Teachers, Farhad Ansari & Fereshteh Soheili, describe Persian values.
Teachers discuss which values resonate the most with them.
Each teacher received a name card with a Persian carpet outline. They wrote which Persian value resonated most with them on the cards.
Teachers discussing Persian values
Teachers working on their "Persian carpet" cards. Posters describing each province in Iran are displayed along the back wall.
Teachers discussing Persian values with Connie DeCapite, director of FIRST.
Hoori Ghahremani and Farhad Ansari
Debbie Rugani (IPSF), Connie DeCapite (FIRST), Meryl Siegel (IPSF), and Hoori Ghahremani (KPSF)
Books on display in the room
Books on display in the room
Books on display in the room
Sample traditional village clothing
Books on display in the room
Books on display in the room
Books on display in the room
Books on display in the room
Banafsheh Sayyad's dance performance.
Banafsheh Sayyad's dance performance - one teacher described it as the "most amazing dance performance he's ever seen".
Among the books on display.
Fruit and traditional persian sweets were served during snack time.
Donna (seminar participant), Hoori Ghahremani (KPSF), Lili Nabili (KPSF), and Banafsheh Sayyad
Persian sweets included bakhlavah, sohan asali, noon berenji, noon gerdooi, noon badoomi, and noghl
Hoori, Lisa, Tinh, and Michelle
Banafsheh, Connie, and Mateo Farzaneh (one of the seminar speakers)
Hoori, Dr. Nasrine Rahimieh (UC Irvine), and Connie
Books and DVDs for teachers to take home