Y2BE Erasmus+ program Ede

March 2016

Welcome to the Netherlands, greetings from Pallas Athene College!

Pallas Athene College is a comprehensive school with more than 1100 students. It is divided into three levels of educa-tion, the highest level being the pre-university education.

We believe that school is more than studying from books. Each and every student has special interests and talents. All students at Pallas Athene College have the opportunity to dis-

cover and develop their talents. This is the reason why we offer special interest classes apart from to regular subjects. All students sharing the same interests spend four hours a week in one of the following classes: Sports Class, Drama & Arts Class, Research Class, and Athene Class.

Sports Class: this is the place to get acquainted with many different sports. Team spirit and sport experience are the main pillars of the sports class. Pallas Athene College is a school with a sporting spirit. Drama & Arts Class: painting, dancing, making music, acting, and even sculpting are skills students can expect to develop further in this class. A few times a year students show their progress and achievements through exhibitions and plays. In the 3rd year, students prepare and perform an entire musical. Research Class: research in the area of science, design and technology is the main focus of this class. Being a good researcher requires a special talent. Taking notice of the world around you and wondering about it is certainly part of this special talent. Good cooperative learning skills are important in this class.Athene Class is for students whose interests lie in the people around them, their environment, and their community. A mix of drama, sports and research skills are to be found in this class. Culture, science, sport, and media are main areas of interest.

Kind regards,Pallas Athene College

EUROPEAN ERASMUS PROGRAM:Y2BEEde (NL) meeting (2016)Students’ Program

13-mrt 14-mrt 15-mrt SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY 8.30 visiting local businesses

9.30 welcome ceremony

school auditorium

10.30 movie presentation

arriving at Ede school auditorium

go to host families

12.30 lunch

14.00 assignment how to start

your company

16.00 leave for host families

17.00 leave for host families

16-mrt 17-mrt 18-mrt WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8.30 bus to Nijmegen

9.00 presentaion by CEO 9.00 preparing presentations

how to start your company

10.30 Kröller-Müller museum

and Park de Hoge Veluwe Nijmegen 11.00 presentations

how to start your company

12.30 farewell lunch

13.30 activities

17.00 leave for host families

18.00 diner on ship Nijmegen 18.00 leave for host families

20.15 leave for host families

Ede

The city itself is situated halfway between the larger cities of Arnhem and Utrecht and about 45km from the oldest city of the Netherlands: Nijmegen with direct rail and road connections to these cities. There are no connections to any water nearby, however, there also is a direct road connection to the city of Wageningen which hosts a small industrial port on the river Rijn and a direct road and rail connection to the city of Arn-hem, which features a larger port at a greater distance. The environment is clean and green due to the fact that Ede is partly built in a wooded area and partly on the central Dutch plains in the national park called Nationaal Park “De Hoge Veluwe”.

Socially, Ede is a common city like any other in the Netherlands. Each year, there is a municipality-wide ce-lebration called Heideweek (Week of the heather) which lasts a week and largely involves traditional Dutch festivities, along with local customs. Earlier in the year the Heather Queen and the Heather Princess of the heather are elected from several candidates and will be the representative for the municipality of Ede on various other festivities, until the following year when another a new queen and princess are elected.

Ede is situated along the A12 motorway and has a direct link to the A1 via the A30. There are two stations in Ede: Ede-Wageningen train station and Ede Centrum train station. Ede-Wageningen is the main station with services to Alkmaar, Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Arnhem, Barneveld, Den Helder and Utrecht. Ede Centrum has train services from Amersfoort and Barneveld to Ede-Wageningen.

Ede city center

Park de Hoge Veluwe

Where to eat in Ede?

Some suggestions for a good meal in Ede:

- Juffrouw Tok chicken/Dutch cuisine- Planken Wambuis Dutch cuisine- De Verleiding Dutch cuisine - Amadeus Steakhouse- Het Pomphuis French cuisine- Villa Brutus Italian cuisine- De Chinese muur Chinese cuisine- Dixies American diner- Nok’s kitchen Tai cuisine

What to do in Ede?

- National Park “de Hoge Veluwe”- Krüller Müller museum- Dutch tile museum- Cheesefarm Hoekelum- Hoekelum castle- Cinemec cinema

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Ede-Wageningen train station

Ede south side

Honig complex Nijmegen Nijmegen

Contactinformation

Pallas Athene College Koekeltse Boslaan 21, Ede tel. +31 318 624500International coördinator Joep Kusters tel. +31 644501590Hotel De Paasberg Arnhemseweg 20, Ede tel. +31 318 651020

citymap of Ede