20 MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN GYMNASIA LIFE OF THE YEAR 2017 *

Traditionally, on the last day of the year the editorial board of our site and the administration of gymnasia keep themselves busy with summarizing the achievements and most significant events of the passing academic year. The year 2017 has not become an exception. Here is what we have accomplished in it:

1. 10 gymnasia students participated in the Polish-Ukrainian theater project and were well accepted with the performance "OAK" in Cherkasy, Kropyvnytsky, and Kyiv (January-February). 2. Young basketball team of our school won the 2nd prize in the city championship (February). 3. First City Gymnasia was awarded the 1st prize and the golden medal of the International Exhibition “Modern Educational Establishments-2017”, Kyiv (March). 4. Six gymnasia students have become the winners of the 4th round of Pan-Ukrainian subject Olympiads and the 3rd round of the Small Academy of Sciences contest (March). 5. FCG team “Quorum” is second in the Pan-Ukrainian forum of young philosophers and religious scholars (April). 6. Gymnasia has conducted the 4th regional student conference dedicated to the creative work of the prominent Ukrainian poet and the alumni of our school М. Drai-Khmara in the historical part of the building of Cherkasy Musical School (April). 7. The newspaper “Gymnasist” was recognized as the winner of the ХХ annual school media contest held Mykolaiv in the nomination “The best material on the topic of international cooperation in Ukraine” (April). 8. We welcomed the French diplomats Fabrice Peutot and Sylvain Rigeaulet, and our own 11-grader Maria Samokhvalova was awarded with the certificate allowing her to live, study, and work in France (May). 9. The school organized the Go Camp-2017, the language study camp and involved the volunteers from Canada, Honduras, and Germany (June). 10. FCG received the silver medal of the Pan-Ukrainian contest conducted by the Institute of a Gifted Child called “School is the source of talents” (June). 11. The website of the gymnasia Euroclub “New Generation” was acknowledged as the best by the Delegation of the European Union (July). 12. The principal of gymnasia was invited by France Ambassador in Ukraine Isabelle Dumont to the meeting with dedicated to the 25th anniversary-of the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries (July). 13. The group of gymnasia students took part in the Polish-Ukrainian cinematographic project in Mrocha, Poland (August). 14. Language Center FCE has been reformed and changed its name to be called Cambrdge Essol Centre “Olympus” (September). 15. Gymnasia welcomed a volunteer from China Chan Pen who became the teacher of the Chinese language for our 5-graders (October). 16. FCG German teacher N. K. Karnaukhova has become the winner of the city contest “Teacher of the Year-2018” (October). 17. Gymnasia received Physics, Chemistry, and Biology Labs equipment within the program “Innovative Schools of the Chercasy region” (October). 18. FCG students Daniel Shyrokov and Eric Mia participate in the military-patriotic project hosted by the 500th separate battalion of the Marine Corps in Mariupol (November). 19. FCG has become the regional center of the international project М-18 (November). 20. FCG teacher N. K. Karnaukhova has become the winner of the regional round of the contest “Teacher of the Year-2018” in the nomination “The German Language” (December).