News

18.08.2022

Outstanding A Level results

We are extremely proud of our 2022 A Level results! The exceptional A Level results and outstanding university destinations worldwide are a testament to the relentless pursuit of excellence, hard work and resilience of our students and their teachers.

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12.07.2022

End of School Year

Another school year has passed! On June 30th, we celebrated all the great progress, growth and achievements that happened this academic year with Best Performance, Best Improvement and Community Impact Awards.

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12.07.2022

Class of 2022 Graduation Ceremony

On Wednesday, 29th June, the Akademeia community gathered to honour and recognise our Class of 2022 graduates, the fourth and largest Year 13 cohort to date.

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12.07.2022

Year 10 Trip to Podlasie

Just a few days before the end of school year, Y10 students participated in a school trip to Podlasie where number of topics from the Polish curriculum were addressed. The goal of the trip was to visit a peripheral, yet extremely interesting and inspiring region of Poland

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12.07.2022

Engineering Trip to Krosno, 13th-14th June

A group of 16 A-Level and pre-A students went on an unusual two-day Engineering trip to Krosno, where they had a unique opportunity to visit a chair factory (Nowy Styl) and a gas-springs factory (FA Krosno).

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12.07.2022

Arts Festival, 9th-15th June

During our first ever, seven-day long, Arts Festival we celebrated the creative and performing arts at Akademeia. Let's look back at this inspiring time.

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12.07.2022

Akademeia Outreach: Science Experiments in Kindergarden

During the school year, AHS Natural Sciences team is spreading knowledge to our students - that's obvious. But sometimes teachers and students want something more... And this is where the origins of the Physics Outreach Activity came from!

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12.07.2022

Akademeia Outreach: Concert at the Alzheimer Centre, 2nd June

A group of our student musicians visited the Alzheimer Centre in Warsaw with a concert, which was a result of a student's initiative. Bruno N (Y12) after researching the positive effects of listening to music on patients with dementia, decided to share Akademeia musical talents with some of them.

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01.07.2022

28th June – Sports Day in AHS

Sport is an essential part of working with students in AHS. During school year they attend regular sport classes, but once a year Sport Department organizes a very special event for them - a Sports Day! It is a time when students participate in internal tournaments and are encouraged to try new sport disciplines.

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01.07.2022

Science Fair at AHS

What a day! On Friday 24th June Akademeia students celebrated science on a Science Fair. Our auditorium, laboratories and courtyard got filled with presentations, experiments and a debate - all these related to chemistry, biology and physics.

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13.06.2022

Summer School 4-8 July, 2022

The Akademeia Summer School is approaching! The registration is still open, so if you are ready for adventure - sign in. This is going to be our 4th edition of Summer School.

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13.06.2022

Arts Festival 2022

This academic year is quickly coming to its end, but Akademeia High School is still full of events. On the 9th of June we opened the Akademia Arts Festival 2022. During the Arts Festival we celebrate the creative and performing arts at Akademeia featuring a fine art exhibition, film screening, fashion photo booth, mask creation workshop, poetry readings, open mic performances, and theatre shows.

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06.06.2022

Top Documentary Film from Top Film Festival in AHS

We’d like to invite you to an extraordinary evening with the Founder and Director of the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Artur Liebhart. Mr Liebhart will show us one of his favourite films from this year’s festival selection.

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06.06.2022

Akademeia Art Exhibition

We are delighted to invite everybody to the ‘Room 21’ exhibition at the contemporary art gallery - Galeria Tlen, which in the spirit of good neighborhood in miasteczko Wilanów welcomed the young creatives  from our school. A total group of 15 students had been working on projects in mixed mediums for the past two years, ranging from ceramics, paintings, photographs, textiles, and they are all very enthusiastic to display their outcomes.

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26.05.2022

His Excellency the Ambassador of United States to Poland, Mr Mark Brzezinski, in AHS

We were honoured to welcome His Excellency the Ambassador of United States to Poland, Mr Mark Brzezinski to Akademeia High School last week.

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25.05.2022

AHS student awarded in the Minds Underground Essay Competition 2022!

We are proud to share that Paulina G, our Y12 student, was announced the winner of the Minds Underground Essay Competition 2022!

The Minds Underground Essay Competition is an annual contest organised by a British educational platform Minds Underground open to 6th-Form-level students from all around the world.

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13.05.2022

Finalists of the 2022 Akademeia Scholarship Competition Announced

Akademeia High School is pleased to announce that 20 candidates were shortlisted to the Stage Two of the Akademeia Scholarship Competition earlier this week.

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12.04.2022

University updates – Offers form the USA

As the admission process is in full swing at colleges worldwide, our Year 13 students continue to receive their offers from the top world universities.

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12.04.2022

Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland in AHS

We were honoured to welcome His Excellency the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland, Mr Andriej Deszczycia to Akademeia High School last week.

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12.04.2022

Full Scholarships from Cambridge Trust and Trinity College Cambridge for two incredible Akademeia students.

We are extremely proud to share the news that two of our Year 13 students, Zofia and Mateusz have received offers to Trinity College Cambridge on full scholarships.

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08.04.2022

AHS Students’ Project Awarded in Samsung National STEM Competition!

We are extremely proud to share the news that our Akademeia team gained 2nd place at the inaugural Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national competition.

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06.04.2022

Personal Development Scheme Day – Showcase Event

On Wednesday, 23rd March, throughout the day we were celebrating our 5^th Form students’ successes in their PDS projects.

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06.04.2022

The Akademeia Post Issue no 7 now available

We are happy to share with you another issue of the Akademeia Post magazine. Our young journalists provided us with yet another set of various articles.

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06.04.2022

Sports in AHS

In this early spring, our students have been keeping active, practising different sports, participating in Sports extracurriculars and taking part in sports competitions.

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06.04.2022

Science oriented Lectures in March

In March, we hosted three inspiring lectures by professionals from different fields of work.

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06.04.2022

Careers Day in AHS

On Wednesday 17th Akademeia 6th Form students met on the Careers Day - an event organised each year by AHS, to help students make conscious and well-informed decisions about their educational and professional pathways.

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06.04.2022

Awards in the British Biology Olympiad 2022 for AHS students

Seven of our students achieved the medal categories in the British Biology Olympiad 2022. It's the best result ever achieved by Akademeia students in this competition.

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24.03.2022

From A to Z: Book Creation

Another fantastic initiative from our students as part of the Personal Development Project Scheme. A group of seven students created a bilingual e-book: a collection of stories written in Polish and English with their very own illustrations.

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24.03.2022

Fantastic EPQ results of our Y13 students

Year 13 Students at Akademeia celebrated outstanding academic success last week with their Extend Project Qualification (EPQ) Results. Of the 17 students who entered a project 100% were awarded A* to A grades (10 A* and 7 A).

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18.03.2022

Gold and Silver Awards in the UK Chemistry Olympiad 2022

Congratulations to Akademeia students who participated in the UK Chemistry Olympiad 2022 and achieved fantastic results.

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04.03.2022

Blind Date With A Book for Charity

Are you familiar with the concept of a Blind Date With A Book? AHS students from the Human Rights Group have prepared a lovely treat for all the bookish people in our community.

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04.03.2022

Akademeia Faculty Lecture: Molecularly imprinted polymers – materials of the future

Dr Nataliya Marchyk, a chemistry teacher in AHS,  has delivered a very insightful presentation, bringing closer to our audience a somehow complex topic of polymer chemistry that crosses over the traditional lines of all branches of chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, pharmacy, and even medicine.

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04.03.2022

Class of 2022 University Offers – more highlights from UK

We are incredibly proud of our Class of 2022 and their diverse range of university destinations. We continue to share more highlights as new offers are pouring in for our Year 13 students.

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04.03.2022

“21st Century Minds” – student-led science conference

The conference, open to a broader community - at school and online, covered topics such as: cancer research, genetical engineering, RNA, molecular biology and many more.

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04.03.2022

Valentine’s Day at AHS

Love, joy and kindness spread around Akademeia and beyond today with a ‘Rose for Cause’ student initiative.

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04.03.2022

Akademeia Science Talk: Friends or enemies: remarkable world of ant-fungal interactions

Many people already have heard about so-called 'zombie ants', but not everyone knows that what causes this "zombiness" is actually a parasitic fungus living inside the ant's body.

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04.03.2022

Academeia Seminar: How teenagers are making a difference in today’s world

We invited a 17 year old high school student from Toruń to be a part of the Akademeia Seminars series and talk to our students about her experience as a young activist involved in the climate movement.

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04.03.2022

Akademeia Finalists in the “Solve for Tomorrow” Contest

Our team’s project went through competitive semifinals to nationwide finals, as one of 9 successful projects out of 138 entries from high schools and universities across Poland.

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04.03.2022

Science Communication Club

Inspired by one of Akademeia lectures, our students organised a Science Communication Club, and have now launched an Instagram account that is meant to build the bridge between scientific and ordinary words, explaining complex concepts in a simple and accessible way.

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04.02.2022

Let’s meet online at the Open Day – Thursday, 17th February at 10:00 am

We would like to invite you to our Open Day in order to give you an opportunity to become acquainted with our ethos, philosophy of education and curriculum.

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04.02.2022

University Offers Keep Pouring in for our Year 13 Students!

As the admission process is in full swing at colleges worldwide, our Year 13 students have started receiving their first offers from the top world universities in the UK, US and EU. We are proud of diverse range of courses and destinations of our Class of 2022 and will be sharing highlights throughout next months, as new offers are pouring in.

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04.02.2022

Art Blast: Board Game Creation about Modern Art

Our 5th Formers keep working on another crative, interdisciplinary PDS project  - this time to create their own board game. Students started their research by playing a few unique card and board games. They also participated in a workshop organised by the #warsawmodernartmuseum (MSN), to learn more about modern art.

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01.02.2022

Akademeia Science Talk: Nobel Prize and…

On Tuesday, 25th January, AHS community had a chance to listen to a fascinating lecture on how to detect a virus with a smartphone. Our guest, Dr Magdalena Richter, presented the link between the Nobel Prize winning researches and Covid-19.

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31.01.2022

PDS Project ‘Ebru: Turkish Art of Marbling’

Have you ever tried painting on water? Our students have been lately, under the expert guidance, discovering the traditional Ebru art as their PDS project.

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31.01.2022

PDS Project: Akademeia Farm

Our newly-introduced Personal Development Scheme project called 'Akademeia Farm' has became an extremely popular choice among our students this academic year. Autumn and spring are fantastic seasons for hands-on activities on our roof-top garden, while the cold winter is the time for indoor planting and... the fun and discovery continues.

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31.01.2022

Akademeia Seminars: Climate change

Akademeia Seminars are back with the new theme! After the series of expert talks on human rights in Term 1, we are inviting our students, staff and parents to broaden their knowledge on issues linked to climate change in Term 2.

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21.12.2021

AHS Christmas Concert

On Friday 10th December, AHS community celebrated festive season with a concert, organised by students and teachers. The programme included performances of Student Band, Staff Band and some unexpected Theatrical Vignette, appearing suddenly from the audience.

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21.12.2021

Christmas Charity Bake Sale

What a sugary joy did they have, preparing cakes and cookies for AHS Christmas Bake Sale! Banana bread, muffins, brownie, Belgian waffles, iced cookies… And all this to support the charges of Salvation Army and Fundacja Ocalenie.

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21.12.2021

Animal Welfare PDS to help dogs from Józefów’s shelter

An enthusiastic group of the 5th Form students completed their first stage of the Animal Welfare PDS project - just in time for the cold winter. The students wished to improve the conditions of dogs living in the Animal Shelter in Józefów.

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21.12.2021

AHS students create ceramics inspired by nature

The Year 13 3D Design A Level course commenced with the ceramics project inspired by nature.  Students tried a wheel throwing as well as worked with slabs and coils.

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09.12.2021

Final of the Akademeia Seminar’s Human Rights series

On Thursday 2nd December we had a pleasure to host Dr Omer Fisher, who delivered an important lecture on Human rights, civil society and becoming human rights defender. Dr Fisher, who performs as Senior Human Rights Adviser at United Nations, shared with us his broad international experience in the field. Having had worked with a variety of organisations and communities, he provided our students with a very practical know-how.

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06.12.2021

Huge Congratulations to Our Debaters!

We are extremely proud of recent accomplishments of the Akademeia Debate Team in the Polish Schools Debating Championships 2021. This year there were 78 students and 22 schools competing at the tournament. AHS has been represented by two teams, composed of participants from the Competitive Debating elective: Akademeia Red - Karolina Z, Klara Ż, Nathalie C, Cristian M, Karol L, Matsvei D Akademeia Blue - Pola J, Zofia J, Barbara M, Alexi v D

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19.11.2021

Discussing EU asylum procedures and current issues

On Thursday, November 18, our students had a very unique opportunity to look at the institutional perspective behind the EU asylum procedures and practical reality of refugees who go through the procedures, with two excellent experts in the field, during the Akademeia Seminar titled: ‘The Common European Asylum System: Theory and Practice'.

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18.11.2021

Year 13 Students Presenting their Extended Projects

Year 13 students brought a year's worth of work to an end on Wednesday 17th of November,  presenting their Extended Projects to groups of staff and students. The audience were treated to talks on Economics, Medicine, Physics, Art, Biology, Law, History, Politics and many others.

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18.11.2021

Year 13 Students Presenting their Extended Projects

Year 13 students brought a year's worth of work to an end on Wednesday 17th of November,  presenting their Extended Projects to groups of staff and students. The audience were treated to talks on Economics, Medicine, Physics, Art, Biology, Law, History, Politics and many others.

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17.11.2021

CanSat student winners inspire younger peers

Aleksy, Air Thief Team Leader, said, ‘Working on the satellite and going through the whole process was so much fun for us, that we really wanted more students to share this unforgettable experience.’

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17.11.2021

CanSat student winners inspire younger peers

Aleksy, Air Thief Team Leader, said, ‘Working on the satellite and going through the whole process was so much fun for us, that we really wanted more students to share this unforgettable experience.’

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15.11.2021

Studying in the USA: University Pathways Panel

This fall, we virtually welcomed seven prestigious universities from the United States to a panel discussion about choosing a pathway for university studies. Our students were eager to have their questions answered during the Q&A session, moderated by some of our talented 6th form students!

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15.11.2021

Studying in the USA: University Pathways Panel

This fall, we virtually welcomed seven prestigious universities from the United States to a panel discussion about choosing a pathway for university studies. Our students were eager to have their questions answered during the Q&A session, moderated by some of our talented 6th form students!

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29.10.2021

Student wait for 2021 election results!

Catchy slogans, inspiring manifestos and thought-provoking posters  -  all signs of the 2021 AHS Student Council elections that culminated with the Presidential Debate in front of the whole school. All votes are in now and we are waiting impatiently for the results!

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28.10.2021

Inspiration Starts Here! Student-led Science Communication Club

On October 5th, we hosted Dr Namrata Sengupta with her Science Talk: What it means to be a science communicator: From part-time volunteering to a full-time career. Two weeks later, our Year 13 student Liubou has launched a new student-led Science Communication Club, inspired by the talk!

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22.10.2021

Breathtaking views during the Karkonosze hiking trip

A group of our  Year 12 and Year 13 students and three teachers spent a fantastic October weekend enjoying a challenging hiking trip. Accompanied by the professional mountain guide, our students hiked the main Karkonosze Ridge (Grzbiet Karkonoski), covering 36 km of a distance with a total ascent of 1,500 m.

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11.10.2021

A day with Art and Nature

Students taking A levels in Fine Art, 3D Design, Photography and History of Art recently had the opportunity to see and discuss the current temporary exhibition of Ursula von Rydingsvard’s monumental organic sculptures at the Orońsko Sculpture Centre.

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04.10.2021

Bake sale for School Without Borders

Our students raised 3,055 PLN towards the School Without Borders PDS Project through the first bake sale of the year. All delicious cakes were made by AHS students and staff

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04.10.2021

Faculty Lecture: Why Artistic License Matters in Historical Fiction and Film

On September 28, Dr Adam Anders delivered a lecture on a thought-provoking topic: ‘The First Lie Wins: Why Artistic License Matters in Historical Fiction and Film.’ Dr Anders, with his interdisciplinary approach, investigated what made an interesting story, exploring examples from historical fiction and film.

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04.10.2021

100% of early round applications to Bocconi University accepted!

The Early Bird catches the worm, or in this case, wins places at one of Europe's top Universities.  100% of our  Year 13 students  who submitted early round applications to Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, were offered places on their chosen courses last week.

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30.09.2021

Year 11 Trip to Łódź

On September 28^th, our Year 11 students, together with their  teachers from the Polish department, went on a trip to Łódź to learn more about the realm of "Promissed Land" by Władysław Reymont and its film adaptation by Andrzej Wajda.

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27.09.2021

Akademeia Seminars: Anna Alboth visiting AHS

All interested AHS students, parents, and faculty members are invited to join us for the Akademeia Seminar with Ms Anna Alboth, a Polish activist, journalist, blogger and media officer at Minority Rights Group on September 30 at 5:30pm.

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12.09.2021

Over 50 clubs and co-curricular activities on offer this term!

The list of our after school clubs is growing year on year, reflecting the diverse interests of our students and the expertise of our faculty. More and more clubs are being offered as student-initiated and student-run projects. From September 6-11, during the Trial Week, our students had a chance to try out from a variety of over 50 programmes!

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11.09.2021

Akademeia Seminars are back with the new series!

It is our pleasure to launch this September the new series of Akademeia Seminars. The idea behind this initiative is to create a space where the most important social issues can be discussed with experts in the field. The leading topic for the Term 1 seminars is: 'Understanding Human Rights'.

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07.09.2021

Outstanding A Level results 2021!

Akademeia High School is celebrating outstanding 2021 A Level results with 91% of A*- A grades and exceptional 63% of A* grades. Our graduates have been successful in obtaining offers from the renowned universities around the world.

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06.09.2021

The inauguration of the 2021/2022 school year

We wish all of our students, parents, teachers and staff an exciting and fruitful academic year ahead!

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09.06.2021

Do-It-Yourself workshops

Why buy, if you can make it yourself?

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09.06.2021

Limited places for 2021/22 academic year are still available

We are still accepting applications for the 2021/2022 academic year.

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07.06.2021

Science Talks Seminar: The Forgotten Stories of Radiation Protection

Another great lecture from one of the Science Talks guests! This time in her talk “The Forgotten Stories of Radiation Protection” Dr Reszczyńska inspired our students to think in an interdisciplinary way!

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02.06.2021

Visit to Zachęta National Gallery of Art

We have been waiting for this moment for such a long time!

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01.06.2021

International Children’s Day

We celebrated International Children's Day with something special.

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28.05.2021

Sports Day 2021

For many of our students this week’s Sports Day was about trying something new and fun – archery and wall climbing!

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25.05.2021

Spring chillout – highlights

Our courtyard and roof terrace are in the school for a reason – to make the most of every moment of the Spring!

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22.05.2021

Science Talk Seminar: Biodegradation of explosives

We hosted another exciting Science Talk last Wednesday. This time our faculty member Dr Jolanta Niedźwiecka spoke about biodegradation of explosives.

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18.05.2021

Visit to Warsaw Citadel

To welcome Spring we launched our field trip season with a visit to the Warsaw Citadel.

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17.05.2021

PDS Project: Voluntary work in dog shelter in Józefów

Have a look at another great Personal Development Scheme project! This time our students cooperated with the dog shelter in Józefów, where they walk the dogs and help out with voluntary work!

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14.05.2021

2021 UK universities offers!

Despite all the challenges of this school year, Akademeia High School students keep reaching higher and higher!

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10.05.2021

PDS Project: Acts of Kindness

The aim of the PDS project was to introduce our students to the world of professional translation.

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04.05.2021

PDS Project: Herbal Heaven

This winter our Year 9 students were exploring the healing properties of European herbs as part of Herbal Heaven PDS project.

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29.04.2021

Online educational seminar with the Embassy of Estonia

Our headmaster Dr Karolina Watras, alongside with other wonderful guest speakers, participated in the online educational seminar organised by the Embassy of Estonia.

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27.04.2021

Ways of Seeing: Student’s Art Guide

Do you see art as something that can only be understood by specialists? Have you ever thought about the museum as boring? If so, you have to take a closer look at one of our PDS projects!

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26.04.2021

Charlatans in 18th-centrury Europe

Our History teacher Dr Marysia Jonsson conducted a fascinating lecture about charlatans in the 18th century.

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23.04.2021

Science Talks Seminar: Brain – your powerful tool

Our school hosted Dr María Banqueri Lopez who delivered an interactive presentation about the human brain and its powerful capabilities.

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22.04.2021

2021 US university offers for our students!

Huge congratulations!

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21.04.2021

Michael/Ström Dom Maklerski and Upper Finance Group – student’s internship experience

There is no better way to learn about finances than by practice!

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18.04.2021

RECAP: Online Recruitment Weekend – 17-18 April

It was another very exciting recruitment weekend!

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16.04.2021

ArtLab with Greg Jonkajtys

On Friday 16th April ARTLAB hosted a lecture with Greg Jonkajtys - director, animator and visual effects artist who graduated from Warsaw's Academy of Fine Arts, and has worked in the TV and feature film industry for the last 20 years.

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14.04.2021

Gazeta Wyborcza joins our Internship scheme

New internship possibilities for future Pulitzer winners!

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13.04.2021

AHS Team in the national finals of European Space Agency’s CanSat competition!

Have you ever wondered just how difficult it would be to design, build and launch your own satellite? Our intrepid team of five Akademeia High School students decided to give it a go (with a little support from the European Space Agency)!

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09.04.2021

British Biology Olympiad results

This year, our students have truly outdone themselves scooping 1 gold (!), 3 silver and 2 bronze medals!

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09.04.2021

Our student approved to Yale Young Global Scholars

Congratulations to Liubou, our year 12 student!

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22.03.2021

Recap: Online Recruitment Weekend – 20-21 March

Another online recruitment was conducted successfully during the weekend of 20-21 March!

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19.03.2021

Science Talks Seminar: How methane affects the climate change

On March 10^th, Dr Semra Bakkaloglu from Sustainable Gas Institute at Imperial College London, UK presented about methane’s impact on climate change.

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01.03.2021

Science Talks Seminar: Cancer – a disease of our cells

On Feb 24^th, Dr Katarzyna Leszczyńska was our guest speaker in the “Science Talks” seminar series. She presented about cancer and how it affects our cells.

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