Béla III High School

Béla III High School ("III. Béla Gimnázium") was founded in 1757. It can be found in Baja.

chool introduction

There are more than 50 teachers in the young and innovative school staff. The school has both 4-year and 6-year courses between the ages of 12 and 18. There are about 700 students in 22 study groups (classes), they are selected, gifted children from Baja and its region. All of the school's first course pupils participate in a one-week course of "Learn how to study more effectively and successfully!"

The school teaches foreign languages by the students' choice of English, German, French, Italian, Russian or Latin.

Most of the study groups and classes are specialized in maths, foreign languages, or communication-drama-media studies. Students can participate in several clubs and study groups preparing for study contests, language exams and universities.

Béla III High School is especially proud of its students achievements in national and international competitions, art and sport contests. The school's university entrance rates are really high, more than 90% of the students successfully get into a university or a college (as for it, the institute have the 19nd place among more than 400 Hungarian high schools).

The school teaches computer science and provides Internet access to all students. They also use multimedia equipment in their teaching process (visit Digital History of Art pages, edited by one of the teachers, used in several Hungarian schools as a good source of demonstration on lessons and on-line learning: [http://www.bajabela.sulient.hu/regi/oktsany.htm] ) The school uses its school website as an important online database for teachers, students and parents, and also for representing our school life worldwide. It is a good tool to contact the former students wherever they live in the world.

Béla III builds international school partnership by participating in online national and international educational programs: I*EARN, myEurope, eSchola. Visit their international project pages: [http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/regi/tubi/iearn/iearn.htm] . As the greatest result of it, Bela III was one of the 5 "Recommended Schools" in Childnet Awards 2000. The school's staff plans to start "Blue Danube", an international project for schools lying also on the river Danube.

The school has a very effective student senate. Children can participate in the musical and drama studio, choir, visual art studio. They write the school newspaper 3-4 times a year and organize several sports activities and traditional school events during the school year. Among the first ones in Hungary, the school is running Comenius 2000 educational quality assurance process to improve the school in as many fields of work as possible.

External links

* [http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu Home page]
* [http://www.baja.hu Baja city's home page]
* [http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/regi/tortenet/arckepcs/arckepcs.htm Famous teachers]

ee also

* Baja