BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE:

Liedon lukio is a mid-sized general upper secondary school in the countryside in southwestern Finland. Lieto is a very small town but only 20 kms from Turku, the former capital of Finland. We have about 250 students and 20 teachers, some of whom also work in the neighbouring comprehensive school. Our aim is to offer our students high-level general education in a safe and motivating environment. The school is modern and well equipped and modern technology is used daily and in most subjects. Most of the students are from Lieto, but there has been a growing number of immigrant students living in Turku attending our school, and this has been a new challenge to our staff. We also constantly compete for students with the larger schools in the neighbouring towns and are in need of developing new practices to make our school more tempting for teenagers. During the past three years our school has put a lot of effort in finding new partner schools both in Europe and elsewhere. We have been trying to involve the entire staff in different cooperative activities either at home or visiting partner schools. The staff, students and their parents consider these opportunities an essential addition to the education we provide. The contact person is a science teacher willing to be the coordinator for his school during this project, while there also teachers with significant experience in European projects to support him.