SCOALA Nr.10 "MARIA ROSETTI", Bucharest
Transnational coordinator: prof. EMANUELA POPESCU
School no.10 Maria Rosetti is placed in a district of Bucharest with a stable population formed mostly by middle-class families. The school has a little number of pupils with special needs, migrants, refugees, but has a great number of pupils belonging to different ethnical communities (Armenian, Macedonian, Rroma, Jewish, Arabian) and different religions (orthodox, Greatcoats, Romano–catholic, muslins, mosaic and others). The pupils who have graduated this school are among the first accepted in all Bucharest high schools.
SULTANTEPE İLKÖĞRETİM OKULU from ISTANBUL
National coordinator: Mrs. ASUMAN BAYRAKTAR
Our school is situated in Üsküdar in İstanbul. Üsküdar has got almost 600000 inhabitants. It is a big and historical district .The school has got 42 teachers. We have got 750 pupils from 6 to 14 ages. Their families work in different sectors; official, worker, private managers, etc. We have got 15 classrooms, 1 laboratory, 1 conference hall. Also there is a kindergarten. But we will have a new and modern building next year. The school has got powerful parents’ euro-chambers that can solve lots of problems. They help to poor pupils families. We have got good relation with students’ parents, so we succeed.
AGRUPAMENTO NO 3 DE ESCOLAS DE ÉVORA from ÉVORA
National coordinator: Mrs. MARIA FERNANDA ARRAIS
Escola Básica Santa Clara is situated in the centre of the old town in an ancient convent which was founded in 1452. In 1903 the nouns left the convent and between 1911 and 1936 it was one of the army headquarters. In 1951 it became a school. There are 24 classrooms, 2 gymnasiums, 2 computer rooms and some offices. There is a beautiful library, a canteen, a playground in the back and a lovely cloister with a fountain.
COLEGIO RODRÍGUEZ GALVÁN from SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE
National coordinator: Mrs. MARÍA SILVIA LINARES APARICIO
Our school is located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital of Tenerife Island, Spain. We live in a small island, with lots of beaches and the biggest mountain in Spain called El Teide. It´s a beautiful island with warm weather all the year, so you can easily go to the beach in February 17 teachers work in our school and around 190 students attend classes. It´s a Primary school and our family’s social level is low-middle class. Our main object in this project is to involucrate our community in the school activities, and makes them conscious about the importance of being a volunteering member.
SZKOŁA PODSTAWOWA IM. STANISŁAWA POLAKOWSKIEGO from STRZYŻOWICE
National coordinator: Mrs. MARTYNA FILIPCZYK
Our primary school under the auspices of Stanisław Polakowski is located in the center of the countryside, surrounded by houses and fields. Despite the fact Stzyżowice country is located in Silesia region, which is highly industrial, the school is situated in a clean and beautifully green area. The school has got an integrated department, which means that we also teach disabled children. Our children have got many disadvantages. There are children who cooperate with different clinics and doctors because of their speaking, hearing or sight problems. However, our children’s disabilities are not very complex.Our school is of rural kind, this is why our children come from different environments. There are families who face different financial problems. These families need social help.
ISTITUTO TECNICO PARITARIO "MICHELANGELO" from SCORDIA
National coordinator: Mrs. NELLINA IACOBELLO
Istituto Tecnico Commerciale e per Geometri Paritario Michelangelo, has offered high quality of education for over 25 years. It is located in Scordia, a mainly agricultural town in south-eastern Sicily. Its main aim is to enable its students, some of which are ex high school drop-outs, to obtain a diploma that will give them a chance to fit into specific work fields or continue their studies at university. Students can choose from two main courses of study, the Economic Sector, that is, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing and Tourism, and the Technological Sector, which regards Tectonics, the study of the environment and territory, and computer science. Besides these two main courses of study, students can also attend afternoon English language courses and computer science courses to obtain the ECDL. Since Institute Michelangelo wants to offer its students the best facilities, it is going to move to another building in January 2012.
HRISTO BOTEV SECONDARY SCHOOL from ARCHAR
National coordinator: Mrs. MITOVA DESISLAVA
The school is situated in a community that mostly consists of people who get their living from agriculture and small-scale factories or who work in the service sector. It is a mixed secondary school. The pupils of the school come not only from Archar but also from neighbouring village. Because of the recession throughout the industrialized world, many of the small and mid-ranged companies in the area, like around the country and the world, have been forced to cut back on the number of employees. So unemployment in the area is rather high and we have many unemployed parents and it reflects upon the school society. Many parents went abroad in search for work and their children are taken care of by their grandparents, who can’t do it so properly like their mother and father. They mostly take care rather of their living conditions than of educating.