Summer camp for Latvian kids in America

The World

In Latvia — a northern European country on the Baltic Sea — the first day of school is like a holiday. Kids come to class dressed up with flowers for their teachers, ready to kick off a new academic year. But for American Latvian teenagers, summertime is their opportunity to experience school as Latvians at US-based summer camps. The World’s Indra Ekmanis has a personal connection to one, the West Coast Latvian Education Center outside of Olympia, Washington, as she explains in the last goodbye to summer. 

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