To the applicant

On this page, you will find important information for applicants to Keuruu Upper Secondary School’s programme.

Introduction to Keuruu Upper Secondary School

Keuruu Upper Secondary School is a versatile general upper secondary school that offers you a wonderful learning environment and plenty of options. At the school, you will grow into adulthood and gain a strong foundation for further studies. You can build an interesting study programme for yourself from a wide range of courses and supplement these with, for example, courses offered by the adult education centre. You will find plenty more information in the study guide.

Themes guiding our activities

1. Promoting inclusion

• Students are involved in decision-making that affects them. They are consulted and their views are taken into account

2. Developing learning-to-learn skills
   

• We help students develop their ability to set learning goals, organise activities that promote learning, and assess whether they have achieved their goals

3. Promoting collaborative learning

• We help students’ development through collaborative knowledge-building and interaction that enhances learning

4. The use of e-learning environments

• Each student receives their own laptop for the duration on thei upper secondary studies.

Upper secondary school education

Upper secondary school programmes

Sports Programme

Are you a motivated athlete looking to take your sport to the next level and achieve greater competitive success? Would you like to seamlessly combine your training with your secondary school studies? The sports programme at Keuruu Upper Secondary School could be the right choice for you.

Students selected for the sports programme at Keuruu Co-educational Upper Secondary School can earn 10 credits over the course of a year. Eight credits are awarded for practising their chosen sport for four hours a week (UV modules). On Monday mornings, the whole programme takes part in joint training sessions focusing on general fitness and recovery exercises. These sessions include, for example, body maintenance, mobility training, and exercises to improve balance and muscle strength. On Wednesday mornings, students train within their own discipline. Training sessions in the focus sports are led by professional coaches, while in other sports, coaching is provided PE teachers. In addition to this, there are extracurricular study modules (KTO modules) worth two credits per year, which may include, for example, camps, tournaments or participation in leagues with their team, all related to competitive activities in the student’s chosen sport.

Entrepreneurship Programme

The Entrepreneurship programme comprises modules focused on entrepreneurship. Students can earn eight credits in one year. The aim of the Entrepreneurship programme is to promote a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship, to introduce young people to a variety of professions and businesses through local expertise in preparation for their future, to present entrepreneurship as an alternative to finding employment, to strengthen students’ working life skills, and to help them adopt entrepreneurial ways of working.

Entrepreneurship studies involve a variety of learning methods in diverse learning environments. Students gain practical insight into entrepreneurship through company visits and various collaborative projects (e.g. trade fairs, work experience placements) with representatives from the world of work. International projects may also be incorporated into the programme.

Partners

• Kehitysyhtiö Keulink Ltd
• Keurusseudun yrittäjät ry
• Companies
• Keurusselän nuorkauppakamari ry
• other partners

Applying to upper secondary school form

Applications for the upper secondary school at Keuruu Upper Secondary School are made via the joint application system at opintopolku.fi

In addition to completing and submitting the application form, each applicant must submit a subject selection form to the office of Keuruu Upper Secondary School. You will also need the Course Description Guide to help you complete the selection form. Applicants for the competitive sports programme must also complete an additional information form.

You can also apply to Keuruu Upper Secondary School through rolling admissions after the national joint application period.

Once the ongoing application period has closed (e.g. for students transferring schools), you can apply by sending a free-form application by email to the principal of the upper secondary school, Vesa Leinonen, at vesa.leinonen@keuruu.fi

Please attach a scanned copy of your lower secondary school leaving certificate to your application if you are not a former pupil of a lower secondary school in Keuruu. The minimum grade point average for upper secondary education is 6.5 (average of academic subjects). Please remember to include your contact details in your application. The principal will contact you by the beginning of August at the latest.

Applicants from outside the EU and EEA countries are also required to pay a tuition fee of €10,638.56 per academic year. The fee must be paid before the applicant can be admitted as a student at Keuruu Upper Secondary School.

For further information, please contact Principal Vesa Leinonen or Study Counsellor Helena Puukka (email: helena.puukka@keuruu.fi).

You can also visit the school office to enquire about this and submit your application. The school secretary’s telephone number is 040 186 0604.

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