Martti Ahtisaari School, Kuopio, FinlandMartti Ahtisaari School, Kuopio, Finland

Martti Ahtisaari School

Martti Ahtisaari school is a primary school for Finnish grades 1–6 (ages 7 to 13 years),for 500 pupils.

The school work in this fresh school in Kuopio began on August 2011.

There are under 400 pupils (grades 1-6), 21 teachers (staff 45) and 5 groups for preschool on 2013-2014.

Martti Ahtisaari School

Martti Ahtisaari Primary School will be specialized to international partnership, peace education world wide, understanding between different kind of people, conciliation and language studies (english).

Pupils with special needs will be integrated to normal primary school system as often as possible. Our aim is to take care of all kind of pupils and help them growing up through their own strengths.

Martti Ahtisaari School

Martti Ahtisaari School

Subjects

Subjects 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

finnish 7 7 5 5 4 5 33

english (1) (1) 2 2 2 2 8

Second language - - - 2 2 2 6

Mathematics 3 3 4 4 4 4 22

Environmental studies

2 2 3 3 - - 10

Biology / geography - - - - 2 1 3

Physics / Chemistry - - - - 1 1 2

Religion / Ethics 1 1 1 2 1 2 8

History - - - - 2 1 3

Music 1 1 2 1 2 2 9

Arts 1 2 2 1 2 2 10

Handycraft 2 1 2 2 2 2 11

Sports 2 2 2 3 3 3 15

YHTEENSÄ: 19 19 23 23 25 25 134

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Opening Ceremonies

14.10.2011

Martti Ahtisaari School

Martti Ahtisaari (born 23 June 1937), whom the school is named, is the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), Nobel Peace Prize laureate and United Nations diplomat and mediator, noted for his international peace work.

The Nobel statement said that Mr. Ahtisaari has played a prominent role in resolving many conflicts in Namibia, Indonesia, Kosovo and Iraq, among other areas.

Kuopio was where Ahtisaari spent most of his childhood.

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Location / Saaristokaupunki–the town of islands

Saaristokaupunki is a new district in Kuopio in which 6 000 new houses for approximately 14 000 new inhabitants will be built in next fifteen years. Saaristokaupunki represents new kind of housing world-wide: all the houses are situated no more than 500 meters away from the lake Kallavesi and there will be approximately 40 km of shoreline in Saaristokaupunki area. Totally Saaristokaupunki area is about 13 km2.

Martti Ahtisaari Primary School is located in the town of islands, close to the center of the city.