On April 15, Georgian Program primary students celebrated Mother Language Day. They exhibited own calligraphies in the hall, wrote different phrases and quotes, praised Georgian alphabet with poetry and promised to preserve our cultural heritage.

On April 11, the PYP students from grade 4 held the European School advertising campaign in Vake Park. For two months the students have been learning how to create an advertisement and influence consumer behavior. They filmed a promo video about the school, created posters, flyers and later, presented them to people resting in the park. The students applied theoretical knowledge in practice and gained a huge experience. This project was fun and meaningful at the same time for the kids.

In Brussels, the Georgia-EU Friendship Group, the European Alliance for Georgia, the European School and NGO Multinational Georgia for Strengthening Democratic Values (MGSDV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Exclusive Cooperation. Within the memorandum, the ES students will be given an opportunity to participate in various events of the European Parliament and the Council of Europe, participate in international educational tours and attend short trainings in EU institutions. Plans for future collaboration with leading European educational institutions were developed. The ES will ensure implementation of strategic and educational projects.

On April 5-8, the European School administration and students attended official meetings and seminars in Brussels. Our delegation met Natalie Sabanadze- Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium and Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Head of Georgian Mission to the EU and Mr. Lawrence Meredith - European Commission Director for Eastern Neighborhood. Additionally, meetings were held with officials from the European Council on Foreign Relations: Maria del Carmen and Marcus Ruiz. After discussions, students presented their resolution on environmental Issues in Georgia and the draft resolution on Youth Challenges.

On April 5, within a transdisciplinary theme, Georgian Program students from grade 4 had a tour in Old Tbilisi. The students received information about the foundation of the city and peaceful coexistence of people with different religions and nationalities in old city. Primary students visited famous places and monuments of the old town and learned a lot about its history.

On April 11, with an initiative of the European School doctor, the representative of the Association of Young Doctor-Scientists, endocrinologist Tamar Chaduneli informed students about the modified causes of endocrine disorders and prevention of diseases in the age of puberty. The guest shared with students very useful recommendations and guidelines by Harvard Mayo Nutrition Clinic and answered all their questions.

On April 11, the European Kindergarten hosted managers and teachers from various Estonian kindergartens. The guests had a tour around the school and the preschool, attended several activities and shared the experience with local colleagues. The visit was very impressive and interesting for foreign guests.

The European School Academic Director Sophio Bazadze, MYP coordinator Linda Tsitskishvili and students attended the 36th session of the Congress of local and regional authorities of the Council of Europe from 2 to 4 April 2019 in Strasbourg, France. NGO Multinational Georgia for Strengthening Democratic Values (MGSDV) organized the visit of the ES delegation to Strasbourg. MGSDV supports participation of Georgian youth delegations at sessions of the Council of Europe from year 2012. During the visit to Strasbourg the ES students attended international conferences, seminars and lectures on Global issues. The Council of Europe unites 47 member states, 28 states from the list are members of the European Union. In year 1999, Georgia became the 41st member of the Council of Europe.

The ES students from grade 8 of the MYP programme held an exhibition of their artworks. Money collected after selling the students’ handcrafts was spent on purchasing Easter eggs and stationery items and was delivered to the beneficiaries of the Social Enterprise Babale.