Central and Eastern European Schools Association

CEESA (Central and Eastern European Schools Association) is an association of international schools in Central and Eastern Europe. The member schools are all sponsored by the United States Department of State, Office of Overseas Schools.

Full Member Schools

• Quality Schools International (a group of schools in Europe and Asia, with headquarters in Slovenia)
• International School of Belgrade
• International School of Prague
• Anglo-American School of Moscow
• Anglo-American School of St. Petersburg
• American International School of Bucharest
• American International School of Budapest
• The Anglo-American School of Sofia
• International School of Estonia
• Tashkent International School
• International School of Helsinki
• American International School of Vienna
• Istanbul International Community School
• American International School of Vilnius
• International School of Krakow
• American School of Warsaw
• International School of Latvia
• American International School of Zagreb
• Pechersk School International Kiev, Ukraine
• Kyiv International School http://kis.net.ua/site/
• Istanbul International Community School
• The International School of Azerbaijan
• [[Nova Internation School]]]]

Competitions

CEESA regularly organizes annual competitions between member schools. These competitions in sports are: middle school robotics, high school robotics, middle school soccer (football), high school soccer (football), volleyball, tennis, softball, swimming, cross-country, and basketball. In educational competitions there is speech and debate, middle school mathcounts, high school mathcounts, middle school knowledge bowl, and high school knowledge Bowl.

Conferences

CEESA sponsors an annual conference for teachers and staff at US-sponsored schools in Central and Eastern Europe. The 2007 conference is planned for Prague; the 2008 conference for Istanbul.

Divisions

There are three divisions in CEESA. The first and biggest division is the Red Division. The schools in this division are Budapest, Bucharest, Istanbul, Kiev, Moscow, Prague, and Warsaw. These schools have 700 students and above. The second division is the Blue Division. The schools in this division are Belgrade, Helsinki, Latvia, Nova Skopje, Psi, Sofia, and Azerbaijan. These schools have from 400-600 students. The third and smallest school is the Green division. The schools in this division are Estonia, Krkow, Tirana, Vilnius, Zagreb, and Cyprus. These schools have less than 400 students.

External links

• CEESA Home Page