January 2021
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Winners of the Music Ads Competition "The Sound of NOVA"
1/29/2021Hear from Ognen and Marko on the collaborative process for their creative work with the visuals and the music, which sends an authentic and clear message about their successful educational story at NOVA. Their video was the winning video of our Music Ads Competition "The Sound of NOVA".
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NOVA Community Days 2021
1/28/2021Yesterday we enjoyed another NOVA Community day with our upper Secondary school students. The cold weather and snow didn’t keep our students away from spending a couple of hours on the ice skating ring at the Boris Trajkovski sports centre.
Although we made sure to keep physically distant, socially, we enjoyed each other’s company and showcasing some cool movements on the ice. Who knew that ice skating is such a thing for a country with over 300 sunny days.
We are thankful to our students that supported this activity and looking forward on enjoying each other’s company in our next school community day.
Stay safe everyone,
Your lovely chaperone teachers
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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The Importance of the Arts in MYP (DANCE)
1/27/2021Arts in the MYP stimulate students' imaginations, challenges their perceptions, and develops creative and analytical skills. NOVA students Ivana Tomevska and Darin Omeragikj share their experience, growth and enjoyment through a Dance class experience lead by instructor Ivan Angelkovski.
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Music Ads Competition "The Sound of NOVA", 7th Grade Music Class
1/26/2021The best way to promote NOVA’s educational system and its values is by letting the students speak for themselves. By creating an original music piece, our students spoke of IB values, and let their creative minds take them on an educational journey. The winners of the Music Ads Competition "The Sound of NOVA" are Ognen Angelevski and Marko Milev from grade 7.3! Congratulations to them for their creative work with the visuals and music, which sends an authentic and clear message about their own successful educational story at NOVA. In the video below we have included two more wonderful Ads created by Tomislav, Ilijas and one by Izabel. Enjoy!
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5th-grade students meet Biljana S. Crvenkovska, a Macedonian author, screenwriter, translator and editor
1/26/2021Last week, our 5th-grade students had the amazing opportunity to meet Biljana S. Crvenkovska, a Macedonian author, screenwriter, translator and editor. She is mostly known by the stories built in ‘’ The World of Bibi’’ („Светот на Биби”), and children novels such as: ‘’The superwitch, the Cat and the 6 Magical Cookies’’, ‘’Santa Claus's Dreams’’ and many others illustrated children books. Biljana, together with NOVA’s Macedonian Language teacher Eleonora Popetrevska were excited to present the students with this opportunity. Her impactful stories inspired a fruitful discussion among students who were eager to learn more about the process of creating and writing.
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NOVA ES Performance Waiting for Santa will air on Nasha TV
1/22/2021We’re thrilled to announce that NOVA's ES Performance Waiting for Santa will air on January 23rd, from 10:00 am and from 9:00 pm. It will be rebroadcasted on January 24th, from 2:30 pm and from 9:20pm. Let your friends and family know so they can watch this amazing event.
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Welcome to NOVA International School Library and our OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
1/19/2021
Dear Readers,
Welcome to NOVA International School Library and our OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog), additionally, the online public access catalogue also serves as a one-stop-shop for many of our school subscriptions and external resources.
Links for Blended and Distance Learning (https://nova.edu.mk/blended_and_distance_learning.aspx )and Libraries pages(https://nova.edu.mk/libraries.aspx ).
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Waiting for Santa - NOVA ES winter event
1/18/2021Dear Nova Community,You and your family are cordially invited to attend and enjoy the evening of January 20th (Wednesday) at 6pm on the Nova YouTube Channel and FB page watching our little winter event Waiting For Santa where our lovely students perform together with their teachers.
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NOVA Musical Souls 2020
1/11/2021Our creative students in 7th grade worked on a project called "My World Music Song" which celebrated music from around the world by singing their own lyrics in a language they haven't spoken before (translated and tutored by a peer they were paired with, who speaks that language). They used already existing world music songs, as their instrumental background. Filipa Gelevska and Blagica Dojchinovska are singing their lyrics translated and helped by their partners Iljas Oberhuber and Tomislav Protik. One of the projects that 8th graders had this year was "Recreate a classical music piece”, from the unit on the evolution of music, and their final task was to recreate any classical music theme of their choice, by adding and singing their lyrics in a video performance. Idil Su Arslan recreated "The Swan" by Camille Saint Saëns (performed on a cello by Yo Yo Ma), and she called it "Rainy Days in NY”.
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Community Meet #6 - Students Talking Over Student Council and GSA
1/10/2021Dear Nova community, we are happy to announce our sixth #CommunityMeet, on the topic of 'Student clubs: Student Council and Gender-Sexuality Alliance'.
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Community Meet #5 - Students Talking Over Book and Politic Clubs
12/27/2020Dear Nova community, we proudly announce our fifth CommunityMeet, on the topic of 'Student clubs: Book Club and Politics Club'.
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NOVA Anti-Bullying PSA
12/25/2020We present you the winner of the school's competition on creating a Public Service Announcement titled The person behind the screen. The idea of this competition was to address hate speech and cyberbullying, while increasing empathy as a way younger generations communicate over social media and the world wide web in general. According to Very Well Family, there has been a 70% increase in cyberbullying and a 200% increase in traffic to hate sites during the covid-19 pandemic. As a community, Nova is taking a clear stand against bullying.
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Waiting for Santa
12/24/2020At school, we were able to create our own winter Wonderland, visited by none other than Santa, one of Santa’s reindeer, an Elf and even the Grinch. Students along with their teachers prepared to dance and choir performances and enjoyed each other's creativity, all in the effort to usher the upcoming Holiday season. We are sharing some of this Holiday spirit through our photos. Wishing you restful and magical holidays!
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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Collaboration with Red Cross called Wishlist
12/23/2020As a tradition, NOVA International Schools cooperates with the Red Cross, now a second year in a row. The holiday season is around the corner and with that the season of solidarity. Unfortunately, many children are left without presents and do not get to experience the same holiday comfort. As a way to give back to the community, we’ve teamed up with the Red Cross to donate gifts and support less fortunate children all across the country from their own wishlist. The leader of this project was Galena Jovanoska. This year we’ve gathered 65 presents based on the wishes of the children, with the support of our faculty&staff and our kind students, which was 1/3 of the wishlist.
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ES Narrative Writing pieces
12/22/2020As we are enjoying our break, let us remind ourselves of class 5-1 which worked hard to complete a small moment narrative story. “There’s always room for a story that can transport people to another place.” The students used the website Book Creator and shared their stories with one another. These are photos of the celebration of ending this semester’s chapters of storytelling.
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Thank you healthcare workers!
12/21/2020A big thank you, health workers, from our students - for your dedication, commitment, and courage. Thank you for being on the front-line so we could feel safe. In this short video message, NOVA students are sharing their messages of support and gratitude to healthcare workers in our country and globally. Created by: Aleksandar Atanasovski, Jovana Krstevska, Eva Nedelkovska, Boris Stojanovski and Anja Panova.
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Creative Christmas workshops for community support
12/18/2020In the past weeks, we had a few workshops organized by the students.
The first one was a workshop for Christmas Ornaments - students used recycled materials to create Christmas ornaments to bring joy to sick children in the Children’s Oncology ward at Mother Theresa Hospital.
The second workshop was for making Christmas cards for the elderly - Santa’s little helpers spent their afternoon creating 65 Christmas cards to bring joy to the residents in the Home for Elderly “Mother Theresa”.
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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End of year staff gathering
12/17/2020Saying goodbye to 2020 in the school’s backyard with some savory fluffy pancakes and tasty refreshments was a perfect send off to a most unpredictable year. It was a festive gathering, to show our appreciation for the dedicated and selfless work of our faculty and staff. If the first semester is anything to go by, we anticipate a most promising second semester. Here is to new and more hopeful beginnings.
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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BUILDING HOLIDAY SPIRIT
12/17/2020May the holidays be filled with warmth, kindness, and a lot of homemade Gingerbreads. Our students together with their teachers and Secondary School Assistant Principal Daniel Cunningham made this amazing video with step by step guidance on how to create your own Gingerbread House. Enjoy the holiday spirit with this video filed with sugar and spice and everything nice.
"Gingerbread hugs and peppermint kisses."
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NOVA Community Days
12/16/2020December is a month to (re)connect, as NOVA offers opportunities for students to come to campus to join in on activities that focus on applied skills, and also to come in to deepen their in-class learning with a hands-on activity. Last week's Community Day was filled with artistic experimentation like photography and art, chances to flex musical muscles, and opportunity to get outdoors and into nature. NOVA continues with its Community Days this week, with even more offerings!
Check out the photo gallery from hte acctivites here
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Gingerbread House Workshop
12/15/2020Our ES students had the chance to create their own gingerbread houses made from scratch. We have also produced a video on how to make them by yourself at home while staying safe. Stay tuned!These Gingerbread Houses taste like Christmas Spirit!
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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Our experience with Covid-19
12/14/2020Resilience is accepting your new reality and trying to make it better than the one you had before. NOVA students interviewed members of our community, with faculty and students sharing their stories and experiences of how they’ve dealt with the covid-19 pandemic; how it has affected their lives and how they've managed to remain strong while maintaining hope for a better 2021.
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Waiting For Santa (ES winter event)
12/13/2020We decked the halls and strung the lights for the ES Winter Event. This Friday let the warmth of good people and great performances take the chill from the air and the spirit of the season make winter easier to bear!
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Our experience with Covid-19 (Teaser Video)
12/10/2020Each day NOVA students are finding new ways of supporting their community. This is a teaser of a short movie to be broadcasted on Monday, December 14th at 19:00. Through the Student Council, NOVA students interviewed members of our community, with faculty and students sharing their stories and experiences of how they’ve dealt with the covid-19 pandemic; how it has affected their lives and how they've managed to remain resilient, while maintaining hope for a better 2021.
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NOVA Community Days
12/9/2020December is a month to (re)connect, as NOVA offers opportunities for students to come to campus to join in on activities that focus on applied skills, and also to come in to deepen their in-class learning with a hands-on activity. Last week's Community Day was filled with artistic experimentation like photography and art, chances to flex musical muscles, and opportunity to get outdoors and into nature. NOVA continues with its Community Days this week, with even more offerings!
Check out the photo gallery from the acctivities here
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NOVA Elementary’s Halloween celebration on Nasha TV
12/7/2020We’re thrilled to announce that NOVA's Halloween event will air on December 9th, from 7:30 pm. It will be rebroadcasted on December 10th, from 6:00 pm, December 12th, from 10:50 am and 6.15 pm and December 13th, from 4:15 pm. Let your friends and family know so they can watch this amazing event.
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Food Drive @ Nova
12/7/2020A big thank you to our Nova community for all of the non-perishable food that was donated to help hungry families in our community. Our Nova PTA partnered with Retweet-a-meal, a citizen’s initiative that is doing amazing work meeting the nutritional needs of people around Skopje who don’t have the means to do so themselves. Many Nova families also donated funds that the PTA will use to purchase additional food supplies to help meet the needs in our area. In addition to that NOVA International Schools also prepared donation of 150 cooked hot meals.
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Workshop on Self-Care, Resiliency and Connection
12/4/2020During these difficult times, it is important to take a break and reflect on our own strength and resilience. For this reason, NOVA invited Dr. Fran Prolman's to provide our faculty and staff with coping mechanisms in dealing with the pandemic while sharing guidance on self-care, self-trust and emotional healing.Dr. Prolman is an internationally recognized consultant specializing in educational leadership, school improvement and instructional strategies as well as communication skills, critical thinking and organizational development. She is known for her depth of knowledge coupled with high energy and practical application of content.Nova Parents are invited to participate in another session with Dr. Prolman on Tuesday, December 9th at 18:00. The workshop on Self-Care, Resiliency and Connection will be interactive and delivered through ZOOM. Please save the date and spread the word to others from our Nova community to join us. For more information on the session please reach out to info@nova.edu.mk
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Happy International Volunteer Day!
12/4/2020Even now, during the pandemic, our NOVA volunteers generously give their time, act with kindness to their community. Today, we celebrate International Volunteer Day at our school by thanking volunteers and celebrating their efforts despite all the challenges at hand.This poster is in recognition of their hard work and dedication and is created by our IB student, Ergis Shaini as part of his CAS programme.
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Annual celebration of people with disabilities - Not all Disabilities are Visible
12/3/2020On December 3 this year, during the annual celebration of people with disabilities, the 2020 theme ‘Not all Disabilities are Visible’ also focuses on spreading awareness and understanding of disabilities that are not immediately apparent.
Did you know?
-Of the one billion population of persons with disabilities, 80% live in developing countries.
-An estimated 46% of older people aged 60 years and over are people with disabilities.
-One in every five women is likely to experience disability in her life, while one in every ten children is a child with a disability.
-Persons with disabilities in the world are among the hardest hit by COVID-19.
Even under normal circumstances, persons with disabilities are less likely to access health care, education, employment and to participate in the community. During the COVID-19 pandemic, isolation, disconnect, disrupted routines and diminished services have greatly impacted the lives and mental well-being of people with disabilities right around the world. Spreading awareness of invisible disabilities, as well as these potentially detrimental— and not always immediately apparent— impacts on mental health is crucial as the world continues to fight against the virus.
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Another discussion is right around the corner!
11/27/2020We sincerely invite you to our Empower Hour, which will take place online on the 30th of November at 7pm. The event is organized by Gagik Eritsyan - CS Leader in Advocacy at Nova International Schools and Jana Majnova - Girl Up Skopje an. It is in collaboration with the event's guests - Sara Milenkovska from Stella Network and Lussh Waisted by Nilija Brown.
The main purpose of this discussion is to inform, elaborate and advocate for women's empowerment in small businesses and organizations. Hence, participants can gain more information and knowledge about the role women play in business and feel encouraged to become their own bosses.
To participate, apply using the google form from the link provided below, after which you will be sent a Zoom link. Additionally, you can ask any question that will be addressed during the meeting anonymously.
Link: shorturl.at/ilBQ8
Looking forward to seeing you at our discussion!
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NOVA's Speech and Debate Team Celebrates A Few Firsts
11/26/2020
A talented team of debaters and skilled orators took part in NOVA's first-ever official CEESA Speech and Debate Tournament - a complicated and highly technical event which NOVA hosted for the first time. The tournament took place entirely online and following safety protocols so that team members did not share rooms or computers. Eight schools, representing Finland, Lithuania, Russia, Serbia, Albania, Turkey, and Kazakhstan met online to compete across several events. One of our Debate teams, skillfully led by Lina Nikolovska (gr. 11) and Luka Pavikjevikj (gr.10), placed 2nd among 12 teams competing in the category, while another of our debate teams made it through to the quarter-finals. Three team members placed in the finals for Speech events, including Sare Ademoska (Gr 10) for Original Oratory, and Andrej Davitkov (Gr. 10) and Artan Zumberi (Gr. 10) for Duet Acting.
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NOVA staff on a hike in the sun
11/24/2020On a sunny Sunday, a group of highly enthusiastic NOVA faculty and staff commenced their hike around the beautiful region of Skopska Crna Gora, where adventures awaited. One of them included finding a lost dog aptly named Lucky and managing to return it to its rightful owners. Getting some vitamin D, and enjoying your colleagues’ company while safe distancing, was a great way to recharge their batteries and get ready for the last few weeks of learning prior to winter break.
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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Food Drive @ Nova
11/23/2020Dear Nova Community,
In the spirit of Thanksgiving Day, the Nova PTA is organizing a Food Drive to collect food for the less fortunate, beginning Monday, November 23rd through Friday December 4th. We are partnering with#Retweet-a-meal, a citizen’s initiative that is doing amazing work meeting the nutritional needs of people in our community who do not have the means to do so themselves. In previous years, you may remember #Retweet-a-meal cooking and delivering hot meals to needy families, but due to COVID-19, this year’s initiative will be focused on collecting non-perishable food items that can be delivered to the families.
Beginning Monday, November 23rd, each morning PTA representatives will be inside the EMS front entrance to accept donations of non-perishable food products (pasta, beans, oil, flour, sugar, canned food, shelf milk, etc.) that you think can be utilized by any family in need. If your children are not attending school in person, you can still support this initiative by making an online donation through the following link. All donations will be used by the Nova PTA to purchase additional food items to be delivered to families in need.
If your company would like to make a larger food donation, please contact Ms. Arta Kjato at arta.kjato@nova.edu.mk.
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ES Halloween@Nova Video Premiere
11/19/2020On Wednesday, November 25th at 6 pm, you will have the opportunity to experience this year's "ES Halloween@Nova". Highlights of the event that you won't want to miss include: video clips of our super creative Nova students sharing their Halloween costumes, the costume parade with students having a chance to walk the stage and present their costumes to grade-level peers, and the classroom door decorations and beautifully decorated pumpkins brought by the students to add to the atmosphere.
This fun-filled event could have not happened without your support, and our Nova PTA as well. Our school looked and felt festive, students were provided with Halloween popcorn and candy treats, and photos to remind them of the day. Homeroom teachers made sure each classroom had its own Halloween theme, the artwork being a joint student, teacher and parent effort. Nova captured all of these special moments on camera, so that parents and children alike could once again enjoy their superheroes, ghosts and goblins, fairies, witches and vampires, and hear the laughter and joy of these magical and mystical creatures.
The event will be broadcasted on our Nova YouTube channel and Nova's Facebook page.
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'Boris Trajkovski - Nova' scholarship program
11/18/2020This academic cycle we want to honor the modalities of how, globally and locally, students have been learning, communicating, and collaborating. The official start for this year’s Round 1 is December 2, 2020, and the application process will last until December 8, 2020. NOVA will organise a virtual meeting for all interested individuals in a form of live Q and A on the day of the start of the application, on December 2, 2020. https://nova.edu.mk/bt-scholarship.aspx
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NOVA will be organizing a first-ever CEESA online Speech and Debate competition
11/13/2020NOVA will be organizing a first-ever CEESA online Speech and Debate competition for students in grades 9 through 12, along with other seven CEESA International Schools from Belgrade, Tirana, Moscow, Istanbul, Helsinki, Vilnius, and Almaty.
The event will take place online over a period of two days (Friday and Saturday, November 20-21) where students will have a chance to participate in debate competition, as well as three speech categories: duet acting, original oratory and Oral Interpretation.
Find out more about the event (in Macedonian) from the aticle published on www.fakulteti.mk
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Students supported by "Boris Trajkovski" scholarship
11/9/2020One of NOVA’s goals is to drive learners into society armed with the passion and the ability to learn how to affect positive change. Having a student such as Luka Pavikjevikj proves that. He, as a ‘’Boris Trajkovski’’ Scholarship recipient, has been involved in Nova Times as editor-in-chief, and the school’s Debate Club. Luka believes that being actively engaged in the community can contribute to everlasting improvements, because it is a civic duty and a pleasure, as well. He has inspired his fellow students to share inspiring stories about women’s empowerment and has been an advocate for students' mental health through UNICEF MK.
Luka hopes to be a professor one day, where he can use his platform to inspire others, spark intellectual debates and express his opinions. This job fits nicely with the skills he is currently developing - research, writing, and public speaking.
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Nova Times 5th Edition
11/9/2020Our NOVA Times had their fifth edition published this November. Covering crucial issues with an analytical vision, they are underlining the importance of activities and current happenings of both Nova community and international affairs. Today we share with you their editorial: History: a Boring Discipline? One day after International STEM day, they spark an interesting debate about SHAPE.
Learn more through their article on our website: https://nova.edu.mk/.../Nova%20Times%205th%20Edition.pdf
Have you heard of SHAPE? You probably have not. It stands for social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy. SHAPE is an acronym that dons from the Universities and Arts Council of the United Kingdom would like to serve as a rebranding campaign to promote the humanities and the social sciences. The professors wanted to use this plan to emulate the success of the acronym STEM.
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Books donation by the Ukrainian Embassy
11/5/2020On Monday, we had the privilege of hosting Ambassador Nataliia Zadorozhniuk, of Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of North Macedonia. Her Excellency and the Ukrainian Embassy donated more than 30 books for our Secondary School library. These books open a window to Nova students to experience Ukrainian nature, history and art. We thank the Ukrainian Embassy for its continued support.
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NOVA PTA initiative "Donate a Device"
11/4/2020During the last month, the whole Nova community was able to come together for a common cause and gather 25 devices that will provide a window to the world and the ability for children to continue their education. Half of the equipment was purchased by the school, and the rest were used yet functional devices, donated by NOVA families.
In partnership with Project Happiness Skopje, NOVA's PTA launched the initiative "Donate a Device" to support children at social risk around N. Macedonia who are in need of devices for their online education. On Monday, the devices were shared with Project Happiness representatives, for further distribution directly to the children at social risk.
NOVA and the PTA consider the lack of continued education for at-risk children a major concern, and therefore dedicated their efforts specifically to this cause, in order to ensure that everyone has a right to an education, even under difficult circumstances.
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Halloween at NOVA Elementary School
11/3/2020Last Friday in the spirit of Halloween, our Elementary School students had their own costume parade and pumpkin carving festival, while respecting all safety protocols. From ghost and goblins to fairies, witches and vampires, the laughter and joy of these magical and mystical creatures, filled our school classrooms and hallways. The beautifully executed event could have not happened without the PTAs support, making our school look and feel festive, and ensuring every student receives a candy treat. Homeroom teachers made sure each classroom had its own Halloween theme, the artwork being a joint student, teacher and parent effort. The parade of costumes was the highlight of the event, with students having a chance to walk the stage and present their costumes to grade-level peers, while also posing for a video and photos. The whole event was streamed for parents, who were unable to join their children in the audience.
Check out the photo gallery from the event here
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