Our school, KSG

 

The enrolment at Karleby Svenska Gymnasium (Upper Secondary School): 130 students (430 students altogether with the Secondary School).

Teaching Staff: 45 teachers altogether with the Secondary School)

Principal: Bernt Klockars.

Karleby Svenska Gymnasium is situated in the same premises as Donnerska skolan (the Secondary School). The school celebrated its 150th anniversary in September, 2011.

The Upper Secondary School offers 243 courses during the school year. The school year is divided into six six-week periods, and the subjects taught are divided into courses. The courses are obligatory or optional as stated in the school syllabus. Students have a choice as to the optional courses. They are given the menu, from which they take their pick, which makes their individual timetable. The Upper Secondary School in Finland is 3-4 year school; the student´s choice of subjects is the determining factor. By the end the students must have completed a minimum of 75 courses, after which they take the national final examination, the Matriculation Examination in, at least, 4 subjects.

Students may choose subjects from a number of other schools and institutes, which enables them to perform vocational studies in addition to their general studies.

Our school, specializing in internationalism, entrepreneurship and a wide range of languages (English, German, French, Spanish and Russian) aims to promote a very good general education. The school is participating in a number of projects which aim to improve teaching methods, experiment new approaches, enhance communication skills and promote language proficiency.