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.

A conference entitled “Experiential Learning” has been organized by the Caucasus and Central Asia Association of IB World Schools (CCAAIBWS). The Board members of the associations are the European School (Georgia), European Azerbaijan School (Azerbaijan), and the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (Kazakhstan).

On December 21st MYP 8C/8B classes students: Ilia Berbichashvili, Elene Ratiani, Sandro Ratiani, Lasha Tsurtsumia, Mariam Khurodze, Giorgi Salaridze, and Ninia Dzneladze had the initiative, to participate in the project “Students for Students”. They conducted an online webinar focused on “ Creator Womens’ Role in Society”. They shared their presentations and posters based on the different resources learnt. Students shared their knowledge with the innovations centre “STREAM-World”. Participants were from different regions in Georgia - Svaneti, Samegrelo, Kakheti, and Qvemo Qartli. Webinars organizers were “European Schools” Georgian language and literature teacher Ia Ghadua, and the Georgian language and literature teacher Ekaterine Tsulukidze within the public school located in Pari. Drama Teacher Guram Ghonghadze of the European school also participated in the online webinar. 

Within the unit Creator Women students from MYP 8B/8C grades, studied different creator women and their works. At the end of the unit, during reflection, it appeared that the favorite author for the majority of students was Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili. Students liked her friendly style of writing.

Grade 5 C students initiated a New Year's play and have written the script collaboratively. They connected the story line to the transdisciplinary theme - "Where we are in place and time" and made the play characters migrate from different countries to the North Pole. They faced many challenges on the way since the main character Grinch was trying to ruin the trip, though holiday spirit and kindness of people around him saved the day because kindness always wins.

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.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has moved from being a philosophy to business function and modern companies have created the position of CSR manager, whose goal is to make sure that the company balances its own and society's interests. The researches confirm that the ethical image and social responsibility of the company become increasingly important for customers, employees, and other stakeholders.