Golden Treasure We Share

Hungary

Bolyai János Secondary Grammar school has 562 students and 45 teachers . The school itself is 20 years old and during this time it has reached a nation-wide respect. We have Maths, IT, German, English and PE specialized classes besides them there has been a Spanish-Hungarian bilingual class for 3 years. The students can choose between Spanish and Italian as a 2nd language.

The school has 6 students with special needs and we try to concentrate on helping them in their studies.

Our school has been an Educational Sportschool since 2007, a talent keeper institution and in 2008 we won the title of DSD Language Exam Centre as well. Our sport results are recorded an respected nation-wide.

As for the education, appliances and opportunities reachable for our students: They can have a lot of extra activities in the school. They can be members of our school choir, can take part in different school-organized sport activities. The school has a 10 000 pcs library , a huge gymnasium, a 350 m2 assembly hall etc.

Among our traditions one can see the 'greeting of the 9th grade students', the school leavers ball and reception, concerts, exhibitions etc.

Our school paper 'Bolygató' - since 1994 - is also very popular among the students.

We make strenuous efforts to develop our students' personality and widen their intellectual horizon.

Bulgaria

SOU “Ivan Vazov” (Bulgaria) is a general primary and secondary school, situated in the town of Sopot, Plovdiv region. There are 635 pupils and 51 teachers at school. Since Bulgaria became a member of the EU a lot of attention has been paid to the economical advantages and obligations and less to the cultural and natural benefits of our membership. This might lead to a misunderstanding among the pupils regarding the matter of the EU. Most of our pupils’ origin from working class low-income families. Most of the pupils` parents are nowadays unemployed, so they have financial problems. There are also many parents who left Bulgaria in order to find work abroad, so, many pupils are living alone or with their relatives, without the guidance of their parents, having thus many problems integrating in the school life.

There are 19 students with specific needs at our school and some Turkish /6%/ and Roma /11%/ minorities, as well. Marginal problems with school leavers are to be faced and through this international project we want to ensure integration of the pupils. The social and cultural situation in the region compels our school to assume the role of providing an education for the real matter of the EU and in particular the cultural and natural diversity and ethnic tolerance in Europe.

Our participation in the Comenius school partnership project would place our pupils inside the real science, cultural and educational fields and create awareness of connections between the fields of life and cultures. Participating in this project will strengthen the role of education and training at both European and national level, improve access to learning opportunities and reinforce the student’s motivation, and getting into a knowledge of science's phenomenon.

Romania

Our institution is situated in Targu Mures a town in the heart of Transylvania, the central part of Romania. Our school has a history which goes back to 1557. Throughout the centuries the school has been an educational center for the region’s ethnic Hungarians. Although more than 50% of the town’s population is Romanian, we succeeded in obtaining the legal support to operate as a fully Hungarian institution. Being a Hungarian school we have to pay special attention to the needs of students, staff, parents and local institutions.

Currently we have a wide range of specializations such as: English/German, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Social Studies. Our students have achieved outstanding results on national and international levels throughout the years thus they present high motivation in participating in such a project, in order to widen their knowledge as well as their experience by exchanging ideas and opinions with European students on European values, multiculturalism, science and art

It will also provide equal chances of participating in extra school activities, regardless of sex, religion or race, involving pupils and teachers in activities related to the project. The project will be not only a great opportunity of sharing experience, best practice examples and widening the educational process with new teaching methods but also a chance to stimulate communication on topics of interest using foreign languages and ITC instruments.

Poland

Publiczne Gimnazjum im. Jana Pawła II w Stróży (Poland) is a general secondary school and it’s the only such type of school in the borough of Kraśnik. There are 305 students in age between 13 and 16 years old who are taught by 30 teachers. Most of the inhabitants from 7 000 population of this region are farmers and in accordance with the data from 2008 about 400 young people up to 18 stay without any job. Many families have financial problems.

There are also many, a kind of, single – parent families as one of the parents left Poland in order to find work abroad.

Such kind of projects are very important for our students. They open many doors and show many possibilities for better future. They are even more useful and living up to our expectations as they work through students’ interests and passions. That always gives good results.

Turkey

Our school is in the centre of Kayseri in Turkey. There are about 110 teachers and 2000 students at school. The education of school is both in the morning and afternoon because of its mass. Our students are from the families having a low income and medium level. We have a student mass that is not rich enough. These students do not have any opportunity to go abroad on their own. By means of these activities they will be able to see and know different cultures. Because, for a better world, we need to communicate with the other countries. Also they will learn to respect to different cultures.

Owing to this Project we will try to encourage our students and families. Maybe we can contribute somethings to the culture and peace of world ,too. We (teachers and students)all will try to do our best with the other partners.

We will teach the students working with groups and encourage to prepare a Project and learn a foreign language. By means of international languages we aim to make a cultural exchange(music, dance, art….etc.).We will make them to like Maths, Biology, Architecture…etc.We’ll try to show the pretty side of science. Kayseri is a historical city which is very rich in architecture. So I believe that we have required substructure to prepare this Project