Oulun Lyseo is an upper secondary school situated in the centre of the city of Oulu in northern Finland. The school offers teaching in Finnish for the national high school programme (lukio) and in English for the International Baccalaureate Diploma programme.
Our students are generally 16-19 years of age and come from different municipalities throughout northern Finland - and sometimes even farther abroad.
Project Leaders:
Kanni Kelder
Tiina Rautalin
Other Teachers:
Marita Alexaki
Sirpa Anttila-Muilu
Eva-Jo Jylhä
Harri Kinnunen
Päivi Pirilä
Salla Vähämetsä
Aisha Al Amir
Christa Karihtala
Santeri Puolakanaho
Oona Heikkinen
Milja Aunio
Milka Kurkela
Laura Sallinen
Stiina-Laura Heikkilä
Rebekka Kellokumpu
Arttu Virolainen
Lotta Pirttikangas
Elina Jylhä
Vilma Hurme
Linnea Ilvesluoto
Annunen Alisa
Sylvia Tuomivaara
Veera Pyhtilä
Elaine Byman
Iita Pyhtilä
Sam von Schantz
Viivi Alitalo
Rasmus Hautamäki
Salla Pekkala
Veera Rahko
Our previous project focused on the environment and the future!
Our first project with some of the other teams here - there's a short description in English on our school website.
I am Aisha Al Amir and I'm turning 18 in June (my zodiac sign is cancer). My hobbies include going to the gym and reading. I love watching football too and my favourite football team is FC Barcelona! My passion is charity work and I have been the president of Oulu Interact club for already two terms. Studying biology and chemistry is one of my favourite things to do. In my future, I wish to become a neurosurgeon, since I love medicine.
My name is Christa and I am 18 years old. I live on my own in the city centre of Oulu. On my freetime I play football, go to the gym, read, and write. I also love watching sports like Formula 1 and football. I have no plans for the future besides traveling and having fun.
My name is Santeri and im 18. I live 10 kilometers away from the school and I take the bus there every morning. My hobbies include going to the gym and playing the piano. My other interests hover around cars, fitness and music. I also own a cat.
Hi! I'm Milja, an 18-year-old girl from Finland. I'm interested in psychology and English. In free time I like to draw and paint, hike and spend time in the nature overall. In winter time I love playing ice hockey with friends. I'm hoping to tr
Hello! I'm Laura and I am 18 years old. I am really keen on health education, social studies and English. In my spare time I usually go to the gym, mountain biking or just hang out with my friends. I also love to snowboarding. In the future I would like to travel a lot around the world.
Greetings! I am an eighteen-year-old girl from Oulu, Finland. I lived the first 15 years of my life above the Arctic circle amongst reindeer. I also enjoy spending time in nature, drawing, singing and snowboarding. I also love to snap pictures with my camera but I have lost the charging cable for it :,( (RIP Olympus 2020) I love learning new things and my main points of interests in school are biology, languages and music. I love to meet new people across the world and it is actually not that hard in the end. Afterall, we all have a common language - smile :).
Hello! I'm Oona from the countryside of Oulu. I'm 18 years old and spend my time traveling and studying. I'm an animal lover and I do horseback riding. After high school I am intending to become a pilot.