In 2011 Zlatarski International School successfully applied for
the EU’s international Comenius Project Integrationand Equality in theField of Education by Means of Physical Activity, Games and Sports.
The project aims at presenting how sports can help the integration of disabled people.
By January 2013, twelve Zlatarski International School students form grades 9
to 11, and ten teachers took part in exchange visits with other
project-participants in Riga (Latvia), Rena (Norway), and Nicosia (Cyprus).
From January 23 to January 27 2013 Zlatarski International School hosted the next
exchange visit. Representatives from 6 European Countries – Spain, Portugal,
Norway, Latvia, Cyprus, and Bulgaria – met in the School.
The participants presented specially adapted games in Sports
classes, made martenitsi in the Art
Workshop, and met actors from the pantomime theatre “Mimeart”, who represented
people with hearing disabilities.
The visit ended up with sight-seeing tours in
Plovdiv and Sofia.
Sixteen Zlatarski International School students
and their families have hosted the visiting foreign students.