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Søve Videregående skole

Søve Videregående skole. Agricultural school since 1893 Beautiful location by the Telemark Canal in the middle of Telemark – halfway between the Skagerak Sea and Hardangervidda Mountains (an hour away ) A growing modern school and center for agriculture

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Søve Videregående skole

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  1. Søve Videregående skole Agricultural schoolsince 1893 Beautiful location by the Telemark Canal in themiddleof Telemark – halfwaybetweenthe Skagerak Sea and Hardangervidda Mountains (an houraway) A growingmodernschool and center for agriculture By Terje Kristoffersen, Principal

  2. The school and the farm • Manybuildingsaroundtheold farm • Agriculture and settlement sincetheStone Age • Manyreminders from theStone Age, Viking Age • School buildingdesignedby thefamousarchitectSverre Fehn wholived in theneighborhood • 75 hectarsofagricultural land • 350 hectarsofforestland • 30 milkingcows • 30 horses • 300 pigs • 70 sheep • A beautiful farm, park, landscape and view!

  3. Søve offers: First grade Vg 1 Useof nature - a taste ofeverything Second grade Vg 2 Horse relatedcourses, horseshoemakingand farriery Vg 2 Forestry Vg 2 Agriculture Third grade Vg 3 Agriculture Vg 3 General studypreparingfor higher studies Possibledeep studies in mathematics, chemistry and biology Vg 3 General studies for pupils from otherpracticalschools Agriculture for adult studies Weareworkingwithnew studies as: Hunting, fishing, wildlife and outdoor skills – secondlevel Horseshoemakingand farriery– secondlevel(nationwide offer) Technical highschoolstudies as economy and leadership, sheep – extractingand processing products from naturalresources Renewableenergycourse is onboard.

  4. Søveoffers: • A variable schooldayand schoolperiods • High score amongthepupils and parents • High quality in every part oftheschool • Great place – greatview • Modern horse facilities, outdoors and indoors training and competition • New moderncattlehouse and milkproductionprocess • Well - equippedand specialclassrooms • The onlyschoolin Telemark offeringIpadfor all pupils and teachers • Dormitory • Stableanddog-house can be rented • A lot offree nature – themedactivities • Experience for life

  5. Exchange program • Weleadan exchange program with Guatemala since 2007. Guatemalan studentsarevisitingus in Telemark and our students visit them at theirvillage • Wewish to visit ourfriends in the Western World too • USA and Great Britain areournearestallies in many areas • My familyestablished in Chicago around 1910 – book printers as far as I know • Weare in prosess ofdevelopmentofexcitingprograms ofexchangebetweenstudents from SøveandUniversityof Dakota and Minnesota: • Farm workingtechniques and experience as a principleoftheexchange • Knowledge and experiencesharingbetweenSøve and schools and farms in the U.S.A. – students, teachers and farm-workers • Weare in earlystages ofestablishingcontacts for similarexchangewithScotland

  6. Partners Telemark University College Norwegian University of Life Sciences (in Ås) Norwegian School ofVeterinaryScience in Oslo Entrepreneurs and farmers Horse centersand horsefarms Farriers Politicians

  7. MeetSøve at • Dyrskuen in Seljord – 80 000 visitors • Mersmak in Skien – 50 000 visitors • Eplefestivalen in Gvarv – 10 000 visitors? • Minidyrskuen at Søve – 3500 visitors at ourschool and farm (children and families) • Newspapers and magazines • See our videos - Norwegian textonly • Visitus in ‘’Little Norway’’ = Telemark!! • Our staff and students willdo all in power to make youfeelcomfortable and relaxed • Welcome to Søve! • www.sove.vgs.no • Telephone (0047 )35 91 87 00

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