Escola Básica Integrada Francisco Ferreira Drummond

São Sebastião- Terceira - Portugal

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EBI Francisco Ferreira Drummond is a small countryside primary school in Terceira Island, Azores, hosting around 500 students and 70 teachers. We provide schooling, both regular and vocational, to students between the ages of 3 and 14-15 in São Sebastião, a rural community where most families are traditionally involved in farming, and traditional fishery. This community, however, is very dynamic in traditional and popular culture. Our school is very well equipped concerning technology and classrooms with a wi-fi connection.

We are a new school (2011) and our mission is to provide quality education to our educational community. To do that, our educational project is strongly rooted in innovation, Europe and inclusive education and we aim at promoting digital skills, citizenship values and competencies-oriented education for all. To overcome our ultra-peripheral situation- both in the borders of Europe and far from the main cities on the island- we engaged, since 2014, in a Europeanization process, through eTwinning projects, Erasmus+ Programme, in KA1 and KA2 projects, and also becoming a UNESCO ASPnet School.

We are, therefore, an experienced school in Erasmus+ partnerships and a leading school in the Azores when it comes to innovation processes. These European educational dimension activities and the advances they foster are supported by dynamic and dedicated leadership and by a set of innovative teachers, committed to collaborative work and peer learning strategies.