La Arboleda Secondary School is a small school in El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain with about 250 students and 28 teachers. It has a collaborative staff and is located in a sunny region known for its beaches, wines, food, monuments, and culture. The school promotes traditional and new teaching methods, technology in the classroom, gender equality, health, sports, and cultural integration as it has students from 16 nationalities. It also participates in international projects and has been working to improve language education in Spanish, English, and French.

1. LA ARBOLEDA SECONDARY SCHOOL EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA SPAIN

2. Dear friends, we are a small secondary school with about 250 pupils and 28 teachers Who we are

3. Most of our teachers have been working together for a long time. Therefore, we have a good collaborative atmosphere among our staff Who we are

4. There are ten groups with pupils aged from 12/13 to 15/16 in four different levels Who we are

5. Our Parents´ Associtacion is very active and promotes an important amount of activities for all the educational comunity Who we are

6. We are located in the south of Europe, in the south of Spain, where we have nice and sunny weather nearly all year long. Where we are

7. And you can enjoy our beaches, Where we are

8. … our wines and caves, Where we are

9. … our gastronomy, “TAPAS” included, Where we are

10. … our monuments, Where we are

11. … and our culture. Where we are

12. We are a state non-confessional school What we are like

13. Trying to convine traditional and new ways of teaching and learning What we are like

14. Improving the use of new technologies in the classroom What we are like

15. Engaged to the equality between men and women What we are like

16. Promoting healthy habits What we are like

17. And sports What we are like

18. Living the sense of Europe What we are like

19. Participating in a multilateral Comenius Project with France, Italy and Poland What we are like

20. … in a bilateral Project with France, … having taken part in two multilateral e-Twinning project What we are like

21. And integrating different cultures as we have pupils from 16 nationalities. What we are like

22. For the last three years we have been working hard with languages, as we are a plurilingual center (Spanish, English, French) What we are like

23. These are the main reasons for which we would like your children to stay with us in our bilateral project. They´ll enjoy the andalusian hospitality.

24. We hope you´ll enjoy our hospitality too. Dear Comenius Parteners

25. LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU SEE YOU SOON IN EL PUERTO DE SANTA MARÍA SPAIN