Comenius Multilateral Partnership 2013-2015
Training For LIFE: Leadership Initiative For Europe
Utena Dauniškis gymnasium
Utena,
2013
By Smilte Tarvydaite
UTENA DAUNISKIS GYMNASIUM
OUR GYMNASIUM’S
MOTTO:
Enter good, leave better.
STATISTICAL FACTS
Students – 520
Forms – 26
Teachers - 74
Adult department:
learners– 139
forms - 9
Extra curriculum activities
Sports activities
Our students are great and
successful at sports.
The school’s basketball team takes
part in and organizes competitions
among the students of other
schools.
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We also have
renovated
sports hall
which is
modern and
very beautiful.
Extra curriculum activities
Pop music group
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Pop group “VIVO” was formed in
1998 in Dauniškis gymnasium.
Teacher – Asta Skeirienė.
The collective consists of 17
members. They have participated
in many festivals in Lithuania and
abroad, they were also awarded
and
nominated
in
many
international contests.
Extra curriculum activities
Folk music group
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Folk group “UNTYTĖ”
was founded in 1996.
The leader of this folk
group is Laimutis
Kirilauskas.
“UNTYTE” has attended
many international
contests and festivals in
Lithuania and abroad.
Students’ Council
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Students’ Council is a social and
non-commercial youth
organisation, which unites the
students of Dauniskis gymnasium.
Students’ Council consists of 16
members. We have school
president and 3 committees:
children rights, sports and the
press.
Every year we have election
campaign, where all volunteers
can take part for the post of the
pupils’ president.
During the election all the students
and teachers vote and elect the
president and 16 members of
students’ Council
Students’ Council
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Represents Dauniskis gymnasium
and its community in social
movements;
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Organizes school events and
celebrations.
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Organizes meetings and solves
school children’s problems; meets
their needs and proposals.
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Takes part in many projects and
programmes;
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Cooperates with school director,
school’s and teachers’ councils;
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Organizes the press conferences.
Collaboration
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IT and Math Institute
Vilnius University, Laser
faculty
Kaunas University of
technology
Regional schools
Traditions and events
1. Events marking national holidays:
 January 13th
 February 16th
 March 11th
2. A study of political parties
3. Anniversary of achieving Gymnasium status
4. An hour of poetry and hymns to mark Advent
5. Christmas celebrations
6. Sports day for district schools
7. European Day. Events connected with the
international projects.
8. Celebration to honor the best gymnasium
students.
Project activities at school
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Projects have been
implemented at the Dauniškis
Secondary School since 1994.
Project activities began from
an international cooperative
project with the Gimle School
of Economics, located in
Kristiansand, Norway.
From 2001 to 2004, our school
carried out the first
international
Socrates/Comenius 1.1 school
project, ‘Citizens of Europe in
the New Millenium’.
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At present, our school
participates in projects of
different levels:
school,
district,
republic,
international,
online.
Project activities at school
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2004 - 2007
Socrates/Comenius 1.3.
“Equal opportunities for all”
2005 – 2007 ELOS (Comenius
3), Comenius 1.1 “Imagine:
Europe is closing in...”
2005-2011 “Spring Days in
Europe”
2007-2009 LLP. Comenius
partnership project
“EURidentity, my background”
2006 -2007 started –
Socrates/Grundtvig 2
“EDUCATION FOR THE HEALTH
OF PEOPLE “;
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2007-2009 Grundtvig
partnership project ‘GAME”
2010-2011 – eTwinning
international projects:
GAME
Under the open Sky –
Romantic Astronomy
Joy in Life – more than lots of
money in your pocket!
2013-2015 Training for
LIFE:Leadership Initiative For
Europe
2006-2007 project activities
A special excursion to
Druskininkai
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Project participants visited the
Educational Centre in
Druskininkai ”(it’s 230 km from
Utena) and had the lecture on
pshycological theme “Crises
of children”.
Participants visited the
sanatorium of mineral waters
and SPA center.
Participants enjoyed 18
different baths in aqua-park.
2007-2008 project activities
Lecture : “Healthy attitude to life”
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The target group was
formed from 41 adult
participants.
Lecture “Healthy attitude
to life” was given by
Vladas Vitkauskas, the
famous Lithuanian
mountaineer.
2007-2008 project activities
Lecture: “Healthy food”
Themes of the lectures:
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“Genetically modified food”
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“Ecological food”
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“Water as an important
medicament for the health of
people”.
2008-2009 project activities
Training sessions
2 times per week at 18.00 -19.00
Thank you for your attention!
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