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To mark International Mother Language Day on February 21st, the European School hosted various events.  MYP students met the Famous author Nodar Dumbadze’s daughter and learned unknown details about his books. PYP students, inspired by Lela Tsutskiridze’s book Alphabet Angels, created their alphabet letters.    To promote linguistic and cultural diversity as well as multilingualism, MYP students held an assembly where they expressed deserved respect to mother tongues in seven different languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Ukrainian and made the day memorable.

There was a huge stirring in PYP under the Third Graders! We had a  Masterclass on our calendar with Ms. Nino Kurashvili! In our Unit: "How we express ourselves" we explored many avenues: sign language, braille, Codes, and of course, hobbies. The emphasis was on the power of having a hobby and how it benefits a child's well-being. Ms. Nino entered our class with huge baskets full of these cotton candy-looking, colorful and soft felt. The felt was locally made by hand. Each student received a sponge to work on, a needle, and a square of felt. We were going to make brooches!! Colorful colors were handed out. Ms. Nino demonstrated the steps and each student started needling the colors onto the felt. Once a student was done, Ms. Nino added the pin with hot glue on the back! Our students proudly wore their own, hand-created brooch! What a fun and relaxing experience! 

In the last few days, the ES community launched a collection drive to help people affected by the massive earthquake along the Turkey and Syria border. A call out for priority items has led to donations of warm clothing along with sleeping bags, pillows, and blankets. Essentials such as baby food, diapers, and sanitary products have also been received. Transportation of humanitarian aid was ensured by the Turkish Embassy.

On February 3, 2023, the AHS community: students, teachers, administration, and parents, attended the Iliad Competition. The AHS's four teams, each consisting of a captain and four participants, competed in this activity. The jury of the competition announced the winners in the following categories: the Best Team, the Best Participant, and the Best Warrior, and awarded special prizes. 

Students summarized the unit about migrations they have been exploring during the transdisciplinary theme “Where we are in place and time”.  Students made a lot of connections during this unit and shared multiple stories with their peers. They explored push and pull factors of migration and defined the ways of assimilation to the new places.  For the summative project, they cooperated with their family members to prepare the projects and came up with different ways of presenting their stories - interviews with family members, Google Slides, PPT, Canva presentations or posters. They also brought their traditional food to share with their peers and teachers.

The ES, committed to ensuring a safer digital environment for its students, celebrated Safer Internet day 2023. Students and teachers from IB, AHS, and Georgian Programs came together for better internet and held awareness sessions on topics such as Cyber Hygiene, Internet and Safety, Cyberbullying, and Cybersecurity. They discussed the online issues that matter to everyone, created E-book, conducted activities in the Bookcreator app, etc.

IB DP hosted the director of Social Enterprise Alliance of Georgia on 27th of January. Ms.Salome kvisiani, through interactive communication and entertaining trivia game,  managed to help students deepen their knowledge in terms of importance of social responsibility and the role of social enterprises in the society. The discussions covered how students can contribute to development of social enterprises as well. Developing social responsibility represents one of the main goals of IB DP. 

On January 7-13, the European School students participated in the international program: Georgian Youth in Global Affairs, organized by Young Diplomats of Georgia and the European Alliance for Georgia. Attending a seminar on Georgia’s EU membership prospects with Mr. Romain Strasser (Head of Intercultural Dialogue at the European Parliament, the Board Member of EAFG), making presentations on world issues at European Commission, meeting with the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and the senior decision-makers of the European Committee of Regions, visiting the Belgian Federal Parliament, the Belgian Senate, the Parlamentarium, the visitors' center of the European Parliament, and the House of European History was a great insightful opportunity to step into the EU institutions to witness from the inside how they operate.