Scoala Gimnaziala nr 13 (Secondary School no 13) from Timisoara, Romania, is a representative institution for the state educational system of Timis County, one that has developed a stimulating educational climate, leading to the highest educational performances of its students. Our school offers excellent quality services, and prides itself in preparing its students for life, so that they would be able to solve problems and carry on professional and social duties, in offering equal chances to all students through integration, in treating every student according to their needs, character and development.
Our school includes primary and secondary education with three classes per level, and has been built during a time when Romania went through a period of economic development. Thus, in the 1960s, due to the increase in population and the need to offer new spaces for the children’s education, two schools were built, relatively close to each other, in order to meet the needs of the working parents who lived in neighborhoods nearby; one of these was Secondary School no 13. Families from the neighborhood with permanent jobs have ever since allowed the school to count on a steady number of students per year.
The school is hosted in a two-floor building with 12 classrooms, a laboratory, 6 cabinets, a workroom, 4 offices, a sports hall, a medical office, 3 restrooms and 8 additional rooms. The classrooms are 60 square meters, very bright during the day because of the large windows and appropriately lit in the afternoon, but also equipped with air conditioning, new desks and chairs, drawers, shelves, whiteboards, and projectors; most of them also have a computer, printing and copying machines, and some an interactive whiteboard. The school also provides a small room for the library, with important titles from the national curriculum, national and international literature, science, technology and many others.
Until the present moment, the school has always been one of the most aesthetically pleasing due to the work of colleague teachers and directors and our students’ works are always on display to show their dedication and most notable accomplishments and give them a sense of achievement. Also worth noting is that Secondary School no 13 is one of the few in Timisoara that offers German as a second language (most of the others have French instead), as a result of the large number of German native speakers in the 1960s, when the school was founded.
