The History of the Bishop Grammar School

 The Bishop Grammar School in Žďár nad Sázavou was established in 1993. Our school provides comprehensive secondary education. Thanks to this fact our students can study at any type of a university or a high school and achieve good results there. The range of subjects recommended by The Ministry of Education, is extended by Religious Education, Latin and basics of ethics, philosophy and psychology, because church schools generally pay more attention to ethical feeling. Humanities include Czech, English, German, French and Russian, History, Music lessons, Art and Civics. Natural sciences include Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Computer studies. The school has many well-equipped laboratories. There are laboratories, a music studio and computers there. The school has also its own library, chapel and canteen. The school is placed in one building, has approximately 350 students and 20 teachers. In the course of the last two years of their studies, students can modify their classes by choosing special subjects that they consider important for their school-leaving examination or future career. The students take part in various competitions like competitions in natural sciences, Czech and foreign languages. The Bishop Grammar School has a few partner schools in foreign countries – Slovakia, Germany, Great Britain and Finland. It organises trips and stays for its students on the reciprocal basis.

Socrates – type Lingua E, the programme of the European Union for the language learning support, supported stays in England and Finland.

 March 1999 – The History and Contemporary Life of the Cotswolds

Thirteen students had an unique opportunity to spent fortnight in south-western England. The first week they attended English classes at Marlwood Comprehensive School in Alveston and during the second one they visited English towns and cities (Stratford-upon-Avon, Bristol, Cheltenham, Bath). They enjoyed a nice hilly countryside, with pastures, hedges and sheep. They could practice their English and experience the English lifestyle.

 May 2000 – The Midsummer Madness

 Twelve students spent two weeks at Lehtisaaren Koulu school in Säynatsälo near the Finish town Jyväskylä. They visited towns Kaipola, Tampere and Muuratsaalo, but their main task was to adapt a book by Tove Janson called Midsummer Madness to a screenplay and to perform it for their Finish and Czech school audience.

 In September 2000, their Finish colleagues visited Žďár nad Sázavou and saw some sights of the Czech Republic (St. John of Nepomuk Church, Pernštejn Castle) and worked on the project ‘Sports in the Czech Republic’