1. Zespół szkół im. Adama Mickiewicza
Made by Hubert Duszkowski
and Grzegorz Falkowski

2.  The Polish school system is divided into three
main stages: primary school, lower secondary
school and secondary school. The education is
obligatory from the age of six when children
attend year zero in kindergarten or primary
school . Then at the age of seven they start
primary school and stay there for six years. At
the end of the year six there is an exam they
have to pass if they want to go to a lower
secondary school. Lower secondary school
lasts 3 years. At the end of the lower
secondary school students have to pass
another exam. The results of this exam
determine if a student will be accepted into his
or her dream secondary school. Students can
choose between comprehensive secondary
school , vocational school and vocational high
school . At the end of the secondary school
students pass a very important exam called
„matura” . It consists of two written exams and
two oral. When they pass these exams they
can go to university.

3.  Our school was found in 1975. At the
beginning it was only a primary school,
and students learnt there for 8 years.
In 2002 according to the resolution
signed by the local authorities lower
secondary school was established.
Since that time two schools function
within one building primary school nr 4
and lower secondary school nr 2. Our
school is the biggest in the town . It
consists of three levels of education
junior primary school – children aged
(7-9), primary school children aged
(10- 12), and lower secondary school
children aged (13-16). The building
consists of more than 70 classrooms,
we have got modern IT labs, well –
equipped library and gym. 74 teachers
teach 703 students: 437 in primary
school and 266 in lower secondary
school.

4. There are 74 teachers in our school. The head teacher of our
school is Irena Zinkiewicz. The deputy head in primary school is
Eugenia Gałka and in lower secondary school Tamara Korycka.

5.  Our students take part in many international and
nationwide contest and they win a lot of prizes .
Here are the most popular ones.:
 International contest of songs „W Podlaskiej
Krynicy” - Our students won the first and second
prizes.
 National Art Contest „My Grunwald” our student
won the third prize.
 Contest of the province - Ukrainian world. Our
students won the first, second , and third prizes.
 NATIONAL CONTESTS
 Nationwide contest „Our relatives, our history, our
memory”. Our school won the third prize
 Nationwide contest „Young editor for the
enviroment”
 Nationwide contest of the Internet knowledge
 Nationwide contest in Chemistry
 Nationwide contest „ Eco-teams decrease
ecological trace”
 The 14th reading tournament in orthodox church
language .
 Nationwide contest in Polish language.

6.  CONESTS OF THE PROVINCE
PODLASIE
 Province contest in Chemistry
 Province contest in Biology
 Province contest in IT
 Contest of knowledge about the
local autorities
 ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORT
 Tournament of the province in
volleyball (girls). Our girls won the
first prize
 Tournament of the province in
volleyball (boys). Our boys won
the fourth prize
 Championship of the province in
volleyball. Our girls won the fourth
prize.

7. e Twinning
 We have already cooperated
with several European schools
in the projects of the
eTwinning programme:
- “Green and happy planet” with
Romanian school Tudor
Vladimirescu in Targoviste
- “Love stories” with Portuguese
school Escola Básica 2,3
André de Resende, in Évora
- “Culture in the eyes of a
teenager” with Greek school
Anthoupoleos Gymnasium, in
Nicosia, Cyprus

8.  „Fables and Legends of the Neighbouring Nations”- Polish and Lithuanian’ is a bilateral project of Youth in Action
programme. 12 young people from Poland and 12 from Lithuania take part in it. We have started cooperation on
the topic of fables and legends which appeared to be very similar in the cultures of both nations. We have already
noticed some common characters and events present in fables and this conclusion caused our further interest in
the subject. So the project aims at broadening the knowledge of our own local and national legends, but also of
our partner’s; intensifying mutual understanding and attachment between the Polish and Lithuanian youth taking
part in the project; finding common values in spite of the cultural differences. We want to meet in Białowieża,
Poland, and during 10 days we will analyse the most interesting legends, exchange information concerning our
national fables, display interactive presentations, explore the places connected with local legends, visit museums,
interview elderly people, participate in drama workshops and prepare a performance of the legend or fable which
shows common values of two nations.
 „Bring the memory back” - Students of junior secondary school have conducted a project „Bring the memory
back” since 2006. While working on the project students have learnt a lot about Bielsk Podlaski as a multicultural
town. Together with teachers they get involved in the learning of Jewish history and culture. The other aim of the
project is taking care of ruined Jewish cementery. As the result of work on the project a guide book which
promotes a visit to the synagogue in Orla and Jewish bath in Boćki was published. Our students issued a
calendar in which we can find Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish holidays.
 Comenius project „Health for the forest and man” - During 2005 and 2008 our school together with Bulgaria,
Germany and Portugal conducted Comenius project.

9.  The Ukrainian ensemble Ranok
was found in 1995. The members
of the ensemble are mainly the
students of the school by the
name of Adam Mickiewicz in
Bielsk Podlaski who attend the
lessons of Ukrainian, the native
language. The repertoire of the
ensemble Ranok includes the
traditional folk songs, lyrical and
various Ukrainian songs. In 2000
the cassette was issued that
recorded mainly the songs of the
northern parts of Podlasie and the
Ukrainian parts of Polesie. The
ensemble has taken part in many
different local, international
competitions and festivals and
won many prizes.

10.  A lot of students of our school attend different
clubs. They usually meet after classes . Here are
the most popular clubs:
BIOLOGY CLUB
Students who attend the club broaden their knowledge
about the subjects in order to prepare well for the
province contest which is held every year at the begining
of January
MATHS CLUB
Students who are good at Maths attend the club. Doring
their meetings they solve different problems and of
course broaden their knowledge about the subject.
ENGLISH CLUB
Students who attend the club learn to speak English well
and study the grammar which is not easy as it’s seems to
be.
POLISH CLUB
Students who attend the club broaden their knowledge
about Polish language, and about its grammar which is
considered to be one of the most difficult in the world.
IT CLUB
Students who attend IT club broaden their knowledge
about the Internet, learn how to design the websites and
write computer programs.