Zlatarski Students Will Represent Bulgaria in New York, USA

Students with distinctive academic profiles from Zlatarski International School were selected by the Governing body and the pedagogical council of the School to take part in the Global Young Leaders Conference of 2012 in Washington and New York, USA. The nominated students are: Sofia Karaboikova 10a grade, Ivette-Viktoria Atanasov 10b grade, Peter Tsvetanov 10b grade, Mihaela Antonova 10c grade, Lyuboslava Kehaiova 10c grade, Yordanka Dimova 11a grade, Kaloyan Kolev 11 IB b grade, Sofia Lozovich 11 IB b grade, Tsvetelina Ivanova 11 IB b grade, Denis Kolev 11 IB c grade, Georgi Apostolov 11 IB c grade, Ivan Dimitrov 11 IB c grade, Martin Golubarev 11 IB c grade.

Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) is a programme for students 16-18 years old, delivering unique challenges at the most critical phase of worldly and academic life. The conference will be held in Washington and New York during the summer of 2012. The fundamental idea of this event, which gathers merited and motivated students from all around the world, is the development of firm leadership capabilities, confidence, independence and social commitment. Participants in the GYLC sessions develop skills, such as critical thinking and practical knowledge for decision making and problem solving, which may be successfully applied in real and academic life. Students return home from GYLC with a greater understanding of their roles and responsibilities as citizens and future leaders in an international community, having exchanged ideas with some of the most distinguished politicians, journalists, diplomats and university lecturers.

In 2011 Evgenia Nestorova (Class 2012), Stefan Deskov (Class 2012), Mark Apostolov (Class 2012), Michaela Petrova (Class 2012) and Boyan Dinev (Class 2013) represented Bulgaria at the 12-day session in Washington and New York.