OUR SCHOOL !!

IES EKIALDEA BHI

Address: Juan XXIII, 2. VITORIA-GASTEIZ 01004

Website: www.ekialdea.com

E-mail: 010330aa@hezkuntza.net

Telephone: 00 34 945 263745 Fax: 00 34 945 263745



Information about our school:
o Our school is located in the centre of Vitoria-Gasteiz. The school environment covers the city centre and suburbs around and also villages not too far from the centre (transportation and catering services available). The number of migrants is not relevant .
o Public, Secondary Compulsory and Post-Obligatory Education
o Figures about the school:
900 students
104teachers
Description of studies:
SECONDARY COMPULSORY EDUCATION (age :12 to 16; four academic years divided in two cycles.) Competence-based approach. Small groups and adapted curriculums for students with special needs.
POST-OBLIGATORY EDUCATION (age: 16 to 18). Different learning itineraries for
Social Science & Arts Baccalaureate
Science & Technology Baccalaureate

Artistic Baccalaureate

International projects:

o Ekialdea BHI is a dynamic school concerned with the quality of teaching and the added value of developing the European dimension within the curriculum(ELOS). We are interested in providing the students with the tools for lifelong learning and European citizenship.
o Focus on languages. The main teaching languages are Basque and Spanish. All students learn English and can also choose a second foreign language (French or German). School exchanges are organised with schools in the Netherlands, France, Berlin and Belgium.
o The school is also involved in other projects developing the key competences in the European Framework : new technologies, minority languages, tutorials…
Comenius Projects:

Comenius School Development Project (2003/2006): IMPROVING MOTIVATION OF DISAFFECTED PUPILS
-Integrovana Stredni Skola (CZECH REPUBLIC)
- Sahnschule Crimmitschau (GERMANY)
- Ekialdea BHI
Comenius Multilateral Partnership (2007/2009): SEARCHING FOR OUR EUROPEAN ROOTS
-Solea Gymnasium (CYPRUS)
- Escola EB2 de Mogadouro. (PORTUGAL)
- ST Mac Nissis College (NORTHERN IRELAND)
- Kaunas Simonas Daukantas (LITHUANIA)
- EKIALDEA BHI

New Comenius Project Multilateral Partnership (2010/2012) THE UNIVERSE OF YOUTH CULTURE. We´ll be working together with other two schools from Estonia (Project Coordinator) and Turkey


School surroundings: Vitoria-Gasteiz (240,000 inhabitants) is a comfortable, warm, commercial, administrative and pedestrian-friendly city. Capital of the Basque Autonomous Community, its vast green belt and well-known care for sustainable development offer a high standard of living.
The renovated old Medieval Quarter is shaped like an enormous ellipse packed with beautiful medieval towers and Renaissance mansions. It´s the right place for a stroll and to taste local gastronomy.
Land of contrasts, mountain ranges running from east to west and the Rioja region in the south, where delicious wines and cellars show the culture of vineyards. Historical sites merge with nature (Laguardia, La Hechicera Dolmen,The Salt Pans in Añana, nature reserves, the pilgrims´way to Santiago…).