On Knowledge Day in our school on 1 September, a festive ceremony was held in the school hall to mark the start of the new academic year. This year, our school family has grown tremendously: three first grades and three tenth grades were opened. One of the first classes, 1A, led by Monika Jurs-Hellamaa, is learning Estonian as a mother tongue. The most memorable moment of the celebration was the anthem performance, where due to a technical malfunction there was no music, but the students of grades 4 to 5 sang the anthem heartily together under the guidance of Inna Rüü. All participants felt a sense of unity and pride in their school.
All the festivities were organised and carried out by Year 12 students. Older pupils helped the first classes to enter the school hall, and prepared a little surprise for them – a performance during the ceremony, which brought joy and laughter to the youngest pupils. Special thanks go to the directors of the act: Artur Janson, Arseni Melnik, Jelizaveta Tostšova and Arseni Pronin; the actors: Lidia Syrtlanova, Christopher Nosach, Kirill Mahhankov and Polina Volkova; the active students: Oskar Roomet, Artemi Melnik, Edgar Zabavin; and those who prepared the presentations and competitions: Arina Titova, Diana Khodakovska and Stefan Nedich.
The school wishes all the class teachers a great start to the school year and good luck: Monika Jurs-Hellamaa (1.A), Tatjana Romanova (1.B), Tatjana Boeva (1.C), Jelena Suits (2.A), Alyona Järv (2.B), Anastassia Šeïn (2.A), Anastassia Šeïn (2.B).C), Alla Vares (3.A), Olesya Ofitserova (3.B), Ella Polovintshuk (3.C), Larissa Rajevskaya (4.A), Jelena Kriis (4.B), Lyubov Syrtlanova (4.C), Inna Rüü (5.A), Jelena Baer-Bader (5.B), Irma Grigoreva (5.C), Jelena Korju (6.A), Irina Papsheva-Kolubaev (6.B), Yulia Orlova (6.C), Olga Puusepp (7.A), Viktoria Podgornõhh (7.B), Mila Chastukhina (7.C), Olga Kalakauskene (8.A), Nadezhda Kingisepp (8.B), Yelena Grebjolkina (8.C), Irina Tankman (9.A), Jelena Vorontsova (9.B), Oleg Zahharov (9.C), Jelena Rupski (10-1), Maia Masing (10-2), Natalia Pavlyuk (10-3), Marina Pissareva (11.A), Gennady Astapov (11.B), Svetlana Minakova (12-1) and Violetta Kuropatkin (12-2).
The Knowledge Day showed once again that school is not only a place of learning, but also a family where everyone matters. We wish all students, teachers and parents a wonderful and successful school year full of new knowledge, discoveries and the joy of learning together!
Yevgenia Zovmer
