This Saturday our little ones, Pelėdžiukai, reviewed colors, geometric shapes, numbers, learned the letter...
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Between January 12-14, two of our teachers participated in a conference on Lithuanian language level A1 to B1 examination in Boston.
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It seemed that this Saturday, January 13th, the Lithuanian anthem sounded more solemn, more noble.
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It's fun to be back at school. The new year brought new work as well: new letters, new topics, new projects and new words on our "word tree".
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Today we were visited by a few postmen. They brought and read the letters written by Santa to our children, friends, dads and moms and the school community.
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Today we got the first snow. We stared at the snowflakes through the window and later ran outside to enjoy the first snow.
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Today we were busy with all kinds of crafts and tasks: making Christmas ornaments, reading and learning a lot before Christmas gets here.
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This year our school's kindergarten class is working with and sharing ideas with a kindergarten in Vilnius, "Vaikystės takas".
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Our tree of words is growing. Some words are familiar, some are new. The students were learning about the meaning of the tree and wrote out sentences with the new words.
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Today we all met at the embassy for the final gathering of our "Baltos lankos, juodos avys, kas išmano, tas jas gano" project that covered the old Lithuanian autumn gathering traditions.
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Today we had enough time to cover everything: studying, singing, crafts and most importantly we enjoyed some time with our guests from Klaipėda.
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Today, on Sunday, we all came back to school. We heard all kinds of sounds: sounds of grinding, thumping, the wheels of a mill turning and even howling of a hungry wolf!
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Today we welcomed our guests from the Klaipeda National College
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This Saturday our teachers Sonata and Povilas talked about All Saints' Day and All Souls day.
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Today was a very productive day at school. Pelėdžiukai continued to learn the alphabet - the letters Ee and Ėė as well as the number 5.
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This Saturday the school held a fundraiser at Lithuanian Embassy in Washington D.C.
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The students are learning a lot of interesting facts about Lithuanian history during their classes.
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On October 15th the Lithuanian School in Washington is starting the first integrated digital library of Lithuanian electronic books called "The Giant", which looks to reach our school's goal to have a modern digital Lithuanian library.
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This Saturday the teachers were surprised by flowers and sincere wishes from the students.
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Today we continued to grow our "tree of words". The students found new words: freedom, flag, anthem.
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We are inviting students from grades 1,3,5 and 6, who enjoy to sing and would like an extra music class to join the school's musical group.
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Each year Order of Malta Relief Organization organizes a charity drive to collect school supplies to the families in need.
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Today we started our project for the centennial celebration of the recreation of Lithuanian Independence.
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We started today with the Lithuanian Anthem and then rushed to our classrooms. We covered the student rules and how we should act in the school, that we have to be respectful, focused and studious.
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We started the third year in this school. We gathered happy, well rested and full of great memories from summer camps and trips to Lithuania.
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Lithuanian School in Washington D.C. is inviting the families and their children, grandparents and other guests to join the celebration of the new school year on September 9th at 11.30a.m.
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Our school's newspaper has started a great friendship with the US Lithuanian Community's paper "Draugas".
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The teachers are already preparing for the school year. During our meeting we talked about the events, our lesson plans and teaching methods.
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Today was the last day of school, but we were already talking about the upcoming school year and events during our parent meeting.
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This Sunday at the Lithuanian Embassy we presented our project dedicated to the national costume: "Representation of Lithuania in spoken word and costume".
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Today we started the presentation of the project "Representation of Lithuania in spoken word and costume".
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The topic of this class was the poetry of Marcelijus Martinaitis and his narrator's relationship with the world, himself, the cross between the city and the nature.
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We said good bye to our 10th graders Gertrūda, Tomas and Vaidas.
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Today we were all very focused. We wrote, read and spoke.
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Today we spoke about Earth Day. Earth Day reminds us to take part in protecting our nature. We can take small steps in our yard, inside the house or at work.
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Registration for the 2017 – 2018 acedemic year is now open for The Lithuanian School of Washington DC.
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The theme of this class was Justinas Marcinkevičius poetry, his relationship with himself, the world, his virtues and his memories.
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Easter is almost here and some kids are already on spring break. The school was very calm today.
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Lithuanian School of Washington invites 7-16 year old students to a creative summer camp "Playing Theater".
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The easter is approaching fast. In his " A box of Lithuanian traditions" L.Klimka wrote: "Myths of many cultures say that the world started from a bird's egg.
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This Saturday Pelėdžiukai talked about birds that live in Lithuania and learned the letter H,h.
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The topic of the class: "Modern and unique lyricism of H.Radauskas"
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Today we had a guest from Lithuania - an architect Aurimas Širvys.
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Today is a holiday - the Day of Restoration of Lithuanian Independence
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So much work awaits for us each Saturday. Today "Pelėdžiukai" class talked about colors and everyone made themselves a bracelet.
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This morning the parents and the students were greeted by people in weird costumes. Good that everyone brought pancakes, otherwise they probably would not have been let in the school.
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Today the Washington D.C. Lithuanian community came together to celebrate February 16th.
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Today we not only read, wrote, sang and danced, but also played outside.
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February 16th - the Day of Restoration of Lithuania's Independence, the day we celebrate our unity and freedom.
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This morning we received some beautiful drawings of Lithuania. The families from the school participated in the competition "Drawing Lithuania" and we thank them for their beautiful efforts!
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For the past semester 10th grade students were studying different historical eras: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque. Each student chose an era and prepared a presentation on an aspect important to that time period.
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The theme of this class was "Mournful and remarkable lyricism of J. Aistis" ( from "Provocations of life in the Neo-Romantic poetry").
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Our semester has ended. Today students worked hard: completed grammar and literature tasks, wrote essays, told stories about pictures, counted numbers...
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This morning we sang our National Anthem and commemorated Freedom Fighters Day.
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This Sunday a huge number of Lithuanian community gathered for the mass at the church in Georgetown.
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This Saturday the school hosted a Christmas celebration for our community.
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The theme of our class was the search for the timeless ideals, truth, love and beauty in V. Mykolaitis-Putinas poetry.
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Today was a quiet Saturday. We all worked and studied: 2nd grade wrote a dictation, read, danced and sang.
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The value for December is traditions. Christmas, one of the most beautiful holiday is quickly approaching.
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The theme of this class was the poetic style of Maironis. During the class we read Maironis’ poems about the past of the motherland, the beauty of nature, the rebirth of the nation and personal struggles.
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All of the classes had a competition of who could use the most diminutives throughout the day.
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This Saturday we held a meeting with a historic studies Dr. Mingaile Jurkute, who is using the US archives to research the connections between the partisans and the CIA.
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The 4th and 5th graders read S.Paltanavičius's "Language".
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All Saints and All Souls days are very important holidays. November 1st is the All Saints day and 2nd is All Souls day, a day to pay the respects for the dead.
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It is the end of October, the wind is cold and strong, ripping the leaves off the trees...just like a Lithuanian fall.
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Peledziukai (4 year olds) were learning the letter C c and talked about bugs.
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The students and parents, dressed in the national costume, attended Šiluva Chapel 50-year anniversary mass this Sunday.
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This Saturday was a testing day. Some had to dictate their ABCs, colors, shapes and numbers, some had to fill in letters, respond to questions, while others had to answer difficult punctuation questions.
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The value that we focus on in October is people that help us grow and develop.
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With a group of great, intelligent students we discussed the meaning of time according to K. Donelaitis and his poem „Metai“.
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How much can you achieve in a few hours at the school? Kindergartners are always hard at work and in the short time get done a lot!
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Today at the school we had an important event - a parent conference, where we covered important school matters.
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Minister of Education Audronė Pitrėnienė thanks the teachers for their work and patience and hopes this year brings new and fulfilled ideas for the school, the teachers and the students.
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The children were thrilled to spend the time surrounded by creativity: rehearsing, creating the decorations and the puppets.
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A New Academic Year Begins September 3
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From August 20 to August 27, actors from the Kaunas Puppet Theatre and drama teachers will hold sessions of the “Playing Theatre” drama camp.
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The 15th folk dance festival took place in Baltimore on July 3. Our folk dance group “Eglutė” joined in.
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Today, we had a farewell picnic. We sang, danced, recited verses, expressed our thanks, rejoiced, communicated, and enjoyed ice cream from Lithuania.
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Today, the Little Owlets spoke about camping and discussed what they could see and what might happen while camping.
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Fathers were invited to spend one lesson with their children in the classrooms.
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After classes, the community had a great time playing interesting games at the playground and talking about their upcoming summer holiday plans.
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After analyzing the story, “Valentina,” by A. Vaičiulaitis, the ninth-graders had a discussion with a special visitor, the actress Renata Vėberytė Loman.
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Today, we congratulated Sofija, Oliukas, Nomeda, Rachel Viktorija, Jonas, and Tomas on their upcoming birthdays during the summer months.
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The Lithuanian School in Washington has set a high goal for itself: It will be the first Lithuanian school abroad that has expressed interest in using a Lithuanian-developed teaching system consisting of “TAMO,” an electronic class register, and “EMO,” electronic workbooks.
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Today was the final day of testing the children’s progress. We also wrote, read, sang, and danced.
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This Saturday was an important workday. All of the students were tested.
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The students sang, danced, and dedicated their best words to their mothers and made handicrafts for them.
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There was a great variety of students’ booklets, on such themes as the alphabet, the seasons of the year, what one wants to be, words, and sentences, as well as an adventure tale anda serious book created by the ninth-graders entitled, “Saturday – A Work Day.”
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We want to express many thanks to the “Alma Littera” Publishing House and to its director, Danguolė Viliūnienė, for the possibility to purchase exciting new books for children and adults.
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This Saturday we all studied as well as rehearsed for the folk dance festival and for the final concert, which we will be held on the last day of school.
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Violinist Ūla Kinderytė is a graduate of the M.K. Čiurlionis Art School and the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
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The Lithuanian School in Washington will host its first Fundraising Night on April 30 at 6:00 pm at the Art Museum of the Americas, 201 18th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
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On Sunday 15 youngsters came to the Embassy to take an examination of their proficiency in the Lithuanian language that was created by Vilnius University’s Lithuanian Philology Department.
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The third-graders, fourth-graders, and pre-school students were invited by the first-graders to an Alphabet Celebration.
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This Saturday at school was the “Day of Riddles.” Who can win the title of King (or Queen) of Riddles?
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Today the first event organized by our school for the Washington Area Lithuanian Community was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania.
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This Saturday teacher Marija solemnly addressed the school community reciting thoughtful verses of Martynas Mažvydas.
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Jurgita Lūžaitė-Kajėtienė in her article, “New Books For Teenagers: How To Get Them Engaged In Reading,” makes these four points...
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We are grateful to the performers Marija Baranauskaitė and Justinas Narvydas and to stage manager Gediminas Rudys for the presentation of L. Žutautė’s book, “Kakė Makė and The Dwarf of Untidiness” at our school and for their fun and purposeful games with the students and parents
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On behalf of the Lithuanian Department for Lithuanians Abroad, Virginija Rinkevičienė sent us warm greetings for the holiday of Easter, wishing that our hearts will be filled with hope, faith, joy, and love.
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It was much fun at school today! We discussed Easter customs.
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This Saturday our sixth- and ninth-graders joined the essay-writing competition.
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On February 22 we had distance-learning lessons on Lithuanian given names and surnames.
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On Sunday we celebrated March 11, the Day of the Restoration of Lithuanian Independence, together with the Washington Area Lithuanian community.
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After lessons today, students in the folk dance group “Eglutė” had a lot of fun.
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This Saturday was very special. We joined the civic-action “Lithuania Is Calling.”
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This day was very important to those who were determined to participate in a national event which tests the ability of students to correctly write spoken Lithuanian.
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The “Little Owlets” group, which consists of our youngest students, studied and danced at school. We congratulated Olivia on her birthday.
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Today our ninth graders Gertrūda, Tomas, and Vaidas took a pre-test for the A1 and A2 Levels’ Lithuanian language exam at K. Donelaitis Lithuanian School.
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With the approach of this summer’s Dance Festival, our dancers are becoming more self-confident with their scheduled performances. Our teacher Eglė tirelessly leads their preparations.
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Our chorus conductor, Viktorija expressed her appreciation to all of the first graders for participating in the Independence Day concert and awarded each of them amber beads.
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At the end of the first half of the academic year, the students were tested on their knowledge and abilities.
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Former Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States Žygimantas Pavilionis congratulated the school community on the occasion of the February 16 – Lithuania’s Independence Day – and wished all of us to cherish our glorious history and work for the better future of Lithuania.
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We performed our National Anthem and together with the school community and our dear visitors Lyra Puišytė-Bostroem, advisor to the Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States, and Skaistė Rojutė, the Chairperson of the Washington, DC, Lithuanian-American Community.
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At its January 2016 meeting, the board of the Kazickas Family Foundation approved the application of the Lithuanian School in Washington for support.
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On February 9, 2016, the Lithuanian School in Washington became an official member of the Alliance for the Advancement of Heritage Languages.
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There was much fun at school and in the playground this Saturday. Though we like playing with snow and making snowmen, it’s time for winter to leave.
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On January 29 and 30, Ilona Verbušaitienė, the school principal, attended a program to train examiners who will will determine whether individuals have achieved B1 and B2 levels of proficiency in the Lithuanian language.
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The first half of the academic year is over. It is necessary to test and evaluate ourselves. That is why the ninth graders were tested on their knowledge.
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The first graders learned more about the deep winter and how animals find food in the winter, by reading and retelling the story.
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The school’s “Little Owlets” studied Arctic animals, learning about polar bears, white foxes, and penguins.
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We got back to school after the winter’s tricks. All of us shared our impressions.
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There was no school this Saturday due to the unexpected visit of Snow Storm “Jonas.” The State of Virginia hasn’t had this much snow in 100 years.
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We are back at school after the most beautiful holidays. In January we will talk about freedom.
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The school community thanks the Lithuanian-American Educational Council for its January 13 decision to recognize the school.
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“Memory is alive so long as it testifies. Preserve memories about January 13, share them with your students so that we would not forget the cost of freedom and be able to nurture it.”
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On January 13, wear close to your heart an image of the Forget-Me-Not flower – a sign of memory and respect!
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The school community, along with the Washington area Lithuanian Community and the Lithuanian Embassy, participated in the race dedicated to the Lithuanian Day of Freedom Defenders.
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The night of January 13 remained lighter than a day
Unless to those who were on duty and acted
Who ran not farther from the danger of death
But came up closer …
There are wounds that leave scars for a lifetime. The January 13 massacre is for me a wound that will not heal.
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I was very happy to learn that thanks to the assistance of Edvinas my publications for children to learn Lithuanian and my suggestions for parents and teachers reached your school.
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On the coming of Christmas: With bells ringing, carol-singing, cinnamon scents, and the soft fluttering of angels’ wings bringing love, happiness, and harmony.
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The morning of December 19 was one of great excitement for the children and their parents and guest who have been waiting for the school’s first Christmas concert.
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In November, the Lithuanian Youth Center in Vilnius announced a virtual letter-writing competition.
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On December 17, the Board of the Lithuanian School of Washington discussed working on a project with the director of the Naujoji Akmenė Regional Public Library, Zita Sinkevičienė.
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On Sunday, December 13, the Washington Lithuanian community gathered for a Holy Mass at the Epiphany Church, which is in the old town of Washington.
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On December 13, distance learning technology was used for lessons given by Robertas Gedrimas, who is a lecturer of Lithuanian language, history, and culture at Siauliai University.
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We participated in the campaign initiated by Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite to read Christmas Books at school.
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This weekend has been very active. We rehearsed for the Christmas concert program, marked the birthdays of Kaja and Matas, and presented the “Our Family Traditions” projects.
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Christmas is time for miracles and also time to celebrate our achievements and plan even bigger things for the upcoming year.
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In December we will be talking at the school about traditions. This month is about family and meeting friends.
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Since Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are approaching and filled with traditions, on December 5 we introduced our little ones to beautiful and warm traditions: What is Christmas Eve?
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During the month of November three students from “Owls” class were celebrating their birthdays. On November 1st we celebrated our twins Austeja and Tauras birthday and today we happily gave birthday greetings to Lukas.
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Today everyone was dressed up and ready for holiday pictures. All children at school are preparing Christmas surprise for parents.
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Lithuanian School November 13, 2015 Our thanks to Eva, Darius, and Patricija for their drawings, which were sent to Lithuania as entries in the Little Fawn Tukas Global “Christmas in Lithuania” drawing competition.
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On behalf of the teachers, students and families of " Lithuanian School of Washington DC", we would like to express our deepest condolences and support to the French community in Washington DC area and the people of France.
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Lithuanian School November 13, 2015 This Saturday, everyone was busy at school, not only the children but also the teachers and parents.
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Lithuanian School 7 November 2015 Not only do students learn but so do teachers. On Sunday, November 8, our teachers Aldona, Laisvida, and Ilona took part in a seminar held at the Lithuanian Embassy in Washington, D.C, entitled, “The Lithuanian Language – Native, Foreign, or Heritage.”
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This Saturday we started to get ready for the Christmas Tree concert. It is nice that the event will involve to the whole school community – students, parents, and teachers.
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Lithuanian School 1 November 2015 Our school students and teachers received warm greetings from their friends, the actors of the Kaunas State Puppet Theatre, who performed “Pliauskiukas Ivasiukas.”
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Lithuanian School October 30, 2015 This Saturday our first through ninth grade students visited the National Shrine Basilica in Washington, D.C.
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Lithuanian School October 23, 2015 On Saturday, the school children and teachers met three young Lithuanian musicians, violinist Dalia Dėdinskaitė, cellist Gleb Pyšniak, and pianist Gintaras Januševičius.
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Lithuanian School October 23, 2015 On Saturday, the first graders learned Lithuanian words describing how the Fall season affects trees, shrubs, and flowers and Fall activities.
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Lithuanian School October 17, 2015 On October 18, at 9:00 am Eastern time (4:00 pm Lithuanian time), Robertas Gedrimas, a lecturer at Šiauliai University, presented two lessons on the complex history of the formation of the modern Lithuanian language.
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Today the school was visited by the Vilnius Theatre Laboratory company “Open Circle.”
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On October 11, ninth-grade teacher Marija spoke about the concepts, types, and genres of Lithuanian folklore.
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The entire staff of the “E. School” sends greetings to the wonderful teachers on the occasion of International Teachers' Day!
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We preserve our memories about a teacher, like those of our mother, for a lifetime. However, a teacher is valued for we have learned and what have become.
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Children and parents expressed their appreciation to the teachers on the occasion of Teacher's Day.
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On October 3, as students were generally involved in working hard on a variety of crafts, singing, and dancing, children were individually given a set of informal assessment tests.
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A general meeting of parents was held this Saturday. The meeting emphasized the role of parents and teachers in developing each child’s sense of national identity.
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Lithuanian minister of Education, Mrs. Audrone Pitreniene congratulates all the teachers and school community with the beginning of a new school year.
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Everyone is invited to join the celebration of the new school year at our new school, September 12th, noon.
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On August 15th, our teachers attended the seminar “Non-formal evaluation”. The seminar featured topics on how to observe, ask questions, plan classes.
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The board of directors announces that as of July 20th, Mrs. Ilona Verbusaitiene is appointed as head of school.
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