Julio Antonio Secondary school, Spain

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     Julio Antonio is a public Secondary School located in the municipality   of Móra d’Ebre, in the no​​​​​​​rth​​​​​​​-east of Spain, in the autonomous   community of Catalonia, next to the Ebre river. The   school has     about 70 staff (65 are teachers) and serves a population of about 510 students. Most of the students come from small villages nearby. We provide different types of education: Secondary Compulsory Education (11 to 16 years), Pre-university courses (16 to 18 years), Vocational Training and Higher Education (16 to 18 years). We are working on eTwinning projects, and are the coordinators of the Erasmus project"Living in a rural area".

     Our school is placed in a rural environment, where agriculture and livestock are the main sources of income and rural-urban migration is gradually growing. For this reason, a project of this kind is very valuable for our school since it represents an educational experience at the international level, an opportunity to develop the European dimension of the school and establish sustainable cooperation with other partner schools. Moreover, the school has the opportunity to increase international network, learn "by doing" through a range of activities and experiences aimed towards promoting higher students self-esteem, increasing students' involvement and achieving greater cohesion among teachers, students, and their families.