On Friday, December 14th, 2018, teachers from our school and Elementary School Dragotin Kette from Novo mesto, visited the Gustavo Šiliha School in Maribor, more precisely the Expert Center COMP @ S.

The mentors presented the organization of their center for integration and support of children and adolescents, which is a part of a network of professional institutions offering support and guidance to children with special needs and their families. The organization is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union Social Fund.

In the Podravje region, a center of highly competent experts was established as a test project. With new solutions, strategies and methods of work, they offer comprehensive support for inclusive education to children with special needs, their families, kindergartens, schools and other institutions working with children or adolescents with special needs.

With great interest we observed their rich collection of didactic tools, which are also available for lend. We exchanged past experiences with the test project and finally invited colleagues from Podravje to visit Bela Krajina.

At the 26th St. Nicholas Concert, which is held every year by RTV Slovenia, Rotary Club Ljubljana and Rotary District 1912 Slovenia, our school was given a special gift.

The hosts of this year’s concert, actress Polona Juh and doctor Marko Pokorn, announced a wonderful news that the Rotary club Ljubljana and Rotary District 1912 Slovenia, in cooperation with the Postojna cave d. d., are rewarding our students with a free tour of the cave and the Predjama castle.

We thank you for the gift as our students are eagerly awaiting the trip to Postojna.

You can view the concert at the following link: https://4d.rtvslo.si/arhiv/dobrodelne-prijavi/174579819.

On Monday, 3rd December 2018, at the Cultural Centre Semič, the opening exhibition of artworks created for the 8th Biennial of Children’s Illustration, which was published by KUD Artoteka Bela krajina, took place.

From September to October, students of Fine Art illustrated Župančič’s poems from the poetry collection Mehurčki. The most original works were then sent to take part at the exhibition. At the opening ceremony, the host awarded the winning illustrations.

Benjamin Šutej finished second among junger students, while Ana Hudorovac took the 1st place in the older category.

The school’s art teacher, Andrea Schwenner, received the prize for best mentor.

Congratulations to all three prizewinners.

On Wednesday, November 28th, 2018; the long awaited day finally arrived as the official opening of the new connecting corridor took place. Pupils and teachers were pleased with the crowd of people gathered in the lobby of our school to attend the interesting and emotional cultural program, which was solemnly shaped by our students. The ribbon cutting ceremony by the head teacher Matjaž Barič and the Mayor of the Črnomelj Municipality Mojca Stjepanovič Čemas, then followed the program.
The connecting corridor will enable us an easier, and above all, a safer transition from school to the boarding school.
In addition to the corridor, we are also looking forward to other new acquisitions – the new school van suitable for transport of physically disabled students.

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At the international conference in Novi Sad titled CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL INCLUSION, our school was recognized for its work to promote tolerance and inclusion of students with special needs. The jury was impressed by a number of school projects, such as the Center for Professional Support and Support for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs and Their Families, Video S-Factor and others that promote inclusion.

At the international conference, the principle, Matjaž Barič, participated as a lecturer presenting his view of inclusion in Slovenia and managed to impress over 200 participants in the conference from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.

https://www.kurir.rs/vesti/srbija/3155597/okupili-preko-200-ucesnika-vitezovi-osmeha-organizovali-medjunarodnu-konferenciju-izazovi-socijalne-inkluzije