Scoala Gimnaziala "Invatator Radu Ion "

Scoala Gimnaziala “Inv. Radu Ion “is a rural primary and lower secondary school with 186 students and 16 teachers.It is in the village Vadu-Parului, at 20 km far from Ploiesti, the capital of Prahova county and at 80 km far from Bucharest.80% of the staff are qualified teachers with over 10 years of teaching in this school.Our school has judicial personality and coordinates 3 kindergartens in the villages Vadu-Parului, Muru and Cioceni and 2 schools in the village Cioceni and in the commune Albesti.In April 2018 our school was awarded the title of eTwinning School due to its active involvement in eTwinning international collaborative projects.Our staff-primary and lower-secondary teachers are motivated and look for professional development courses every school year.Together with students they participated in national and international competitions in art field, in STEM competitions.Our school has agreed partnerships with local institutions like: Police, the local Church, with national organizations /institutions: RESPIRO ( in the field of culture and education ), Let’s get green ,Recycling Agents , Eco-Junior ( environment ) and Junior Achievement Romania ( in the field of entrepreneurship education ).Scoala Gimnaziala “Inv. Radu Ion “ is proud to have a folklore group of dancers called “Ansamblul Ciobanasul” who got medals and prizes in regional and national competitions of traditional dances and costumes.The target group of our school: teachers and students .We want that our teaching staff be involved more in collaborative projects, to acquire non formal approaches and methods , to acquire abilities of cultural integration through different activities involving also non-formal education and cross-sectorial cooperation .The 2nd target group is represented by the students: 30% of the students of our school come from poor families or broken families , where parents are divorced, or they live with their grandparents because one or both parents went abroad to work.2 students have abandoned school and 6 students have special needs and have to be integrated in the classes and in the school community.We also have one student who has come back from Spain where he was born and was educated and now he also has to be integrated in the Romanian school system.Our school being in a rural area, in a small village at 20 km far from the main big town of our county, it’s difficult for parents to take their children to have extracurricular activities due to the distance, insufficient finances and lack of time.In every class there are parents who work abroad.Our teachers have to involve the students in different projects in order to open their horizon and their opportunities and prepare them for the life to become long life learners.Our school mission and our school results and projects are promoted in our school magazine edited by the school’s teachers and students called “A(p) titudini “. Scoala Gimnaziala “Inv. Radu Ion “ is new in the field of Erasmus + projects and in International Volunteering Projects (European Solidarity Corps ) but it is eager to open its horizons to new European partnerships.