“Juan Escultor de Villanueva” High School is located in la Carrera (Pola de Siero), next to the Nora river and to the road N-634, at twenty kilometres from Oviedo , capital of Asturias.

The name of the centre appeared in April of 1995, but the high school was built in 1982.

The name is a tribute to a Spanish Baroque sculptor that was born in Pola de Siero. He is important because he was one of the founders of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts) in Madrid in 1751 and one of the first principals. Despite having so many sculptures, a lot of them have disappeared during the Spanish Civil War.

In the school year from 2002-2003 the students of 1st

and 2nd E.S.O. started going to the high school. Two years later the bilingual section started.

THE SCHOOL It’s divided in 4 buildings

1st building (administration; headmaster, head of studies and guidance services’ offices; library; auditorium and cafeteria)

2nd building (profesional families of food and chemical industries)

3rd building (specific departaments and classrooms of music, art and technology)

4th building( laboratories for physics,chemistry, biology and geology)

It also has a sportscentre and a court.

The high school map

The track

4th building

1st building

Sportscenter

3rd building

2nd building

ABOUT THE TEACHERS There are about 90 teachers in the high

school. ABOUT THE STUDENTS There are about 630 students in our school. The students of a grade are divided in

different groups(1st A, B, C and D) that change every year to promote the friendship between all of them.

Each group has got about 20 students on it.

TEACHING The Secondary Obligatory Education (ESO) is

free and completes the basic education. It has four academic years that are taken by 12 to 16 yearold students.

A-level qualifications (Bachillerato) allow students to learn about the job market and diferent qualifications in Higher Education. Our high school has got two A-level qualifications:

Qualification in Science and Tecnology Qualification in Humanities and Social Sciences

Vocational Training

VOCATIONAL TRAINING (FP)

When you are 16 you can study PCPI (Introductory Vocational Qualification Program). In our High School we have Food Industry Assistant.

When you have the TGESO, you can study Bachiller or CFGM (Medium Grade Formative Cycle). In our High School there are two CFGM:-Laboratory

-Administrative Management

When you finish Bachiller, you can do the EBAU, an exam to go to the University or do a CFGS (Superior Grade Formative Cycle). In our High School there are three CFGS:-Administration and Finances

-Food Industry

-Environmental Chemistry

Extracurricular activitiesWe don´t always learn in the classrooms. We do

different activities outside the school: Discgolf Maths Olympics with other schools Walking through mountains Visiting museums Week camp in the first year to improve our English Travels to France, Germany and the UK....

The English, the French and the German

departments organise international exchanges

with England, Ireland, France, Germany and even

Canada

OUR PERSONAL OPINIONWe like this high school because :

I.The teachers are goodII.The centre is good III.We like the system of the bilingual projectIV.We think that it has a good A-levelV.It’s a good high school because it prepares you well for the future with its activities VI.The high school is so good because it’s very big and the level of the teachers is very good

VII.In the break you can play football, basketball and table tennis.

VIII. The rooms are normally clean and tidy.

Some pictures