The ES Basketball team became the first team in A group at Tbilisi Basketball Classic 2020 to qualify for the quarter-final where our players won games against the QSI team and the team of Givi Zaldastanishvili American Academy. The final match was tense and exciting. Two players from the ES team left the field due to injuries. This affected the final result- the ES lost 74-79 against QSI.

On February 14, with the supervision of Nana Mukeria, the 9th graders of American High School presented an hour of poetry for Valentine’s Day. The event was held in the school library where the students read several poems about love. At the end of the event number of prizes and surprises amazed the audience.

IB DP students attended the CAS assembly on 14th of February, goal of which was to improve knowledge regarding, CAS project stages. Hereby, throughout the assembly, students have been trained how to register and manage CAS projects in the school electronic system - Managebac.

On Wednesday, February the 12 th , Lasha Barbakadze, a young successful businessman, visited the American High School as an invited guest speeker. 10th and 11th graders listened to the tips and recommendations on how to become a successful businessman, what obstacles are there to managing a business, as well as the pros and cons of starting your own business at an early age. The lecture was interactive, very interesting and informative for the students.

On February 11, Grade 6 students from MYP met PYP Grade 5 students in PYP library. 6th Graders conducted an orientation session about Exhibition in PYP. They also made presentations and talked about changes in MYP. Meeting was interactive. 5th graders asked questions about lessons, teachers, lunch time, tests and free periods in MYP.

PYP teachers went to the workshop overseas. They have attended two workshops - Approaches to learning Cat 3 in Dubai (Tina Gugushvili) and Evidencing learning Cat 2 in Cairo (Tamuna Merkviladze).  Both of the workshops were very  effective and helped to deepen the understanding of IB PYP programme. After the workshops both of the teachers exchanged their experience during the PD sessions. 

DP students shared their experience with MYP, during MYP-DP CAS workshop, on 12th of February. 10 graders had a chance to get familiar with main challenges and requirements of IB Diploma Program. Hereby, students have developed understanding of CAS project stages, through different group activities and agreed on multiple project ideas, that will be fulfilled in the future.

On November 11, the Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Georgia Arad Benkö visited the European School. The honorable guest was welcomed by the school administration and the students with the most popular Austrian names-Hannah and Moritz. Portraits of famous Austrian writers, composers and artists were exhibited in the Main Conference Hall together with translated Georgian versions of books by Sigmund Freud, Hermann Broch, and Stefan Zweig. The aim of the event was to learn more about Austria and Austria-Georgia relations. Teachers and students presented various projects related to Austria. Mr. Arad Benkö addressed the ES students, talked about important activities of the Austrian Embassy in Georgia and answered students’ questions. The event ended with students’ musical performances.

On the 10th of February PYP Exhibition Parent meeting was organized for all Grade 5 parents. The main goal of the meeting was to involve parents into the first stage of the PYP Exhibition process and provide information on what is PYP Exhibition and how the roles and responsibilities are defined. The Exhibition is the culmination of the Primary Years Program. Students synthesize the essential elements of the PYP and share them with the whole school community. It is an opportunity for students to exhibit the attributes of the IB Learner Profile that they have developed throughout their engagement with the program. Students are given flexibility in their choice of real-life issues or problems to be explored and investigated. The central idea states a broad conceptual understanding that students will investigate. They explore the local and global issues related to that inquiry, and then prepare a presentation for the community to view. Parents were very active with the questions and received all the answers.