Two of our students, Alexandros Mentesidis and Marios Katzigas, received the Student Entrepreneurship Award during the "Genuine Innovative Youth Awards 2023".
Our students were selected for their business idea called
'Sleek', a smart bin that aims to remove all the hassle and inconvenience of dealing with rubbish. They had already won 5th place in the international Innovator competition and were the first team outside the US to receive such an honor. They have truly demonstrated what it means to be creative and enterprising young individuals.
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Our art teacher, Ms. Kapanidou, is collaborating for the second time with the Memory project organization. This is a youth arts organization that promotes intercultural understanding and kindness between children around the world. They intend to touch the lives of youth around the world who are facing many types of challenges.
Our Art elective students each received a picture of a child from an orphanage in India and they created a portrait that will be sent to them as a gift. In this way, our students open their hearts and minds to touch those of the children in return. |
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Independence Day Celebrations at Pinewood
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This year our Elementary students participated in two educational field trips in honor of Greek Independence Day. Grades 1, 2 and 3 students visited the Center of Byzantine Culture "Justinianos" in Nea Flogita, where our amazing retired Pinewood teacher, Ms. Amalia Spiliakou, gave the students a tour. They also visited an exhibition about the Greek revolution and watched a 3D video about the Revolution in the region of Chalkidiki. Students from Grades 4,5 and 6 visited the War Museum in Thessaloniki. They got to look at exhibits related to the Greek Revolution and collections focusing on Modern Greek history dating from the turn of the 20th Century until the liberation of Greece from German forces at the end of World War II.
The Secondary students gathered on this special day to celebrate the Greek Independence Day. Students from Grades 9 & 10, under the supervision of Ms. Adelfopoulou and Ms. Kika, worked on a presentation about historical events and interests. Narrations, poems, dances, and various other materials were presented during the celebration. |
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Book Reading Photo Competition
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the Book Reading Photo Competition. We were happy to see so many creative entries. Congratulations to the following winners in their respective categories:
Family reading: Sofia Giatas
Reading with my siblings: Federico and Lorenzo Appolloni
Reading with my pet: Martina Esposito and Pavlos Lemonidis
Reading with my teddy bear: Amanda Tsolis Santos
Weird Reading: Oliver & Spencer Richard, Sofia Sloutskaya, Carlo & paolo Campanale
Best edited photo: Lea Tarnanas
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Elementary students at the Pottery Exhibition
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Our Grade 3 students visited our
Pinewood Alumni, Christine Willis' pottery exhibition,
'50 Years a Potter'. Our students had the opportunity to witness the magic and watch Ms. Willis create a honey pot and a big bowl. They also created their own small clay sculptures inspired by the exhibition. The third graders gathered inspiration for their competition project, a bee hotel totem pole, that they are working on in their Art and STEAM class.
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Elementary students Art Projects
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Our 4th-grade students finished their art class unit: Exploring Patterns. They learned to make repeat patterns, customize them, and put them on online fabric products! In the above picture, you can see the base of the pattern and how it looked on the fabric. |
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Our second graders finished their art unit, Be An Architect! They began the project by defining what architecture is. Then they did various explore and draw activities and referenced famous architectural structures. They drew inspiration from the architect Hundertwasser and, finally, using a collection of recyclable materials, created a structure of their own. If you want to see the mini city they created, it will be displayed in the Design Studio until Spring break! |
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Nicole Kouzounis and Aikaterini Dimitra Kizilitza (Grade 9) are collecting plastic water bottle caps for their community project. They will donate the bottle caps to the iwog donation center, which supports a wheelchair program for disabled Greek basketball players.
A ton of bottle caps, roughly 540.000 caps, can yield 120€, the starting price for a wheelchair. So don't throw your bottle caps; put them in the "bottle cap box" at the entrance!
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Gabriele Cerullo (Grade 9) wants to use his community project to advocate for animal welfare. He is targeting social media users by sharing posters about animals at risk of extinction and the related conservation efforts done for that specific species. By creating a profile and eventually asking various organizations to re-post his work on their official website/social media profile, Gabriele hopes his project will reach many people interested in animal welfare.
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Shakespeare Literature Festival
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- Tuesday, April 4 - Gallery Walk for Grade 7 and 8 students
- Wednesday, April 5 - Assembly for Grade 7 to 10 students all about Shakespeare! Presentations, videos, and a Kahoot!
- Thursday, April 6 - Screen Free Day. A variety of exciting activities are planned for all our Secondary students.
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One of our Pinewood parents is organizing a summer camp in Liddington (UK). The camp will take place from July 22-30 and students aged 8 - 16 can participate.
The camp will combine a 7-night adventure program, under the guidance of British counselors, with a 2 days visit to London where the children will visit historical places, the science museum and watch a musical.
The cost is 1000 £ which includes everything, except the flight. Please Email Mr. Uslu for further information.
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Congratulations to the following students for the college acceptances:
Alex Preobrazhenskii to St John's University with &15,000 scholarship
Christina Sakali to Laverne University with a scholarship of $11,000
Ioannis Amanatidis to Johnson & Wales University with a scholarship of $5,000 and to Bryant University with a scholarship of $15,000
Lin De Tao to Hobart & William Smith Colleges with a scholarship of $35,000 |
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ELEMENTARY
April 1: Kangaroo competition
April 7: Elementary Field Day
April 10-21: Spring break - NO SCHOOL
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SECONDARY
April 1: Kangaroo competition
April 4-6: Literature festival
April 6: Screen-free day
April 10-21: Spring break - NO SCHOOL
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