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LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE “Teresa Gullace Talotta” Rome. Author: Maria Grazia Maglione. GENERAL INFORMATION.
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LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE“Teresa Gullace Talotta”Rome Author: Maria Grazia Maglione
GENERAL INFORMATION ‘Teresa Gullace Talotta’ is a secondary school specialised in scientific studies, located south of Rome, in the area of Cinecittà, near the famous studios. It was opened in 1979 under the name of “32° Liceo Scientifico” and in 1981 was named “Teresa Gullace Talotta” after the heroine of Roman Resistance. Teresa was a brave woman, mother of five children and expecting the sixth one, shot by a Nazi soldier during the occupation of Rome in 1944 while she was trying to speak to her husband, prisoner in a barrack in the city centre. The famous film director Roberto Rossellini drew inspiration from Teresa Gullace for the well-known character of “Sora Pina” interpreted by Anna Magnani in “Roma Città Aperta”.
SCHOOL LOCATION At present, the school is housed in two different buildings, one located in Piazza Cavalieri del Lavoro, 18 near viale Palmiro Togliatti and the other one in via Solmi, 27, at a short distance. Both sites can be easily reached by underground (see M on the map) and buses (559, 557, 451, 657, 502). The main building The annex building
PRESENT ENROLMENT AND CATCHMENT AREA Its present enrolment is about 1,000 students, boys and girls, aged 14-18, coming above all from the densely populated districts of Cinecittà Est and via Tuscolana but also from other suburban areas south of Rome.
FACILITIES • Each building is equipped with the following facilities: • Multimedia Lab • Physics Lab • Science Lab • Art Lab • Video Lab • Library • Great Hall
COURSES OF STUDY • The Liceo offers three kinds of courses of study: • TRADITIONAL COURSE • in which literary (emphasis on Italian and Latin) • and scientific subjects are well balanced • BILINGUAL COURSE (experimental) • in which students can go on studying two foreign • languages (English and French) • NITP COURSE (experimental) • (National Information Technology Plan) • including scientific subjects such as Maths, Physics, • Natural Science and Chemistry)
STREAMS There are 46 classes, 26 are located in the main building and 20 in the annex. There are streams from letter A to N. 8 streams (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) are complete (with five classes each). The others are incomplete (I, M, N). There are only two NITP courses (B, F) and one bilingual course (E), the others are traditional.
ORGANISATION OF THE SCHOOL YEAR The school can decide how the school year will be organised. The school year consists of a minimum of 200 school days and generally starts in the mid of September and finishes in the mid of June. The school year is divided in two terms, the former from September to January, the latter form February to June. A six-day week from Monday to Saturday is applied. The school timetable does not change during the year. The school-leaving exam takes place in June and July and is run by a board of school teachers (3) and teachers from other schools (4).
ORGANISATION OF SCHOOL TIME Classes begin at 8.30 a.m. Classes may finish at 12.30 p.m, 13.30 p.m. or 14.30 (students of bilingual and NITP courses have six classes once or twice a week). In the morning there is a break from 11.20 to 11.40. Each class lasts 60 minutes. The main building is open for extra-curricular activities at least four afternoons a week (in particular for remedial or reinforcement courses, language perfection courses (Spanish, Chinese ESOL certifications), theatre lab and other school projects.
ABOUT TEACHERS Teachers have 18 classes per week, except Science teachers that have 20 classes per week. They have to take part in Teaching Body Assemblies, Class Committees, Departments meetings. Twice a year there are afternoon teachers-parents meetings to get information about the students’ performances and establish a collaborative relationship between the school and the students’ families. Twice a month teachers have to dedicate an extra-hour to meet the students’ parents also in the morning. At the beginning of the school year teachers have to prepare the educational programming for each class on the basis of the criteria established by their Department. They also have to fill in intermediate reports ‘pagellini’ in the first and second term. At the end of the school year they have to prepare final reports and programmes for each class.
THE MISSION STATEMENT (POF) The School Education Project (POF) is a very important document describing the school identity and providing information on the general objectives and principles of its educational plan. The liceo mission is to provide its students a modern, multicultural, challenging education in order to develop their personality, abilities and attitudes. As a science school, special emphasis is given to thescientific method, at the core of the teaching process. In particular, our school promotesliberty of teaching, collegiality, sharing of choices, respect for diversity, education to legality, receptiveness/openness to the terrritory.
EDUCATION OBJECTIVES Our Liceo uses a teaching/learning process based on the four cultural axes so that students can acquire the Lisbon eight key competences for active citizenship: 1. Learning to learn2. Planning and managing projects3. Communicating4. Collaborating and participating5. Acting autonomously and responsibly6. Problem solving7. Identifying links and relations8. Acquiring and interpreting information These key competences are all interdependent, and the emphasis in each case is on critical thinking, creativity, initiative, problem solving, risk assessment, decision taking, and constructive management of feelings.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION Visit our website: www.liceo.gullace.it
