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November 8th, 2006 | Current Issue

EISP staff moving toward UK par
Assessment course deemed a success at international school

So long chalkboard, hello 'magic pen'
Prague schools invest in high-tech classroom gadgets

Learning to fit in at Various World
After-school club gives expat kids a place to integrate

Looking to close the language gap
Asian delegation offers to finance Chinese classes

English immersion lands in Prague 5
New preschool opens doors, looks for students

School Watch
The truth about budget language schools

BRIEFS


Alex Blackbourne and Azaria Davidson show off their book projects.
BOOK WEEK

The English International School, Prague (EISP) held Book Week 2006 Oct. 9-13. Students participated in a variety of activities during the week, including a secondhand book swap, storytelling sessions and a "book character" day, when kids came to school dressed as characters from their favorite stories.


Kids on parade


Students at Riverside School participate in last month's Harvest Celebration. There was lots of singing and dancing.
HARVEST CELEBRATION Riverside School held its 2006 Harvest Celebration Oct. 12-13. Festivities included singing and dancing. Students brought in food items for the poor and the homeless in Prague, which were handed over to the Salvation Army. Fresh produce will be used in the soup kitchens in the coming days, and longer-lasting food items will be kept for the winter.


Aya Kamio and Barbora Chladková make dumplings.
CULTURE WEEK The International School of Prague held Culture Week Oct. 2-6. The week, a long-standing tradition at the school, gave students a chance to talk about the tradtions and culture of their home countries. Students also enjoyed musical and dance performances by different Czech groups that specialize in performing for young audiences.


Liliana Persina and Maria Gumilevskaya strike a pose.
LECTURE Honeywell hosted educational programs and lectures at the Czech Technical University in Prague Oct. 19-20. The event, which included a public lecture, student and faculty discussions, and laboratory observations, was part of the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative. The initiative is a global science education effort resulting from the partnership between Nobel Media AB and Nobel Web AB and Honeywell Hometown Solutions.

Polina Atabekyan and Anastasia Ilina play dress up.
TRAINING Transitions Online, the online publisher and media training organization, has teamed with Dow Jones to create a new intensive training course in Business and Economics Journalism. The course will be held in Prague on Jan. 7-12. The course, led by Dow Jones Newswires' editor Randolph Walerius, will teach financial reporting skills to working journalists, journalism students and MBA students.

Jade Kim plays dress up.

CONTEST The European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) is taking submissions for its 2006 Viadrina CEE Scholarship Essay Contest. This year's topic is "Young leaders in Central and Eastern Europe." Contestants can send their 1,000-1,400-word essays to contest@mba-cee.com. The deadline is Nov. 15. The contest is open to residents of Europe with at least three years of working experience and a university degree. The first-place prize is a full scholarship for the Part Time MBA, Management for Central and Eastern Europe, an international accredited program designed for young professionals who want to study while staying on the job.

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