Katarzyna Kawska
At Da Vinci’s International Schools I teach History and German. I am also a homeroom teacher of the 1st HS.
I graduated with a Master’s degree from the Faculty of History at the Jagiellonian University and completed two years of Postgraduate Studies for Translators at the Jagiellonian University with German as the main language.
I enjoy hiking, golf and skiing, and have recently been watching programmes on the History Hit channel devoted to archaeology and history.
“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfilment. (…) Thus, everyone’s task is unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it”. | Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning
Patrick Lagendijk
I am a teacher of History/EAL and the University Guidance Counsellor. I hold an MA in History from the University of St Andrews and an MSc in Teaching English to Young Learners from Aston University (also CELTA and DELTA).
I enjoy meditating, cycling, and walking the dog in the woods 🙂
“Don’t count the days; make the days count” | Muhammad Ali
Lech Haydukiewicz
I graduated in socio-economic Geography from the Jagiellonian University and defended my doctorate in ethnic and sociolinguistic changes in Lithuania. I also completed courses in economics and management at the University of Economics in Krakow and IESE Business School in Barcelona and professional training at the University of KEN and the Krakow University of Technology.
At Da Vinci’s International Schools I am a geography teacher and also the director of development.
My wife and our four children remain my constant fascination. I love cooking and culinary travel. I am interested in geopolitics, teaching, and the development and theories of human speech. I can play Scrabble with you or write your name in Chinese calligraphy.
“Ask yourself several times a day: am I doing what I should be doing right now?” |
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer
“You must demand from yourselves, even if others do not demand from you.” | John Paul II
D’angelo Gonzalez
Karolina Dubiel Bogacz
Holder of Master’s degree in psychology with added knowledge gained through Erasmus+ from KUL (Be)
At the school and preschool, I work as a psychologist – supporting the children, young people and parents.
Privately, wife of a keen traveller and mother of two girls. Sophisticated cook specialising in pancakes served 100 different ways. Snow queen when snowboarding, sledding and skating. At night, when I’m not asleep, I create interior decorations.
My greatest idol was and still is my great-grandmother, who, despite many difficulties and dramatic events in her life, remained a wonderful and positive person until her death. I wish everyone, including myself, had such a positive attitude to life.