This
is our school. Its name is Valerià Pujol i Bosch. It´s located in a
beautiful village called Premià de Dalt at only 20kms from Barcelona
and near the sea.
400 pupils study in our Secondary
School. They are from twelve to eighteen years old. Some of them are
studying what we call E.S.O , which are compulsory studies for
everyone. Once they finish these four courses , they decide whether
they want to go on studying Batxillerat, post-compulsory studies, in
our school or they want to start some professional training somewhere
else or they can end up studies and look for a job. However, some of
our students can´t decide their future. They have no chances to pass
the obligatory studies due to different factors. Either they are
low-skilled or their social and familiar background is very poor or
they come from broken homes or they are immigrates who are not fully
integrated . Any of these factors can lead them to social exclusion .
This is why eight years
ago we started a successful project called TERRAMAR. To combat social
exclusion , we took on a different curriculum and methodology for
them in order to make things easier for them when they are at school
and when they are out of school..They don´t study as many subjects
as other students of their school year do and they spend half time of
their scholar schedule in some factories or enterprises that
collaborate on our project, giving them some professional training.
The result is that most
of them pass and get the certificate for compulsory education and
besides, they are trained professionally. Some of them remain working
in these enterprises. Therefore, we achieve working and social
integration of teenagers that would probably be excluded from the
working world. Unemployment is a key cause of social exclusion . So ,
by helping them find a job we help them to find their identity and
their feeling of self-worth.
We are also proud of a
different project that we have taken up this year. Some of our
students in 2nd year of compulsory education have started studying
Geometry in English , as part of their Maths curriculum
So, we care for
diversity from end to end.
This is broadly speaking
our school. You will know more about us!!!!!!
