What we do?
"Meet the Unique School in the World" is Skype lesson published on Microsoft Education Community website, where teachers and students from all over the world connect with our classroom and talk with us about our language, culture, and tradition, but also about contemporary topics and trends. Skype is free tool and easy for use, and as we are small school in the rural area, that is very convenient way to access to classrooms all over the world. School is unique in the world because it is the only school in the world where students can get high school education in Ruthenian language. Ruthenian language is spoken by Ruthenian minority, which counts about 15 thousand people in Serbia, but there are Ruthenians in other parts of the world. Education in Ruthenian language in Serbia has long tradition of over 260 years. Today, in our school we follow modern curriculum, apply technology in education and participate in many different activities. Education in Ruthenian language, as well in other minorities languages, is supported by the Serbian government. Also, students writeblogposts in different languages in order to introduce our school to the world.
Why we do it?
We are small community, but access to modern technology gives us the possibility to share our story. Despite all global trends, small group of students chose to educate in their mother Ruthenian tongue and in that way one micro language is kept alive. Benefits of bilingualism are very well known, and we want to share our story and show it to the world. We believe that uncommon examples, such as our is, could inspire others, bring new ideas and develop communication and connections among young people.
