Austria
Geographic Facts Federal Provinces
GEOGRAPHIC FACTS Population: 8.169.929 people Area: 83.858 km² Capital city: Vienna Longest river: Danube (2.850 km) Highest mountain: Großglockner (3.798 m) Neighbours: Germany Hungary Italy Czechia Slovakia Slovenia Liechtenstein Switzerland
FEDERAL PROVINCES Lower Austria Salzburg Vienna Tyrol Burgenland Carinthia Vorarlberg Styria Upper Austria
V I E N N A Riesenrad Stephans Dom
General Information Area: 415 km² Inhabitants: 1,6 Mio. (23. districs) Population: 80 % Austrians 20% Foreigners Parties: ÖVP, SPÖ, FPÖ, Economics Mayor: Michael Häupl (SPÖ)
Sights in Vienna Political Sights Cultural Sights Modern Sights
Political Sights Parliament Imperial palace City Hall
Cultural Sights Schönbrunn Castle Belvedere Castle State Opera
Modern Sights Millenium Tower Danube Tower Gasometer
Comenius-Project
Goals Promotion of foreign languages Building of a European consciousness European thoughts
Partner countries Belgium France Hungary Romania Slovakia Austria
Johann Amon Comenius theologian and an educator. all people should remain in school until the age of 24. textbooks in England, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands
What do we plan to achieve? Communicate via chatrooms, e-mails, web-cams, video-conferences To build our own website To set up an online shop To increase our awareness of the similarities and differences between countries (tourism, trade, school system, history, geography etc.)
Facts about our school
History: Established in 1997/98 out of the BHAK/BHAS Wien 10 Wendstattgasse 3 Starts: 362 pupils (9 HAK-Classes 5-HAS-Classes) Today: 466 pupils (13 HAK-Classes 4 HAS-Classes) Teachers: 42, Classes:17 Headmaster Mag. Peter Schlerith
Additional subjects: Peer-Mediation Cisco Networking Academy Program ÖSD – Austrian language diploma German Webdesign Theatre Football Volleyball Psycholgy and Philosophy
Priorities: Sempe = Seminar on personality development Moving away from only traditional schooling towards developing skills like team work, Social support, internal and external view
School events: Winter sports week Summer sports week Educational excursions Language week School ball
SCHOOLSYSTEM IN
Primary school Academic secondary school (grammar school) Secondary modern school Pre-vocational year Compulsory vocational school Vocational upper secondary education Business school (different branches) commercial, technical, agricultural, etc.
School facilities and equipment: Multimedia studying centre Gyms and sports grounds State-of-the-Art equipment in every class
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