Chronicle

The PASCAL ChroniclePASCAL pupils take part in the annual Mathematical Relay CompetitionOn 31 st of January 2013 pupils from PASCAL English School Lefkosia and Ελληνική Σχολή ΠΑΣΚΑΛparticipated yet once again in the Annual Mathematics Relay Competition, held at the University of Cyprus.The competition involved pupils aged 12 to 15 from public and private schools from Cyprus. Pupilssolved mathematical problems in relay style using batons within 30-45 minute time intervals. PASCALpupils came 23 rd out of 68 schools which took part. Many congratulations to all the pupils who took partand their teachers for their guidance.PASCAL English School Lefkosia wins First Prize in the CSMM Genius Genetics QuizPupils of PASCAL English School Lefkosia won first prize in the 1 stPancyprian Knowledge Competition CSMM (Cyprus School of MolecularMedicine) Genius Genetics Quiz which was organised by the Instituteof Neurology and Genetics and took place on the 28 th of March2013. The competition was co-organised by the Ministry of Educationand Culture and the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.The competition was open only to high school pupils and overall 216pupils (72 teams) participated from all the provinces of Cyprus, includingprivate and public schools. Each team was given a questionnaire with 30 questions that had to beanswered within a 30-minute time frame.The winning team comprises the following pupils of PASCAL English School Lefkosia Maria Frixou 6C, MariaSoupashi 6B and Simoni Pourgouri 6C, who will have the unique opportunity to visit the Institute during thesummer holidays and both observe first hand and participate in diagnosis procedures for inherited diseases,alongside executive scientists of the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics.Many congratulations to the pupils and their Biology teacher Ms Androniki Kloni.EYP Pre-SelectionPASCAL English School Lefkosia participated in the 6 th Pre-selection session of the European Youth Parliamentin Cyprus. The event was organized at Kykkos A’ Lyceum in Nicosia with 12 other participating privateand public schools. Our school attended the pre-selection session on the 20 th of April with six students,where students debated on various European issues and engaged in meaningful discussion throughoutthe day. PASCAL English School Lefkosia was successful in its participation and has successfully passedthrough to the National session which will be held from the 30 th of Augustto the 2 nd of September 2013.We would like to congratulate the following students : Andreas Gregoras(5IB), Panayiotis Antoniou (ΣΤ1), Panayiota Loizidou (5IB), ChristianaPapaconstantinou (5E), Nicholas Hadjipaschalis (5B) and StephanosPhilipou (5IB).20