At present, the Chomutov Grammar School is a school that provides general education in a four-year or six-year study and focuses mainly on preparation for study at a university or higher vocational school. According to the intentions of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, six-year study is intended only for the most talented primary school pupils. In recent years, only classes with a general focus have been opened at the school. The profiling of students is made possible through a rich offer of optional subjects in the last two years.
The school offers English, German, French and Russian. Furthermore, in higher grades it is possible to deepen language knowledge within optional subjects, or to study the basics of another foreign language. The curricula also include aesthetic education – music and art. Pupils of the six-year study learn both in the first year, later they choose. In the four-year study, one of them is chosen from the first year. The course also includes a ski, cycling and boating course.
Educational area and extracurricular activities
From the point of view of education, the aim of Gymnázium Chomutov is to prepare students not only from the professional point of view, but above all to educate harmonious personalities with a considerable dose of adaptability and flexibility. In addition, students are encouraged to make cultural awareness an integral part of their lives. In addition to professional excursions, the school plan includes visits to theaters, concerts, film performances, galleries, etc. In addition, there are other activities in the school, organized by the school’s teachers or the students themselves.
Of these, let’s mention at least the COMODO choir, the publication of the school yearbook, the student magazine, the organization of school academies, the Young Spectator Club, exhibitions of student art works and many other activities. A school academy is organized every other year.
Students also use the opportunity to attend computer classes outside the classroom and the whole school is covered by a wifi signal. The school allows this access even outside of class for free.
Students at the Chomutov Grammar School have the opportunity to use sports facilities in their free time (sports hall, small gym, gym and outdoor playground). Every year, the school organizes a school competition in high jump (Gympllaťka), school tournaments in volleyball and basketball. Students organize a tournament in small football (Gymplliga) and floorball. Graduation students have the opportunity, under the professional guidance of TV teachers, to prepare for talent exams for the study of physical education.
Students of the Chomutov Grammar School take part in student competitions and Olympics every year and usually achieve very good success in them at the district, regional, and often national levels. In the last four years, our students have been successful in international competitions.
Students have the opportunity to go abroad. Trips to England and Germany are organized. Those interested in history have been in Italy, Greece and France in recent years. During the holidays, students take part in summer camps organized by school teachers.
The school has a drug prevention program, whose guarantor is Mgr. Romana Sedlická. A number of events took place, mainly lectures and visits to film screenings on this issue. However, this whole program is limited by financial resources as well as current legislation.
Students’ contact with the school principal is ensured through the student council. If parents want to influence the running of the school, they can do so through the parents’ council, which the school head meets regularly.