Doctor Alberich i Casas School is located in the outskirts of Reus, a city 93 kmaway from Barcelona. The school was built in 1978, 2 buildings with 4 classrooms. In the past, the socioeconomic and cultural level of the population was low. It was agreed, both by families and the staff, that a special approach was needed in order to deal with this handicap. In 2002 the school began the transformation into a Learning Coomunity under the supervision of the CREA (Community Of Research On Excellence For All) from the Univesitat Rovira i Virgili.

The essence of the project is to guarantee optimal learning for all children. By providing equal opportunities to create the conditions to achieve the best results for all, by raising expectations, involving families and community in educative activities and promoting interactions, the project achieves:

• Better academic results for all students.

• Increased confidence and motivation for learning.

• Better coexistence and improved attitudes to social solidarity.

• More meaning and quality of learning for the whole community.

• Real participation of families and all social agents in the school.

The project is based on the participation of the families in activities such as: Interactive Groups, Dialogic Gathering, Family Education, Educational Participation, or dialogical pedagogical training, among others.

The school gathers 457 students and 33 teachers.

Escola Doctor Alberich i Casas has always tried to be at the forefront of educational change throughout its history and it is always willing to foster relationships with other schools by participating in Erasmus+ projects.

The school implements the learning environments methodology at preschool levels whilst Project and Project Based Learning approaches are applied at primary levels.

The school takes into account the STEAM approach and it is involved in a national project that tries to develop this methodology across the primary levels.

Teachers and young people embrace and welcome the challenge and benefits of diversity.

Taking an inclusive approach means learning environments are created where every student has an opportunity to succeed. That is why our school hosts students with very severe needs such as deaf, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), blind, or motor disability, among others.

The school takes into account the STEAM approach and it is involved in developing this methodology across the primary levels.

At the core of the innovative change there are many other actions that the school takes in order to improve the academic results from its students: robotics, ICT, drama, Music...

Since 2007 the school has participated in several different Comenius (2007-2009) and Erasmus+ projects (2017-2019) and has hosted three Language assistants.