In English

• The Upper Secondary School of Forssa was established in 1899, thus being the oldest rural secondary school in Finland.
• The building has been totally renovated some years ago.
• Forssan yhteislyseo has about 420 students. The staff includes 30 teachers.
• Forssan yhteislyseo provides its students with general education at secondary level, which enables them to apply to all forms of higher education.
• General Studies are pursued in more than 75 courses (150 credits) available.
• Forssan yhteislyseo provides a wide selection of courses, there being approximately 200 different courses available.
• Forssan yhteislyseo offers a wide selection of courses in different languages, such as Swedish, English, German, French, Russian, Italian and Spanish.
• The variety of courses available makes it possible to specialize in practically any subject or study orientation.
• In Mathematics there are two different streams of study available, Advanced and General.
• Arts, Music, Drama and Sports offer a variety of courses to choose from.
• Forssan  yhteislyseo also offers optional evening classes of secondary education adjusted to adults and with the opportunity of studying at a distance.
• The study year contains 5 study periods (c. 7 weeks each). Students have different kind of time schedule in study periods. Students choose courses (and even teachers!) according to their interests.
• About 100 students belong to the Sport Academy (ice hockey, ringette, indoor bandy,  basketball, athletics, gym, Finnish baseball etc.).
• About 50 students study especially visual arts and design.

CO-OPERATION

• Forssan yhteislyseo cooperates with schools in Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Kenya,Spain, Romania and Bulgaria.
• Forssan yhteislyseo closely cooperates with e.g. Häme university of applied sciences, The Natural Resources Institute Finland and the enterprises in the region of southwestern Häme.
• Forssan yhteislyseo has exchange students every year.

ICT

• All students have a laptop at school.
• Each classroom has got a Smartboard at the teacher’s disposal.
• The learning platform and interactive e-study books are used in many subjects.

Principal, PhD, MBA Simo Veistola, simo.veistola@forssa.fi, +358 50 564 0057

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