japanese educators visit hammond

On December 8, Hammond hosted a small group of school administrators from Japan, who visited as part of the U S State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program on citizen diplomacy These administrators met with staff at schools throughout the Southeast to discuss how American high schools help students pursue higher education. At Hammond, they participated in an open discussion with upper school head Jody Lumpkin and college counselors Kathryn Daniels and Carolyn Stoddard, as well as junior (and Sentinel editor-in-chief) William Grantland, where they covered a variety of topics surrounding secondary education and college admissions in the United States and Japan.