In June 2002, Sam Tennant, a student from the Hollybank Trust School in West Yorkshire, England came to Boston. Nicola Rowe was kind enough to share a few details from Sam’s visit:

“It was a very busy week for us. After a long flight, we didn’t have much time to get over the jet lag before the week’s program of events had started. Our first visit was to Boston College where we met Marialice, Matt Galligan and his mom, Cindi. We were excited and felt very privileged to be able to sit in on Matt’s session.

After meeting Matt, we went to the Campus School where we met our host for the week, Michael Nash. We all said our hellos, including Mike’s mum Kathy and his teacher Maureen. Sam then showed off his skills with the USB version of CameraMouse attached to his laptop. Everyone seemed very impressed!

Wednesday, we went into Boston to visit some of the sights, including the Freedom Trail, the State House and Quincy Market.

The rest of the week was still very hectic and involved visiting lots more attractions, including the North End, Paul Revere’s House and Old North Church. We were also fortunate to be able to go on a spectacular whale watch with Mike. This was a mixture of business and pleasure, as we spent a long time discussing how we use the systems on both sides of the Atlantic.

Friday was different, as we were all invited down to Mike’s house, which was great. When we arrived, we had time for a quick drink before we were off down to Plymouth. It was great to see such an important historical place.

Saturday was our last full day in the US, so we hit the shops and spent time in the Prudential Centre…what a view you get from the observation floor!

It was a very busy week for us all, but we really enjoyed it. Hopefully, the things we learned will help users of the system both in the US and the UK. We also hope that one day Mike and his family might be able to visit us in the UK so that we can return the wonderful hospitality!”