The twelfth graders of American High School spent their 2020 Winter Holidays in warm Egypt. During the week-long tour, they got partially acquainted with Egyptian culture and took part in various activities and games. The excursion was organized by the Dean of American High School, Natia Tevzadze. The students returned to their homeland on 14 th of January and continued learning with replenished energy.

On 28th of January second MYP assembly was held. On the assembly MYP and MYP SA coordinators talked about the updates related to teaching processes and discussed future plans. MYP students also listened to a short speech about raising motivation and its importance. Moreover, 8 grader students from individuals and society presented project about the topic of pollution. MYP trophy was given to 8 grader Niko Gersamia, for the participation in the above-mentioned project.

By tradition, the beginning of the second semester was celebrated with PYP Assembly. The idea was to share common goals and semester activities. Students were introduced to all activities, which are planned and were asked to be an active part of it. PYP strives to support student agency, one of the Grade 5 students Timuchin Gumushoglu introduced his initiated ART club to all PYP students. Now any PYP student can participate to Timuchin's class.

On December 24, "Whoville Party" was held at the European Kindergarten. Kids were very happy to see Santa Clause and cheerfully presented poems, songs, dances prepared for this special day.

On December 27, the European School hosted Alumni Homecoming event. This year, in addition to the traditional activities, alumni representatives had an informative discussion with students and motivated them with their expertise. Students were enthusiastic to see and know many more things about these eminent alumni and questioned them about their secrets of a bright future. Alumni after sharing their experiences assured all kinds of help, support, and cooperation for the betterment of the students and institute as a whole. Later in the evening, the school held Welcome Back Party in a beautiful setting where everybody greeted alumni with friendly smiles. Alumni received warm welcomes from the administrators and the faculty. Connecting with former classmates, homeroom teachers, sharing beautiful memories from the school period made it a night to remember.

On December 23, 12th graders of American High School presented final works about the William Shakespeare tragedy "Hamlet". They discussed the play from different angles, emphasized the role of women in the play, talked about the characters internal and external conflicts and drew parallels with past works. The exam had the look of a presentation. The presentations were attended by Mrs. Irma Barbakadze, Director of the American School, Ms. Natia Tevzadze, Academic Dean of the same School, and Bryce Bomo, Head of International Baccalaureate Programmes.

The European School Secret Santa gift exchange party was arranged on December 27th. ES staffs received the specially designed presents from the school administration and later attended the present receiving event in the Main Hall. After the gifts have been handed out and opened the recipients guessed who their Secret Santa was. Secret Santa became a fun and entertaining way to get in the Christmas spirit and get to know each other better.

MYP organized a guidance session on Assessment to MYP parents The aim of the session was to identify the importance of assessment in MYP and how it links to the subjects’ objectives, to outline the difference between Diagnostic, Formative and Summative assessment types, to discuss internal standardization, grading and reporting and to know different criteria for each subject group. The session went in a very calm atmosphere and turned out to be very informative and useful for the parents. MYP coordinator is planning to organize more sessions according to parents' needs.

On December 25, Christmas Event was held at the American High School, where students, with theis Lecturers, were celebrating the end of the first semester. The evening was musically hosted by Georgian musician and singer Giorgi Tiginashvili. During the event students were nominated and rewarded with special certificates, also there were funny prizes lottery and at the end students exchanged secret Santa gifts.