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2013.04.13

Grade 4 Learns about Easter Celebration Traditions at the National Museum of Lithuania

Grade 4 students went to the National Museum of Lithuania during the Lithuanian Language and Culture class to discover Easter celebration traditions.

2013.04.13

AISV Takes Part in CEESA Middle School Knowledge Bowl in St. Petersburg in March

Four of AISV students went to St.Petersburg for CEESA MS Knowledge Bowl. This was an exciting trip for us because it was the first time in St.Petersburg!

2013.03.15

AISV – first time in CEESA Swimming 2013 Competition!

The swim meet is the largest athletic event sponsored by CEESA, with 10 international schools being represented and over 200 swimmers. This was our first ever swim event!

2013.01.11

The Overnight Hunger Games at AISV

I can’t describe the feeling that overcame me that evening.

2013.01.11

St.Martin's day at AISV

On the 21st of November, students who study German at AISV performed a modern play based on the story of St. Martin. The play meant to show the meaning of sharing.

2012.12.19

Grade 1 Presented the Musical “Life Cycles”

This fall, in science class, Grade 1 learned all about plants and animals. To share what we learned, we performed the musical Life Cycles.

2012.12.18

A Christmas Cinderella

AISV Upper School Presented a Traditional Holiday Concert

2012.12.14

Amber – Gold of Lithuania

AISV Takes Part in Integrated project ,,Gintaras – Lietuvos auksas” in Turgeliai Secondary School

2012.12.14

“The Little Bell That Could Not Ring”

AISV Lower School Presented a Traditional Holiday Concert

2012.12.14

Making the Traditional Lithuanian “Hanging Gardens”

On December 11th we had a special visitor who came to AISV. Her name is Marija Liugienė who is an ethnologist from the Ethnology Center. She specializes in straw decorations and symbols.

2012.12.14

Exploring Lithuanian History and Culture: Amber

2012.12.07

Friendly Floorball Tournament

The best part at least for me was that we represented our school and showed that even though we are small we are strong!

2012.12.07

Thanksgiving Activities at AISV

Turkey Hunt Activity and Thanksgiving Dance Evening for Grades 1-4

2012.11.30

AISV hosted CEESA High School Speech and Debate

This year, for the first time, AISV hosted the CEESA High School Speech and Debate Tournament. Over 40 students attended the event, all coming from six of Europe’s international schools

2012.11.30

Middle School explores Kaunas

While at The Devils’ Museum, 5-6 viewed a stunning collection of devil figurines, paintings, and china

2012.11.16

Grade 2 Library Class Role Play

Grade 2 students in a role-play of the book The Scarecrow Who Didn’t Scare by Neil Griffiths in the library class

2012.11.05

Grades 10 and 11 Visit Anykščiai

Grade 10th and 11th Lithuanian class students left for Anykščiai - the setting that affects the pieces of work of many famous Lithuanian writers from the Anykščiai region.

2012.10.19

Grade 7 Visits the Amber Museum

Grade 7 students visited the Amber Museum and found out many interesting facts about amber.

2012.10.19

Upper School Trip to Former Capitals of Lithuania

On Friday, 12th of October, the high school non-native Lithuanians language speakers took an exciting trip to the previous Lithuanian capitals.

2012.10.19

Grade 1 visits the Botanical Garden

2012.09.28

Grade's 6 trip to Kernavė

The Friday of September 21st the 6th grade took a trip to Kernavė, the first capital of Lithuania. They explored the archaeological museum and observed very old artifacts from the Iron Age and Neolithic age. The students raced up and down the steep hills.

2012.09.21

ARIANA Represents AISV in the Seimas of RL

ARIANA MITRA Represents AISV at the Anniversary of Indo-Lithuanian Diplomatic Relation in the Seimas of RL

2012.09.21

Outing Tip to Belmontas

AISV Outing Club member shares his impressions on the first trip the club had this year.

2012.07.19

The Second AISV Graduation Ceremony

Congratulations to AISV graduates of 2012 - Patricija Krušinskaitė and Yelyzaveta Kravchuk!

2012.06.08

The Curious Physics Show

This week the Second Grade went to The Curious Physics Show. It was a very fun field trip of science.

2012.05.18

Kindergarten Assembly: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

On Friday, May 11th, the kindergarten class showcased their presentation of The Very Hungry Caterpillar based off of the book written and illustrated by Eric Carle. The story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a classroom favorite and we had a lot of fun bringing the story to life, complete with songs, chants, and kindergarten originally-made props and scenery modeled after Eric Carle's illustrations.

2012.05.18

AISV Annual Science Fair 2012

On Thursday, May 10, AISV held the annual science fair for upper school classes. Each student, with some working in groups, did a project about something they thought was interesting. Students were judged and graded on their projects, essays, and poster boards, as well as the presentations they gave. Classes were assigned a classroom where students could set up their projects and present them to the judges.

2012.05.11

In the Dance World of AISV

If you ask any lower school student at AISV if they want to have another dance evening this school year, they will burst with many “yes” and happy smiles on their faces! It seemed to be one the most popular after-school activities for lower school students.

2012.05.11

AISV AT TALLINN FRIENDLY OLYMPICS 2012

The AISV junior and senior teams both won the first places for basketball, and second places for volleyball, alongside with many other awards.

2012.05.11

AISV was Represented at the National Olympiad of Astronomy

2012.05.11

LOWER SCHOOL STUDENT COUNCIL IN ACTION

2012.05.11

Pre-K 4 Presents FAMILY DAY

2012.05.11

Pre-K3 Presents SPRING

2012.05.11

Grade 5 Trip to Vilnius University Library

2012.05.03

MULTILINGUAL TOURNAMENT “I SPEAK, YOU SPEAK, WE - COMMUNICATE“

This was the first multilingual tournament organised in Lithuania that had gathered students of Grades 9-11 from all over Lithuania (Vilnius, Avižieniai, Trakai, Kaunas, Jonava, Klaipėda, Utena, Anykščiai, Telšiai, Druskininkai, Alytus, Marijampolė, Šeduva, Pasvalys and Šilalė) speaking no less than two non-native (foreign) languages and forming teams from 33 secondary schools or gymnasiums

2012.04.27

Grades 4-5 Explore an Open-Air Ethnographical Museum in Rumšiškės

Grades 4 and 5 went to Rumšiškės. The goal of the trip was to learn about Lithuanian ethnological life.

2012.04.27

Grade 2 Field Trip to the Energy Museum

There were lots of games we could play after the lady gave us a tour. For example, there was a friendship machine, a scale where you could see your weight on the moon, Mars and Jupiter, and the basketball thing where you have to put glasses on and throw the ball. Everybody in the second grade loved this trip because it was the funniest trip ever!

2012.04.27

“The Weather Show” by Grade 2

2012.04.27

A Friendly Football Afternoon: AISV vs VIS

2012.04.27

The Most Serious and Most Creative ROCK BAND at a Song Contest at Jesuit Gymnasium

2012.04.06

Lithuanian National Museum Trip: Grade 7 Explores the Middle Ages

That was probably the most fun part of our tour, examining and trying on medieval armor and holding weapons from that time.

2012.03.30

AISV Grades 6-8 French students take part at the International Day of Francophonie

Half a billion of Francophones around the world celebrate the French language, their common bond, and their diversity on this day, and this event has been going on for 14 years.

2012.03.16

AISV Places Second in CEESA HS Boys Basketball Tournament!

AISV Boys Basketball Team IRON WOLVES won THE SECOND PLACE in CEESA HS Boys Basketball Tournament in Latvia on March 8-10, 2012

2012.03.16

A Friendly Floorball Game Against P.Vileišis Progymnasium students

A Tremendous Success at AISV and P. Vileišis Progymnasium FRIENDLY FLOORBALL Game!

2012.03.16

Grade 1 Musical “Rumpus in the Rainforest”

Grade 1 performed the musical “Rumpus in the Rainforest”. It was about a frog who wanted to see the sky.

2012.03.09

Rūta Šepetys, the author of the book “Between Shades of Gray” visits AISV

2012.03.02

Second Grade Goes to the Seimas

On Thursday, February 23, 2012, the second grade class of AISV went to the Lithuanian Parliament. In Lithuanian it is called the Seimas. Mr. Mazuronis is a member of the Parliament and he was our tour guide.

2012.03.01

2nd International Student Film festival

On February 24th 2012 AISV organized the 2nd International Film festival.

2012.02.09

AISV - 3rd place winners of CEESA MATHCOUNTS Competition!

AISV hosted the CEESA Middle School MATHCOUNTS on 2-5 February, 2012. Forty students from international schools of Helsinki, Latvia, Kiev, Krakow, Belgrade and Vilnius formed 11 teams for this international math competition.

2012.01.20

AISV Holiday Charity Week

AISV has a long history of charitable traditions before the holiday season.

2012.01.20

A Group of Grade 5-6 Students from Santara Secondary School Visits AISV

On January 12 , the fifth grade students got a chance to meet with other students from the school called Santara, a Russian school.

2012.01.20

Outing Club: X-Planet Experience

X-rock is not the only thing you can do in X-planet, there is a bunch of other activities like X-Trail, where you have to walk on logs of trees and try not to fall

2011.12.16

AFTER-SCHOOL OUTING CLUB: GO KARTING

At about 4:30pm it got dark and more slippery, but we still kept on driving and adrenaline was going through us because everybody got better scores.

2011.12.16

Dance Tournament for Grades 3-5

Dance evenings at our school have become very popular among Lower School students. After each evening, students continue asking about the next dance party.

2011.12.16

Pre-K 4 Explore the Places Around the School

The fieldtrip was related to our exploring theme “Places to Go/Transportation”. My idea was to show the children the streets, vehicles, traffic and buildings that surround us.

2011.12.16

AISV Takes Part in the First CEESA Middle School Robotics Tournament in Budapest

Not only did AISV win the championship, but won the coveted 'Best Performing Robot Award' which indicates how resourceful our students are - they created a streamlined robot, using the minimum amount of extra parts to complete numerous missions

2011.12.16

AISV Students, Parents and Teachers “Lend Their Voices” for Recording Characters for a New Coursebook

AISV Students, Parents and Teachers “Lend Their Voices” for Recording Characters for a New Coursebook “Vaivorykštė” (The Rainbow) for Primary Teaching of English in Lithuania

2011.12.02

PSA SPONSORED TALENT SHOW

Tuesday afternoon of November 22nd cheered up with lower school students’ performances.

2011.12.02

Community Service Project Continues: English Language Teaching with a Cultural Glimpse in Utena

The Children’s Library “Jono ir Marijos Sinių namai” and AISV has been developing productive and mutually valuable working and social relationship since 2008. Three years ago a group of Grade 10 students went to the library to meet a group of students from A.Šapoka gymnasium in Utena to have a discussion on various educational and social issues, and to identify the needs of the library for further projects, one of them being teaching English classes to children from different schools in Utena. Since that time we have been going two or three times a year to meet and teach the children.

2011.11.29

Admissions Officer from Notre Dame University (Indiana, US) Visits AISV

On November 17, a former admissions counselor from Notre Dame University Mr. Daniel J. Saracino came to talk to Mr. Dan J. Saracino grades 9-12 students, AISV staff and parents about what it takes to get into college in the US and other countries.

2011.11.25

AISV- A.Vienuolis Basic School Student Exchange Project

On the 21st of November students of grade 6 presented our school to the students of Antanas Vienuolis Basic school.

2011.11.18

A Meeting with an American Astronaut Karol Bobko at the Planetarium

This week AISV students had a fantastic opportunity to meet a man who went to space three times to work in the space stations. Mr. Karol Bobko came to Lithuania for 2 reasons.

2011.11.11

St. Martin's Day: The Photo Project "The Light"

Upper school students Serafina, Tonio, Elizaveta, Gabrielė, Patricija, and Ligita shared their thoughts and pictures of light and their interpretation of the light. You are welcome to visit the on line exhibition of their photo art work on http://www.goethe.de/ins/lt/vil/deindex.htm

2011.10.28

Student Governing Day at AISV

It has become a tradition to have student governing day at AISV to observe the World Teachers’ Day. AISV dedicated a day to student teaching on October 26th this year. Pairs of interested Grades 5-11 students taught English, Math, Science, Social studies, PE, French, Russian, Computers, Lithuanian, ELL and music to Grades Pre-K 3 - up.

2011.10.28

Outing Club Hike in Belmontas

The trailhead! We look out from on top of the sand cliff. “Don’t get too close to the edge, kids!” warns Mr. Griggs in his deep voice.

2011.10.28

Healthy Life Style Week

In relation to the AISV Philosophy and Objectives which states that “AISV Encourages Its Students to acquire a healthy self-respect and sense of worth and strive for physical, emotional and social well -being;” the planning committee organized the 3rd annual Healthy Lifestyle Week on September 19-23rd, 2011.

2011.10.27

A Trip to Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition at Ozas Shopping Center

Then as we came up to the standing wax statue of Da Vinci, in a few seconds we were all drifting in our minds thinking about the time of Da Vinci and how he lived

2011.10.27

Grades 4-6 Dance Party

Awesome, awesome the dance party was!

2011.10.27

Grade 5 Field Trip to the Paper Making Factory

Grade 5 went on a fieldtrip to the paper making factory in Grigiškės.

2011.09.08

AISV 2011 Graduates

Congratulations to our first graduates who will continue their studies in many of the best universities in the UK and in the USA!