I.C. Martin Luther KING Comprehensive School in Grugliasco, Italy has three kindergartens, three primary schools and two secondary schools. The school aims to develop students' skills in subjects like math and languages to prepare them to become global citizens, increase continuity between grade levels, prevent dropout, and develop individual potentials through programs in various areas. The school offers activities for students depending on their age group, including Italian and European language courses, sports, coding workshops, and an emotional and affective laboratory to develop self-awareness and manage emotions. Teachers are trained to focus on acquiring emotional skills like conflict management and social skills.
1. I.C. Martin Luther KINGComprehensive School since 1997
Situated in Grugliasco, near Turin in a suburban area
Composed by three kindergartens, three primary schools and two secondary schools
I HAVE A DREAM!
We all have a dream about our children:
that they can feel good at school, learn well motivated
and prepare themselves to go in the world
2. The teachers team aims to pursue the following objectives:
1) Developing skills to train the citizens of the world (math skills, language skills, etc.)
2) Increasing continuity experiences among the three levels of school
3) Check and prevent school dropout
4) Developing individual potentials through coaching programs: body movement and
sports, music and theater, science and computer science, painting and crafts,
Italian and European languages.
3. All of our pupils are involved in a lot of
activities, depending on their age.
Here we show you those that concern the
theme of our Erasmus
Some training courses are now a
longstanding identity of our school, like…
4. Italian and European languages… to become
citizens of the world, (better than we are!!!)
6. Multimedia workshop like
Coding activities (coding is
what makes it possible for us
to create computer software,
apps and websites). In school,
the teachers propose to the
pupils activities of
computational thinking: these
helps to develop logical skills
and ability to creatively and
efficiently solve problems,
skills that are important for all
future citizens. The simplest
and most fun way to develop
computational thinking is
through programming (coding)
in a game context.
8. The school offers to the pupils, attending the 3rd, 4th and 5th classes of Primary
School, an emotional and affective educational laboratory, where childrens have
the chance to develop awareness about their own emotions, telling about them
and sharing them, as they learn strategies to manage these emotions (anger, fear,
disgust, sadness, joy etc.)
An activity to present yourself
9. A lot of methodologies are used in laboratory, as cooperative,
autobiographical, maieutic and psychodramatic ones
12. Each teacher is trained and will focus on the acquisition of emotional skills such
as:
• The conflict management (using in this case a masculine approach to
• litigating among children, experienced in our institute and subject
• to a national publication);
• the critical use of technologies (to prevent cyberbullying);
• the social skills to work in groups
13. Some of the teachers use proposals oriented to enhance focus and self
awareness during different times of the day, through exercises and relaxing
practices, meditation and mindfulness.
14. The school also involves parents in
training paths on being aware parents
