“Joan Ekzarh” School of Humanities is one of the schools in the town of Shumen that has proved to be a school with traditions. It has been preserving and developing the good traditions and the modern values in the realm of Humanities for 10 years now.

TODAY 64 HIGHLY SKILLED TEACHERS ARE IN CHARGE OF 906

STUDENTS

Students from 8th to 12th grade study in specialized classes, where there is an increased number of periods in Humanities, Foreign languages and Computer literacy. All lessons are hold in modern classrooms. There are specialized classrooms for different school subjects (e.g. History, Europeistics, and etc.),

as well as a cosy library.

The school is named after one of the most eminent Bulgarian medieval scholars of the 10th century – Joan Exarch. His work, which concentrates in itself philosophy, theology and natural science, has turned into an encyclopedia for the medieval Christian. Our school’s feast is in his honour.

Our school is included in the

ARION journal (a journal of the

European Committee on Culture and Education).

It is a centre of modern ideas and

values. It has won many

prizes in local and national

competitions, contests and Olympiads.

One of the symbols of our school is its flag. It stands together with the Bulgarian national flag and

the European flag.

THE SYMBOL OF OUR SCHOOL – A 5TH CENTURY MOSAIC WORK FROM THE TOWN OF CONSTANTINOPLE

The teachers in the school have business laptops and multimedia projectors. There is Internet connection in the whole school. There are excellent condition for using ICTs in the learning process.

In the website of “Joan Ekzarh” School of Humanities students, parents and the public can find information about the school.

http://hg-shumen.com

Our school is one of the first schools in Bulgaria that works in the realm of Health and Sexual Education. 1st project: Family and School – Partners in Building the Sexual Culture of the Rising Generation (2006-2007)

Students (grades 1st – 11th), their parents and their teachers take part in the project. The classes are held in a specially designed Health Education laboratory.

A lot of trainings, quizzes and happenings were organized and carried out.

Project – A Healthy Way of Life

Project – Building a Playground

A project for introducing school uniforms – part of the program “The School – a Students’ Territory”

The project “The Influence of Media on Students” is

the first international project of our school. Our

partner is “Montessori” College, Nijmegen,

Holland. The participants in the project were

familiarized with the work of the local media. They visited local newsrooms

and editorial offices.

THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROJECT VISITED THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

The students of our school (former and present) have gained many certificates and

prizes from different competitions.