1. Comenius Multilateral Partnership 2013-2015 Training For LIFE: Leadership Initiative For Europe Utena Dauniškis gymnasium Utena, 2013 By Smilte Tarvydaite

2. UTENA DAUNISKIS GYMNASIUM

4. OUR GYMNASIUM’S MOTTO: Enter good, leave better.

5. STATISTICAL FACTS Students – 520 Forms – 26 Teachers - 74 Adult department: learners– 139 forms - 9

6. Extra curriculum activities Sports activities Our students are great and successful at sports. The school’s basketball team takes part in and organizes competitions among the students of other schools.

7. We also have renovated sports hall which is modern and very beautiful.

8. Extra curriculum activities Pop music group Pop group “VIVO” was formed in 1998 in Dauniškis gymnasium. Teacher – Asta Skeirienė. The collective consists of 17 members. They have participated in many festivals in Lithuania and abroad, they were also awarded and nominated in many international contests.

9. Extra curriculum activities Folk music group Folk group “UNTYTĖ” was founded in 1996. The leader of this folk group is Laimutis Kirilauskas. “UNTYTE” has attended many international contests and festivals in Lithuania and abroad.

10. Students’ Council Students’ Council is a social and non-commercial youth organisation, which unites the students of Dauniskis gymnasium. Students’ Council consists of 16 members. We have school president and 3 committees: children rights, sports and the press. Every year we have election campaign, where all volunteers can take part for the post of the pupils’ president. During the election all the students and teachers vote and elect the president and 16 members of students’ Council

11. Students’ Council Represents Dauniskis gymnasium and its community in social movements; Organizes school events and celebrations. Organizes meetings and solves school children’s problems; meets their needs and proposals. Takes part in many projects and programmes; Cooperates with school director, school’s and teachers’ councils; Organizes the press conferences.

12. Collaboration IT and Math Institute Vilnius University, Laser faculty Kaunas University of technology Regional schools

13. Traditions and events 1. Events marking national holidays:   January 13 th   February 16th   March 11 th 2. A study of political parties 3. Anniversary of achieving Gymnasium status 4. An hour of poetry and hymns to mark Advent 5. Christmas celebrations 6. Sports day for district schools 7. European Day. Events connected with the international projects. 8. Celebration to honor the best gymnasium students.

14. Project activities at school Projects have been implemented at the Dauniškis Secondary School since 1994. Project activities began from an international cooperative project with the Gimle School of Economics, located in Kristiansand, Norway. From 2001 to 2004, our school carried out the first international Socrates/Comenius 1.1 school project, ‘Citizens of Europe in the New Millenium’. At present, our school participates in projects of different levels: school, district, republic, international, online.

15. Project activities at school 2004 - 2007 Socrates/Comenius 1.3. “Equal opportunities for all” 2005 – 2007 ELOS (Comenius 3), Comenius 1.1 “Imagine: Europe is closing in...” 2005-2011 “Spring Days in Europe” 2007-2009 LLP. Comenius partnership project “EURidentity, my background” 2006 -2007 started – Socrates/Grundtvig 2 “ EDUCATION FOR THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE “; 2007-2009 Grundtvig partnership project ‘GAME” 2010-2011 – eTwinning international projects: GAME Under the open Sky – Romantic Astronomy Joy in Life – more than lots of money in your pocket! 2013-2015 Training for LIFE:Leadership Initiative For Europe

16. 2006-2007 project activities A special excursion to Druskininkai Project participants visited the Educational Centre in Druskininkai ”(it’s 230 km from Utena) and had the lecture on pshycological theme “Crises of children”. Participants visited the sanatorium of mineral waters and SPA center. Participants enjoyed 18 different baths in aqua-park.

17. 2007-2008 project activities Lecture : “Healthy attitude to life ” The target group was formed from 41 adult participants. Lecture “Healthy attitude to life” was given by Vladas Vitkauskas, the famous Lithuanian mountaineer.

18. 2007-2008 project activities Lecture: “Healthy food” Themes of the lectures: 1. “Genetically modified food” 2. “Ecological food” 3. “Water as an important medicament for the health of people”.

19. 2008-2009 project activities Training sessions 2 times per week at 18.00 -19.00

20. 20 Thank you for your attention!