Four middle schools from the Tucson Unified School District are participating in the Tucson Korea Ambassador Program (TKAP). The program builds cultural, language, and friendship ties between students who live more than 6,000 miles apart.
40 students from Ulleung and Yeongyang, two small regions in South Korea, landed in Tucson on Friday for TKAP. They’ll live with their host families for the next three weeks.
“Welcome to the United States and the great state of Arizona and the beautiful Tucson Unified School District,” said TUSD Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo at the opening ceremony for students…