Laanila High School () is an upper secondary school in

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that was founded in 1957. There are currently about 310 pupils in it with around 32 staff members. The high school shares a building with Laanila intermediate school. Even though both of the schools are named after the Laanila district, they are actually located in the district of Hintta, an area next to Laanila. The current "motto" is rakkauden laanila (love's laanila in English)

History

The school has had multiple different names since its founding in 1957. The names have changed due to education system reforms in

during the 1960s and 1970s and it has gone by the high school name since 1974. The building has been expanded in the 1960s and '80s and renovated into its current form in 2002.

Programs

The school is a member of
sustainable development program
and th
Unesco ASPnet
Internationally It has also participated in the European union

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program since 2011 as well as being
Certilingua
certified school. The school offers a variety of classes for its high school students including special classes in

physical education Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement explorati ...

, human biophysics and

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

social psychology Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people or by social norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the r ...

sign language Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...

and home economics.

Sources

Website of Laanila Highschool
(International version with outdated interface)
Current website in Finnish
(All school websites were integrated into the cities website) # https://www.ouka.fi/oulu/laanilan-lukio/koulun-esittely Retrieved 18 April 2020 (City school information in Finnish) # https://www.ouka.fi/oulu/laanilan-lukio/henkilokunta Retrieved 18 April 2020 (School staff member list in Finnish) Schools in Oulu Educational institutions established in 1957 1957 establishments in Finland {{Finland-school-stub