Tartu Descartes Lyceum

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Tartu Descartes Lyceum
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History

• founded in 1982 under the name of the 15th
  Secondary School of Tartu
• In 1996 the name of the school was changed to
  Descartes Lyceum
• It was chosen after René Descartes because he
  symbolises our schools aim to teach students to
  find connections between different subjects
• refer to the language and culture of France

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Nowadays

• Pupils 719
• Boys 284
• Girls 435
• Classes 29
• Teachers and employees 84
• Headmaster Jaan Reinson

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Education

• governmental curriculum
• a lot of foreign languages
• English, French, Russian, German, Spanish,
  Finnish, Italian and Latin
• 3 directions
• spanish, technology and social direction
• a scientific research

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Optional subjects

• Languages
• Russian, German, Spanish, Finnish, Italian and
  Latin
• Art
• photography, making jewels, making film, pottery,
  glass painting, drawing, mosaic

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Optional subjects

• Sport
• yoga, self-defence, swimming, folk dance,
  volleyball, shaping, dancing
• Other
• philosophy, ethic, logic, protection of animals,
  religion, drama, journalism, choir

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Traditions

• Teachers day
• Cabaret-style party
• Christmas market
• Language week
• Independence day concert
• Valentine day
• Slippers day
• School's birthday
• etc.

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School in Internet

• in 2005 the best website among the schools in
  Tartu
• more than 80 computers
• wireless
• electronic mail and intranet

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• Questions?

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• Thank You!