- Saint Julian's School
Saint Julian's is a private
English language school inCarcavelos ,Portugal , 19 minutes by train fromLisbon . St. Julian's offers the BritishCurriculum up to and including theiGCSE s. The final two years are only forInternational Baccalaureate Diploma students. St. Julian's also offers a Portuguese Section, offering the Portuguese Curriculum until 9º ano (equivalent to 10th grade). It is known Portugal Wide.St. Julian's was opened on
November 25 ,1932 , on the site of an 18th centurypalace , built byJosé Francisco da Cruz , Treasurer to KingD. José I .Several national and international famous figures have their children studying. Celebrities who have attended the school include for example Bryan Adams, the famous singer.At present, the headmaster is Mr. David Smith, the Primary School principal Mr. Robert Bienkowski, and the Secondary School Principal Mr. Nick Connelly. The school has a team of student prefects from the International Baccalaureate program as well as a head girl and a head boy who change every year.
Extracurricular activities
The school runs several festivals and extra curricular activities such as the international schools sports festival, arts festivals and the occasional drama production. The school also recently joined
Eco-Schools , a programme to make schools more "ecologically efficient", encouraging students to be more responsible ecologically for the future.It has three houses based on its Founders:
* Franklin
* Bucknall
* Etherington Smith
St Julian's School is a British international day school with a consistent academic, sporting and artistic tradition. The school offers students aged three to eighteen an English style education in Portugal. We encourage a sense of personal achievement combined with concern for others.
External links
* [http://www.stjulians.com St Julian's official website]
* [http://www.ibo.org/school/000409/ St Julian's IBO information]
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