Halloween Party Organization

We already started the organization for the Halloween Party, which will take place on the 31-st of October, and had the first two meetings connected with this party. During our first meeting we discussed the offered destinations and summed up the results of the quest which we gave to the eight-graders. This inquiry aimed to ask for students’ opinion and suggestions about this party. So the chosen destination was Romania,"Dracula” castle in particular. We also started planning our program for Halloween. Our second meeting in connection with the Halloween Party was the time when we had to choose the prizes for the winners of the games. We had to decide what gifts to order from the site www.souvenir.bg. It wasn’t an easy task having considered the big amount of choices. We also decided what will be the role of each of us and to write the script together. I think that it will be a great party! 

Celebrating the Independence Day of Bulgaria – 22 September

22 September is one of the most important dates for my country because we celebrate the Independence of Bulgaria. On this day 104 years ago, in 1908, Prince Ferdinand of

Bulgaria declared the independence of the country from the Ottoman Empire. This happened 30 years after the Liberation of Bulgaria in the church “St. Forty Martyrs” in my town Veliko Turnovo.

The celebrations started in the church “St. Forty Martyrs” where the manifesto of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria was read and Veliko Turnovo’s bishop performed a liturgy. Then the celebration continued at the ancient fort “Tsarevets” where there were floral tributes at the Pyramid of Independence. There were different interesting performances all day long which finished with a big traditional Bulgarian dance called “horo” and fireworks. Some of the IB students and the eight graders took part in the celbrations and presented our school American College "Arcus".

I feel proud that I am Bulgarian and from the tenacity of our ancestor who devoted their life to the Independence of the country. Their dedication was important so that Bulgarians could  be an united nation!

Честит празник! 

Second CAS meeting and donation of books for library "Nadejda"

Today was our second CAS meeting during which we had to fill in our Personal Planning Pages. We also had to choose in which upcoming events and holidays to participate during the first term. Our second meeting was the time to do our first charity campaign - donation of books for library "Nadejda"I think that the events that lie ahead are very interesting and I feel that I am going to do something useful for me as well as for the others. For me this task was difficult because I had to allocate and classify the events in which I am going to take part but finally I came up with my Personal Planning Page:          

                           

             

Personal Planning Page - Term 1
Activities	Evidence	Hours	Total
Creativity	*Club Applied arts	21	28
	*Making poster for International teacher’s day	2
	* Preparation for Halloween	4
	*Preparation for the Day of Bulgarian Revival Leaders	1
	*European week for waste reduction	3
	*Christmas decoration	4
Action	* Club Tourism	24	38
	*Club Sports	6
	*Shooting competition	8
Service	*Charity club “Hope and Love”	25	45
	*Celebration of the Independence day of Bulgaria	2
	*Celebrating International teacher’s day	1
	*Halloween party – preparation and celebration	9
	*Pre-elective presidents campaign	1
	*Celebrating the International day of people with disabilities	6
	*International Day of Hug	1

                  Project: Local project: Club “Young Journalist”                  Total: 118

       International project: European year of the citizens 2013

First CAS meeting

Our first CAS meeting was on 18th September. During this meeting we discussed the future activities and shared ideas how to make our job more interesting.Our teacher Mira Petarcheva gave us the Personal Planning Pages and Attendance sheets which we have to fill in. At first it was a bit stressful but now I feel excited about the IB program as a whole and especially about the CAS classes. I think that these hours will help us to develope some of our skills and abilities. In my opinion CAS classes would be not only            useful but also full of fun. I can''t wait to start!