Let's discover hidden talents

Alytus Piliakalnis basic school has 270 students in 2012-2013 school year, and about 100 of them are from Alytus State Orphan‘s Home. There are 45 teachers, 22 auxiliaries and economy/finance workers. The social and special service is provided by a senior social teacher, two special teachers, one of them has the qualification of senior specialist, and a senior speech therapy specialist. There are different initial, primary, main, special education and informal education programmes at school. Some students of primary forms are able to attend the Group of Prolonged Working Day. There are art studio, modern dance “Dalija“, puppet-play, dance theatre, theatre of young actors, florist and choir clubs in our school. About 120 pupils attend these lessons. In 2009-2010 school year Children's and schoolchildren's activity project "International camp Alytus - Opole" with partners from Poland. We have been taking part in Olweus jeer preventive programme since 2009.
Children socialization project : "It's merry and pleasant to live together", "Three steps" (2008), "A way to life" (2009). In 2011-2012 school year our school successfully carried out the project “Values of the pupils with special needs and possibilities improving educational quality“ being  accomplished according to 2007-2013 years Human reserve expansion programme 2 “Learning the whole life” which is suggested by Ministry of Education. In 2012  our school participated in the International Arts Exchange Project „How my town is extraordinary for me ?“ with Churchville-Chili secondary school from Rochester (USA). Our school is open to constant changing and improvement. Our school community is going to take part in different activities of the project “Let‘s discover hidden talents“. International association and co-operation with the project partners will give better opportunities to find gifted pupils for music, art, dance or acting as well as vary the process of artistic upbringing. It will help to find new friends and like-minded ones, to know other countries and develop language skills. It could be organised international art festival “I can“ with the help of video-using “Skype“. We want to offer “travelling“ postcards show – “This is my country“ and they would be seen in all project countries.
The project “Let‘s discover hidden talents“ could be a good opportunity for pupils to discover their talents not only at school, town or their country, but internationally too.