On Thursday, March 31st, the American High School hosted an event marking 30 years of diplomatic relations between the United States and Georgia with visiting honorable guests: U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan and the Attaché for Culture and Education Mr. Christopher Anderson.

March 21st is World Down Syndrome Day. This year, the campaign #IWantSocks aims to support the Ukrainian people. In recognition of World Down Syndrome Day, the European School students raised 3000 GEL by purchasing colorful socks. 10% of the money raised from the campaign will be transferred to the Ukrainian Down Syndrome Association. Additionally, the students have the opportunity to send purchased socks to Ukrainian people. 

On January 26-28, National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement held its annual conference online, via the Zoom platform. Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia, various educational institutions, local and international partner organizations participated at the conference.

On December 16th, the European School hosted Mr. Gábor Mikecz - Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of Hungary to Georgia and Mr Dávid Sazbó - Member of the Hungarian Delegation.

Social responsibility is an essential value for the European School. There are numerous avenues the school takes to impact society positively. This time, we visited the school in Mereti - the village adjacent to the occupation line and delivered a projector, whiteboards, and books to make the learning process more effective and engaging for the local students. Recently, the European School sent a projector to Abkhazia public school #7 in Senaki. These charity activities are conducted within the National Library project Equilibrium with the support of the writer Giorgi Kekelidze.

The European School received a generous donation of face masks from a parent for students of different ages. “I wanted to serve the school community,” said Xueping Wu, who made the donation. 12500 pieces of masks will be distributed across the different programs of the ES and will come in handy when students leave masks at home. Primary Program students enjoyed wearing new masks which are not only safe for kids but are all very colorful and creative!

This year, the European School annual event TEDxIBEuropeanSchool was about Moving Forward. The Pandemic flipped the world upside-down. It affected all: adults, children, and youth. Our speakers – the ES students believe, our reality is about to be reconsidered, taken into our hands, and reclaimed. They suggest how to navigate through difficulties, avoid stagnation, explore new opportunities, achieve new accomplishments, and attain happiness.

Within Astrid Lindgren Week, the European School held several literary, enlightening, festive activities. One day, students dressed in Pippi’s, Karlsson’s, Emil’s costumes; children’s writer Vaso Guleuri from Writers' House came to meet our students; the school hosted Giorgi Kekelidze from the National Library; students displayed their paintings; the publisher's house sent its mobile library and shop – Walking Budrugana to the ES; Ylva Festin- First Secretary at the Embassy of Sweden in Georgia addressed our students virtually; a hybrid meeting Astrid’s World in Unibaken was held with the writer Irma Malacidze – the nominee of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award; guests from Sweden read Astrid Lindgren’s stories and conducted an online literary quiz show;  The week aims to raise the literacy level of students and promote book reading.

Student Wellbeing Service staff, teachers, and students in the European School community are passionate about helping children prevent bullying by talking about it and building a safe school environment. Within the anti-bullying campaign #GoodTogether, the ES students displayed posters, played flash mob, held assemblies. They engaged in various anti-bullying activities to change the attitudes, behavior, and culture of bullying, addressed different situations, and said no to violence.