On December 26, our little nutckrackers wished their parents and teachers merry Christmas and a happy New Year with the magical performance. Our children danced, sang and had a lot of fun. In the end, they were more than happy to see Santa Claus who paid a surprise visit to them.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to our students, parents and colleagues at the European School. We wish you a very happy and successful year ahead! Please be informed that the first day of classes will be Monday, January 21, 2019.

On December 23, Pushkin's Club at the European school presented a film "Once in Tbilisi or after 1000 years". This project was initiated and executed by Ms. Natalia Mikeladze and Ms. Eliso Adamia. The roles in the film were played by our pupils from the Pushkin's Club. The event was attended by the filmmakers, the actors and their parents, the school management team and invited guests. The film received rave reviews from the audience and our little actors and production team were commended for their great work.

On Saturday, December 22, preschool groups of the European Kindergarten performed “Nutcracker Party”. A Spectacular show has been put on by the kids dressed in nutcracker's costumes. They danced on modern motifs of the play, sang New Year songs and created a festive mood for the audience.

On December 19, the European School had the honor to host diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations in Georgia. Ambassadors and officials from embassies and international organizations were invited to our school for the presentation of newly opened innovations laboratory FabLab, which is the first precedent of Industrial Innovations Laboratory within the school in Eastern Europe. The guests were shown unique technological and educational abilities of our FabLab and became acquainted with the STEAM learning curriculum, which gives pupils access to the most advanced technologies in order to acquire 21st-century skills.

For the past six weeks, our fourth graders have been researching the history of exploration and its impact on society. They have learnt about famous explorers like Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, John Cook and many others. Students also gained an understanding of using longitude and latitude to find locations on the map and were able to track journeys of explorers they have been researching about. However, the most engaging for them has been the topic about space exploration. Students have been actively researching various topics like galaxies, black holes, famous astronauts, planets, etc.

European School hosted honorable guests on its pupils' Christmas exhibition opening - the famous painter and winner of Shota Rustaveli prize, Keti Matabeli and Nino Chitaishvili, the main scenic artist of Nodar Dumbadze Professional State Youth Theatre. The exhibition brought together the artworks of our Georgian Program and IB Programme students. Our talented artists used various techniques to create impressive artworks, collages and compositions.

Our American High School students joined the charity campaign initiated by the Georgia Red Cross Society. During several days, students from different grades took part in charity activities at “Galleria Tbilisi” where Christmas campaign called “Bring Warmth” was held. At the shopping mall, Red Cross society put up “Red Cross corner”, where people could learn about stories of sole beneficiaries, share their warmth with these people and make donations. With these donations, a new social center for elderly people will be built. Our pupils worked very hard and did their fair share of contribution to this campaign.

On December 14, fun sports games were held involving our Georgian Program 1st graders. Participants showed their athletic abilities and achievement motivation. Children did their best and demonstrated an adequate level of physical readiness.