On October 17, students of the European School joined an ongoing campaign "Sport Against Bullying", aiming to tackle the bullying problem in children. Our school hosted Guram Tushishvili, the world champion in judo, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Shalva Gogoladze, Deputy Ombudsman Eka Skhiladze, and prominent photographer and traveler Goga Chanadiri.

On October 11-14, American High School students took a trip to Tao-Klarjeti. They visited historical places of Shavsheti, Klarjeti and Tao and had an unique opportunity to visit the places which are well known to them from Georgian history and hagiography. During a 4-day trip, students and their teachers saw a lot of historical and cultural monuments, such as Mere’s castle, Seytan (Kajeti) castle, Ardahan, Shavsheti, Satle castle, Tbeti, Doliskana, Artvin, Artanuji, JoJokhetis Canyon, Akhiza’s castle, Yusufeli, Otkhta church, Kavkasidze’s castle, Vejangeti castle, Ishkani, Oshki, Khakhuli monastery, Tortum waterfall, Torumi castle and Bana cathedral.

On October 17, our pupils from the Georgian program Grade 2B visited "Gardenia". The hosts warmly welcomed our children and showed them around their beautiful garden, while providing interesting pieces of information about various plants. Our second graders participated in a "Green Lesson" - they got the chance to paint and decorate clay pots all by themselves. Afterward, with a little help from the florists, children planted flowers in their handmade pots. After a successful field trip, children returned to school with a newly-acquired knowledge and hands-on learning experience in gardening.

On October 15, European Kindergarten joined the celebration of Global Handwashing Day. Our children learned more about the importance of regularly washing their hands and made an interesting exhibition of crafts, created by them especially for this day. To add excitement to the event, a huge “water drop” doll was invited, which was admired by all our kids. Finally, a funny handwashing competition was held between groups and the winner was announced.

American High School students and teachers took their lesson beyond the classroom walls - 11th graders had an outdoor lesson in the Georgian language at Mama Daviti. Along with their literature teacher Tekla Beradze and homeroom teacher Ana Khutsidze, they visited the Mtatsminda Pantheon of Writers and Public Figures. They went to Nikoloz Baratashvili's grave memorial and discussed his poem “Evening at Mtatsminda”.

American High School 8th graders had an outdoor class at Dmanisi archaeological site. They saw the specific spots where excavations are conducted. Guest speaker, Sophio Panchulidze, an archaeologist who participated in Dmanisi archaeological expedition for 25 years, talked about the life of Dmanisi hominins, Homo Georgicus and explained what plants were spread and what animals lived here at the time. Students also watched the movie about archaeological excavations and discoveries in Dmanisi from 1937 up to this day. Finally, they climbed Dmanisi medieval fortress and enjoyed the site.

Another Success Story of the European School students - as an author of the winning essay in French, our 10th grader Salome Zedgenidze has been awarded by the French Ambassador in Georgia, Mr. Pascal Meunier. Salome took part in the essay contest "Human and Law" and was placed among the top participants. As a winner, she will attend a workshop at Kvareli Training Center of Justice, along with her French language teacher, Tinatin Matcharashvili. The workshop will be focused on the issues of cybersecurity.

On October 13-14, our teachers visited the Institute of Children's Development. They took part in the training "Learning through play - the importance of play in child development". The main purpose of the training was to assist teachers in keeping their classroom activities entertaining and engaging for pupils.

On Thursday, October 11, European School gladly welcomed its graduate Salome Vacheishvili, which currently holds the position of Admissions Counselor and Recruitment Coordinator at Bard College Berlin. A former graduate of our IB school herself, Salome is well-versed in the college admissions game. Having succeeded on both sides of the fence, she found it easy to engage the audience with an enlightening info-session. As an added benefit, students got to learn more about liberal arts education, concept of which sometimes eludes students as well as educators.