PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION
2018-2019 has been a transformative year for the Parent-Teacher Association. The number of registered members
sky-rocketed to almost 100, with many more contributing time and expertise as volunteers, mentors, or organizers of
the various events initiated or aided by the PTA:
- Christmas Bazaar
- Career Fair
- Book Island Book Fair
- Student Activities Fund
- TEDx
We appreciate the enthusiastic involvement and proactive initiative of PTA’s leadership: Zheko Zhekov, President,
and members Elena Onbright, Evgenia Selvelieva, Daniela Setchkova, Tania Tsvetkova, Krassimir Velkov.
After the closing presentations of the projects supported by the Student Activities Fund, the parents who were
involved in the projects throughout the year, were so inspired by the students’ work that they donated 1000 leva for
student activities in the new school year.
Thank you, parents, your children will use your gift to inspire you even more!
“One of the many advantages of ACS’s educational approach is the fact that it enables its students to develop skills in
an environment beyond the academic. The activities organized by students’ clubs help their members discover their real
passion in certain areas or honing already established knowledge and abilities, all while sharing them with other students.
The opportunity to nurture a personal project and the ability to turn it into a reality is extremely valuable and a crucial
step in career orientation for the students. Equally as valuable is SAF’s assistance in funding these ideas. One of the PTA’s
primary goals is to support SAF both financially and with parents’ experience and knowhow in order for more projects
and events to be realized. That realization is a three-way process, and parents hold an important role in it.”
Evgenia Selvelieva, mother
Spotlight on:
Elena Onbright decided to co-fund an initiative by the ACS Student Council: StuCo Social Life Director,
junior Martin Kirilov proposed the purchase of umbrellas to be available to students free of charge for the
rainy days when people got stuck at school without one. The idea immediately appealed to Mrs. Onbright,
mother of a tenth-grader:
“The need to replace and produce a larger number of ACS-branded umbrellas appealed to me, as it was both
tangible and practical: it is good to know students won’t get wet if it suddenly starts to rain and there are no
umbrellas in their backpack.
“I share the idea that every little gift helps. We have different ideas of how much “little” is, yet many
“little’s” make a big one. In my life, and in my job, I believe in leading by example, so I urge other parents of
ACS students to donate. The Parent-Teacher Association will guide you how.”
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