Pyhäjoen Lukio (Pyhäjoki)

Pyhäjoen lukio (Pyhäjoki Upper Secondary School) has an entrepreneurial profile although the curriculum follows the national approach. The school is relatively small - only about a hundred students and ten teachers - but it has an active role in the community through the preparation and distribution of the local newspaper. 

The main aim of the school is to educate through offering the students possibilities in learning by doing and challenging their own learning strategies. Writing of newspaper articles, designing and marketing advertisements and producing the actual layout of the weekly newspaper is a part of the school curriculum. It works as a recruitment tool for the wider regional area for future students. The entrepreneurial spirit is also evident in the organisation of the annual Autumn Fair in September. It is entirely prepared and managed by the second-year students and visited by around 1,500 people per year. 

The school also aims to promote students’ well-being within the school community. Learning together as a school and finding new approaches to education through international cooperation such as Erasmus+ projects and European networking further the progress of student excellence at school and also in the future. The Erasmus+ coordinators who have experience in European partnerships work in teams to disseminate the information of the projects and involve the whole school and the community in the benefits of the cooperation.