Istituto Superiore Majorana

Progetto Comenius

“Lost in Time”

Our school is an “H” shaped building divided into three floors and a basement.

hall

It started as a Secondary Technical School for Chemistry in1966, and since then it has been enhanced with new studysections such as Computer Studies (I.T.), Agriculture Syllabus, Agronomic Technology and a Secondary School focussing onSciences.The school week goes from Monday to Friday. Lessons start at 8o’clock and finish at 14.15/15.15 and there is have a break in whichstudents can go out to have a snack or eat typical Sicilian food.Lessons take often place in the several school laboratories.In the afternoon students carry out optional educational activitiesto improve their knowledge on some subjects such as Arts,Science, Environment , English, Computer Technology besidesSport Activities.Students who enrol in this school attend five years qualifyingcourses in Chemistry, ICT, Agriculture or the Secondary Schoolfocussing on Sciences to get key competencies and specificprofessional skills.

There is also a school library and multimedia library, a big gymnasium with a multipurpose court.

Some classrooms are supplied with interactive multimedia boards; iPads or tablets and laptops can be used in all the classrooms.

In the auditorium or lecture hall teachers and students meetings or seminars take place.

Students have won several cups and medals in the different sports they have played over the years.

chemistry school section

This section trains students to be concerned with chemical issues related to the environment, scientific investigation, clinical analysis and industrial productions (cosmetology, textiles,...) with regard to management and laboratory.

Core subjects to acquire professional skill are Chemical Analysis, Organic Chemistry, Industrial Chemical Technologies, Chemical Physics.

Chemistry Lab

information technology section

This section builds up professional skills in the production of software, individual and networking laboratory design, computing facilities planning in various companies, notably Telecommunication companies.

Core subjects to acquire professional skills are Electronics and Telecommunications, Systems Processing and Data Processing, Informatics, Calculus of Probability, Statistics, Operational Research.

IT Lab

agriculture school section This section trains skilled technicians in the sector of

agronomy, animal husbandry, environmental ecology and business management. At the end of the course students will be capable of managing farms, cattle-breeding, and agriculture and food processing industries.

Core subjects to acquire professional skills are Agricultural Chemistry , Agricultural Biology, Management and Evaluation Techniques, Vegetable Production Techniques, Breeding Techniques, Topography.

An olives press

vocational school for agricultural technicians

The Vocational School for Agricultural Technicians trains the students to take on the management of medium-sized farms and builds up professional skills in the management of membership organizations and centres of production, marketing and selling of agricultural products.

Core subjects to acquire professional skills are Agriculture Principles, Chemistry Principles, Agricultural Accounting, Agricultural Ecology, Business Economics.

From oranges tomarmelade

secondary school focused on sciences This five years section trains the students in specific

skills to link scientific culture and humanistic tradition providing levels to follow college, university, post- secondary specialization courses, military academies,. .

Core subjects to get final general key competencies are Maths, Physics, Science, Philosophy, History, Arts, Latin.

Science laboratory

Photos by Maria Lo Meo 5S