For Parents

For Parents

On these pages you will find links to documentation and admission information for parents of students at Danila Kumar International School for the 2025/26 school year.

Follow links to:

If you would like to apply for your child to awarded the status of perspective athlete you will need to download and complete the following forms:

You can download curriculum content for PYP and MYP programmes from their respective menu links. Documents are generally stored in MS Word or Adobe pdf format.

Conferences

Students and parents should not hesitate to contact the teachers in order to discuss progress and achievements. Students should always feel free to ask for a meeting time with any of the teachers and should arrange for these interviews directly with the teacher. Parents can meet with the teachers at monthly parent-teacher conferences, which are held from 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. The following dates are for the 2025/26 school year.

September 11	Joint grade meetings for parents
October 23	Individual Interviews
November 20	Curriculum Night
December 18	Individual interviews
January 22	1st Portfolio Night
February 26	Individual interviews
March 26	Joint grade meetings for parents
April 23	Individual Interviews
May 28	2nd Portfolio Night

Parents can also meet with the teachers at a specific weekly conference hour, according to the list provided in September. Parents are also welcome to make special arrangements with teachers to meet at other times.

READING BADGE FOR PARENTS*

• Macfarlane, R.: Mountains of the Mind (The book, to some extent, explains to the rest of us – why do people climb the highest mountains, the psychology behind it. However, it gets boring in the parts where the book references earlier literature, especially poems.)
• Feynman, R.: Surely you`re Joking Mr. Feynman! (I loved the book, the author is unusual and interesting. The negative – not even the world`s greatest scientists are immune to chauvinism.)
• Bono: Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story (I had my suspicions about Bono prior to reading this autobiography – he is extremely self-centered and to a degree pathetic, even the way in which he writes and the words and the phrases that he is choosing are annoying. However, there is no denying it – he is an unbelievably talented poet.)
• Graysmith, R.: Zodiac
• Huntington, S. P.: The Clash of Civilizations
• Menzies, G.: 1421: The Year China Discovered the World
• Mate, G. and Neufeld, G.: Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers
• Gospodinov, G.: Time Shelter
• Towles, A.: A Gentleman in Moscow
• Brontë, C.: The Professor
• Doyle, O.: Mindful Parenting (Find peace and joy through stress-free, conscious parenting. A guide to reveal how mindfulness can help us be completely present in the messy reality that is parenting.)
• Garcia, H.: Ikigai (The Japanese secret to a long and happy life. The book encourages us to move and find the purpose and what a meaningful life will be with real life examples.)
• Erikson, T.: Surrounded by Idiots (Understanding the people around us that will change how we interact with everyone from our coworkers to our family members.)
• Shafak, E.: The Forty Rules of Love (Try to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down.)
• Ruiz, M. and Mills J.: The Fifth Agreement (A powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness and love.)
• Flanders, C.: A Year of Less (A memoir about the author’s year of less – less shopping, travelling, eating unhealthy food… a year of self-discovery and being mindful.)
• Kemal, Y.: Ince Memed (Even if the place and time in the story change, this book speaks to every time. The message of the book can be understood like this: 1. Resistance against cruelty, 2. Search for justice and equality, 3. Power of the individual and freedom, 4. Deep connection with land and nature.)
• Rand, A.: The Fountainhead (The book is about how a person tries to keep their own ideas and personality in society. When we read this book, we can think about our own values and beliefs. The main messages of the novel are individualism and independence, the importance of creativity, and the conflict between society and the individual.)
• Gibran, K.: The Prophet (The book talks about important parts of human life, like love, marriage, children, freedom, pain, happiness, work and friendship. It invites the reader to live a more thoughtful, loving and balanced life in a poetic and philosophical way.)
• Livaneli, Z.: Serenad (The novel talks about topics like World War II, the Struma disaster, genocide, forbidden love, and the search for identity. Its message is: no matter how painful and dark the past is, there can be no peace and real humanity without facing it.)
• Dickens, C.: Great Expectations (The main message of the novel is: real happiness is not being rich or in a high social status, it is in love, loyalty, and living with honesty.)

The books that were awarded The Newbery Medal (https://alsc-awards-shelf.org/) have also been recommended.

*The books were suggested by parents.

Please write to freliht@os-danilekumar.si if you have your own suggestion. Descriptions are welcome.

Supporting the school

We are grateful for the support and sponsorship offered by our parents and friends of the school. On this page we provide some information about ways to support the school.

Some of our sponsors

Making Tax Deductible Contributions

Under new rules issued by the Ministry of Finance, you can now make tax deductible gifts to Danila Kumar. Ask at the school office for further details.