School-Centre of Development Personality
Our school On September 1, 1992 the first experimental School-Centre of Development Personality for 7-16 years old children was opened in Nizhny Novgorod. Expect secondary education the children go trough the special programmes of theatre, arts, rhythmic, ball dances, Russian folk trades, computer studying, foreign languages, especially for 7-10 years old children in infant school. For the children of this age an interesting course on folk Russian traditions has been developed. In the junior school the children are taught according to the special programmes in physics, chemistry, maths, which gives some additional knowledge on this subjects. All the children go through the intensive course of English, French, German. After classes, since 2 p.m., scientific clubs and laboratories on anatomy, botany, geology, radio, computers and so on work at school. In the evening, after 5 p.m., the children spend their time in the clubs and sports sections according to their interests: sewing,ball dances, art, choir, knitting, fencing, carate, judo, mountaineering, etc.
Summer time
Every year our school organises joint summer camps for the children of our and foreign countries. There the children spend time discussing scientific problems on ecology, botany, geology, etc. Since 1992 we organised 2 international Russian-American ecological mountaineering camp in Tijan-Shan mountains and in N.Novgorod region, Russian-French training camp in caves in Nizhny Novgorod region, the same time the children of our school are taking part in International camps and projects all around the world.
If you are interesting in scouting you are welcome to visit our scout's summer Camp "VETLUGA - 97"
You are very welcome to visit us in Russia, in Nizhny Novgorod. We will be very glad to see you in our school, in our camps. If you are interested, contact us immediately!
Programme of staying in N.Novgorod and region for our guests (8 days)
Day 1 ·Meeting at the railway station ·Family accommodation (or removal to a boarding house) ·Breakfast in families, rest, launch ·Sightseeing in N.Novgorod, excursions ·Dinner ·The party at the school ("Nice to meet you")
Day 2 ·Breakfast in families ·Excursion on board of helicopter ·Lunch ·Excursion to the museum of showing scenes of past time life under the open sky in N.Novgorod ·Dinner ·Evening party
Day 3 ·Breakfast in families ·Departure to Ichalki ·Launch ·Examination of caves ·Dinner ·Campfire
Day 4 ·Breakfast ·Examination of caves ·Launch ·Rest, swimming, outdoor activities ·Dinner ·Campfire
Day 5 ·Breakfast ·Leaving for N.Novgorod ·Launch ·Spare time ·Dinner ·Evening party at the school
Day 6 ·Breakfast in families ·Meeting, removal to the yachts ·Shipment of food and equipment ·Sailing ·1st halt for night ·Dinner ·Campfire
Day 7 ·Breakfast ·Shipment ·Sailing ·Launch ·2nd halt for night (near Makariev monastery) ·Dinner ·Campfire
Day 8 ·Breakfast ·Shipment ·Sailing to Makariev monastery ·Excursion to the monastery ·Launch ·Coming home (by bus, about 100 km) ·Dinner ·A farewell party ·Departure to Moscow