1. Between yesterday and tomorrowYESTERMORROW

2. Transylvania Sibiu Şura Mică Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. In Romanian, the region is known as Ardeal or Transilvania. Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania, with a population of 147,245. Located some 215 km north-west of Bucharest. Between 1849-1865 Sibiu was the capital of the Principality of Transylvania. Now, it is one of the most important cultural centers of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for the year 2007. Şura Mică, also known as Kleinscheuern in German, is a village in Sibiu County. It is situated at 11 km west of Sibiu. Being initially a Sachsen village, now its main population consists of Romanian, Sachsen and Roma people, especially in Rusciori – a village structure of Şura Mică.

3. EDUCATION THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS DEVELOPS IN THREE LOCATIONS Şura Mică Primary School Rusciori Primary School Secondary School of Şura Mică

4. In the village of Şura Mică there are two schools The Secondary School of Şura Mică V-VIII Grade Nowadays, in the school activates: 101 pupils 10 teachers 1 secretary 1 librarian 1 caretaker The school functions with: 5 classrooms 1 info lab 1 library 1 gym The Primary School of Şura Mică I-IV Grade Nowadays, in the school activates: 79 pupils 5 school teachers 1 caretaker The school functions with: 5 classrooms

5. Mission of the Şura Mică School The rural school is one of the main institutions, useful for the community, having the noble mission to form the young people, concerning their integration into the community, where they want and where they are needed. The school education creates more tolerant, more flexible, adaptable, individualities, which can value their qualities and their knowledge. So we define our school mission, a rural school which opens its gates every year, to invite all those who need education.

6. EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES Methods:  Communicative teaching  Global-integrative approaches  Audio-lingual approaches  Alternative/Complementary methods of teaching and evaluation  Projects

7. EXTRA SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Miss Autumn Project Together through Art Dance Competition School Carnival A Trip to Hunyadi Castle Mother’s Day Christmas Santa’s Workshop Together through Art SM@rt kids Halloween Party

8. View of the village of Rusciori, a village with a majority of Gipsy population

9. Our objective – INTEGRATION Of Gipsy children in the Romanian School System

10. Rusciori Primary School YESTERDAY

11. Rusciori Primary School TODAY

12. Cooperation with our local partners in education:  The Dispensary  The Local Police Station  The Orthodox Churches of Şura Mică and Sibiu  The Local Council of Şura Mică  KINDERBAUERNHOF Foundation, The Rural Day Care Center in Rusciori

13. YESTERMORROW  Is the partnership suitable not only for our school, it is a bridge between past and present. So, any activity which takes place in school and out of it contributes to the children’s strong and healthy development.  It is a bond between old and new, it is the hope for the children who have not been favored by God with a healthy social environment and a supportive family background.