Finland

The school Leppävaara Upper Secondary School, Education and Cultural Services Box 3134, FI-02070 is located in the City of Espoo, in Finland (It's next to Helsinki).

The Principal is Ismo-Olav Kjäldman, PhD, MBA, Special Educator and his assistant is Sari Rita-Säntti

The Leppävaara Upper Secondary School was founded in 1955. It is composed by 370 students, 1 principal, 1 associate principal, 25 subject teachers, 1 nurse, 2 student counselor, 1 social worker, 1 psychologist, 1 secretary, 2 caretaker, 2 school meal service staff.

The basic points of the School System are:

›Way of thinking 1: everybody is needed

›Way of thinking 2: everybody is taken care of

›Educational equality: girls’ educational tradition

›Child’s school achievement correlates to mother’s educational level

›National compulsory education since 1860

›Economical and social support for families