On behalf of the Pinewood community, our thoughts and prayers go out to the families affected by the unthinkable train collision that occurred this morning in the Tempe region of Greece. In the midst of such a tragedy so close to home, we offer our deepest condolences to those facing loss and a speedy recovery to those who have been injured.
(Photo credit #beetrootagency skg) |
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Pinewood managed to collect and deliver 8 pallets, stacked 2 meters high, full of clothes, food and hygiene products to the Thessaloniki Municipality for distribution to the people affected by the Turkey-Syria earthquakes. Our appreciation goes to our parents, students, and staff who responded to our call for donations. |
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Pinewood creates opportunities and shapes students which are looking for a way to grow as persons and as entrepreneurs. Ambitious, driven people – curious creative thinkers!
During last week's Entrepreneurship week, students got inspired, gathered information, shared and grew their ideas, and learned how to expand their network with people that may be valuable for the development of their idea.
We also held our very first school-wide inspiring Entrepreneurship Fair! Students had the opportunity to walk around and enjoy interacting and supporting our Student Business Owners who had set up their stalls to sell their goods and services. Art, food, books, clothes, jewelry, and much more were available for sale. Our young entrepreneurs learned a few things about competition and how to position their stalls better - and they were unanimous in their request to repeat the event soon!
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Last Wednesday, 30 professionals joined us during our Career Day. Some of our parents and external professionals provided our secondary students with insights into their studies, work life, and personal experiences. The students got a better understanding of the correlation between certain study fields and different professions. They also gained an understanding of how skills and attitudes learned in school can translate into advantages.
A warm thank you to our speakers, for offering their time and support. Click HERE to read more. |
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Pinewood joins forces with NFTE to Foster Entrepreneurial Mindset
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Dedicated to providing our students with opportunities to explore skill sets that transfer well outside of the classroom and increase their agency, Pinewood has partnered with NfTE, a U.S.- based International organization for Teaching Entrepreneurship. This partnership will allow our students to benefit from a world-class curriculum and compete for a place in the World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge that will take place this coming November in New York City.
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Grade 6 (MYP1) - Product Design Assembly
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Last Wednesday, our Grade 6 students showcased their Design projects in the elementary gym. The students presented the Design Cycle and how it is used in Digital and Product Design classes. Students presented their digital solutions (posters, presentations, videos). They continued with an interactive exhibition where they presented their 3D-printed phone holders, created in the product design class. A committee of teachers voted for the best phone holder design. This year’s winner was Devin Uslu, who developed an adjustable phone holder consisting of jointed moveable parts.
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Today, some of our Elementary parents joined us at the Pinewood library, where they read to our students as part of our Elementary Book Week series of events.
Book week is a celebration of reading and imagination, and it is a fantastic opportunity for all of us to enjoy the fun of reading. Click below for an overview of some exciting events and activities planned for Book Week. We hope these two weeks will inspire students to love reading and to appreciate the power of stories. |
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Pineword Winter Edition 2023, is now published!
Pineword is a student-led magazine. The articles are written by our students who joined the journalism after-school club.
Click on the below link to read about life at Pinewood! |
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Ceramics exhibition and workshop
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Our Pinewood alumna Christine Willis invites you to attend her retrospective exhibit, "50 years a potter", which takes place during the whole month of March at the Museio prosfygon, located in Anopoli. Our Grade 3 students will visit the exhibition with our art teacher, Ms. Akrivopoulou on Tuesday, March 14 where they will also attend a pottery workshop! You can find Christine's story below.
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JA Greece Virtual Business Competition
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As part of our participation in the JA Greece Virtual Business Competition, this year's Pinewood Team
(Nefeli Foutsitzi, Ana Camacho & Lucas Nikolaidis) has created a Commercial Video for their Business Idea: Save the Day Machine. The video with the most votes will receive the Public Choice Award.
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So get on the platform and support our school, tell your friends and family and let's see how far up in the final ranks we can go!
Voting Period: March 1 - April 30, 2023 Where: HERE How: Each person visiting the page can vote only once and vote for up to 3 groups. When you go to the voting page, the commercial videos are in alphabetical order. You can ctrl+F and look up the word "save" to bring yourself to the "Save The Day Machine". You will select it and then repeat the process again to click on the "VOTE" option at the bottom of the page to register your votes. Important: Make sure you complete the process by clicking on "VOTE", or the vote will not be registered. Result Announcement: Greek Finals (May 2023)
You can also support the Pinewood Team by uploading our commercial video or any other promotional material to your social media to invite your audience to vote for us HERE platform throughout the voting period.
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PODCAST by Student Services
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On March 7, our "I Have a Question"
Parent Edition podcast will be broadcasted live for all. During this podcast, our Student Services will address questions parents have, regarding their children, topics ranging from academic and learning to social-emotional and health. If you are looking for parenting advice and relatable insights into the difficulties and challenges our children are facing, then our "I have a question" podcast is ideal for you.
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Students of Grades 11 and 12, are exhibiting artworks they created during their International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Arts course. The young artists have explored a variety of subjects and challenges in order to create engaging and meaningful artworks while experimenting with painting, sculpture, digital art, photography, printmaking, and video art.
There is a wide variety of topics that the students explored, all requiring the audience to think critically about the issues depicted and consider the many small and big adjustments that our world requires today. The audience is called to contemplate trending topics of the literal and symbolic manifestation of trauma, body image, and mental illness, as well as recurrent topics about our life cycle, the natural world with its beauties and its horrors, and a novel viewpoint on Greek mythological female characters.
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The opening of the exhibition will take place in the Remezzo Gallery space in Kalamaria, on Thursday, March 16, at 18.00. The artists will be presenting their work and will be available to answer questions. The exhibition is curated by visual artist and art teacher Ms. Konstantina Kapanidou.
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IB Scholarships 2023-2024
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IB Scholarships are now available for current grade 10 Pinewood students and prospective grade 11 students. Students are invited to apply for scholarships up to 80% of the tuition fee.
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Pinewood's Jewelry After School Club exhibition is now up and running on our Elementary campus. You will find handmade jewelry pieces designed by the 15 creative students from our jewelry club, led by Ms. Katerina Siganidou. The jewelry is available for purchase until next Wednesday.
The exhibition will also be displayed at the Secondary campus later in time.
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Online Work Experience and Career Days
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CareerDays is for any student aged 14-17 who wants to experience different careers or gain work experience in their chosen field. From medicine, law, performing arts, psychology, business or becoming a vet, they have a 1-day online event for you, designed to give you an insight into life in your chosen field. |
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The schedule is as follows:
Dentistry Career Day - Saturday 18th March 2023
Medicine Career Day - Sunday 26th March 2023
Midwifery Career Day - Saturday 1st April 2023
Psychology Career Day - Saturday 8th April 2023
Business Career Day - Saturday 15th April 2023
Architect Career Day - Saturday 22nd April 2023
Vet Career Day - Saturday 29th April 2023
Law Career Day - Saturday 6th May 2023
Computer Science Career Day - Saturday 20th May 2023
Performing Arts Career Day - Saturday 27th May 2023
Students can visit www.careerdays.co.uk to join a session in their field of interest and will receive a certificate at the end of the day confirming their work experience.
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Congratulations to the following students for their college acceptances:
Nestor Karchkhadze
Widener University with a scholarship of $25,000
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De Tao Lin
Elmhurst University with a scholarship of $22,000
Widener University with a scholarship of $35,000
Mariana Nikolaidou
Utrecht University
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Junle Ji
University of Toronto
University of Amsterdam
Vrije University of Amsterdam
Χinyl Lin
University of Brighton
University of Plymouth
Norwich University of the Arts
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Greetings from NESA, with a reminder that Session 2 of the second semester of NESA Parents as Partners 2022-2023 is coming up in just under two weeks:
Parents may register for all spring sessions directly with NESA via the following link:
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A recording will be uploaded to the InfoHub after the session. |
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ELEMENTARY
Feb 28-Mar 10: Bookweek
Mar 1 - 7: Jewelry Club Exhibition at Elementary campus
Mar 2: Bookmark Competition Winners
Mar 7-8: Photo Make-Up day/ Group pictures
Mar 10: End of Term II
Mar 15-16: EY/Elementary parent/teacher conferences
Mar 23: Celebration for March 25th - field trips
Mar 24: NO SCHOOL
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SECONDARY
Mar 8: Photo Make-Up day
Mar 10: End of Term II
Mar 16: IB Art Exhibition Opening
Mar 16-19: Forensic Club Competition
Mar 21: Report Cards Released,18:00
Mar 22: Parent-Teacher Conferences, live on campus, 17:00 - 20:00
Mar 23: Parent-Teacher Conferences, live on campus, 12:30 - 16:30 -- Early Release
Mar 24: NO SCHOOL
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