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STAFF

The staff consists of almost 40 young, energetic and ambitious teachers. In “the Catholic” the teachers try to use mostly individualized teaching methods. Each teacher cares for the nicest possible classroom atmosphere, yet sticking to remaining professional at work. The staff help each pupil, trying to cater for both the most in-need ones as well as the most talented ones. Whenever necessary, they devote their own free time for special-interest groups, pioneer projects and many other educational workshops. The pupils can always count on help as well as the heads’ and teachers’ support. Finally, the school’s pedagogue and psychologist remain particularly open on pupils’ issues.

CLASSES

The Catholic High School in Chojnice is one of the best of the region for, amongst other factors, the comfort of learning which is achieved by not numerous groups. In such a small school it is much easier to create the atmosphere of courtesy and respect for others. Many visitors to our school value the family-like atmosphere and the feeling of being appreciated. In our school we provide additional electives which – quite often – are organized in groups of two or three. Specifically-oriented electives from such subjects as philosophy or history of arts are usually carried out for individual students, who wish to take the abovementioned subjects at their matura (the school leaving exam).

SUBJECTS

Our school’s timetable entails subjects which are uncommon to come across in other schools, for instance, philosophy, dance, Latin or Spanish. At philosophy the students learn logical thinking, they get to know its history, as well as search for the truth about reality surrounding them. They learn how to justify things and express their own worldview. Secondly, the dance lessons are a great pleasure as well. The skills learnt at those lessons are then used during various events and festivals held at school, such as carnival balls, discos, etc. It is commonly known that our school’s well known for languages. English and German are taught at extended levels. Every good humanist and linguist needs classical background to his knowledge. Therefore, Latin turns out to be inevitable to polish the basics of grammar and lexical etymology. Through this subject the school tries to convey virtues (most often in the form of Latin sayings), which are utterly necessary for a proper character building. All the subjects develop the students’ personality, yet broadening their vocabulary, shaping the viewpoints and moreover they are useful for their chosen studies later on. In the future, potential employers will acknowledge all those as a signal of dealing with a well-educated individual.

CHOIR

School’s choir is what we are really proud of. It accompanies national and church holidays both at school and also on the regional scale. The choir was numerously credited with the best awards in various contests including those of national importance. Ever since 2009 it boasts its first disc.

WORLD YOUTH DAY

Our community has been present for years at the World Youth Day meetings. We all feel the need to participate in these unusual events as they are an opportunity to meet the Pope, pray eagerly, and deepen faith and unity with the Church, as well as to visit lots of interesting places, meet exotic cultures, and make new friends. So far the school has taken part in the meetings in Paris, Rome, Toronto, Cologne, and Sydney. In 2011 the school is going to take part in this event one more time. This time, however, the choir and Franciscans of Mary community are also preparing to partake WYD in Madrid.

SCHOOL TRIPS

The school would be nothing without school trips. We try to organize trips, both to near as well as distant places on regular basis. We want each such expedition to be an experience-loaded pastime opportunity. Every year school trips and class camps are organized. A trip to Italy has become school’s tradition, additionally conjoined with an audience with the Pope. Recently, we invited our pupils to follow Mickiewicz’s trait in Lithuania. Moreover, regular day trips to the theater, cinema, opera or concert halls are also of great interest for our pupils.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Our students take part in various subject competitions at region, province and central levels. We can boast finalists at many subjects including ecology, theology, Polish and mathematics. It is an honor for us to find our graduate the best student of Medical University in Gdańsk, or the fact that our student was granted a prestigious scholarship for young, talented scientists at his chosen German university. It is also nice to hear opinions from university lecturers that it’s “the Catholic” of Chojnice which gives its students proper content-based preparation for future successes yet to come. High language-learning level allows our students to take language certificates (FCE, CAE) at English, and (DaF, ZMP, ZOP) at German. Finally, last but not least, it is worth mentioning sports achievements as well.

GRADUATES

A lot of pupils have already finished “the Catholic”. The ones who didn’t continue their education are only just a few. The majority of our pupils can perfectly cope with studies at higher level. The most favorite ones are naturally the most prestigious universities: University of Kraków, University of Warszawa, Catholic University of Lublin, University of Poznań, University of Toruń, Medical Academy in Gdańsk, as well as Higher Trading School in Warszawa. Moreover, our pupils continue their education abroad. The most popular studies include law, economics, journalism, foreign philology, information technology, philosophy. We are also represented by our students being lecturers or scientists at higher schools. It is also very motivating that the ones who have already finished still, whenever possible, come in to visit the school to talk to teachers and share their successes. Some of them come back to take their post on the other side – as teachers. All that is very satisfying.