Agrupamento De Escolas Teixeira de Pascoaes
The Agrupamento de Escolas de Amarante is a school of general education located in the city of Amarante in the north of Portugal. It consists of three pre-schools and primary schools in the urban area of the city, four kindergarden and primary schools in a semi-urban area and eleven schools located in a vast territory mainly rural.
Background and experience
There are 1758 students attending school: 292 children in Pre-school ( 3 to 6 years old); 671 pupils in 1st cycle of Primary School( 6 to 10 years old): 454 students in 2nd cycle ( 10 to 12 years old) of Intermediate; 341 students in 3rd cycle of Low Secondary ( 12 to 15 years old).
The staff consists of 179 teachers; the nonteaching staff consists of 68 employees. There’s a psychologist. Our school has a partnership with an art school - CCA (Amarante Cultural Center). This is a school recognized and certified by the Portuguese Ministry of Education for the teaching of music and dance. This school has more than 800 students, divided by five levels of education and maintains partnerships in other Portuguese public schools. This art school has certified and professionalized teachers in music and dance teaching. These teachers give classes to groups of pupils and individual classes, whenever they have to teach an instrument: for example, flute, violin, piano. Normally, this school makes small concerts with its young musicians.
Students with special needs: 88
Social School Action: 783 receiving economic aid (50%)
Contact
Av. General Vitorino Laranjeira,
nº 292, S. Gonçalo
4600-018 Amarante
+351 255194211