XXX LICEUM OGOLNOKSZTALCACE IM.KS JANA TWARDOWSKIEGO W LUBLINIE
Jan Twardowski Secondary School is a public school situated in Lublin, a city of population of around 350,000 in the east of Poland. The school currently undergoes, according to the educational reform, the transition from a lower-secondary school to a secondary school. The school community consists of 600 students aged from 15 up to 17 (in two years 15-19) and 50 members of the staff. The school is attended by teenagers from the city and the surrounding areas. The school is well equipped and safe - the building and the area around the school are constantly monitored with CCTV. We have a sporting recreational gym, one of the best facilities in the district of Lublin. In terms of learning opportunities, one of the main objectives is to provide the students of all economic backgrounds with the best opportunities to gain decent knowledge and develop their interests. The students are taught with a variety of teaching methods, including IT tools. They finish school with final-school exams, which allow learners to enter universities. For this reason learners are offered a number of curriculum faculties (science, language classes) and after-school activities (drama, choirs, art and crafts, guitar lessons, sports events). For the sake of general development, and promoting tolerance and enterprise, the school undertakes and get involved in a great number of charity events. There is a school council, in which teenagers can develop personality qualities and acquire organizational and social skills. The project Include me would create a great opportunity for our students not only to practice English in real communication, but also for learn tolerance and develop open-mindness attitude towards other nations as well as to enhance their self-assessment and motivation to develop. There will be a team of teachers engaged in the project, apart from teachers of English, teachers of other subjects such as IT, biology, chemistry, physical education as well as the school counselor. Also, the school headmaster will be involved. The staff is interested in gaining new experiences and increasing their qualifications. Some have taken part in courses funded by Comenius. We have received accreditation for EVS in 2017 and currently we are applying for funds in Mobility for School Erasmus+. The school has already gained some experience in running international school cooperation (schools from Hungary, Germany and Ukraine) and has proved to be a reliable and engaged partner. Apart from e-Twinning projects, we have been running a student exchange project with a Hungarian school in Debrecen since 2013. We have visited and hosted them four times so far. There has also been an Polish-Ukrainian Competition “Picture your Town”, organized by our school and combined with the Polish- Ukrainian students' meeting in our school in 2017. There are also student projects which we are working on with the schools from Germany.