Founded in 1907, Szent László Gimnázium is located in

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’s 10th District. The

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’s building was designed by the renowned Hungarian architect

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, and has been in use since 1915.
The gymnasium runs 25 classes with eight specialisations. It also offers evening classes for adults. Therefore, the school’s enrolment is approximately 1000 students each year. This school is a

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–associated school, which means that we teach a wide range of

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s, the students take part in many special programmes and competitions on the topic of foreign countries, the second-year students organise ‘UNESCO shows’ and many of the students participate in exchange programmes every year. New York fashion stylist, Edina Kolozsi Heath attended the school.

Classes

Currently, students at ''Szent László Gimnázium'' can choose to specialise in one of eight subjects as members of one of the five classes. The five classes are marked A, B, D, E and F. The A, E and F classes have a 5-year curriculum. The B and D classes have a 4-year curriculum.

A

The A class is the

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- Hungarian bilingual class. Students in this class have 12 Italian lessons a week, and from the second year onwards they study certain subjects (

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, mathematics, Italian culture and civilisation, and

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) in Italian. They also have skills development lessons in

, as well. To maximise the opportunities to learn the

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, they regularly have lessons with native Italian teachers and take part in various student exchange programmes. The

receives considerable help from the Italian Embassy in Budapest, as well as from the

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, in the form of

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s and other teaching aids.

B

One third of the students in the B class specialise in

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. Students here have 6 to 8 English lessons a week, some of these with a native English-speaking

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. By the time they leave the school, these students speak English fluently. Another third of the B class specialises in mathematics. These students have two or three extra maths lessons a week. The remainder of the class does not have a particular specialisation.

D

Class D is divided into three groups in a similar fashion. One third of this class specialises in

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, one third in

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and drawing, and the rest of the class follows a regular

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with no specialisation.

E

The E class specialises in the

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s. Students in this class not only study the theoretical background of

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and chemistry, but they also receive thorough practical training in these subjects. Many of these students love animals, and they even run a small ‘zoo’ on the third floor of the school. Many former Szent László students have gone on to become

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s and vets.

F

Half of the students in class F specialise in

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(IT), and the other half in

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studies. The training in both halves of this class is very practical. The IT students spend many hours developing their programming skills, while the media students learn how to record and edit films, write

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articles and take professional-quality

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Sources

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