Ukraine School Graduations -- USAGM
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- Ukraine School Graduations -- USAGM
- July 4, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English TV Ukraine School Graduations – Bakalets HEADLINE: Amid War And Fighting, Ukrainian High Schools Hold Graduations TEASER: PUBLISHED AT: 7/4/2022 10:00a.m. BYLINE: Lesia Bakalets CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: Lesia Bakalets VIDEO EDITOR: Andrey Degtyarev SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, see courtesies PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB TV X only RADIO __ TRT: 2:44 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((Please return to Anna Rice when done and copy to HFR)) ((INTRO)) [[All around the world students are celebrating their graduations, even in Ukraine. But as Lesia Bakalets reports, with the country in the middle of a war, graduations look and feel different. Anna Rice narrates.]] ((NARRATION)) The city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine has been shelled since the war began. ((Mandatory courtesy: Olha Babynets)) High-schooler Olha Babynets remembers attending school the day before Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. She did not return again until April. ((End courtesy)) ((Olha Babynets, High School Graduate)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((01:06-)) Before that we had this long break, all classes were put on pause…” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Olha Babynets)) Olha says no one is talking about a prom or a graduation ceremony anymore. ((End courtesy)) ((Olha Babynets, High School Graduate)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((10:45-)) “We already had a spot booked for the prom – the City Cultural Center; we were all supposed to come there to celebrate, all dressed up and whatnot.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Stanislav Senyk)) Nothing here is like it was before the war. These graduation photos taken by Stanislav Senyk illustrate the realities of growing up during war time. ((End courtesy)) ((Stanislav Senyk, Photographer)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((04:18-)) “This is history, and it’s being written right now. I’m sure that it would be important to save these moments in photo albums – both for the Ukrainian people and for the graduates. ((NARRATION)) But some schools, like this one in Kyiv, ((Mandatory courtesy: Global Teachers Prize)) are also trying to preserve a sense of normalcy. Ukrainian language teacher and winner of the Ukrainian Global Teachers Prize-2021 Artur Proydakov is watching his class graduate. His school ((End courtesy)) chose a hybrid graduation format. ((Artur Proydakov, Ukrainian Language Teacher)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) ((00:17-)) Twelve graduates chose are happy to come to the school in person, their families, their relatives are all in Kyiv. And eight more graduates are going to participate in the ceremony online. ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Artur Proydakov)) They discussed whether it was even appropriate to hold a ceremony and celebration at such a time. ((End courtesy)) ((Artur Proydakov, Ukrainian Language Teacher)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) ((04:10-)) “No one wants a carnival, no one wants a red carpet or special effects – stuff like that. No one has even mentioned that.” ((NARRATION)) In Mykolaiv, intense shelling forced administrators to hold a zoom ceremony. ((Natalia Kolesnichenko, Deputy Principal, Mykolaiv Gymnasium)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) ((04:52-)) “We waited until the very last moment, in early May. We still believed most of the children and teachers would come back home. // ((05:08-)) But then the shelling intensified, in this area specifically. So, we realized we can’t do any in-person event…” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Olha Babynets)) Olha Babynets says she regrets they did not have a graduation party. But, she adds, there are more important things. ((End courtesy)) ((Olha Babynets, High School Graduate)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((11:42-)) “It’s a shame this was taken away from us. But we are happy we are alive and healthy. We have realized lately there’s nothing more important than that.” ((Mandatory courtesy: Natalia Kolesnichenko)) ((For Lesia Bakalets, Anna Rice, VOA News)) ((End courtesy))
- Transcript/Script TV Ukraine School Graduations – Bakalets HEADLINE: Amid War And Fighting, Ukrainian High Schools Hold Graduations TEASER: PUBLISHED AT: 7/4/2022 10:00a.m. BYLINE: Lesia Bakalets CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: Lesia Bakalets VIDEO EDITOR: Andrey Degtyarev SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, see courtesies PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB TV X only RADIO __ TRT: 2:44 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((Please return to Anna Rice when done and copy to HFR)) ((INTRO)) [[All around the world students are celebrating their graduations, even in Ukraine. But as Lesia Bakalets reports, with the country in the middle of a war, graduations look and feel different. Anna Rice narrates.]] ((NARRATION)) The city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine has been shelled since the war began. ((Mandatory courtesy: Olha Babynets)) High-schooler Olha Babynets remembers attending school the day before Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. She did not return again until April. ((End courtesy)) ((Olha Babynets, High School Graduate)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((01:06-)) Before that we had this long break, all classes were put on pause…” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Olha Babynets)) Olha says no one is talking about a prom or a graduation ceremony anymore. ((End courtesy)) ((Olha Babynets, High School Graduate)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((10:45-)) “We already had a spot booked for the prom – the City Cultural Center; we were all supposed to come there to celebrate, all dressed up and whatnot.” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Stanislav Senyk)) Nothing here is like it was before the war. These graduation photos taken by Stanislav Senyk illustrate the realities of growing up during war time. ((End courtesy)) ((Stanislav Senyk, Photographer)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((04:18-)) “This is history, and it’s being written right now. I’m sure that it would be important to save these moments in photo albums – both for the Ukrainian people and for the graduates. ((NARRATION)) But some schools, like this one in Kyiv, ((Mandatory courtesy: Global Teachers Prize)) are also trying to preserve a sense of normalcy. Ukrainian language teacher and winner of the Ukrainian Global Teachers Prize-2021 Artur Proydakov is watching his class graduate. His school ((End courtesy)) chose a hybrid graduation format. ((Artur Proydakov, Ukrainian Language Teacher)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) ((00:17-)) Twelve graduates chose are happy to come to the school in person, their families, their relatives are all in Kyiv. And eight more graduates are going to participate in the ceremony online. ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Artur Proydakov)) They discussed whether it was even appropriate to hold a ceremony and celebration at such a time. ((End courtesy)) ((Artur Proydakov, Ukrainian Language Teacher)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) ((04:10-)) “No one wants a carnival, no one wants a red carpet or special effects – stuff like that. No one has even mentioned that.” ((NARRATION)) In Mykolaiv, intense shelling forced administrators to hold a zoom ceremony. ((Natalia Kolesnichenko, Deputy Principal, Mykolaiv Gymnasium)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKR)) ((04:52-)) “We waited until the very last moment, in early May. We still believed most of the children and teachers would come back home. // ((05:08-)) But then the shelling intensified, in this area specifically. So, we realized we can’t do any in-person event…” ((NARRATION)) ((Mandatory courtesy: Olha Babynets)) Olha Babynets says she regrets they did not have a graduation party. But, she adds, there are more important things. ((End courtesy)) ((Olha Babynets, High School Graduate)) ((ZOOM)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((11:42-)) “It’s a shame this was taken away from us. But we are happy we are alive and healthy. We have realized lately there’s nothing more important than that.” ((Mandatory courtesy: Natalia Kolesnichenko)) ((For Lesia Bakalets, Anna Rice, VOA News)) ((End courtesy))
- NewsML Media Topics Education
- Topic Tags Graduations
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date July 4, 2022 14:54 EDT
- Description English All around the world students are celebrating their graduations, even in Ukraine. But as Lesia Bakalets reports, with the country in the middle of a war, graduations look and feel different. Anna Rice narrates.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English