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Best Class Goes to Sweden
2009-07-02
A voyage to the Nobel Museum in Stockholm is the prize won by the schoolchildren of the 7a class from Petras Vileišis Secondary School. They were acknowledged as the “Most Advanced Class”.
Gush of Happy Tears
After the announcement that the schoolchildren of Petras Vileišis Secondary School had become the winners of the competition “Most Advanced Class”, many of them were unable to conceal their emotions. Their faces reflected both amazement and delight. The eyes of some 7th graders shined with tears.
“Our classroom teacher rekindled our hopes. She said that if we tried and focused ourselves we would have the chance of winning. Those, who showed better results, helped the weaker ones. Everyone started doing homework more thoroughly. Our grades improved. Only at the end of the competition we started believing in the possibility to win”, did no hide her happiness Paulina Liukenskytė. The classroom teacher was not less happy too. “I was the first to believe that the schoolchildren were able to win the competition. The greatest doubts were felt among the parents of the schoolchildren. Progress of the class was the concern of the girls. They controlled that the boys would make the homework. They stood near the teachers and asked them not to write the mark two. Everyone was putting efforts to study well. The general average of grades over the first half of the year for the second trimester was lower than that during the third one”, told Mrs Ražauskienė.
Competition “Most Advanced Class” was initiated by Kaunas Heat and Power Plant (KHPP) and KAUNO ELEKTRINĖ (KE). It was meant for the 5th to 11th graders. The competition attracted over 100 classes from comprehensive schools of Kaunas. Among the three most advanced classed there are representatives of secondary schools. Children from high schools did not reach the final.
Final Round Was the Most Complicated One
The winning schoolchildren from Petras Vileišis Secondary School said that sometimes ultimate actions were required too.
“During fine art lessons we tried no to let the boys leave the class unless they draw a painting. Our strict teacher gives a low mark at once. We had low marks in music and fine art, thus, we had to improve our results”, recalled Miss Liukenskytė.
“It was very difficult, but we encouraged each other to improve our results. Everyone of us wanted to go on a trip to Sweden. I think that in the Nobel Museum we can discover a lot of new things, as well as it would be nice to visit Sweden. I have not been there”, agreed Ligita Šapranavičiūtė.
“There were moments when we thought that we did not want to try any longer. This was very obvious before summer”, recalled Kristina Pakerytė.
“We tried not to escape from lessons or simulate”, said Kasparas Grabauskas.
Compliments from the Nobel Descendant
Antanas Pranculis, the Director General of Kaunas Heat and Power Plant, which organised the competition, told that the trip to the whole class and not to one schoolchild reflects the principles of team work. “We wanted to stimulate the schoolchildren for the achievement of not individual benefit only but also learning how to struggle collectively. We were amazed to see how many classes had expressed their desire to take part in the competition. I am glad that the majority had attained positive results”, said Mr Pranculis.
Schoolchildren of the competition “Most Advanced Class” received also congratulations from Michael Nobel, a descendant of the Nobel Prize founder.
“I am sending my kindest greetings and greatest congratulations to the winners of the competition. This is a competition that unites for a general objective, i.e. progress”, greeted Prof. Michael Nobel in his letter
Kaunas Heat and Power Plant, the organiser of the competition, awarded book gift vouchers of 50 LTL to the 2nd and 3rd place winners, namely the schoolchildren from Martynas Mažvydas and Stasys Lozoraitis Secondary Schools.
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