Our school is situated in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
It exists for more than 50 years. We have 500 students. Our students are from 1st to 12th grade, from 7 to 18-19 years old. We teach compulsory subjects like Bulgarian language and literature, Maths, History, Geography, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Psychology and Logic, Philosophy, PE. At higher level we teach Entrepreneurship to our students for 4 years.
After 7th grade we accept new students for higher education which means they have to be good students during their primary education. All our students at higher level study English and Spanish as a foreign languages. In our work we try to prepare students for the challenges of their future life.
We also have classes in Graphic Design.
Our students take part in many sports activity. We have volleyball, basketball and football clubs. They train, enjoy and take part in many competition with other schools.
Current situations are very challenging for young people and education as they have to be ready to appear on a job market, look for a job, sometimes migrate, get used to new situations, cope with unemployment, economic and financial crisis in their countries and Europe. Schools and teachers have to give them “necessary tools” to be able to exist in the contemporary world. The project will give our teachers and students the chance to develop their passions, knowledge, skills and abilities.
In our school are learning both normal and with special needs students. Our students don't really suffer from social exclusion , but some of them have difficulties in their families because their parents are unemployed ( job crisis and financial problems) and there are also students who have only one parent, or their grandparents take care of them.
We have developed various educational projects that work as motivation for students and , in this way, wrong behaviours diminish through their involvement in the projects. We work constantly on our Ministry of Education's program "Success" and "Your Lesson" and we involve our students in different activities that help them to improve their knowledge. As inclusive education is very important for the staff and the students, in our work we aim to provide an enjoyable, broad and balanced program within the guidelines of the national curriculum. The structured and developmental programs of study provide for progression, challenge and a sense of achievement. In addition to core lessons we offer extracurricular activities - clubs running during lunchtime and after school and during holidays. The whole philosophy of the program is based upon enjoyment, competition and participation. We enter a wide variety of competitions of different kind.
We have developed strong relationships with the local community, local Council, Municipality of Sofia, Regional Inspectorate and Ministry of Education.We work very actively with the Board of Governors.The Board helps with school's needs for financial support raising money and helping with students' projects in order to create more enjoyable, attractive and healthy school atmosphere. Local Council provides help with organisation and takes part in school's cultural, sport and educational activities.
We have motivated teachers to work intensively with students to teach them not only compulsory subjects, but to teach our students to become active citizens, able to overcome difficult situations and be tolerant in dealing with people.