• The Lyceum delegation, represented by principal Ashot Alikhanyan and public relations officer Ani Yeghiazaryan, is participating in the Round Square School Principals' Symposium (RS Head's Symposium, London 2020) in London.
• As part of the Round Square exchange program, the Lyceum hosts Derin Algul, a student from ENKA Schools Istanbul, Turkey.
• Tamar Aleksanyan, the head of the scientific methodical center, and Ani Harutyunyan, the head of the psychological center, conduct a series of seminars on the topic of "Learner-centered learning" for the teaching staff of the special educational complex for children with hearing impairment in Yerevan.
• Every year, all students of the subject group "Experimental Sciences" of the diploma program carry out a joint research work (GROUP 4 PROJECT), the purpose of which is to develop collaborative, research skills and exchange the knowledge and abilities acquired in each subject. This year, the research task of the PS students was to find out how the change in the height of the terrain affects our organism and the environment.
• The memorial day of the poetess Silva Kaputikyan is celebrated in the Lyceum. students, teachers, pedagogues are watching the video recording of the meeting with the poetess in 2001 and the matinee performance dedicated to her in the ceremony hall. The Director of the Educational Complex Ashot Alikhanyan tells memories about the poetess. He especially mentions that Silva Kaputikyan is the first intellectual who was awarded the Lyceum's medal "For impeccable services".
• Lyceum teachers who are members of the working groups for development of standards and programs of general education of the Republic of Armenia participate in the seminar of the Ministry of Education and Culture entitled "Evaluation and sample test tasks", which is conducted by international experts.
• Jeffrey Stanford, a researcher from the University of Leicester in Great Britain, visits Shirakatsy Lyceum. In order to carry out research on English teaching preferences, classroom practices, teacher skills, as well as English teaching policies in the education system, she meets with a group of English teachers and students in the Lyceum.
• The school celebrates International Education Day.
• The Armenian Army Day is celebrated in Primary, Middle and High schools of the Lyceum.
• The students wrote letters and greeting cards in advance and sent them to the soldiers.
• Students of the Diploma Program organize a festive event dedicated to the Armenian Army Day. The students learn about the military path of Hrant Aghabekyan, the military leader of the Lyceum, by watching the biographical video, and the hero of the Artsakh war, Suren Galstyan, tells about the army, military life, at the end, the guest sends his message to the future soldiers. "And let everyone know that our name is the Armenian Army."
• The delegation of the Lyceum, represented by the Director of the Lyceum Ashot Alikhanyan and RS representative Ilona Hovasapyan, is participating in the "Round Square" World Association of International Schools South Asia and Gulf Regional Conference (AGM of South Asia & Gulf Region - 2020) at the Singapore International School in Mumbai, India.

• The Center for Media Initiatives hosts the fourth-graders of Shirakatsy Lyceum Primary School, who get to know the Media.am team and talk about the work of journalists and editors. They play the Media War game with media literacy specialist Lusin Grigoryan, listen to episodes from the "Encyclomedia" podcast with journalist Aren Melikyan and record a conversation about what news the schoolchildren read and why they are interested in it.
• On the initiative of the Shirakatsy Lyceum Development Fund, within the framework of the "We Are Us and Our Students" project, a meeting is held in the library with Karen Sargsyan, a 1995 graduate, consultant on management and development issues, employee of the development consulting company "Penta", who tells the audience about her achievements and the way she came to be. about the role and significance of the Lyceum.
• The Lyceum celebrates the feast of Saint Sargis, the intercessor of lovers. Romeo and Juliet, Quasimodo and Esmeralda, Othello and Desdemona, Saro and Anush meet in the banquet hall (organizer: pedagogue Marine Hovhannisyan). In the courtyard of the educational complex, the students are greeted by "Saint Sargis" riding a white horse, as well as salty donuts, a bowl full of flour with a symbolic mark of a horse's hoof, which are inseparable from the holiday.
• The high school student council organizes a game in the popular "What, Where, When" format in the Lyceum. 4 teams of 4-6 players participated, whose captains were teachers, and whose members were students. Sona Hakhverdyan, a student of the 12th grade, composed the questions, organized and conducted the game.
• As part of the anti-bullying activities, a debate is held in the middle school (group 734) on the topic "A student who bullies should be removed from school immediately", which is conducted by group 914 in the format of "examining mentors".
• The birthday of Hovhannes Tumanyan, the traditional Armenian poet, and the book festival are celebrated throughout the educational complex. Senior and junior Lyceum students present books to each other, present their favorite books.
• In the Department of Natural Sciences, students who love biology are playing "Biomania". The game was created by the efforts of Gevorg Petrosyan, head of the biology club, YSU lecturer, graduate of the Lyceum, and his students. The artistic design of the game was carried out by Silva Harutyunyan.
• 7th grade in the library at the initiative of the art chair within the framework of Book Day events. a meeting-lecture entitled "Conversation about the notebook" is held for students, led by Lilit Vardumyan, an artist, employee of Matenadaran, author of children's educational programs and instructional manuals for miniature painting, representative of the parenting community.
• At the initiative of the Department of Armenian language and literature in the Lyceum, the traditional Mother Language Day is celebrated with great pomp, with the inscription "Mother language, mother university-100, mother Lyceum-30". The celebration brought together the students of the 100-year-old YSU Culture Center and the students of the 30-year-old Lyceum. The guest of honor of the ceremony is the songwriter Sasun Paskevichyan, the introduction and program of the Armenian language and literature teacher Arpine Khechikyan. The students of the theater theater studio of the Lyceum present miniature paintings in different dialects of Armenian (director: Garik Ghazaryan).
• On the initiative of the Shirakatsy Lyceum Development Fund, the Carnival holiday is celebrated in "Jans" restaurant. During the charity party-evening, the "Lanterns" ensemble, our students wearing the traditional costumes of Lusik Agulets, and our teachers and educators showing the fashionable clothes of Taraz.am shine with their splendor. The evening is completed by Vahagn Hayrapetyan's jazz trio.
• On the initiative of the Russian Center of Science and Culture of Yerevan, the 5th graders of the middle school combine the Russian lesson with the largest one-day scientific campaign in the world, "Open Laboratory", "which not only tests the knowledge of the participants, but also talks about the latest scientific achievements" says Yulia Kuznetsova, researcher at Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• Anna Petrosyan, an English teacher in Yerevan, RA, is participating in a 125-hour course on "Teaching English as a Foreign Language".
• Seda Kocharyan conducts a seminar on improving the quality of education for representatives of the Lyceum and other schools in Armenia.
• The Pan-Armenian Eduarmenia platform for teacher training is launched by the initiative of head of the social sciences department of the Lyceum, candidate of historical sciences, associate professor Lilit Mkrtchyan and representative of the Lyceum's parental community, Seda Kocharyan, whose goal is to bring together the educational experience of all Armenians. Lyceum teachers, pedagogues, psychologists actively participate in the work of this platform.
• "Shirakatsy Lyceum" International Scientific-Educational Complex is completely switching to distance learning and activities due to the prevention and protection of CORONAVIRUS-19 infection in RA.
• 1994 graduate of Shirakatsy Lyceum, graduate of Harvard School of Public Health, doctor of medical sciences, epidemiologist Sona Tumanyan, within the framework of the Shirakatsy Lyceum Development Fund's "We are and our students" project, presents an online informative video in front of the Lyceum's student, pedagogical and parent community, giving explanations about the coronavirus.
• Electronic acceptance of applications for admission to the first grade of Shirakatsy Lyceum begins, taking into account the state of emergency declared in RA.

• English teachers Armine Gatrjyan, Stella Sargsyan, Anna Petrosyan participate in the 5-week online course "Using Educational Technologies in Teaching English" organized by Iowa State University and receive certificates.
• Head of the scientific methodical center of the Lyceum, child. science candidate, associate professor Tamar Aleksanyan conducts two seminars on reading and understanding the text for the teachers of Armenia and Artsakh on the Eduarmenia platform.
• Parenting Distance University begins. The speaker of the first meeting is Irina Khanamiryan, candidate of psychological sciences.
• Distance learning specialist of Shirakatsy Lyceum, Roza Jeladyan, conducts a webinar and presents the Flipped Classroom teaching method, which is widely used in distance learning, which will help to organize the distance class more effectively.
• April 22 is the International Earth Day, established by the United Nations, which has been officially celebrated since 2010. On the initiative of the Department of Social Sciences, during the distance lessons of the Lyceum, they reflect on the advice of this very important day.
• The next speaker of the Parental Distance University is Vahe Nanyan, a graduate of the Lyceum in 1995, now a parent, "Slavmed" medical center, head of the eye microsurgery center, head of the ophthalmic service of "Avag" medical center, member of the Presidium of the International Association of French Ophthalmologists (SOIESOU), member of the Young Ophthalmologists in Armenia vice president of the association, member of the European Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) Association, ophthalmologist, glaucomatologist Mariam Poghosyan, who give useful and practical advice to the parenting and educational community.
• 105 years later retrospective discussion: "What do we remember today, why do we remember, what is our vision of the future to solve the problem?", the tendency to find answers to the questions brought together the Lyceum, RA border states, Yerevan Real School, Kuwait, Dilijan No. 6, Yervandashati, Hatsiki A. Students of schools named after Baghdasaryan, Lernagog, Tavush.
• Every year, on April 24, the students of the Lyceum's graduating groups plant two fir trees in the Lyceum's memory park. This year, four high achieving students planted another fir tree in memory of the victims of the Great Holocaust.
• The next guest of the "WE ARE AND THEY ARE OUR" series of meetings launched by the "Development Fund" of Shirakatsy Lyceum and the initiative of the parent community is Karen H., a 1995 graduate of the Lyceum, candidate of physical sciences, management and development consultant. It is Sargsyan who presents how to achieve development from crisis.
• American Global Group Armenia carries out disinfection and makes it safe against the coronavirus in the Lyceum.

• The Lyceum celebrated the three-day anniversary of May 9, the anniversary of the victory of the Soviet peoples, including the Armenians, in the Great Patriotic War in 1945, the liberation of Shushi and the creation of the Artsakh Defense Army, with the students of its friendly schools (Yerevan, Tavush, Artsakh, Kuwait, Austria).
• Psychological testing of first grade applicants begins remotely.
• Deputy Director Gagik Torchyan presents the experience and position of the Lyceum on distance education on the air of the Public Radio "School" program.
• The speech therapy service of the Lyceum, represented by Zhanna Pailozyan, Emilia Tadevosyan, Shushan Eloyan and Lia Sargsyan, presents its experience of online work. More than 70 people from Yerevan, marzes and abroad are participating in the webinar.
• The director of the Primary school, Gayane Grigoryan, and the coordinator of the psychological service, Varduhi Tigranyan, during the regular training of the parent university, present how to prepare the child for school, as well as about parent-school cooperation, the importance of the role of parents, and the admission process to Primary school.
• Science teacher Arusyak Arzumanyan participates in a webinar organized by Cambridge Elevate Press University, aimed at improving the mastery of distance learning tools, and receives a certificate.
• Primary school exhibition; Primary school fourth graders present research papers.
• Tenth graders of the Lyceum present their individual projects on the Zoom platform.
• There are reviews of Middle School Program community projects. Ninth graders present their community service work online on the Zoom platform.
• Middle and High school admissions at Shirakatsy Lyceum begin on June 1. During the Facebook live broadcast, school directors Tatevik Arzumanyan and Tatevik Nalbandyan present the admission process, educational features of the Lyceum and answer questions.

• English teachers Armine Gatrjyan, Stella Sargsyan participate in the 5-week online course "Grammar teaching with interactive methods" of the World Learning organization and receive certificates.
• Graduates of the Lyceum's IB diploma program present extensive essays summarizing their research work and community service work online on the Zoom platform. British Ambassador to Armenia David Moran, director of the British Council Arevik Saribekyan, Arina Zohrabyan, head of the admission department of the American University in Armenia, Katie Tsurtsumia, coordinator of the diploma program of Georgia's "New School" also participated in the festive exhibition.
• Informatics teacher Eleonora Tavadyan participates in the "Using Microsoft Office 365 tools for teachers" course.
• On the initiative of the Lyceum development fund, a meeting is held with Taguhi Sinanyan, a graduate of the Lyceum, now the Deputy Director of the Lyceum for Financial and Economic affairs, within the framework of the "We and our students" project.
• Emilya Tadevosyan, speech therapist of the Lyceum, candidate of pedagogical sciences, is acting as a speaker at the Edcamp Armenia-2020 online teacher's conference initiated by the "Paradigma" educational foundation and conducts a seminar entitled "Methods that develop creative thinking in the educational process".
• For the 27th graduates of the Lyceum, in solemn conditions, the last bell rings on the Zoom stage. "Last Bell" was unprecedented and exclusive in format and execution, but the same in concept and burst of emotions.

• Lyceum's Middle school student Alex Gevorgyan participates international musical competition-festival and takes 1st place.
• English teachers Armine Gatrjyan, Stella Sargsyan, Anna Petrosyan participate in the 5-week online courses "Integration of Critical Thinking in the Study of Culture" of the World Learning organization, as well as "Teaching Written Speech" organized by Excelsior College and receive certificates.
• English teacher Stella Sargsyan participates in the 5-week online course on "Improving School Climate" organized by the Vilnius Institute for Wellness Education and receives a certificate.
• A group of employees of the Lyceum; Tamar Aleksanyan, PhD, associate professor, Anna Stepanyan, Kristine Sahakyan, Gayane Vardanyan, candidate of natural sciences, Emilia Tadevosyan, candidate of pedagogical sciences, associate professor, Roza Jeladyan, "Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora" workshop at Eduarmenia educational platform. participate, conduct seminar classes for teachers of RA, Artsakh and Diaspora.
• The middle and high school entrance examination process of the Lyceum is completed and summarized. For the first time, the entire process is carried out remotely, from the submission of applications to the written and oral stages of the exams, with the introduction of new systems and ensuring transparency.
• The students of the high school organize and hold a memorial evening dedicated to the national figure, director of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, honorary Lyceum student Karen Vardanyan.
• The speech therapy service of the Lyceum, headed by Zhanna Pailozyan, organizes a webinar-meeting to present the experience of speech therapists working online.

• English teachers Armine Gatrjyan and Stella Sargsyan participate in the 4-week online course "Teaching with Limited Resources" organized by the British Council and have received certificates.
• Head of the Department of Armenian Language and Literature, Ph.D. Ani Makinyan participates in the training organized by KTAK, masters the Moodle system; creates a course with distance education tools and receives a certificate.
• Head of the Department of Armenian Language and Literature, Ph.D. Ani Makinyan participates in the seminar classes organized by the International Baccalaureate.
• Students of the "Gavat" pantomime studio of the Lyceum; Gohar Hayrapetyan (group 1093), Marianna Arakelyan (group 1093), Vahe Jraghatspanyan (group 906), Arsen Mukanyan (group 906), Narek Dilbaryan (group 906), Tatevik Gyozalyan (group 906), Elen Safaryan (group 544), the Lyceum's sound operator Arpine Arakelyan and the Head of Lyceum's pantomime Ilona Hovasapyan participate in the "Вместе в 21-ом веке" international festival on the online platform and became the 1st class laureate for the performance "Rituel" by Simon Terry.

• Distance learning coordinator Roza Jeladyan conducts a webinar for Lyceum and other educational institutions on the topic "Modular courses in the framework of distance learning".
• Symposium reports are held on the Zoom platform. 10 structures of the Lyceum represent the achievements and shortcomings of the 2019-2020 school year.
• Due to the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Round Square International Conference -2020, which was scheduled to take place on 13.09.20-18.09.2020 at Ballarat Grammar School in Australia, is cancelled. 2010 The Lyceum has always participated in the annual RS International Conferences (RSIC).
• Under the state of emergency, the Primary School of the Lyceum accepts the 1st graders of the 2020-2021 school year.
• The educational complex is starting the 2020-2021 school year under emergency conditions.
• Speech therapist, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences Emilia Tadevosyan participates in "Social-pedagogical support of persons with limited health opportunities" in Yalta city to the 4th international scientific and practical conference entitled "Theory and Practice", in the plenary session of which he presented a report on the topic "The use of didactic five during speech therapy work for the development of descriptive speech of children with general underdevelopment of speech".
• The first graders of the Primary School of the Lyceum celebrate the holiday of masks. In order to make the whole process of literacy interesting and pleasant for children, holidays are organized every week in accordance with the studied letters. The slogan of the day. Masks and unique costumes help people express their thoughts and create a mood.
• The 2020-2021 Sunday school begins.
• On the initiative of the Department of Social Sciences, the Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia is celebrated on the remote platform. The events that happened 29 years ago are remembered by the Director of the Lyceum Ashot Alikhanyan, the head of the theater studio Garik Ghazaryan, the head of the scientific methodical center Tamar Aleksanyan, the participants of the event are greeted by the Deputy Director of the Lyceum Anna Stepanyan, social studies teacher Gayane Vardanyan. The ceremony is hosted by Armine Narimanyan, Head of the Department of social sciences.
• The Azerbaijani army is launching an attack along the entire border of Nagorno-Karabakh. Martial law is declared in the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh.
• In connection with the war situation, under the leadership of the General Director of the educational complex Ashot Alikhanyan, the military council, the Victory Committee, is formed and begins its work in the Lyceum.
• The Victory Committee formed in the Lyceum appeals to the Lyceum community with the slogan "Everything for the front line, everything for victory, our cause is just, WE WILL WIN" and indicates the areas of activity.
   

1.    Employees of the Lyceum donate blood.
2. A volunteer squad of the Lyceum is formed, which includes the teachers and employees of the Lyceum; Hrant Aghabekyan, Artak Bagratyan, Hayk Balasanyan, Levon Ghazaryan, Gegham Antikyan, Hrant Movsisyan, Armen Galfayan, Artashes Beglaryan, Aghas Hakobyan, Misak Ayvazyan, Armen Balayan.
3.    The collection of necessary supplies is actively going on throughout the Lyceum.
4.    The dormitory of the Lyceum is being renovated in order to receive Artsakh citizens if necessary.
5. A program is being developed to organize the education of Artsakh children during the war.
6. In order to provide material support to the Defense Army, the Lyceum donates the 24-seater МАЗ 256 bus of the Lyceum to the army, the employees of the Lyceum transfer the money of two months of the trade union to the army account. The Lyceum also opens a special account, to which all the money transferred will be used to meet the needs of the army and the people of Artsakh (donations are made by making a transfer to Haybusinessbank's account number 1150018007437454, the beneficiary is the Deputy Director of the Lyceum and the president of the trade union Gagik Torchyan).

• The Lyceum students host Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan (Commandos), a prominent hero of Artsakh.
• Hovhan Mkrtichyan, a student of the 8th grade of the Middle School of the Lyceum, who came from Canada, sends a letter to the people and government of Canada, asking to condemn the war unleashed by Azerbaijan against Artsakh and Armenia. The student informs about Artsakh being an ancient Armenian settlement with reliable historical facts. "Azerbaijan calls this 20% of its territory, we call it Home." - this is how Hovhan ends his letter.
• Primary School students of the Lyceum write letters and send them to our soldiers fighting at the front.
• The students of Lyceum's Middle School, taking advantage of the vacation, organize a fundraiser in the center of Yerevan for the humanitarian project of the Pan-armenian Fund "We and our borders".
• 74 children from Artsakh are hosted in the Lyceum in Primary School 18, in Middle School 43, in High School 13 students. Tatev Ohanjanyan is also one of the students from Artsakh who came to the Lyceum with a picture of his father's last bell shirt. Tatev is the daughter of Davit Ohanjanyan, one of the first graduates of the Lyceum. It was written on the shirt. "Dear David, I got to know Artsakh through you and I hope that one day Artsakh will also be proud of its first Lyceum student," Ashot Alikhanyan.
• With the authority and colorful illustrations of History teacher Hayk Balasanyan, the fairy tale "Unique" is published, 20 percent of the money generated from its sale goes to the Soldiers' Insurance Fund.
• We are deeply saddened to learn that three heroic Lyceum students, Edgar Chitchyan, Levon Khurshudyan and Tigran Shashikyan, died in the righteous struggle against the enemy.

• We are deeply saddened to learn that Aren Mehrabyan, a hero from the Lyceum, was killed in a merciless battle against the enemy.
• The teaching and learning process of children from Artsakh is organized in the Lyceum.
• Within the framework of the "Moral Support to Wounded Soldiers" project, the Student Council of Shirakatsy Lyceum presents the first video of the "STEP TO VICTORY" video series. Eva Vardanyan (11th grade) performs "Dance of Vagharshapat" by Arno Babajanyan. "Let the long-awaited VICTORY will be announced with the magical sounds of A. Babajanyan's music."
• As part of the project "Moral support to wounded soldiers", the Student Council of Shirakatsy Lyceum presents the second video of the video series "STEP TOWARDS VICTORY". Alex Gevorgyan (11 years old) performs "Chinar Es" by Komitas on the piano. "Know one thing well, we are #WINNER because we are right, we are fair, and we are honest, like our Komitas and our culture."
• The Lyceum delegation represented by high school students Esther Avanesyan (IBDP 1), Elen Khachikyan (IBDP 1), Davit Movsisyan (group 3-92), Elina Shirinyan (IBDP 1), Arsine Ghukasyan (group 1295) and English teacher Sasun Zeynalvand participates in the online SIS Confluence 2020 meeting organized by the students of the Singapore International School in India.
• Lusine Gharakhanyan, the Minister of Education, Science and Culture of the Republic of Artsakh, was hosted at the Lyceum to learn about the activities of the educational complex and to discuss possible options for cooperation and support. In the Primary School, the minister also meets the children of Artsakh.
• 12th grade student Nare Petrosyan wins the Republican Olympiad of the Armenian language and receives a 3rd place diploma.
• The works of 7th grade students Asya Gabrielyan, Natalie Balayan, Davit Vardanyan and Maria Margaryan were sent to the international painting competition "Celebration of Folk Art From Around The World" organized by KC Public School RS member school of India. They received certificates of participation.

• The Art Department presents a virtual exhibition of the works of the 8th grade students under the title "Folk Art". As a member of Round Square, the students of the Lyceum participate in the international painting competition "Celebrating the Folk Art of the World" organized by KC Public School in India.
• The Lyceum delegation, represented by high school students Elen Khachikyan (IBDP 1), Sona Hakhverdyan (IBDP 1), Neha Matthew (group 1016) and English teacher Nona Atoyan, is participating in the online RS Postcard from Appleby College meeting organized by students of Appleby College in Canada. This meeting was organized within the framework of the "Zoom around the World with Round Square" initiative.
• Artsakh Day is celebrated in the Lyceum.
• The Lyceum delegation, which consists of high school students Ani Malyan (IBDP), Anna Adam Megerdichyan (IBDP), Melania Shamshyan (IBDP), Neha Mathew (group 1016) and English teacher Suzan Sahakyan, is participating in the 2- day-long online conference "Eunoia" on the topic "Promote Peaceful and inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development".
• In Middle School, student government council elections take place in a full-time and part-time format.
• Following tradition, the Primary School Parent Theater presents a new play, "How Peace Conquered Darkness". The author and director of the script is Ruzanna Mkrtchyan, the stage design is Anush Avetisyan, the lighting design is Ilona Hovasapyan.
• Middle School students are organizing an online charity concert with all proceeds going to wounded soldiers. As a result of the service programs (exhibition-sale, online concert) held under the title "Become a New Year's magician, give a smile..." more than 1 million drams were collected, which is transferred to our wounded soldiers and the money is transferred to the Rehabilitation Center of the Defender of the Fatherland ".
• With the initiative of Hasmik Tadevosyan from the Lyceum, the process of collecting corks becomes continuous, as a result of which it becomes possible to provide a wheelchair to those who need it.
• The concert-commemoration of junior Lyceum students under the title "Motherland, My Armenia" is taking place. Artistic director and group director, singing teacher of the Lyceum; Maria Galstyan. The guest of the concert was the composition of the girls of the "Agape" chamber choir.
• The Director of the Lyceum, Ashot Alikhanyan, addresses the Lyceum community with a New Year message. "I invite you to come together around Lyceum ideology and principles, the foundations of Christian morality, the most important national values, let's get stronger and open to the light, all of us. The soil of our Earth, strengthened by faith and sanctified by the blood of heroic boys, will always sprout and give life," the director inspires the community with these words.