News

The Innovation Days at the European School

14 Apr 2020

Two trainings were conducted for the students of the European School during the Innovation Days. Invited speakers - Tazo Arunashvili and Diana Tevaniani spoke about industrial and graphical design.

Good News from the European School’s University Counseling Office

14 Apr 2020

Ana Bzikadze (class of 2020) has been accepted to leading US universities and has received record-breaking amounts of funding: University of Rochester NY - International Baccalaureate Scholarship - $58,048. Denison University - Alumni Award - $50,900. Beloit College - Presidential Scholarship - $43,000. Franklin and Marshall College - $56,471. Bard College - $56,000. Hampshire College - Sustainable Futures Award - $41,714. Germany- Bard College Berlin - Scholarship in Politics - €17,250. UK: Nottingham Trent University - £2,000. Manchester Metropolitan University – £2,000. SOAS University of London. City, University of London. University of East Anglia. Belgium- Vesalius College, Leuven University.

April 9th - Freedom Started with a Tragedy

09 Apr 2020

31 years have passed since the beginning of Georgia's new era. On April 9th, 1989 special forces of the Soviet troops brutally dispersed a peaceful demonstration in front of the Parliament building. As a result, 21 people died. On April 9th, 1991 the Supreme Council announced the restoration of the State Independence of Georgia. Giorgi Kekelidze talks about April 9th - the day of tragedy and the restoration of the State Independence.

The Independence Referendum Day in Georgia

08 Apr 2020

The March 31 is Independence Referendum Day in Georgia. Giorgi Kekelidze talks about the state independence of Georgia.

Online learning at the European School

11 Mar 2020

The European School is responding to the Georgian government’s decision to extend schools’ closure and from Monday, March 16th, is moving to online classes for its students from all academic programs offered at the school. The European School designed plans to minimize disruption to teaching and learning and is ready to deliver quality educational experience and provide its students with online lessons.

Spirit week

28 Feb 2020

Once a year PYP students have a spirit week. Spirit week is week where various themed activities happened. Students are encouraged to wear outfits that correspond with certain theme for the day. During the spirit week students had following theme: My favorite color day, favorite character day, science day, pajama day and Sport Day. Students were engaged in many activities, they had a wonderful week and a lot of fun.

Student's presentations

28 Feb 2020

On 24 February MYP 6 Graders presented their animations. According to their Unit- “Myths and Legends-belief in magic or mirror of reality? " they studied Georgian and Byzantine myths and made animations. Students were divided into 6 groups. They chose different themes: episodes from Amiran Myth, Kopala and Iakhsar myths. Grade 9 students were their mentors and they were working together during 2 weeks. The most interesting and entertaining part was when students asked questions to parents about myths. students gained leadership, collaborative, research skills.

Jewish-Georgian Memorandum

26 Feb 2020

“Israeli Center for Young Leaders“ and the European School signed a memorandum of understanding. Exchange programs planned for Israeli and Georgian students supports establishing stable and beneficial collaboration between the youth of two countries. Youth plays an important role in developing friendship, solidarity, and peace in the world. At the meeting, students presented both countries and performed Israeli and Georgian anthem.

Workshop for the parents

25 Feb 2020

The PYP community has conducted another informative workshop for the parents. This time the workshop was orientated on the understanding of the 5 essential elements of PYP. Parents had a chance to not only receive information about them but also see their implementation in action. Our students, under the guidance of the coordinator and their homeroom teachers, have conducted demo lessons for the parents and showed the understanding of the key concepts, application of ATL skills and demonstrated the learner learner attributes. At the end of the workshop parents reflected by sharing their knowledge and understanding of the 5 essential elements and presenting it to the participants.