2017 – The Year of Science
Decree No. 481 of December 23, 2016
On declaring 2017 the Year of Science
In order to enhance the status of scientists and the role of science in fulfilling the tasks of socio-economic development of the country, and to create favorable conditions for preserving the scientific potential of the Republic of Belarus,
I hereby decree:
1. To declare 2017 the Year of Science in the Republic of Belarus.
2. The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, with the participation of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, regional executive committees, and the Minsk City Executive Committee, shall develop and approve a republican action plan for holding the Year of Science in 2017.
3. This Decree shall enter into force on the day of its official publication.
President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenka
Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. 2017 – The Year of Science
Honoring intellectuals, their teachers and parents
The Chairman of the District Council of Deputies, representative of the primary organization of the RPA "Belaya Rus" of the district executive committee, V. P. Arekhau, addressed the audience with a welcoming speech. He noted that it was very pleasant to see young men and women in the hall who had won various competitions and intellectual contests. This means that Pastavy region is not deprived of talents. Viktor Petrovich expressed special gratitude to the teachers who invest their soul and knowledge in children, and wished them and the students success in their difficult work.
Then the heroes of the celebration were invited to the stage. And the first to be introduced by the host A. V. Sladzeuskaya were the participants of the final stage of the republican Olympiad in academic subjects of the 2016/2017 academic year: Nadezhda Yakimovich, a 10th-grade student of Dunilovichi kindergarten-secondary school, Ruslan Balay, an 11th-grade student of Voropaevo Secondary School, his schoolmates Konstantin Adamovich, a 9th-grade student, and Nikita Zaletsky, an 8th-grade student, Yana Shalamitskaya, an 11th-grade student of Secondary School No. 2, as well as the prize-winner of the "republic" - the owner of a third-degree diploma in Belarusian language and literature, Irina Pavlova, an 11th-grade student of Secondary School No. 5. Naming their names, Elena Valentinovna told about what the young people are passionate about, what they dream of, what successes they have achieved in their studies and public life. And the chief specialist of the district organization "Belaya Rus" Elena Ananyevna Khrapun presented each of them with a Letter of Gratitude and a cash prize.
The next awardees were the diploma holders of the third (regional) stage of the republican subject Olympiad. These are 10th and 11th-grade students of Dunilovichi YASSSh Diana Khodan and Darya Gvozdova, 10th-graders of Voropaevo Secondary School Alesya Balay and Secondary School No. 1 Nikita Shestakov, and 9th-grader of Postavy Gymnasium Denis Savkov. The organizers also honored the winners of the republican research paper competition in geography — 11th-grader of the gymnasium Evgeny Kazimirsky, and his peers from Secondary School No. 4 Pavel Khrapun and Roman Senko. But before presenting the boys with Letters of Appreciation and envelopes with money, the host handed the floor to the geography teacher of the gymnasium, I. M. Prokopovich.
— Behind the success of schoolchildren in scientific activities and Olympiads lies the great work of both themselves and their teachers, — stated Igor Mikhailovich. — The knowledge that students acquire will certainly be useful to them in the future. It is the young generation that will move Belarus forward, to stellar heights.
Undoubtedly, a great credit for the students' success goes to the teachers who were able to prepare the winners and prize-winners of Olympiads and competitions. For high professionalism, competence, pedagogical talent, and loyalty to the noble cause of educating and raising the younger generation, A. A. Khrapun, to the applause of those present, presented Letters of Appreciation, cash prizes, and flowers to the teachers of Dunilovichi YASSSh Lyudmila Vasilyevna Korol, Nelly Petrovna Latushkina, and Elena Petrovna Makovskaya; Voropaevo Secondary School — Liliya Alexandrovna Breskaya and Alexander Anatolyevich Gorny; Postavy Gymnasium — Tatyana Petrovna Golovko and Igor Mikhailovich Prokopovich; Secondary School No. 1 — Irina Nikolaevna Kozich; Secondary School No. 2 — Tamara Nikolaevna Zakharevich; Secondary School No. 4 — Alyona Valentinovna Pashkevich; Secondary School No. 5 — Raisa Gennadyevna Kashko; and lecturer of Postavy State College Antonina Ivanovna Kukhalskaya.
Flowers and Letters of Appreciation from "Belaya Rus" were also received by the parents of the best students in the district, who support them when it's difficult, rejoice in any, even the smallest, success of their children, and do everything to ensure that they grow up not only educated but also worthy people. Students of Secondary School No. 5 Irina Pavlova and Secondary School No. 4 Vera Zhavnyaruk addressed words of gratitude to parents and teachers. And on behalf of the fathers and mothers present at the ceremony, Natalya Viktorovna Kasarevskaya spoke. Creative gifts to the participants of the event were presented by the avant-garde fashion theater "Nash Stil" of the district Center for Children and Youth (it presented the clothing collection "Devochiy Karagod", which took third place at the regional stage of the republican children's creativity competition "Good Day, World"), the group "Tuteyishiya", dance groups "Detskiy Kvartal" and "Impuls", and the exemplary vocal studio "Unita" of the district House of Culture.
Elena SHAPOVALOVA.
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