Kolga Secondary School ESTONIA

Area: 45,227 km² Population: ~1,3 million Capital: Tallinn National language: Estonian Currency: since 2011 euro (before that Eesti kroon) National holiday: 24 February National flower: cornflower National bird: barn swallow National stone: limestone

K OLGA About 50 km from Tallinn. Situated in Lahemaa National Park – the oldest and largest in Estonia. In Lahemaa, visitors can enjoy small islands, old fishermen´s villages, rare wild animals and birds, interesting plant communities, small rivers forming picturesque rapids and waterfalls on the terraced limestone banks, several karst areas, underground brooks and springs, ancient-bogs, and stone barrows.

SIGHTS NOT TO BE MISSED IN LAHEMAA The village marine museum at Käsmu The Viru Bog

Kolga Manor

The manor houses of Palmse, Sagadi, and Vihula Kiiu Tower

The waterfall in Jägala The fishermen´s village of Altja

OUR SCHOOLHOUSE

K OLGA S ECONDARY S CHOOL about 150 students 25 teachers

LEISURE TIME POSSIBILITIES IN OUR SCHOOL... Acting/drama clubs Sport, basketball, volleyball, football, athletics Music, choir-singing, (folk) dancing, playing different musical instruments Art and handicraft, carpentry Making films, photos

TRADITIONS: THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOLYEAR – 1 st of SEPT EMBER

TEACHERS´ DAY

ANNIVERSARY of the SCHOOL

C HRISTMAS T IME

C HRISTMAS D INNER

ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC 24 FEBRUARY

S HROVE T UESDAY

SPRING CONCERT – MOTHERS´ DAY

THE LAST SCHOOLBELL, FORMS IX, XII

END OF EVERY SCHOOLYEAR: PRIZE FOR THE BEST

SPEECH DAY - GRADUATION

P ROJECTS Mouhijärvi – Finland Gori 7.School – Georgia COMENIUS – Bajza Lenke Altalanos Iskola Zsambok, Hungary and CEIP Jose Manuel Illera de la Mora Canarias, Spain

Headmaster – Tõnu Valdma STUDENTS´ SELF-GOVERNMENT

Kolga Keskkool Kolga alevik Kuusalu vald Harjumaa ESTONIA