Programme Erasmus + Europe on the move : Migration Biographies Schools
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Photo 3 Gaudio Rosanna ( the “ heart ” of Italian team ), Donata Pirulli , Angela Centrone , Rosa De Giulio , Domenica Cardascia , Luigi Corinna , Pompea Gioffredi , Maria Pia Settanni
The I . I . S . S . “ Alpi – Montale “ is a high secondary State school born from the fusion of 2 schools : 1 . “ ALPI ”: a Scientific / Linguistic / Human Science high school with 650 students aged 14-19 years 2 . ” Montale ”: a technical school with 450 students aged 14- 19 years . It is divided in 2 sectors :
A ) an Economical one : Administrative-Finance-Marketing ( AFM ). Marketing , Start-up , Business Planning are the main goals of this sector . Among the main subjects our students study English , French , ICT , Law , Business
B ) a Graphic one : Graphic and Communication . 3D Photo / video , Web design , Packaging , Web creativity are the main goals of this sector . English , ICT , Web design , graphics , Law , Multimedia planning are among the main subjects
As the school is so big with more than 120 teachers , all public employees , we realize a lot of projects : The Alpi is realizing its first Erasmus + ( K219 ) project called “ With Teen Eyes ” with other 5 countries ( Spain , Lithuania , Belgium , Germany and Sweden ) As our Headmaster strongly promotes the internationalization , the whole school is engaged with various types of international projects : from the basic eTwinning , to school / class exchanges . We are also involved with a French School realizing an exchange of 2 students who have been studying for 2 months in France / Italy . We also realize Stages abroad for our students to obtain the linguistic certifications ( according to the CEFR ) Each year one or two students take part in an Intercultural program and stay from 6 to 12 months abroad , studying and staying abroad .
We also have students from Intercultura in our school The Liceo “ Alpi ” has been promoting for a long time the CLIL methodology , having also CLIL traininig teachers In the past years we also took part in a Comenius called " Maths is everywhere ” ( Turkey , Poland , Romania , Lithuania ) To empower our students ’ scientific and linguistic competences we take part in projects like : “ Global Citizen ” and “ EduCHANGE ” and “ Global Teaching Lab ” with the MIT of Boston . Our school is also involved in a Unesco project and is labelled as “ Unesco School ”
The Montale , the technical school , has a very long experience in this field for well experienced teachers ( lead by Mrs Mary Troiano who teaches business ) have been working in this field for many years , having strong contacts with local factories , firms but also Universities where our students go and make their job experience . We are also engaged in several “ simulations of reallife enterprises ” whose purpose is to enhance students entrepreneurship skills and attitude and increase their creativity but also entreprenurial skills .