By Alexandra Sarieva (8D) On Feb. 27, the Newspaper Club hosted a visit from George Ruschev, a journalist for Flagman.bg in Burgas. Ruschev talked to us about what it takes to be a journalist and also a topic that has been bothering the professionals as well as us young journalists — fake news. Fake news…
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Smoking: A Choice?
by Ivo Radev (8A) The newspaper is investigating smoking habits and attitudes among students. It will run several articles on the topic. We welcome your comments and suggestions. [For this article, Ivo Radev interviewed an eighth-grader who is an ex-smoker. She told him her story about how she got involved with smoking.] This is her…
Coping in Confinement
By Newspaper Staff Well, here we are in this unexpected situation full of unknowns! Students and teachers are rapidly learning how to navigate Moodle, Microsoft Teams, and more, in order to maintain educational progress separately and safely from their homes. A quick survey of the newspaper staff revealed these strategies for coping with the isolation…
Back in business
By Prue Salasky, Editor Thanks to being an online platform rather than a physical product, the ELS News will resume operation even as staff members are unable to meet in person. Looking back to our February article, “Coronavirus Caution,” it seems that our students’ awareness of world events had them on alert back in mid-February,…
Newspaper hosts Club Fair!
By Stela Mihova (10th Grade) and Newspaper Staff Photos by Yanis Hristov (9th Grade) On February 26, the “Club Fair” took place on the school’s second floor during the 5th class period. This event was organized and hosted by the newly established Newspaper Club, which publishes online at www.gpaeburgas.org/Fullbright. There were displays by teachers and…
Dealing with Depression
By Berrin Yeshil (11th grade) On Feb. 6 Berrin Yeshil and Alexandra Sarieva visited the Mental Hospital Burgas in order to interview the hospital’s main psychiatrist, Dr. Teodor Sariev, about the reasons why people commit suicide and also the symptoms of depression. Unfortunately nowadays these things are becoming very common, especially for students. Berrin asked…
Teenage Insomnia
By Victoria Manoleva (11th grade) Let’s talk about insomnia since a lot of students, whether in high school or university, have come across it at least once in their life. So what is insomnia (or sleep deprivation) exactly? Insomnia is a difficulty getting to sleep, difficulty staying asleep, waking up way too early in the…
Coronavirus Caution
by Alexandra Sarieva (8D) The coronavirus is a virus that primarily infects animals but has recently been detected in people. The first human case appeared in October 2019 in the city of Wuhan in Hubei Province in China, with a population of 11 million. First, the previously unknown virus was temporarily named ‘2019 nCoV’. Its…
Japanese education system
Opinion piece by Victoria Manoleva (11th grade) The Japanese education system, as perfect as it may seem, has its own disadvantages among the many benefits that it serves. It’s easy to ignore them considering all the advantages, but the flaws, as few as they are, are sometimes crucial. Although some people may think that the…
Uniforms are here!
By Alexandra Sarieva (8th grade) Jan. 20, 2020 On Jan. 15, 2020, Ivo Radev and I interviewed the principal, Jacqueline Neycheva, on one of the topics that has bothered our school for the past few months: The school uniform. Our principal started the interview by mentioning that the day we chose was the birthday of…