Our school is located in Sîncel village in Transylvania, Romania. It has 240 students from preschool to middle school, including 55 Roma students. It aims to provide equal opportunities and the best education for all students. Notable projects include rural education projects from 2005-2006, a Phare project for disadvantaged groups, and an educational grant project in 2007. The school has also participated in international partnerships and competitions, winning first place nationally for the "Made for Europe" competition in 2013 and 2014. It celebrates various cultural events and encourages extracurricular activities to develop students' values of respect, tolerance, and appreciation of diversity.

1. ALBA COUNTYALBA COUNTY
ROMANIAROMANIA
ŞŞCOALA GIMNAZIALCOALA GIMNAZIALĂĂ
“ION POP RETEGANUL”“ION POP RETEGANUL” SSÎÎNCELNCEL

2. Our school:
•located in Sîncel - a village in the heart of
Transylvania
•small public school, dating back as far as 1787-
1789, having three levels of education: preschool,
primary and middle school
•comprising 240 students, aged 3 to 15 years old, 55
of them being of Roma ethnicity (22.91%), and 15 of
them having special educational needs (6.25%)
•other two structures: one primary school in the
village of Pănade (3 km away) and one primary
school in the village of Iclod (1 km away); thus,
children attending middle school commute from
these two villages.
Sîncel and the other two villages form an
administrative unit which unfortunately, is an
underprivileged rural area as most people’s income
comes from agriculture and the level of
unemployment is very high as more than 50% of the
families are on welfare.

3. Motto:
“It takes a whole village to teach a child”.

4. Following the above motto, our school aimsaims
at:at:
ensuring equal rights and equal
opportunities for all its students;
providing the best education for every
pupil;
offering a stimulating and broad curriculum
and a wide variety of extracurricular pursuits;
encouraging the development of a set of
shared values, such as: respect, tolerance,
fairness, compassion, appreciation of cultural
diversity, love for their traditions;
heightening student awareness and
engagement in social, environmental and
intercultural activities through opportunities
within and outside the academic program;
engaging parents, the community and the
local authorities in support of the school.

5. IMPORTANT PROJECTS
&
ACTIVITIES
 „Şcoala, inima satului” - 2005-
2006 Rural Education Project
 „Acces la Educaţie pentru Grupuri
Dezavantajate” – 2005 – 2006
Phare Project
 „Sete de cultură” - 2007
Educational Development Grant
Project
 „Pentru CLICK nu sunt prea mic”
2013 ASSOCLIC Project

6.  ““Growing-up dancingGrowing-up dancing” - dance contest” - dance contest
2009 - present
 ““Growing-up dancingGrowing-up dancing” - dance contest” - dance contest
2009 -2009 - presentpresent

9. Peace Corps VolunteersPeace Corps Volunteers (2010-2013)

10.  MULTILATERAL COMENIUS PARTNERSHIP
2007-2009
“From our backyard to a multicultural adventure”

11. ““FromFrom SShadow tohadow to LLight”ight”
 MULTILATERAL COMENIUS
PARTNERSHIP 2011 – 20132011 – 2013
Coordinator:Coordinator: Bloj Lenu ațBloj Lenu aț
Teachers involvedTeachers involved: 15: 15
Students involvedStudents involved:: 220000
Target group: students aged 9-15Target group: students aged 9-15
Targeted mobilitiesTargeted mobilities: 24: 24
Realized mobilities:Realized mobilities: 3030
BuBuddget: €24000get: €24000

12. Partners
• Szkola Podstawowa Nr. 171 im. Stanislawa Staszica, loc. Wesola -Warsaw, Poland -
coordinator
• Școala Gimnazială "Ion Pop Reteganul" Sâncel, Romania
• Leighswood School, loc. Walsall, UK
• Zakladna umelecka skola Jozefa Rosinskeho v Nitre, loc. Nitra, Slovakia
• 1° Circolo Didattico “Raffaele Arfé”, loc. Somma Vesuviana, Italy
• Osnovno uchilishte "Lyuben Karavelov", loc. Burgas, Bulgaria
• Ozel Bursa Doga Ilkogretim Okulu, loc. Bursa, Turkey

13. Activities
• Project meetings
• Volunteering actions
• Drama performances
• Collaboration with
local theatres
• Drama, IT workshops
• Festivals
• The play „From
Shadow to Light”
presented on the stage
of the Lalka Theatre in
Warsaw, Poland
• Drama Guide

14.  ““MADE FOR EUROPE” – national competitionMADE FOR EUROPE” – national competition
2013 & 2014 - our school won first place two years in a row.

15.  Art projectsArt projects
 One World Classrooms

16.  iEARN Project – Holiday Card Exchange

17.  European Day of LanguagesEuropean Day of Languages

18.  Halloween FunHalloween Fun

19.  Thanksgiving DayThanksgiving Day

20.  Christmas CelebrationChristmas Celebration

22.  Celebrating Romania’s National DayCelebrating Romania’s National Day

24.  ““MMăărţişoare” – creating symbols of springrţişoare” – creating symbols of spring

25.  Global Campaign for EducationGlobal Campaign for Education

26.  Europe’s DayEurope’s Day

27.  Celebrating Children’s DayCelebrating Children’s Day

28.  School Trips – discovering our countrySchool Trips – discovering our country

29. “Education is the most powerful weapon whichEducation is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the worldyou can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

30. Thank you for your attention!Thank you for your attention!