Private grammar school "MOKA" was founded in 1991. In 1998 it passed the first state accreditation and got the right to give its school-leavers certificates of state standard for the next 5 years, in 2000 it was renamed into the Linguistic Grammar School (LGS).
For the period of 1997-2002:
78 pupils left the high secondary school,
119 pupils finished the 9-year (base) secondary school,
7 pupils were awarded with gold medal,
2 pupils were awarded with Silver medal,
7 pupils graduated with honours certificate.
The education in LGS is carried out on individual base that takes into consideration the individual peculiarities of the children. Our students run special courses in different subjects. They attend circles of modem dance, drama school, learn to play musica! instruments, sing in chorus and go in for sports. They also get acquaintance with job perspectives and probable future professions.
Some further details on 2002.09.05:
Pupils (total number) - 137 Working day (school hours) - from 9.00 till 17.00 The number of school forms according to the grades: 1st to 3d years of study (elementary school) - 7 forms 4th-9th years (9-year secondary school) - 7 forms 10th-11 th years (high secondary school) - 2 forms.
The LGS stuff comprises 53 teachers including: Candidates of science - 2 Teachers of the Year of the Republic of Belarus - 2 Honours Teachers of National Education -1 Teachers of Supreme category - 8 Teachers of the 1 st category -19.
The LGS maintains tight links with the Belarus State Economic University, the European Humanitarian University and the Institute of Jurisprudence. There exist programs of students exchange with educational establishments in Poland and Germany. This year such a
program is planned to operate between the LGS and Aarau district in Switzerland.
The GLS has got a lot of its traditions. Among them are Olympiads carried out under the Ministry of Education of Belarus or together with some newspapers publishing offices. These traditions are also celebrations of the 1st of September and the Spring Ball, which take place outdoors in special party hails. They include the Holiday of the Official Admittance to the LGS, Christmas arrangements and activities and participation in different city or international competitions and tournaments. They are finally trips, journeys and tours abroad on holidays as well as sending children to corresponding medical establishments of Belarus to achieve the necessary medical cure.
The aim of the LGS educational activity and treatment is to bring up well-educated, sociable, morally mature and advanced young people who will be able to find their place in life.
One of the maim purposes of our society is to create a multi-sided person. That's why we've got a task to set up theoretically and practically realize the kind of training that would insure formation of personalities with high spiritual needs and advanced cognitive abilities. This demands in its turn the necessity to develop their creative activity.
When defining the term "creative activity" we should point out that the activity of a person if regarded psychologically means the ability to perform socially significant transformations on the basis of the adoption of material and spiritual values. The results of such adoption are revealed in creativity, volitional acts and communication.
The difference between the creative activity of a schoolboy and an adult is that the results of the first don't usually make anything really new in the common (universal) sense. However when making his conclusions he models and forms abilities and skills of a creator which are necessary in his future labour. Thus our system of pedagogical methods and practical work at classes should be aimed at forming and advancing such abilities. We must help pupils to find out ways to better adopt new information stimulating at the same time their requirement for further information.
History of a gymnasium
