“GELU VOIEVOD” HIGH SCHOOL,

GILĂU, CLUJ COUNTY, ROMANIA

OUR COMMUNE Gilău is a very beautiful commune situated in the north-western

part of Romania, in the heart of Transylvania, on the basin of Someşul Mic river, at 20 km away from the county residence, Cluj- Napoca city. It consists of three more villages: Somesu-Rece, Somesu-Cald and Somesu-Rece-Uzina.

Dating back in time approximately 3000 years ago, its name is thought to have come from the name of an ancient ruler of these lands, Gelu, Romanian voivode of the 10th century.

The locality is characterized by hill and mountain relief, with vegetation made by leafy and resinous forests and has a high potential in tourism and amusement, sports practicing, especially the winter ones but also the opportunity of business founding and developing in agriculture, zootechny, apiculture, pisciculture, forestry domain and other, existing various available terrain surfaces.

The inhabitants (over 7000) are some welcoming and hardworking people, who have developed in time a great respect for their traditions and values.

GILAU

TOURISTIC ATTRACTIONS

Among the main touristic objectives are:

the Tarniţa lake- anthropical lake with

power purpose- and the Wass Castle

(15th- 16th centuries), built in Renaissance

style and temporarily used by the family of

Michael the Brave. Within the castle area

there still can be seen the ruins of an

ancient Roman fort.

THE TARNITA LAKE

THE WASS CASTLE

THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN FORT WITHIN THE CASTLE AREA

OUR SCHOOL The first school in Gilău is said to have

been established around the year 1642, but data about a Romanian school first appear in 1784; there existed then a Primary School, in the first half of the 20th century, and later an Elementary 7th form school.

Since 1998, our school received the status of high school, having 71 teachers and 1074 pupils (kindergarten, primary, secondary, high school).

OUR HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING

NO. 1 KINDERGARTEN

NO. 2 KIDERGARTEN

OUR PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING

RESOURCES “Gelu Voievod” High School has both a solid material base and

qualified didactic personnel

Material Resources 45 modern furnished classrooms 4 laboratories (Biology, Chemistry, Informatics, Physics) a sports room 2 synthetic sports grounds a Documenting and Information Center

MATERIAL BASESPORTS ROOM

MATERIAL BASESYNTHETIC GROUND

MATERIAL BASEKINDERGARTEN

MATERIAL BASEINFORMATICS LABORATORY

MATERIAL BASEHISTORY LABORATORY

OTHER MATERIAL RESOURCES

Our school library, consisting of 13.327 volumes (Romanian and universal literature, psychology and pedagogy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, history, geography, informatics, encyclopedias and dictionaries).

Audio-video materials, electronic devices used during lessons.

HUMAN RESOURCES2009- 2010 SCHOOL YEAR

Number of students and preschool students: 1074

Number of teachers: 71

Distribution on didactic degrees of teachers:

1st degree teachers 27 2nd degree teachers 15Definitive degree teachers 18 Entry level 11

OUR TEACHERS

OUR SCHOOL PERFORMANCES

CONTESTS “Gelu Voievod” High

School traditionally organizes and/or takes

part in County Contests in different fields

WINNERS OF THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND

LITERATURE COUNTY CONTEST

Crina Brudasca, 7th form, Paul Pop, 8th form, Technology County and National Contests (Ms.

Silvia Salanta, teacher coordinator)

Ariana Muresan, 8th form, Orthodox Religion County Contest (Ms. Maria Marza,

teacher coordinator)

Horațiu Mureşan, 5th form B, 2nd place County Chess Contest (Mr. Petru Brad,

teacher coordinator)

3rd Prize “Let’s Be Together” County Contest

Technology Section

Special Prize “Let’s Be Together” County ContestGeneral Knowledge Section

Lidia Lazar, 11th form, 3rd Prize “Open the Gates to Nonviolence” County Contest (Ms. Camelia Popa, teacher

coordinator)

Dana Purcel, 8th form, 1st Prize, National Folk Contest “Flowers of the Month of May” (Mrs. Ramona Toadere, teacher coordinator)

Ramona Neamt, 7th form, 3rd Prize, Inter-counties Folk Festival “Muguri de dor” (Mrs. Ramona Toadere, teacher coordinator)

Crina Bodea, 7th form, Special Prize International Contest “A Winter’s Dream” (Ms. Livia Pop, teacher coordinator)

Calin Prigoana, 6th form, Paul Pop, 8th form, 1st Prize, Chemistry and Physics National Contest, „Perpetuum Mobile”, County stage (Mrs. Kopenetz Melinda, Mrs. Tamas Ecaterina, Mr. Brad Petru,

teacher- coordinators)

High School Football Team, 1st Prize, “Cupa Primăverii” Floreşti (Mr. Mihai Vele, teacher

coordinator)

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPSTHE VILLAGE HALL AND THE LOCAL

COUNCIL

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPSCENTER OF DOCUMENTING AND

INFORMATION

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS “MEDICINE AND PHARMACY” UNIVERSITY

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPSCULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS “CUNUNA APUSENILOR” FOLK

DANCE ENSEMBLE

PROJECTS AND PARTNERSHIPS „DIVERSITY AND EQUALITY OF

CHANCES IN OUR SCHOOL” Our Minister of Education organized, during

the 2009- 2010 school year, an informative campaign within the PHARE project “Acces to Education of Disadvantaged Groups”.

Between September 20th- October 2nd, there took place a National Contest “My Friendly School”.

Our team, consisting of Borbely Agnes, Alina and Raluca Sfirlea, 5th form B (Mrs. Cristina Hnadru, teacher coordinator) won a Special Prize in the Photo Section.

OUR SCHOOL MAGAZINE Beginning with the second semester of the 2008-

2009 school year, there appears a magazine of our school, entitled “The Journal of our School Years”.

The editorial team consists of our headteachers, Ruxandra Hulpe and Carmen Prigoană, our Romanian teacher, Livia Pop- coordinator, our Religion teacher, Dan Benţa- editor, students from the 9th, 10th and 11th forms ;

All students and teachers in our school contribute, in fact, to the making of our magazine.

OUR EDITORIAL TEAM

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIESSTUDENT FESTIVITY

TEACHER’S DAY

“Education is what remains after all that has been learnt is

forgotten” (B. F. Skinner)