“If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts.”

-Leo Tolstoy

On December 11, an online meeting was held with Georgian writer - Tamar Gegeshidze. Tamar has marked her literary debut in 2018 when she published children’s novel “Soul-Bird”, which tells us about the everyday life of an ordinary growing boy in today’s Georgia. Her second book - “Erasers” quickly took its place as a favorite among Georgian children. During the meeting, there was an interesting discussion between the participants, including getting to know the writer’s point of view of her book “Erasers”. Meeting was attended by American High School students from grades 8-11., academic dean - Natia Tevzadze, the organizers of the meeting - the English language and literature teachers, Nana Mukeria and Ani Bochorishvili. Besides of being fun, the meeting turned out to be very informative and educational. With the help of the meeting with a Georgian writer, the students gained a better understanding of modern Georgian literature. Students got very interesting recommendations set out by the writer, including classroom reading, and tips on how each young person can make their dream become a reality. Participants also asked compelling questions concerning the inspirations for the main characters, the meaning behind title, advice about interesting novels for teenagers and many more.

Hello students! As you can see the Christmas season is all around us. We had St. Nicholas day, we had American Christmas, New year, and soon enough more extraordinary events will come. This month is all about new comings, and goodbyes. Even though we are soon getting a beak, it is safe to say most of us, if not all of us, need one. There have been multiple things going on in December, but most importantly we got through the 1^st semester exams. Good job to everyone, all our American High School students, who got through exam week without obstacles. Even though it was all new at first, and quite hard to do everything virtually, we still succeeded in unraveling new talents and great potential from all our students regarding exams. Now it’s time for us to get a break, and for us to finally have some relaxation. From the 24^th to January 18^th the whole American high school board will be going into hibernation. No more APs, no more classes, no more teaching. But soon we will come back, stronger than ever. Have a great holiday everyone. Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year.

COVID-19 has been a long-term problem for people all over the world, and it is one of the key factors when it comes to the limitations for American High School. Day to day we might be seeing ongoing trends and increase in the numbers of the COVID-19-infected patients. Everything is now closed. All the malls, major stores, the markets, and so on. it is said that in the 31^st all are supposed to open, until January 2^nd. So, let us get our holiday shopping in between that period, don’t forget to wear a mask, use hand-sanitizer and practice social distancing. The holiday season might be enjoyable, but it is also feared under our present conditions. Be happy, enjoy the Christmas aura, and most importantly stay safe. To all the children and teachers whose family have been infected, we wish you a pleasant recovery and we are all praying for your health and wellbeing.

American high school has taken a new specialized way of conducting our exams. Since we have very unusual conditions, and we must take not only health but also academic precautions, it has been decided that most our exams would be indeed presentations. Presentations offer security as to plagiarism and copying. Even though we trust all our students, we aim for authenticity and presentability. Of course, there will be some classes in which we will not be able to carry out a presentation formed exam, but apart from those the rest will be this way. Our sector is also offering us more ease and less distress concerning our exams. We aim for education not pressure. Exams will be held in each class for all grades. There will be a specific timetable designed for each grade depicting the time and the date of the specified exam. It is highly organized, and everything is taken care of to make sure our exams run smoothly. We wish you good luck and have faith in each one of you.