Dejavnosti v zvezi s projektom Pomladni dan 2004 so na Šolskem centru Novo mesto potekale od začetka marca do 23. aprila.
Dijaki elektro šole, tehniške gimnazije in strojne šole so se pri pouku družboslovnih predmetov pogovarjali o vključevanju Slovenije v Evropsko unijo in svoja razmišljanja izrazili pisno (spisi, eseji, pesmi) in likovni obliki (risbe, karikature).
Zbirali so podatke in zanimivosti o članicah Evropske unije in o državah, ki se jim bodo pridružile po 1. maju 2004, ter pripravili bogato razstavo zbranega gradiva (mentorica Rozi Mohar, prof.). V razstavo so vključili tudi raziskovalne naloge z naslovom Arheološka dediščina mojega kraja, ki so jih pripravili dijaki 1. letnika v okviru pouka zgodovine.
Dijaki 4. letnika tehniške gimnazije so se v projekt Pomladni dan 2004 vključili pri gradbeništvu z nalogo Krajinska arhitektura na Dolenjskem (mentorica mag. Vesna Kralj, prof.).
Projekt Pomladni dan 2004 smo zaključili 23. aprila s prireditvijo, ki so jo pripravili dijaki tehniške gimnazije (mentorici Tina Cvijanović, prof., Jožica Jožef Beg, prof.). Posvetili so jo vstopu Slovenije v Evropsko unijo, z njo pa so želeli na izviren in zabaven način z igranimi prizori, glasbo in recitacijami predstaviti svoj pogled na položaj Slovenije po vstopu v Evropsko unijo. Poudarili so, »da je od nas samih odvisno, ali se bodo uresničili pomisleki tistih, ki pravijo, da se bomo v uniji izgubili. Samo od nas samih je namreč odvisno, kako bomo ravnali z dediščino naših prednikov, ali bomo ostali Slovenci in s ponosom pokazali na svoje velike ljudi, ki so nas postavili v Evropo dosti prej, preden je nastala unija. Od nas je odvisno, ali bomo ostali tako samozavestni, da se ne bomo odrekli svojega jezika, da bomo znali izkoristiti prednosti in lepote svoje domovine tudi v bodoče.«
Prireditev so dijaki izvedli dvakrat: najprej za dijake Srednje gradbene in lesarske šole ter Srednje zdravstvene in kemijske šole, nato pa še dijake Srednje elektro šole in tehniške gimnazije ter Srednje strojne šole. Drugo prireditev je s svojim prispevkom obogatil tudi dr. Janez Potočnik, od 1. maja 2004 prvi slovenski komisar v Evropski uniji, ki je dijakom najprej spregovoril o pomenu vstopa Slovenije v unijo, nato pa odgovarjal tudi na njihova vprašanja.

Projekt Pomladni dan 2004 je dijake zelo pritegnil k razmišljanju in izražanju lastnih stališč o slovenski kulturni in naravni dediščini, o mestu naše države v Evropi, o možnostih, ki se nam ponujajo v prihodnosti, pa tudi o odgovornosti nas samih, da te možnosti izkoristimo.

Zapisala
Jožica Jožef Beg

SPRING DAY 2004 AT ŠOLSKI CENTER NOVO MESTO

Activities concerning the project “Spring Day 2004” were going on from the beginning of March to 23. April 2004.
Students of different programmes- mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and technical grammar school had several discussions at history and sociology classes about entering the EU and also about other new members. They wrote essays, compositions, and poems and also painted or drew pictures, cartoons.
Moreover students prepared an exhibition presenting new members of EU as well as projects carried out by first year students (mentor: Mrs. Rozi Mohar) focused on archaeological heritage of the local community. The students of year 4 (programme technical grammar school) entered the project with their assignment The Landscape Architecture of The Dolenjska Region (mentor: Mrs. Vesna Kralj).
The project was finished on 23. April with a performance (a little show) prepared by students and mentors: Miss Tina Cvijanovič and Mrs. Jožica Jožef- Beg. The idea was to celebrate the entering of Slovenia into the EU. It was a unique mixture of music, poetry and acting. In the performance students emphasised that it was completely dependent on us, Slovenes, how much we would melt in “ the melting pot of EU”. They believed we are responsible for the heritage of our ancestors and our language, moreover we should not forget the great Slovenes who “entered” Europe long before the existence of EU. Students also pointed out that we should remain as confident as we are now, we should cherish our language and our beautiful country in the future.
The performance was repeated twice: first for the students of civil engineering and woodworking programme and School for Nurses and then for electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and technical grammar school programmes.
The second performance was attended by Slovenia’s first commissioner of EU Mr. Janez Potočnik, who had a short speech on the importance of entering the EU and afterwards also answered a few questions asked by our students.
The project “Spring Day 2004” attracted attention of all the students to think about their own culture, heritage and the position of Slovenia in the EU as well as about the opportunities and responsibilities we have in the future.

Written by
Marjana Pogačnik