2009/2010

On ANZAC day, 25 April 2010, the 3rd Annual 1st International School of Ostrava Indoor Cricket Tournament was held. Two teams from India, the ANZACS (Australia & New Zealand), the UK Barbarians, Czech Senior Boy Bruisers and the Libertarians (USA & France combo) competed bravely for the honour of raising the winners cup! This year, the honour went to the lucky and skilful ANZACS with the Indian teams placed second and third. All teams ought to be congratulated for their fine efforts with the bat and ball. The strokeplay, the curry, the runouts, the amber nectar, the sixes, the reflexes, the kids, the umpires - a perfect recipe for a great day indoors.

From 29th May till 3rd June 2010 we visited our partner school in Piatra Neamt in Romania. We could see the lessons, we participated in the Comenius evening with other partner states, we traveled in Moldova region and finally we visited Bucharest.

Our foreign students took part in the 2010 Ostrava Conference on Sustainable Development, where they shared their experiences as foreigners living in the city of Ostrava.

All the students who have just graduated were honored at a ceremony. This ceremony took place in Dum Deti and all students, parents and teachers were invited to it.

The Maturita is the most important exam for our students, yet. When they pass, they are said to become adults, and can go off to college. All the 13 graders were preparing for it the entire week before, during a break called Svatý týden.

It is a Czech tradition for 13 graders to make their tablo. It includes the photos of the graduating students, as well as their class teachers. This year, the students chose to make photos from all around the world.

The second meeting of the Comenius Multilateral Partnership Program took place in Portugal during the week beginning 26.4. 2010. We visited our partner school in Aguiar da Beira and its beautiful region. We had an opportunity to taste the local cuisine, and we also observed how cheese was made. Before heading home, we spent two days in Porto, exploring its monuments and the seaside.

On 22nd of April, 2010, a group of students from grades 10, 11 and 12 went to the forest in Stará Bělá. Their job was to pick up branches of trees and collect them into piles. Grades 6, 7, 8 & 9 went to a forest called Bělský Les. We look forward to next year’s Earth Day!

Our school proudly took part in a project organised by Člověk v tísni, called Student’s Elections. Although this event caused some controversy across the country, we went ahead with elections on Wednesday April 28th, 2010 as planned.

On the 20th of March we have visited and toured the Parliament of the Czech Republic and had a chance to look where other people have never been.

On April 14th and 15th, in cooperation with the Canadian Embassy of the Czech Republic and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, we organised Canada Days in Ostrava, 2010. For a full programme, go to our News Page.

This year´s 13 graders have done a terrific job with preparing their ball. It took place in Club Akord, Ostrava-Zabreh. There were more than 250 tickets sold and a raffle with more then 70 gifts. We thank our graduates and wish them luck for the upcoming Maturita.

Each year the 11 graders attend special dancing classes that always end with a final ball called Kolona. Many teachers were invited to this ball and could enjoy watching their students dance. We hope they all had fun!

The Ski trip to Austria was exciting and fun; there were just under 50 people. Each evening, a group of students would make up a program for the evening. On Monday and Friday, we skied in Bad Kleinkircheim, and the rest of the time, we were at Katschberg. The weather was pretty good for most of the time, with a few exceptions.

In the first week of February the first exchange within the Comenius program was realized. We went to France where we visited our partner school in Nantes and its region. The last two days of our stay we explored the beauties of Paris.

Our school held its annual Let the World Come to You competition, which climaxed with the final presentations on February 12th, 2010. This year the topic was music, and members of the jury were led by Ondřej Hejma, known as the lead singer of the group Žlutý pes and from the Czech version of American Idol, Česko hledá superstar.

The teachers of the physics department arranged a trip to the power plant, Dlouhé Stráně. Students from all of the grades went to see the inside of the water power plant and learn how it operates. Then, students and teachers visited a paper factory and learned how paper is made.

Our annual Christmas Party took place at the Garage Club, Poruba. This year´s dress code involved the typical Christmas colours of red and white. Our staff was honored to see each grade´s performances. We all had lots of fun!

In the middle of the first semester, some of our students went to represent our school at the Ostrava school fair. First, they talked to children from the elementary schools. Later, our school organized a competition about famous English songs and the winner received a soccer ball signed by the FC Baník players.

As it is a well-known custom in the Czech Republic, this year´s 13 grade organized a "stužkovací večírek" for the teachers, as well as for themselves. Each student was given a ribbon for the Maturita.

This year, in the streets of Ostrava, something special occured as a remembrance to the fall of communism 20 years ago. This so-called "Totalitarian town" showed how life was in that period. Our students were lucky to see police cars, clothes, manipulation of people, and many other interesting presentations.

In December 2009 four of our 11th grade students participated in a charity event organised by Amnesty International. Over the course of a day, we asked passers-by to sign papers asking for the release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in countries like Afghanistan, China, the US and even the Roma people of the Czech Republic.

Our school was honored to have four NATO pilots visit us. These pilots spoke about how hard it is to be a pilot. They also answered a few questions. This event was very educational and we hope that more events like this will come up in the future.

This great event took place in Velké Karlovice in the beautiful Beskydy Mountains and is a great first step into the new school year! There were more than 30 students and a dozen teachers getting to know eachother through morning lessons and afternoon activities like horseback riding, cycling, golf, ball games and much more!

To launch the new school year, we welcomed new students with our annual opening ceremony. Both parents and students were invited on 1.9.2010 to the auditorium to get things started properly. Have a great year!