Anna Vasa School from Poland

Anna Vasa School Complex no 1 includes a lower (gimnazjum) and higher (liceum) secondary school. It was named after the Swedish princess in 2003. At the moment it houses about 170 students in seven classes at the gimnazjum and about 330 students in fifteen classes at the liceum. Students come from the town of Golub-Dobrzyń and nearby villages. Their social and economic background is varied. Golub-Dobrzyń and its environs are a typically agricultural region. Ever since the lower secondary school was founded, our students have been achieving one of the highest final exam results in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie province and the students from upper secondary school obtain above average results on matura exam. During the last few years our school has made a big progress in new technologies. Interactive whiteboards, electronic diary and the Fronter Platform have been introduced in our school.

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Our students gain knowledge and skills in classrooms with modern equipment, such as multimedia overhead projectors, interactive whiteboards, and video and stereo equipment. They have the chance to develop their interests in all kinds of subject clubs. Both schools organize meetings with interesting people, co-operation with university science clubs, workshops, domestic and foreign excursions, and enable the students to take part in international projects, such as eTwinning, Comenius, and AIESEC.

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The teenagers realize their passions in the school choir ‘Cantus’, in the ancient music band ‘Capella Antiqua’, at painting workshops, and numerous subject clubs devoted to the media, the theatre, recitation, photography, the European Union, playing chess or discussing films. The pupils of the liceum create their ‘School Newspaper’, which is part of Golub-Dobrzyń’s local weekly the ‘CGD’.
Both students of the gimnazjum and of the liceum actively participate in the student governments.