Last week we were fortunate enough to have 4 special guests in the Elementary who also watched our OXI celebration. On that day we placed the special Pinewood honorary marble inscription in front of our Elementary building. The marble was initially placed in the Pinewood school located in the same location in 1950 and finally has returned back home!
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In the photo above, we have Pinewood's living history from 1954 to the present!
Left to right: Mr. Nikos Tsachtanis (36 years and going), Ms. Carolyn Tzimoulis (27 years as a student and as an employee), Mr. Peter Baiter (former Director 22 years), Mr. Tony Tzimoulis (former Board President 17 years and father of Ms. Tzimoulis), Ms. Ismene Ioannidou (former Elementary teacher 32 years), and Ms. Amalia Spiliakou (former Elem/Sec teacher 25 years).
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MSA re-accreditation visit |
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On November 11 and 12, the MSA representatives Dr. Priscilla Feir, MSA Associate Vice President, and Mr. Heath Capello, Upper School Assistant Principal, American School of Milan, will be visiting Pinewood to review and renew our accreditation
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During their visit, the MSA team will review our Self-Study Report, observe school operations, and meet with students, parents, teachers, and leadership. Once the visit is completed, the team will provide us with observations, recommendations, monitoring issues, and stipulations as relevant for each of the 12 standards.
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Third-grade students at Pinewood American International School of Thessaloniki, during their Who We Are TDL unit, discussed sustainability and ways that we can promote it in our community as we work to create awareness and grow global citizens. Our goal is to focus on the environmental pillar of sustainable development to protect the planet and human life within our little school community and beyond. By sharing this project with the world, our little third graders achieve a greater goal which is to raise awareness about sustainable solutions and contribute to changing the mindset of as many people as possible. If we manage to make sustainability part of people's culture, our global community will be in good hands. This is only one of the children's projects which focuses on saving the oceans.
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STEAM lesson at Elementary
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Here is a sneak peek of a STEAM lesson in our brand new design studio at Elementary Pinewood in the Anatolia campus. Students experimented with designing and testing different structures for a cable car, aiming to safely transfer two passengers and a dog down a mountain. They are learning methods that will help them find novel and useful solutions to a particular problem, be it in interaction design, graphics, or code. It is not a magic creativity machine, but when they learn to put themselves in this creative mental state, new and exciting things happen! |
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Pinewood at the Globalization Forum |
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Our G10 Global Perspectives students, along with the IB2 Economics students, participated in a Globalisation Forum. Each one of the G10 students presented and analyzed a news article on a critical globalization topic. The IB2 Economics students acted as expert members of an economic committee, whose role is to assess the economic perspective, provide useful feedback and make suggestions as to how economic analysis can be improved. A big
'thank-you' to all our students and our teachers, Mr. Katsetos (G10) and Mr. Nigdelis (IB2 Economics), for organizing this challenging event.
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Grade 2 visit to Bissell
Grade 2 visited the Bissell Library as part of their Art course with Ms. Ornella. They carefully observed the paintings of artist Sotos Zachariadis who painted the same scene in many different ways. It was fascinating to see how one scene could be interpreted so differently. The students then chose a painting to do an observational drawing.
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More than 1.500 children and parents joined us to celebrate Halloween!
More than 200 faculty, students, parents, and staff helped out and hosted 38 booths!
About 630 KILOS of CANDY were handed out!
8.000 € worth of prizes, from 31 sponsors, were given away to 280 winners!
We will share later what students and teachers would like to use the funds for. |
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A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND RAFFLE SPONSORS
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CHECK if you have won any of our prizes, and claim them until Friday November 4! |
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The lucky winner of our 2.500 euros in travel expenses by
The American Hellenic Tankers is Mrs. Katerina Tsironi from Chortiatis. She was happy to receive her prizes including our top prize today from the Elementary school! She expressed her enthusiasm for the event and wanted to thank the family, Mr. Alexios Vardoulakis & Christina Lelidou for the prize received. |
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We would like to hear your feedback about the event! |
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In-Person Discussion at Thermi Campus
Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures |
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Student Services would like to invite you to the first in-person seminar since the start of the pandemic. Ther seminar is about Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures, their importance on the children's development, and applications in school.
All staff and faculty have been trained in the policies and procedures regarding child protection, and it is essential that parents are aware of all aspects of child protection as well. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, November 8, at 6:30 pm, in the library of the Pinewood Thermi campus. We look forward to seeing you there! |
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College Visits and Pinewood's Participation to Open day of BHMS (December 15-17) |
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Our seniors had the unique opportunity to meet Colleges and Universities this month in order to learn more about the admission procedure and the Universities they are applying to study for. They gather useful information that will help them in their university selection and application process.
Among the schools that we are waiting to visit this month are Amherst College, Swarthmore College, Bowdoin College, Mt Holyoke College, Union College, University of San Francisco, and more.
The Colleges/Universities that will visit Pinewood next week are:
- Monday, Nov 7: 2nd Period - Lawrence University
- Wednesday, Nov 9: 3rd Period - Davidson College, Ohio Wesleyan University & University of San Francisco,
- Thursday, November 10: 2nd period - Bard College
- Friday November 11: 2nd Period - Franklin & Marshall College
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The institutions that have visited already are:
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American Universities /Colleges
- New York University
- Pomona College
- University of Chicago
- Williams College
- Bentley University
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Emerson College
- University of Rochester
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European Universities
- Newcastle University (UK)
- Franklin University (Switzerland)
- ACT (Thessaloniki)
- Saint louis University (Madrid)
- Richmond The american University of London (UK)
- Bocconi University (Italy)
- IE (Spain)
- Jacobs University (Germany)
- Modul university (Austria)
- Brussels School of Governance (Belgium)
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The Business Hospitality Management School of Lucerne in Switzerland is organizing an Open Day |
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The Open Day is organized on December 15-17 and is inviting seniors to attend. The university will cover the accommodation and all lunches during these two days, while the parents will have to pay only the transportation fee. It is a very interesting opportunity for our students to visit a strong institution in the field and explore this option of study. In case you are interested to participate please email Mr. Tsachatnis. We will need to have a specific number of students to organize the trip. |
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Better Internet for Kids portal |
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Safety on the internet is more important now than ever before, as children use devices and have access to the web at younger and younger ages. The Better Internet for Kids portal, is a wonderful resource for parents, teachers, and students, launched in 2016 on behalf of the European Commission. In Greece, it offers three channels of support: A website with articles and tips about online safety, a helpline available during working hours, and a hotline for reporting illegal content and conduct on the internet. |
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As part of our re-use campaign, we are collecting gently used books for our hall libraries.
If your child has outgrown some of their books and they are still in good shape, donate them to Pinewood. We are looking for books for ages 3-12. If you are an EY or elementary parent, you can drop your donations off with Ms. Carolyn in the receptionist's office.
If you are a secondary parent, you can drop your donations off with Ms. Dimitra at the secondary building.
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Our photographer is in the process of taking photos of our Elementary students and will finish this Friday. The photos are expected to be delivered to the Secondary students first and then to the Elementary students within two weeks.
Please note that school photos are only for school records and for your personal use. |
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Session 2 of NESA Parents as Partners |
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Session 2 of NESA Parents as Partners 2022-2023 is coming up soon. Join Joy Marchese for three interactive sessions to learn real-world strategies to manage technology and connect as a family once again.
The first meeting is on November 15, 4-5 pm GMT +2*. Parents may register for all three webinars directly with NESA via the below link.
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ELEMENTARY
November 17: PD Day, NO SCHOOL
November 25: Observation of Thanksgiving, NO SCHOOL
December 2: Trimester 1 ends
December 7-8: EY/Elementary parent-teacher conferences
December 16: Winter Show
December 22: Last day of classes -Early release – 12:00
Dec 23-Jan 6: Winter break, NO SCHOOL
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SECONDARY
November 17: PD Day, NO SCHOOL
November 25: Observation of Thanksgiving, NO SCHOOL
December 2: Trimester 1 ends
December 8-9: Secondary parent-teacher conferences
December 22: Last day of classes -Early release – 12:00
Dec 23-Jan 6: Winter break, NO SCHOOL
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Pinewood re-usable bottles distributed! |
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“Every time someone refills a bottle rather than throws a plastic one away, we are reducing the amount of plastic that reaches the ocean,”. At Pinewood, we raise awareness for pollution, its causes, and its results and encourage students to reuse and recycle. Our elementary students have received their pinewood water bottles as part of our sustainability month project. Our Secondary students will receive their bottles tomorrow, Thursday. |
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