{"id":478,"date":"2020-05-05T17:38:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/?page_id=478"},"modified":"2023-05-22T07:37:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T04:37:43","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/esittely\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"Puolalanm\u00e4ki Upper Secondary School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Puolalanm\u00e4ki Upper Secondary School<\/strong> is situated in the centre of Turku and has three historical buildings in its use, two of which are shared with Puolala Junior High School. Top-modern facilities in stylishly renovated Art Nouveau buildings make an attractive environment. The school was founded in 1928 and got its current name in 1976. The music-oriented programme was established in 1988 and it is, since 2004, one of the thirteen upper secondary schools specialized in music in Finland.<\/p>\n<p>The school practices are based on traditions, present-day requirements, as well as the needs of tomorrow in a modern, changing society.<\/p>\n<p>Puolalanm\u00e4ki Upper Secondary School is a great learning environment, thanks to the students&#8217; activity and determination in their studies. In Puolalanm\u00e4ki the students are encouraged to study &#8211; a goal which is supported by the opportunity to take optional courses in many subjects. The number of students is approximately 500, which enables us to offer a wide selection of courses.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;border-bottom: 1px dashed black\">Characteristics of Puolalanm\u00e4ki<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a wide selection of languages and international contacts<\/li>\n<li>music<\/li>\n<li>scientific and humanistic education<\/li>\n<li>environmentally-conscious approach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;border-bottom: 1px dashed black\">International<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-right: 10px\">a wide selection of languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, and Swedish<\/li>\n<li>active participation in international projects e.g. EU projects and projects launched by the Ministry of Education<\/li>\n<li>co-operation with partner schools abroad, e.g. in Germany, Spain, Sweden and France, as well as trips to European countries, and vice versa, foreign visitors at our school<\/li>\n<li>participation in international contests in different subjects<\/li>\n<li>several courses to do with international relations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px;border-bottom: 1px dashed black\">Music<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-right: 10px\">a variety of choirs of different size and types, both single-sex and mixed<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-right: 10px\">a chamber orchestra and a big band<\/li>\n<li>students&#8217; bands<\/li>\n<li>courses on singing and playing instruments<\/li>\n<li>annually changing selection of courses<\/li>\n<li>acclaimed professionals of different fields teaching individual courses<\/li>\n<li>performance trips to various countries<\/li>\n<li>the number of students in the music programme approximately 160<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Puolalanm\u00e4ki Upper Secondary School is situated in the centre of Turku and has three historical buildings in its use, two of which are shared with Puolala Junior High School. Top-modern facilities in stylishly renovated Art Nouveau buildings make an attractive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2913,"featured_media":0,"parent":88,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2886,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/478\/revisions\/2886"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.edu.turku.fi\/pml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}