Our school is a public (state) eight - years general secondary school.
The school occupies the most gorgeous part of Prague - the building is situated directly in the centre, near the Charles Bridge. From the school terrace we can see the Prague Castle and
a green dome of a baroque treasure - the St. Nicolase church.
Some Numbers about the school:
The school is attended by 480 students aged 12 - 20.
There are 16 classes. Each class has about 30 students. For the many subjects the pupils are devaded in halves. The students have about 33 lessons per week.
At school there work about 50 teachers (32 women, 12 men), many of them work part time.
The history of school is dated since 1884, when a church primary and secondary school was consecrated. After the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918 the school was called "fraternity and sorority school". The startup of the 8-years general secondary school was in September 1995.
Admission to the school is based on students' performance in entrance examination in Czech, mathematics, a general knowledge test and results from the students' primary school.
We aim to provide a balanced, broadly based curriculum which is appropriate to the needs of the individual. In each class there are incorporated some students with learning disorders. The school is aimed at Art education. We take advantage of the building's location - surrounded with the Arts and history. We use various teaching methods, e.g. group and team work, PC, projection ( dataprojector, interactive board), project teaching, educational excursions. Pupils are encouraged to become responsible and involved citizens of the school.
We have among others, special teaching rooms for information technology, art , gymnasium, science laboratory, library, terrace looking over the old Prague.
Obligatory subjects: Czech language and literature, two foreign languages (the first foreign language is English; as the second we offer German, French, Russian, Spanish), Mathematics, Physic, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Art, Music, PE, ICT, Civics, Social science.
Optional subjects: History of art and music, Creative writing, Rhetoric, Political sciences, Philosophy, Science, Modern foreign languages, Latin, Dramatic art, Plastic art (ceramic) etc.
The pupils mostly use own textbooks, which are recommended by teacher. The materials have to be approved by School Department.
The studies are finished with a final exam named "maturita" which is approximately on the some level as A levels in Britain.
The school prepares students for higher education. The most of the students (about 85%) enter for university studies. The rest goes either to various lower types of schools than universities or go abroad (to study or work). Just a few graduates go working immediately after the school.
The school has received a status of a faculty school of the Faculty of Education and Science at Charles University.