Klaipėdos Gedminų progimnazija
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About school
Klaipeda’s 21st secondary school was opened on 1 September in 1974. 1130 students started the school year. Later the schools uniforms and symbols were created. The school principal has become the A. Tamelis. Later A. Liaudanskas changed him. In 2001 the school was renamed to „Klaipėda Gedminai main school “and then to “Klaipėda Gedminai progymnasium” in 2014. It is rather big. There are 925 students and 72 teachers now. The school is active and well known for its activities of Tolerance Education Centre, Ethno culture center and after school activities. The school is attractive to students and their parents, as much attention is paid to the quality of education, students’ art education (there are established purposeful classes of theatre and dance). The school is not limited to a single standard. Since 2012, there are classes, applying the Waldorf pedagogy items. Progymnasium is always open for innovations and takes part in the Education Improvement, Renovation, and Partnership (Comenius, Nordplus, Erasmus+, eTwinning) projects. School community raised the priority to become a leader in the application of IT in the region. The school has many innovative and energetic teachers who want to improve the educational process, to make it acceptable for modern children. Teachers constantly learn themselves; they share their best practices by preparing training programs as well as reading the papers in seminars and conferences. Our school has it ̍s own traditions. There is a “100 club”. It motives students to learn better by trying to achieve more. Our folk dance collective “Gedmina”, proclaims our school’s name in Lithuania. We win high places in various competitions. We are so proud to have such sporty students in our school. They won many competitions in our city and Lithuania. This year school took first place at the Lithuanian Schools games. At the end of the school year there are awards ̎Student of the Year”. In this an event, which is celebrated every single year at the end of May, all the students who are active and successful in various areas of our school are honored during this event. In addition, our school commemorates national celebrations like 13th Of January (Freedom Defenders’ day), 16th of February (The Independence Day) and the 11th of March (Independence Restoration Day), participate in civic initiatives. We are proud of our school and we are very happy to be the part of it.