Agrupamento de Escolas Alberto Sampaio, Braga, Portugal

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City - Braga  is a city and a municipality in the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga, in the historical and cultural Minho Province. The city had 137,000 inhabitants as of 2012, and the municipality, which includes 37 civil parishes has a resident population of 181,494 inhabitants representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal (by population). Its area is 183.40 km². Its agglomerated urban area extends from the Cávado River to the Este River. It is the third-largest urban centre in Portugal (after Lisbon and Porto). Braga is located in a transitional region between the east and west: between mountains, forests, grand valleys, plains and fields, constructing natural spaces, moulded by human intervention. The city is known as the "Portuguese Rome" for its concentration of religious architecture In Portugal, Braga's population is considered the most conservative, and by some the most pious, by others the most fanatic. The city is one of the most beautiful cities in Portugal.

School - Agrupamento de Escolas Alberto Sampaio

It was the first school in Braga, to promote the inclusion of deaf students, and that has been doing over the past few years. It works as Office for Educational Support Specialist on Deafness (Special Education).In our school there is a very diverse student population, serving mainly the central and southern part of the city. However, in recent years, it has stressed the trend towards greater diversification, integrating school students from all city parishes. From a sociological point of view, this school includes students from upper-middle and high class families, but also a significant portion, students from families of medium-low and low social level, people with very low levels of education. The school also includes a set of equipment, as a result of investment in several projects over many years, and that allow the assumption of space as an active space for the dissemination and construction of culture, science and the arts, open to the community that surrounds it. www.esas.pt

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Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore Archimede Modica, Modica, Italy

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City - Modica is a city and comune of 54.456 inhabitants in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. The city is situated in the Hyblaean Mountains. Modica has neolithic origins and it represents the historical capital of the area which today almost corresponds to the Province of Ragusa.Today Modica is well known for its rich repertoire of culinary specialities, especially the typical chocolate inspired by an aztec recipe, and for its historical centre. Rebuilt following the devastating earthquake of 1693, its architecture has been recognised as providing outstanding testimony to the exuberant genius and final flowering of Baroque art in Europe and, along with other towns in the Val di Noto, is part of UNESCO Heritage Sites in Italy.

School - Istituto d’Istruzione Superiore Archimede Modica

The school  was founded in the year 1866. It’s a technical secondary school with about 750 students, aged 14-19, a five-year curriculum with five main sections: Economics ;Tourism ;Information Technology;  Surveying ,moreover, a three-year section for adults education. In the first two years, school provides a general  education (humanistic and scientific subjects); in the last three years teaching and education include job orientated subjects, that is more time for specific subjects. Main facilities: a big historical library, multimedial I.T. / language laboratories, multimedial activeboards in all classrooms, internet, a modern on-line documentation system for the teachers and students’ families; opportunities of traineeships and contacts with the local businesses, together with school experiences on a European level. As to the social context, we perceive some signals and indicators of disadvantaged situations: for example, families with low income, or only one working parent; some students with special needs (DSA/BES), or belonging to migrant families or few of them even leaving school earlier, without completing the secondary education.  www.archimedemodica.gov.it

 

Zespol Szkol nr1,I LO, Wolomin, Poland

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City - Wołomin is the main town of Wołomin County situated in the Masovian Voivodship. Wołomin is situated approximately 20 km east of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, near the railway to Białystok. It has approximately 36,000 inhabitants and covers an area of 14 km2. Since 19th century, and especially after the foundation of the railway in 1862, Wołomin became a summer holiday destination for Warsaw citizens. After the war, Wołomin became a capital of the powiat of Wołomin and started to grow rapidly. The window assembly plant was founded and Wołomin soon became a suburb of Warsaw. Even today most of the town's inhabitants commute to Warsaw on a daily basis.

School - Zespol Szkol nr1,I LO

The Grammar School in Wolomin is a school with 70 year old tradition. At present there are about 420 student who are 16 – 19 years old. They come from different backgrounds and areas that means they are from urban and rural areas.They study wide range of topics and there  are classes which specialize in such subjects as science (maths and computing), biology and environment, geography and tourism, literature, history, law and civics. The students don’t only study. There are excellent basketball, volleyball and football players and take part in locally organized matches. The school teams have already won many medals and are training hard to get more. There is a huge, modern gym where they can train not only on weekdays but also at the weekend. There are also students who are excellent at singing, drawing, acting. Mixed students with mixed abilities but all in all they are ambitious, lively and ready to take up new, challenging tasks.www.1lo_wolomin.xk.pl

 

Sredno opshtinsko uchilishte Gjorche Petrov, Prilep, Macedonia

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City – Prilep is the fourth largest city in the Republic of Macedonia. It has a population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of Prince Marko. Prilep is a centre for high-quality tobacco and cigarettes and the metal processing, electronics, timber, textiles, and food industries. The city also produces a large quantity of Macedonian Bianco Sivec. Since 1991 the town has been part of the Republic of Macedonia. Prilep covers 1,675 km2 and is located in the northern Pelagonia plain, in southern Macedonia

School: Sredno opshtinsko uchilishte Gjorche Petrov

SOU Gjorche Petrov is a secondary vocational school with different professions, such as: health (nurses, physiotherapists, and pharmacists), cosmeticians, hairdressers, carpenters and mining and textile profession. There are about 880 students between the ages of 15-18 and 73 teachers. All the students study English language. We have 13 general classrooms, computer science classroom, a library, 5 cabinets for the different professions, hairdresser’s cosmetician, pharmacy and physiotherapist’s cabinet. Each classroom is equipped with computers. We also have a new, modern and fully equipped gym. Students from the neighbouring villages and cities come to study in our school owing to the wide range of different professions and the skilled personnel. Students from different nationalities enrol the school.There is also a range of other activities for talented student such as: sports club, choir, art club, drama, reciter, literary and health clubs. Students achieve excellent results at the national competitions. www.gorcepetrov.com

 

Kumburgaz Mesleki ve Teknik Anadalu Lisesi, Büyükçekmece, Turkey

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City - Büyükçekmece is a district and municipality in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west of the city. It is largely an industrial area with a population of 380,000. The area administered by Büyükçekmece includes a large hinterland behind the Marmara shore, some of it still rural. In the centre of Büyükçekmece itself, there are still tea gardens on the seafront and other places for kids to play while their families sit, picnic and enjoy the sea views. There are no holiday-makers now, they have moved further out from the city as since the 1950s the area has become industrialised, over-built with apartment buildings, and populated by migrants from Anatolia. Today, the inlet and the Marmara Sea are both very polluted and the infrastructure of an industrial city is now in place. Lake Büyükçekmece was connected to the sea until it was separated by a dam to supply fresh water to Istanbul.

School: Kumburgaz Mesleki ve Teknik Anadalu Lisesi

It is a vocational high school situated in Istanbul.Founded on a field of 18 acres, our school comprises of a school building and a practice hotel. At school there are 16 classrooms, 5 workshops, 1 IT class, 1 conference room and 1 library as well as teachers' and principals' rooms. Our practice hotel has 12 standard and 2 suite rooms; the total bed amount is 30. Our school aims are to provide students with contemporary cultural and vocational education and to prepare them for their future careers in tourism industry, by providing them with theoretical and practical courses that caters for the needs of the tourism industry. In the summer of 10th grade, our students start their practical  training in different establishments related to tourism. In 11th grade they take 10 hours English course and in 12th grade they take 8 hours English. Graduates of vocational high schools can be placed to 2 years associate degree programs without taking the university entrance exam. The students completing the associate degree programs can make vertical transfer to 4 years universities if they are successful at the DGS (The Exam for Vertical Transfer).www.kumburgazaotml.mebk12.tr