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Acknowledgements and media

Acknowledgements 

  • Tartu Kindergarten of the Year 2024 – Kaisa Alehodžin, kindergarten teacher of Tartu International School;
  • In Spring 2024, Tartu International School was awarded the Eco-Schools Green Flag by President Kersti Kaljulaid;
  • Tartu Subject Teacher of the Year 2023 – Jaak-Albert Metsoja, subject teacher of Tartu International School;
  • Tartu Class Teacher of the Year 2021 – Kirsi Kriit, class teacher of Tartu International School;
  • Tartu School Head of the Year 2018 – Kristi Aria, principal of Tartu International School;
  • Nominee for Estonian School Head of the Year 2018 – Kristi Aria, principal of Tartu International School;
  • Third place in the national competition for an environmental video project “Future Green Cities 2021” – Tartu International School’s  video project about future cities by grade 4, mentors Evelyn Vahi and Jaak-Albert Metsoja;
  • Second place in the national competition for educational success stories “Learning is exciting! 2018” in the category “The most interesting lesson” – Tartu International School’s unit of inquiry about ancient and medieval inventions in Grade 6, mentor Elo-Kai Kurel;
  • Citizen’s Day Award 2016 – Kristi Aria, principal of Tartu International School. 

Media

Here we have gathered some articles about our school.

  • Tartu Postimees 2024. Välismaalastest ettevõtjate pered peavad hariduse pärast Tartust lahkuma (in Estonian). Families of foreign entrepreneurs have to leave Tartu because of education.
  • Tartu linna veebileht 2024. Teisipäeval tunnustati Eesti kõige keskkonnasõbralikumaid koole ja lasteaedu. (in Estonian) On Tuesday, the most environmentally friendly schools and kindergartens in Estonia were recognized.
  • Õpetajate Leht 2023. STEM-õpe kriiside lahendamise kaudu. (In Estonian). STEM education through crisis solving.
  • Tartu Postimees 2021. 20-aastasesse rahvusvahelisse kooli leiavad tee ka eesti lapsed. (In Estonian) An article about celebrating the school’s 20th birthday on this year’s international event.
  • Good News 2021. Loodusõpetuse õpetaja Jaak-Albert Metsoja tunnid on võimalikult näitlikud. (In Estonian) For this article, our Science teacher Jaak-Albert answered questions about his approach to teaching.
  • Conference Edubest 2020. Kristi Aria: Flexible Arrangements for Studies During the Crisis and Beyond. (In English) In this video our principal Kristi Aria speaks about studies during the time of a pandemic and beyond. The speech was held at a virtual international conference Edubest 2020.
  • Õpetajate Leht 2020. Haridustehnoloog rakendab tehnoloogiat hariduse hüvanguks. (In Estonian). Our maths teacher and educational technologist Elo-Kai Kurel speaks about her work and studies. 
  • Tartu Postimees 2020. Kahes Tartu koolis saab tänasest taimset koolilõunat. (In Estonian). A short article about the fact that our school started to offer a vegetarian lunch for the whole school once a week.
  • Podcast “Õpime koos” (“Let’s learn together”) 2019. Our principal Kristi Aria talks about our school in an educational podcast. (In Estonian)
  • Õpetajate Leht 2017. Eestis juurdub rahvusvaheline kooliharidus. (In Estonian) A short article about international schools in Estonia.
  • Õpetajate Leht 2017. Andreas McKeough: Kui ma oleksin laps, oleks mul siin huvitav! (In Estonian) Our teacher Andreas McKeough talks about teaching at TIS. 
  • Tartu Postimees 2017. Kool seadis end endisesse hotelli sisse. (In Estonian) A short article about how we moved to our current schoolhouse, which used to be a hotel.
  • Tartu Postimees 2017. Rahvusvahelise kooli unistus avarast majast täitub juba õige pea. (In Estonian) About our plans to move to a new schoolhouse.
  • Tartu Postimees 2001. Rahvusvaheline kool mahub ühte klassi. (In Estonian). A very much historic insight into a time when we only had seven students.