Portugal

Agrupamento de Escolas João da Silva Correia

Our school is Agrupamento de Escolas João da Silva Correia, which is constituted by 5 elementary schools with kindergarten, 1 school from 5th to 9th grade and 1 school from 10th to 12th grade. Therefore, students can attend our school from kindergarten until they graduate. From 5th to 9th grade, students may choose between studying the regular curriculum or one specialized in music or dancing. From 10th grade to 12th grade, students may once again choose their field of studies. Our vast options differ between economics, languages, biology and many more. They can also opt for more practical courses, including mechatronic, tourism. We also have a counsellor who helps students to choose between those different areas. The counsellor works in a collaborative way with the head teacher of each class and the student’s parents.We have a total of 1848 students: 240 in Pre-School, 543 in Elementary School, 258 from 5th to 6th grade, 394 from 6th to 9th grade and 413 in high school. Furthermore, we have 165 teachers, 65 employees, 10 technicians and 2 psychologists.

The school is usually embracing and participating in many projects (national and international) and offers extra-curricular activities to the students in different fields, such as sports, science, culture, arts, and music. The school has a multicultural label. It’s an insignia given by the Ministry of Education that recognizes schools that develop projects promoting the diversity as an opportunity to mutual learning. Some of the activities included workshops and promoting solidarity campaigns as well as building a mural representative of multicultural values. The school was also participating in an Erasmus+ project aimed at bullying prevention under the title “Take a stand, lend a hand”. Another Erasmus+ Projects were “The Teaching Improvement Partnership Project” provided teachers with methods to empower the motivation of underrepresented groups of students who often face disadvantages and "United in Diversity" to explore topics like European values, citizenship and mutual respect.

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