On May 26th, 2022, American High School – European School will host a teacher-student international online conference – “Georgia and the World”. The conference aims to bring together new research projects about the cultural, historical, and social exchange between Georgia and the rest of the world.

On May 26, 2022 the American High School (AHS)/European School…

In the United States February is Black History Month. To celebrate this, in the framework of the U.S. History class (Teacher: Mariam Khatiashvili, PhD) the AHS 12th grade students reflected on the contributions of famous African-American individuals to the U.S. society and culture. Students analyzed Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech, Jesse Jackson’s 1988 democratic national convention address, Shirley Anita Chisholm’s speech for the equal rights amendment and Barbara Charline Jordan’s 1976 democratic national Convention keynote address according to the Monroe’s motivated sequence. Using Monroe's motivated sequence, a five-step progressive method of persuasion, students made presentations to discuss how these speeches are organized and inspire people to take action. 

February 15th saw the culmination of all the hard work put in by Year 10 MYP students with their Personal Projects Exhibition. Once again, we saw an amazing array of varying ideas generated almost six months of work. Projects ranged from educational resources, computer games and applications, Neurobiological projects, startups, online shops, travel guides, tours, photo albums, and many more. 21 MYP students presented their diverse projects to fellow students, parents, staff, and other guests virtually, using Google meets. The Personal Project Exhibition was well attended. The personal project is a yearlong project in which students follow their interests, use their talents, and apply the skills they learned in the IB Middle Years Programme (MYP). Project topics may be creative or community need-based and ideally, they should reflect a student’s personal interest. The students gain valuable experience while developing their personal projects an becoming IB learners.

PYP Grade 3 students had an online meeting with Nicolas Chinchaladze, Head Of Mars Society Georgia.  Mr. Nicolas delivered a presentation about the Solar System and provoked students' interest in the new transdisciplinary theme ``How the world works".

Developing the research skills of students is our priority. Research-based learning is an integral part of students oriented learning. American High School students held a presentation of their research projects at the European School library. Research papers analyzed and reflected different aspects of social life from perspectives of various disciplines: History, Economics, Cultural Science, and Political Science. Within the projects, the AHS students gained research competence, increased confidence to start and manage research, and enhanced life-long skills.

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.

Collaboration in PYP is key to success of every classroom. Pathways school’s students asked questions about subjects, lunches, and even how long our lessons are. Ms. Elizabeth mentioned that Georgian is one of the oldest languages in the world today. Our students showed them their Georgian Textbooks, to show how unique the written letters in Georgian are. Ms. Eka demonstrated the sounds of the letters and a few facts about the Georgian alphabet. The meeting lasted 40 minutes and there were 82 students online from India. It was impossible for everyone to ask their questions. Our next meeting will in in early February. Our Second Graders experienced a whole new culture and made their first International, friends as representatives of European school. We are honored to forge a new friendship and to collaborate and build strong bonds for the future.

On December 23, 2021, American High School students exchanged Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022 wishes. They created holiday cards on behalf of Georgian literary characters. The authors of the four best cards Nia Khachapuridze (9A), Luka Zhamtuashvili (11B), Kristine Bazerashvili (10) and Niki Bezhuashvili (12A) were awarded with special gifts.