This document provides information about secondary school Hvar located on the island of Hvar, Croatia. It summarizes that Hvar island has a population of 11,000 inhabitants and is known for its beautiful nature and cultural heritage. The secondary school Hvar was founded in 1965 and has about 300 students across its grammar school and vocational programs in tourism, catering, and agriculture. It highlights several of the school's extracurricular activities and cultural heritage projects, and notes that the Ministry of Tourism supports the school's work in developing sustainable tourism.

1. Secondary
school
Hvar

2. Our island is located on the south
of Croatia, in Dalmatia.

3. Island Hvar has a few times been declared as one of the ten most beautiful
islands in the world by Travel & Leisure. Our island is a combination of beautiful
nature, long history and people that preserved and cherished all values of this
Mediterranean jewel.
It has a population of
11.000 inhabitants. The
majority lives in towns on
the coast: Hvar, Jelsa, Stari
Grad and Vrboska.

4. HVAR
Town Hvar is the top tourist
destination in Croatia. At the
moment it is famous as a party
destination, but there are
many important monuments
and other parts of cultural
heritage, so local authorities
work hard to promote cultural
tourism.

5. Cultural heritage in Hvar
Cathedral of St. Stephen
Franciscan monastery
Agava lace
The Fortress

6. Stari Grad
The name means Old Town and it is the oldest settlement on the island,
founded by the Greek colonists in 384 BC.

7. Stari Grad Plain - UNESCO
The Greek settlement included
the fortified town and the
parcelized field Chora Pharou –
Ager Pharensis – fertile fields
parcelized by dry walls in over
70 rectangular plots.It is one of
the best preserved ancient
parcelizations on the
Mediterranean, which is why it
was placed on the UNESCO list
of world heritage.

8. Jelsa
Jelsa is a small picturesque settlement situated in a bay on the north side of
the island of Hvar.

9. Procession ‘Za križen’ - UNESCO
Za križen (following a cross) is a night
procession that happens every
Maundy Thursday on the island of
Hvar, Croatia. The event has centuries
of tradition and is included in the
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Lists.
The procession is a unique ceremony
in the middle part of the island that
has been held for five centuries. It
lasts 8 hours in which everyone passes
25 km.

10. Other places

11. School history
● this our school building in
Hvar, where education has
been ongoing since 1939.
● Secondary school Hvar was
founded in 1965.

12. There is a department of Secondary school Hvar in Jelsa
General information:
● 45-min lessons, 5 min breaks
● two shifts (morning and afternoon)
● autumn term 10th September until
Christmas, spring term mid-January to
mid-June
● Approx. 300 students
● Air-conditioning necessary

13. Programmes
•Grammar School
•Vocational schools for
- Tourism
- Catering
- Agriculture

14. Grammar school
● 4 years
● external final exams

15. Grammar school
● Grammar school offers general education
● Throughout the four years students have many
subjects such as 3 different languages,
psychology, logic, philosophy, music, art, etc.

16. Grammar school
Students participate in many competitions where they
achieve great results especially in Mathematics and English.
After graduation they enroll at universities in Croatia and
other European countries

17. Vocational school for tourism
● 4 years
● optional external final exams
● practical skills

18. Vocational school for catering (chef, waiter, confectioner)
● 3 years
● Practical skills

19. Our vocational school students participate in every school
and town activity. Everyone enjoys their dishes!

20. Vocational school students learn many skills. Some of them are
rewarded at international competitions. The most prestigious awards
are given at the competition GASTRO. A few years ago our student
won the 1st place in category “Presenting a destination”.

21. Extracurricular activities
• ERASMUS+ (5 projects)
• Volunteers (Red Cross)
• Groups (journalism, sports, photography, ecology etc.)
• Drama group
• School choir
• Cultural heritage group

22. Drama group performs 2-3 times a year

23. There are many school groups such as: journalist group,
ecological group, archeology group, school sports club etc.
All this groups work by their own programs and are very
active during the whole year.

24. Cultural heritage group is implemented in many subjects: geography,
history and Croatian language. Students get acquainted with rich cultural
values of Hvar. They visit museums, sites, they are shown old tools and
knowledge of modeling old ships and similar old trades. Three parts of
cultural heritage from Island Hvar are protected by UNESCO: procession
“Za križen” , agava lace and Stari Grad Plain “Hora”

25. Masquerade - students and teachers dress
up in different costumes and throw a party
during the carnival

26. The Ministry of tourism has been supporting our projects in developing tourism
of higher quality for a few years. Students of vocational programme participate
in those projects every year.

27. •Workshops
•Innovative teaching
•Team work
•Mobilities
Erasmus+

31. New Methodologies to avoid early
school leaving
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32. CHANCE