2° CIRCOLO DIDATTICO D.S.VALERIO

In our school there are 75 teachers and 751 pupils, one Primary school and three Kindergartens.Don Saverio Valerio Primary School is located in a suburban area, one Kindergarten is in the same building, the other two are situated in the center of town. Our school has got comfortable admission for disabled people. The three neighbourhoods, include families from different social backgrounds. In the suburban area, there are many families with precarious work situations, lower middle-class people from different cultural profiles and extra-communitarian families. Most pupils are at the risk of social exclusion not only because they have different culture but also they belong to lower social classes. They have problems as unemployment and micro-crime, the cultural education of the parents is also various, few are still the graduates parents. In both level of schools there are disabled pupils. In the territory of Gravina, however, numerous educational opportunities are offered by Cultural and Musical associations. The presence of a natural wood , an archaeological museum, a library and an art gallery, as well as the richness and beauty of the natural heritage and landscape of our country. Our institution wants to take part in European cooperation activities because we’d like to be in European Union process and to let our pupils to know better about the European Union active citizenship and create a common knowledge, especially for disabled, disadvantaged and immigrant pupils. Our institution wants to optimize the use of human and material resources to meet the needs and expectations of students and their families and inspired by the fundamental principles established in the Constitution relating to education and the right to study and recognizes the centrality of each child.