BULGARIA

Sredno uchilishte "Vasil Levski", Kula

We are a school in which study students from I to XII class. It is located near the border town of Kula, Vidin region. The history of our school covers 180 years. It is located in the center of our little town. The school has 230 students and 40 employees. The school is a hub only in the municipality. Every day to school and back traveling 33 students from the villages of the municipality. From I to VII class training is not profiled, and in VIII to XII class - with professional training in "Economic Information Assurance". The students study business communications, economics, accounting, enterprise management, economic informatics, programming, computer science and others. They study English and German. The school is a member of the Association of Cambridge Schools in Bulgaria and our students receive certificates Cambridge English. Our students come from different social groups. Many parents are unemployed. Lack of employment, which causes migration of residents of the town and municipality to larger centers and abroad to improve their lives is one of the main problems that affect our institution due to lack of parental support for our students, as some of the students are grown only by grandparents. There is an increasing number of students who are at risk of social exclusion and who have low expectations and motivation in what refers to success in school. We also have students with special educational needs. One of our goals is to integrate them fully in school life. Our school is a place where not only strive to educate our students, but also to be responsible for their upbringing, social and intellectual development. We have a task to motivate them to participate in interesting and useful learning and extracurricular activities to help them develop and grow successful people. The school aims to promote, in cooperation with parents, caring school community that strives to develop every dimension of student: spiritual, moral, aesthetic, intellectual, physical and emotional. By participating in this project, the school wants to give students and teachers opportunities to experience overseas in Europe order to strengthen the feeling of belonging to European Union (EU), to get the opportunity for professional and cultural exchanges. We also want to maintain and build serious relationships with our European partners through the network of institutions that continue to evolve in the future for students and teachers. This exchange of good practices, language and culture will ensure quality education, they will be open to Europe and adapted to the needs of European and world labor market. Coordinator of the project activities of the school is Mrs. Diana Yoncheva Dekova, headmistress. She is the coordinator and other school projects. She participated in Comenius - Spain and Lithuania, in a meeting of project coordinators Erasmus + in Germany in 2014, in a TPM Erasmus+ KA2 in Reunion Island France in 2016 and in Greece in 2017.