The process of European integration began in the year 1951 and today, we have 28 member states in the European Union. The EU flag displays 12 stars on a blue background; The anthem of the EU comes from the Ninth Symphony composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven; The euro(€) is the official currency of 19 out of 28 EU member countries. On March 1, 2017, Georgians have been granted the freedom to travel to the European countries without a visa. It is our great wish to become a member of the European family. At the European School, the whole week was dedicated to the European day celebration. Several educational and awareness meetings were held throughout the week: PR manager Nino Kusrashvili held a presentation – Journey to the European Union, where students received the information about the European countries: Austria, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy and Greece. Students wrote letters to the EU with the message wishing Georgia to become a member state of the EU.

On April 24, the PYP students from grade 5b visited the exhibition of the famous Italian artist Giorgio de Chirico at the National Museum. The lesson held within the unit- Sharing the Planet, was a good example of giving students knowledge about art concepts based on global contexts.

The PYP students from grade 5c painted unfinished buildings in the streets. The students were supervised by Arts teacher Bacho Gogolashvili. This lesson gave the students an opportunity to enjoy an interesting lesson and spend some time outdoors. The typical lessons will be planned in the future again.

On May 3, the PYP students from grade 4a and 4b went to Tbilisi Sea and created stone installations inspired by contemporary artist Michael Grab. The theme of the lesson was Energy.  The students observed gravitation force and understood its nature by creating sculptures using only balanced stones. The students were supervised by Arts teacher Bacho Gogolashvili.

On May 6, Certificates of Achievement were awarded to the ES students by Giorgi Tkemaladze- Chairman of Tbilisi City Municipal Assembly and Tamar Taliashvili-Head of Education and Culture Commission of Tbilisi City Assembly. Sophio Bazadze- Academic Director of the ES and Rita Prokopenko-Chairman of the Association of Young Diplomats delivered speeches and congratulated the students who returned recently from Strasburg and Brussels after having official visits in the European Parliament and the Euro Commission. For leading the international project, the Academic Director Sophio Bazadze, and the Coordinator Linda Tsitskishvili were awarded as well. At the same day, paintings of one of the participants of the project, young diplomat Mishiko Gabaidze were exhibited at Tbilisi City Assembly’s historic hall named after King Tamar.

On May 6, the premiere performance of a new work created by the drama studio students was held at the Main Hall. The students played musical -Place for Two in English and surprised audience with their artistic skills. The performance directed by the head of studio Davit Nadirashvili and the choreographer Beka Kurashvili had a huge success and is planned to be performed in Baku.

Self -governance Day at the ES is scheduled for May 22th. Students will assume the role of teachers for the day so that they will plan and conduct lessons independently. They will take roles of academic director, coordinators, counselor, doctor, PR manager, custodial staff and security guards.

On May 1st, MYP students from grades 6-7 held another campaign dedicated to Earth Day. They cleaned the school territory and drew planets in the school yard with colorful chalks. With this activity the students showed to others that it’s everybody’s responsibility to take care of our home-Earth.

MYP student Saba Kutelia presented his personal project in the school library. Saba created a movie about Georgia’s history of recent years, conflict resolution and peace-building processes. After showcasing the movie, Saba answered the questions of attendees. The project received very positive feedback.