For the past several weeks grade 3 students have been investigating the unit about global issues and learning about challenges that people around the world have to face. At the same time, they have been discussing and trying to find solutions to these issues.

On April 22nd, we celebrated Earth Day at the European Kindergarten. We talked about the importance of and protecting the environment and made very interesting handmade crafts from recycled materials, planted flowers and  took care of plants and trees in our garden.

The European School students engaged in various movements under the 2021 Earth Day theme – Restore the Earth. The first movement embraced by Earth Day 2021 is to advance environmental literacy. Within this movement, the Georgian Program students from grade 5 met USAID ZRDA project senior advisor Irakli Ujmajuridze who raised their awareness on the role and benefits of forests, the threads for world forests and forests in Georgia. The goal of this awareness session was also to make popular indigenous species of trees. In the end, the guest presented seeds to young environmentalists and encouraged them to plant these seeds and grow trees.

On April 19th, Christopher Anderson, the Cultural Attache of the US embassy in Georgia visited the European School. An honored guest became acquainted with the ES academic programs, innovative approaches implemented at the school, he had a tour of the European School's state-of-the-art infrastructure that fosters academic excellence. Christopher J. Anderson evaluated the role of the American High School which provides Georgian and international students with a pathway to American higher education. He received information about the impressive results and achievements of the AHS students who were awarded the USA Presidential Award for Educational Excellence. We hope, this visit will increase the role of American education at the European School and lead our students to greater success.

Today, 4th and 5th grade students attended and participated in the webinar, conducted by PYP counselor. The webinar was about Video Games and its impact on physical and mental health. How video games affect the brain? How video games affect students health? when is it addiction? How much is too much? The webinar aroused great interest in students. All students were actively involved. Students asked questions and expressed their opinion. 

During the unit How we Express Ourselves, at the music lessons grade 1 students listened to Camille Saint-Saens's suite - "Carnival of the Animals". On each of the movements students expressed their emotions and attitudes towards music by moving and playing instruments. In collaboration with the Art teacher we used   Camille Saint-Saens's suite - "Carnival of the Animals" and made the shadow puppets for the shadow theater as one of the storytelling forms. 

Ivane Javakhishvili State University Associate professor Ekaterine Kobakhidze has delivered a lecture at the virtual Zoom event organized for the European school community on Thursday, March 25th. In her talk, Ekaterine Kobakhidze explored the interesting theme about Etruscan Religion. Its cultural background and the influence of Etruscan ideas on development of other cultures.

World Poetry Day was declared by UNESCO in 1999. The purpose of World Poetry Day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world. World Poetry Day is annually celebrated at the European School. Throughout the day, the PYP community talked about their favorite poets and learn about the different ways that poetry can be written and spoken. PYP Students read and wrote a nice poem.

On February 20, 2021, Cognia - a non-profit, non-governmental organization that accredits primary and secondary schools throughout the United States and internationally, organized “Leading the Way Virtual Global Conference”.   The European School was honored to take part in this global community represented by 80 countries and the whole staff of the executive team. English Language Arts and AP Research Teacher Nana Mukeria represented the American High School at this international conference. More than 200 educators gathered to discuss students’ current needs, creating a new vision for the future. Nana Mukeria, as a panel member for “Teaching in Challenging Times: By teachers for teachers” addressed the educational ecosystem and global technological trends. She shared with educators teaching and learning practices adopted by and established at the European School for different scenarios and a behavior support plan to build students’ resilience.