On December 16-17, Georgia Educational Technology Conference was held at Hotels &Preference Hualing Tbilisi. The goal of the conference was to inform interested parties about current technology trends, share best practices and experiences of using technology in teaching-learning among teachers, experts, university representatives, companies from educational technology sphere. The following European School teachers and a student attended the conference: Maksim Iavich (Cybersecurity ethics for teachers), Shorena Abesadze(Solving Math’s problems by using technologies), Davit Nozadze and his student Zaal Chumburidze( Coding for everyone).

In December, European School students from grade 8 (8a and 8b) together with their teachers Khatuna Kapanadze, Zurab Beria and Irina Kochlamazashvili went on an educational trip to Free University. They visited university library, museum and Chemistry, Physics and Engineering laboratories.

Last year, ICT teacher Davit Nozadze engaged his students in the eTwinning project “Let’s visit a Country 2”. The European School team, composed of the following students: Elene Jokhadze, Elene Phanjakidze, Lizza Kvizhinadze, Mariam Okhriashvili, Salome Zedgenidze and Tornike Kubaneishvili, partnered with one of the Greek schools. The project gave an opportunity to our students to learn more about the historic and cultural places of Greece; To develop 21st Century Skills; To share information using ICT, PPT presentations, video, video conference; To meet online with Greek peers using English for communication; To organize a tourist itinerary; To be aware of the importance of tourism for economy of Georgia and most importantly, to gain new friends. Recently, the project of our school was awarded a European Quality Label.

On December 14, European School students participated in a discussion about adolescent violence. The discussion was initiated by Georgian Language teacher Lela Melikishvili. The Class, directed by Ilmar Raag showcased at the event became a catalyst of long discussions between teachers, parents, students. The event has caused many persons to ask “Why these things are happening?” “What causes such violence?” “How to prevent adolescent violence?” The adolescent process can be relatively easy and smooth if parents learn how to communicate effectively with their children, if teachers, students won’t be indifferent about children conflicts at school-concluded students.

On December 11, within an integrated lesson, Georgian program students from grade 5 met film director Nana Janelidze. The lesson was dedicated to comparison of fiction writing and movie, correspondingly “What did Iavnana do?” by Iakob Gogebashvili and a movie with the same title by Nana Janelidze.

Students under the age of 15 at the European School are offered to join a camping trip at the sporting ski school “Our School – IOSKI” in Bakuriani to learn how to ski and gain unforgettable experiences.

On December 8, the European School hosted Professor Amiran Amroladze ,the Dean of Mathematics and Computer Science Faculty at the Free University. He delivered a lecture about Game Theory and gave an opportunity to students to enjoy an adventure in math’s labyrinths. Later he proposed the plan for future collaboration between the European School and the Free University.

On December 7, Mathematics expert, Tbilisi State University Professor Givi Nadibaidze held a workshop for math’s teachers at the European School. Aspects related to lesson planning and assessments were discussed at the workshop.

On December 7, Science Department of Georgian National Youth Place held a campaign -Protect the Environment-Help Animals at the Garden of the First Republic of Georgia. The European School students from Eco-club and their supervisors attended the event and planted a pine tree in the garden.