Zlatarski School Sofia becomes a well-established member of the international community of schools Dear Zlatarski School Community,

Our School had its first IB Diploma Programme Exams in May 2005 very close to our tenth anniversary. Mr Svante Ingler from the IBO conducted an exam inspection to the school and acknowledged that the exams were carried out in perfect order and that the 11 prospective IB graduates and 2 certificate students were taking the exams confident of a successful result. It was a pleasure to see our students from the first IB class finalizing their education at the school and an honour for us to deliver the ever first IB Diplomas at a Bulgarian school.

Zlatarski School approached the International Baccalaureate Organisation in October 2000 with a request to become an IBO member school, and started a serious preparation process for authorization including several visits to the school by Monica Flodman, Teuvo Laurinolli from the IBO and Barbara Gostisa from an IB school in Zagreb, Croatia. The final authorisation visit was undertaken on 21-22 November 2002 and the authorisation letter was issued on 11 February 2003. After 2,5 years of preparation work the first ever IB World School was established in Bulgaria.

It was extremely hard work to establish an IB school and especially hard when Zlatarski School - Sofia was the pioneer of IB education in Bulgaria, but it is evident that the work has paid off and we are now a well-established member of the international family of schools.

I am now, highly pleased with the exam results of our students, looking forward to seeing many IB graduates to be examined at the school in years to come. We also hope that many other schools in Bulgaria will introduce the IBO programmes and we are willing and ready to provide support to such schools should they want to become IB World Schools.

On behalf of the school management, I would like to wish all our teachers, staff, students and parents, a wonderful summer break. I am looking forward to welcoming you all in September 2005.

Sincerely,

Tsvetanka Kardasheva
Director