Education and upbringing

The city of Imatra organizes early childhood education, pre-primary education, basic education, upper secondary education, basic art education and free educational work services.

 

Three new school centers were built in Imatra in 2017-2021. For example, Mansikkala rose Finland's largest woodworking school. With high-quality buildings, we want to guarantee healthy and modern learning environments for children and young people. At the same time, the facilities of the daycare centers will also be renewed. The idea in all school centers is that the student's transition on the academic path is as flexible as possible.

Imatra is in the digital era the top municipalities of the country. Students in grades 3-9 have personal tablets. Students in early childhood education, pre-primary education and grades 1-2 have group-specific tablets.

The new school centers are built so that the children's trips to school are not long anywhere in the city. In addition, the city offers school transport for all small students more than three kilometers away.

School centers

Vuoksenniska school center

• Elementary school 1-9, preschool, daycare.
• Vuoksenniska school center operates in four buildings on Vuoksenniska hill, one of which is a modern new building completed in autumn 2019.

Emphasis on natural sciences 

• The nature of Vuoksenniska school and the emphasis on natural sciences can be seen in the optional subjects and the use of the surrounding environment in teaching.
• Junior University cooperates with LUT University. 

Vuoksenniska school center's pages

Pages of Imatra co-ed high school

Mansikkala - Finland's largest tree school

• Multipurpose center: elementary school, joint high school.
• The new wooden building was commissioned in August 2020.
• The utility area is approximately 11 square meters. The squares are divided into several blocks of wooden houses, with a sheltered activity yard in the middle
• The investment was implemented as a life-cycle project, meaning that the builder YIT is responsible for the maintenance of the property for 20 years. 

Emphasis on exercise and music

• Mansikkala's priorities are taken into account in all basic education, in middle school and high school there is the opportunity to study in cultural or sports academies, which enables, for example, to combine competitive sports with studying.
• In Mansikkala, in addition to the joint high school, there is also an IB high school and the Russian-language high school education of the school of Eastern Finland.

Pages of Mansikkala school center

Koski school center

• The new Koske school center consists of the already renovated traditional Lyseo building and two new buildings. The second new building is the so-called main school built for permanent use, and the second new building is a space element rented for longer-term use.
• The new main school was completed in the summer of 2021. On its roof, the school's own solar power plant produces energy.

Emphasis on languages ​​and internationality

• The Koske school operates in the Koske school center, which, in addition to the traditional preschool and elementary school, also offers English-language classes for students in grades 1-9.
• Koskella also operates a foundation-based school in Eastern Finland, where teaching is given in Russian.

The pages of the Koski school center