Our School

Our school was created in 1920. It went through the different organization. The curriculums, specialitys and fields of education changed. It has been acting as Collective Economics School since 1957 at 39 Grunwaldzka Street in Toruń. Now there are 689 students including 511 girls and 178 boys, 61 full-time employed teachers and 8 administrative workers. The Collective Economic School consist of: Technical School no 1, Profile High School and Essential Mercantile School. According to the school type students can choose the economist profession in ouch specializations as: finance and accountancy, banking, administrate of small buisness, tax and insurance or seller. Lessons are lead in the professionally and specially classes. Our school has got modern hardware with stable access to the Internet. It has got the gym, playing field, the common room and small shop. Students can use richly equipped library with the reading-room. According to specialization lot of attation is paid to improve and gain the professional-economic knowledge. Teachers are making special lessons to improve and broaden the students` knowledge in the form of special interests Circle /‘Clubs’/ : The Circle of Young – Economist, The Circle of Young Seller, School Club of Enterprising ,Youth Minibuisness. There are educational trips, courses, lectures at University in Toruń, the Economic Games, contest of the knowledge of banking, The days of the enterprise to help in our professional development. Our students are winning the subject competitions and contest in the voivodship and in the country, especially at the fields connected with our specializations, there are the recipients and the finalists of the Economic Games, of the Regional Contest of the Knowledge of banking, of the Regional Contest of the Knowledge of Economy. The teachers are fully devoted to improve our horizons and make us more ambitions. Thanks to this our school can be proud of its graduates. School efficiently prepares its graduates to continue their education at universities and academies. Many of the former students finished studies, got a job in their professions and are successful workers both at universities and in companies. School also make it possible to develop the skills of the individual student by taking part in extra classes and meeting e.g: School Sports Club, The Computer Circle or School Orchestra which has been playing since 1977. Bringing up the youth and being sensitive to love, responsibility and truth are our school’s main priorities.

At our school we have a School Self-Government, which is organizing a lot of school parties, e.g. Boys Date, Nicolas Day, Nativity Play, Classes Christmas Eves, Valentine’s Day, 1st Day of Spring, Farewell of Undergraduates, discos and much more… A lot of students enjoy an organized integration trips too. The School Self-Government is also organizing a charity’s actions, lotteries, draw lots “Lucky number” and editing a school newspaper. They’re working out a strategy for promoting our school and taking part in parties, which are organized by town and some organizations. School is cooperating with a lot of employers and thanks to that can organize a professional practice. Recently, in last years ZSE is progressing with foreign partner – BBS Syke, Germany, mostly in cultural exchanges and practical training for the youth. Thanks this progress the youth have a chance for a practical education at European companies. ZSE has put a project for a Leonardo da Vinci II programme, in February 2008. If we win the contest, our students will go on a practice to Germany and England in school year 2008/2009. Before, in 2000-2002, our students and teachers were cooperating with Gymnasium Hamm in Hamburg (Germany) and Lemvig-Gymnasium in Lemvig (Denmark) for a Socrates-Comenius programme, in project “Europeans on way to the new millennium”.

Besides since 2001 our school has been working European Club called EuroEkonomik, and students can broaden one's knowledge about UE in debates, lectures, contests, organizing a Europe’s Day, meetings with the youth from some other countries, etc. EuroEkonomik is cooperating with Europe Youth Center in Łódź and organizing a trips education-linguistic. They’re for realization a planned projects e.g. “Business Plan for a Polish- Norwegian Firm” in Norway, “Set Up a Firm in Polish-British Conditions” in England and also “We’re Learning about Europe - Institution-European Parliament in Strassbourg” in project “Germany-France-Switzerland”. Activities like those are a big chance in order to get a lot of experiences and language skills for the youth and teachers.

In the ranking of high schools in 2007 ZSE got 5th place in Toruń, 22nd in region and 302nd in whole country. In this year we got a Quality Certificate “Enterprise School”, which is an award by Youth Enterprise Foundation and Commission for Financial Supervision.