Opole High School

Today we visited Opole High School. This public school is attended by high achieving students who aspire to attend university and do great things with their lives. They all spoke excellent English and German.

Here are some things I learned during my conversations with them:

1. They like hip hop music.
2. The food served at the school during lunch isn't very good.
3. Some of them travel up to 22 km on public transportation to attend the school.
4. They are not supposed to show any public display of affection during school but when teachers aren't looking they will hold hands and sometimes kiss.
5. They aren't supposed to use their cell phones and/or text at school, but they do in the hallways and outside of class.
6. There are no parking lots for kids. They only use public transportation or walk to school.
7. Any interscholastic sporting events occur during school hours. Coaches (who are also teachers) don't want to stay after work hours for games. Kids only attend the games if their teachers will let them out of class.
8. There are no classes in music or art. If you want to study these things you do so after school hours during private lessons.
9. The main courses they take are science, math, languages, and social studies/history.
10. Their behavior in the classroom was respectful and attentive. They seemed thrilled to interact with and listen to Dr. Garrahy's presentation. And she had a ball back in a public school with high schoolers.


No parking needed for students, only teachers and staff.








Outside areas for basketball and soccer.








View of the high school from the sidewalk.








Some high schoolers. Their English was excellent.








Pepsi and Lays do school sponsorship business in Poland, too.








Getting warmed up before basketball.








History class poster projects: Nazi occupation of Poland, 1939.







Dr. Garrahy talking to students at the high school.