DATA ABOUT THE PROGYMNASIUM

Title	Vilnius Simonas Daukantas progymnasium
The institution executing the owner‘s rights and obligations	Vilnius City Municipality
Legal form	Budget enterprise
Legal status	Legal entity, code 301806638
The group of educational institution	Comprehensive School
Type of school	Progymnasium
Teaching language	Lithuanian
Address	Naugarduko Str. 7, Vilnius
Telephone number	85 2331488
E-mail	rastine@daukantoprogimnazija.vilnius.lm.lt

CURRICULUM CARRIED OUT AT THE PROGYMNASIUM

• Primary education curriculum
• The first part of the secondary education curriculum

STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE YEARS 2018-2019

There are 997 students learning in the school: 396 students in the grades 1-4, 601 students in the grades 5-8.

There are 70 teachers: 11 teachers, 36 senior teachers, 22 teachers methodologists, 1 expert teacher.

The school employs a psychologist, a speech therapist, special educator, 2 social educator, 5 teachers’ assistants, 2 librarians and a nurse.

ADINISTRATION OF THE PROGYMNASIUM

Headmaster Rita Lūžienė, II managerial cathegory

Deputy Master Sigitas Daubaras

Head of the primary education department Alvyda Blockuvienė (supervises 1-4 grades)

Head of the secondary education department Violeta Labanienė (supervises 5-8 grades)

Head of non-formal education and assistance department Eglė Ankėnienė, II managerial category

Head of education provision department Jelena Jakovleva

SCHOOL HISTORY

The establishment of the school in the year 1993 was initiated by Vilnius Pedagogics University and it was named VPU University School. During the first year of the school‘s operation there were 6 grades (1 – 6 grades) with 172 students. The number of students has been increasing every year. In 1997 the school was reorganized into a secondary school and granted the name of Simonas Daukantas.

In 2001 the school‘s facilities were improved – it was given premises in the city centre in Naugarduko Str. 7, where the school moved from the premises of a former kindergarten located in Lazdynai area Žėručio Str. 15. In 2001 a partial renovation of the building in Naugarduko Str. 7 was completed.

On the 1st of September, 2007 Vilnius “Ąžuolas” basic school was merged with Vilnius Simonas Daukantas School.

Since the 1st of September, 2008 Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Secondary School was divided into two separate legal units - Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Basic School (1 – 8 grades, Naugarduko Str. 7) and Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Secondary School (9 – 12 grades, J. Jasinskio Str. 11).

Since the 1st of September, 2011 Vilnius Simonas Daukantas Basic School was reorgaised into Vilnius Simonas Daukantas progymnasium.

VISION, MISSION, AIMS

Vision

Everyone is well here.

Mission

To provide a high-quality primary and secondary (I p.) education in a safe and creative environment based on mutual respect as well as to create the conditions for all the members of the community to improve themselves.

Strategic aims and objectives for the years 2015-2018

1. To educate the conscience of the members of the school community:
   1. To develop prevention and health activities.
   2. To get the school community members involved into creation of agreements.
   3. To enhance activities of informing and educating parents.
2. To educate leadership among the members of the school community:
   1. To encourage students’ leadership.
   2. To encourage teachers’ leadership.
3. To organise the education basing on the students’ existing competences and creating the condition for obtaining new competences:
   1. To ensure the diversity of formal and non-formal education curricula when planning the contents of education.
   2. To foster the system of students’ assistance.
   3. To raise teachers’ and educators’ qualification.
   4. To renovate and expand educational spaces of the school.