More than 160 winners of republican and international subject Olympiads and their teachers were honored in Vitebsk

Last Friday, the regional philharmonic hall hosted a celebration for the winners of the 2013-2014 academic year republican subject olympiads and international olympiads, as well as their teachers. In total, this is more than 160 people, one might say, the vanguard of the general education system of the Vitebsk region. The participants of the celebration were welcomed by Vladimir Terentyev, Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee.

The results of the republican olympiad indicate that out of 91 diplomas, the largest number were received by young experts in the Belarusian language and literature (13), informatics, biology and chemistry, social studies and history – 11 each, mathematics and geography – 9 each. In terms of the number of awards, students of Vitebsk gymnasiums No. 8, 1, and 2 are leading. In the individual standings, the past academic year was the most successful for tenth-grader Barbara Kuskova from Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 1, who was awarded a first-degree diploma in informatics at the republican olympiad and a bronze medal at the 26th International Olympiad in Taiwan. In total, 11 of our compatriots were awarded first-degree diplomas. It is noteworthy that four of them are representatives of the Glubokoye region: Vladislav Solodky and Daria Kovalchuk (both from the district gymnasium, distinguished themselves in Belarusian language and literature), Elizaveta Dmitrieva (geography, Glubokoye Secondary School No. 1 named after P. Sukhoi), and Oleg Rusin (social studies and history, Udelovsky kindergarten-secondary school).

In terms of the number of awarded students, the leadership is held by Veronika Pavlovna Laktina, a computer science teacher at Vitebsk Gymnasiums No. 1 and 8, Alla Alekseevna Moralina, a biology teacher at Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 1, Alexander Vladimirovich Shugol, a mathematics teacher at Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 8, Sergey Nikolaevich Krivenko, a geography teacher at Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 2, Elena Aleksandrovna Marutko, a physics teacher at Vitebsk Gymnasium No. 7, and others.

The ceremony also honored educators who successfully participated in the "Teacher of the Year-2014" competition. These included Svetlana Ustinovna Matsulevich from Glubokoye Secondary School No. 3 (primary education), Irina Boleslavovna Khodaneнок from Novopolotsk (Secondary School No. 1, fine arts), Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Tsymanovich (Basic School No. 10, computer science), and Natalia Fadeevna Rykun (Gymnasium No. 2, Belarusian language and literature), Marina Valentinovna Yuryeva from Vitebsk (Gymnasium No. 5, biology), and Tatyana Alexandrovna Konoshenok (Gymnasium No. 2, English language), as well as Irina Vladimirovna Rogova, an educator from Orsha Kindergarten No. 44.

The bright minds and their talented educators, along with flowers, were presented with certificates and awards from the Special Fund of the President of the Republic of Belarus for the Social Support of Gifted Students and Pupils, as well as from the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.

Galina Shpakovskaya, "Vitebskiye Vesti"