean High School (VA)
Montgomery Blair High School (MD)
St. Andrew's Episcopal School (MD)
Sidwell Friends School (DC)
Stuart-Hobson Middle School (DC)
The SEED School (DC)
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (VA)
Wakefield High School (VA)
Walter Johnson High School (MD)
Washington-Lee High School (VA)
Woodson Senior High School (DC)
Yorktown High School (VA)

For further information, please visit: http://www.eurunion.org/EuropeDay2007.htm .

Link to teaching resources about the EU: http://www.eurunion.org/infores/teaching/teaching.htm .

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Further Contact Information
Press and Public Diplomacy
Delegation of the European Commission
2300 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
http://www.eurunion.org/PressRoom
Tel: 202-862-9552
Fax: 202-429-1766