All posts by Alin Vartic

We are proud with our students

We are  proud to announce that a student in our school,  Deborah Nicolle Ciuraru from grade 4,  qualified to participate in the Final Round of the  international competition DANCE WORLD CUP ( ballet) – for all categories:

First Place – classic ballet- solo ;

Fourth Place – contemporary ballet – solo ;

Third Place – classic ballet – group ;

Second Place – contemporary ballet – group ;

Second Place –  ballet fusion -group;

The Final takes place on June 2015.

Good Luck, Deborah and thank you for your hard work! We are really proud that one of our students will represent Romania at this competition.

 

Earn a computer programmer certificate

In order to motivate you to learn Scratch, see this link 

The University of Edinburgh organizes a course to teach Scratch for teenagers like you

Please, join for free and you’ll earn a programmer certificate

This course “will teach you how to think like a programmer, a computer scientist, a software engineer! …You will learn all this through in-depth, hands-on examples, interviews with computing experts, fun quizzes and creative projects. By the end of this course you will be equipped with a solid understanding of the foundations of computing, allowing you to move to different programming languages or take a more advanced programming course in the future.” ( quote from the above website)

Sign up for a Child Nutrition Course

cooking for kids

The students in grade 5 are having a nutrition chapter in their Technology Education books.  We welcome it and are fully aware of its importance.

Sign up here to take a course in Nutrition

The course is provided by Stanford University through “Coursera” which provides universal access to the world’s best education.  (by partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses for anyone to take, for free).

And the recipe of the week  (Healthy Eating style)

 

The quote of the day

“Every child deserves a champion — an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection, and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.”

Rita F. Pierson

Rita F. Pierson taught elementary school, junior high and special education.

For the past decade, Pierson conducted professional development workshops and seminars for thousands of educators.

Watch this TED video -a call to educators to connect with their students on a human level: