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Opening Ceremony
The school year 2016 / 2017 has begun.
Friday´s news from OPEN GATE
The start of the new school year 2016/2017 would be unthinkable without you receiving your regular dose of Friday letter news. And here it is.
Open Gate students visited CERN
Three Oktava students visited CERN as a special treat at the end of their studies. Students accompanied by two members of staff spent a day at the Swiss Nuclear Research organization.
Veni, vidi, vici
The regional competition the “School Magazine of 2016” took place in Prague on Thursday 14 April 2016.
It’s the seventh year of our swimming marathon!
The time of the year is here again – it’s time for the swimming marathon!
Challenging Stereotypes: Tolerance Day at OG
A very special event, Tolerance Day, took place at OG in the morning of Thursday 17th March. Students from Kvarta to Oktava were given the unique opportunity to attend five rotating seminars, each focused on one of the major world religions and led by a special guest speaker.
Lord of the Flies
The English department of Open Gate has decided to make a project based on a book called Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, where different English groups would work together on presenting the story in four different ways: as a puppet theater, a bird view theater, an animation, and a classical theater.
Maturita results
The exam month this year ran from the 5.5. through to the 27.5. Of the 21 candidates this year only 3 chose the IB with Czech Language, 18 chose the complete State Maturita with 14 of them adding to that the entire IB Diploma package, and the remaining three doing Maturita with IB certificates.
Four OG students get their gold diploma DofE
The best of the best were last Wednesday invited to the Award ceremony to collect their certificates and medals; this time at the Černinsky Palace with Her Royal Highness Sophie, The Duchess of Wessex presenting.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
This month, students of Sekunda have been studying various forms of graphic novels, their elements and structure.
New Students Can Apply to Enroll at Open Gate by March 15, 2015
Less than half of the students pay school fees at the Open Gate private high school in Babice near Prague. Need-based and academic grants provided by The Kellner Family Foundation open the door to quality education for children regardless of their families’ financial standing.
During November, in Prostějov, Ostrava and Zlín, children can sit mock admission tests
The mock tests, which will be taken in Prostějov, Ostrava and Zlín, allow children to try out the procedure for admission to this grammar school. Half the pupils are studying here thanks to grants. If the children pass the tests, they will only face an interview during the conventional admission procedure.