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Welcome to the
students and teachers at
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Valmiera Gymnasium,
Latvia
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Valmiera - is a picturesque city that
lies on the banks of the river Gauja about 100-km from our capital Riga.
Valmiera is an ancient city of European Trade Union Hanza and it is more
than 700 years old. There are about 29000 people in Valmiera. There are
a lot of industrial enterprises, one higher educational institute, five
secondary schools, Art school and Music school.
Valmiera Gymnasium is one of the
oldest in the district, this year it is going to celebrate its 80th anniversary.
School building is an architectural monument. There are 850 pupils from
grades 5-12 in our school. We study: Latvian, English, German, Norwegian,
Finnish and Russian languages at school. We have classes specialized in
exact, humanitarian and social studies.
We have two computer classes, these
are our favourite places at school. Our students are active, they take
part in choirs, dance groups (folk and sport), and other interesting activities.
We feel ourselves fine at our school! You can visit us: www.valmiera.lanet.lv/~vg
or www.valm.lv
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