Pello High School
Overview
Welcome to Pello, a small town on the border of Sweden. Pellon lukio (Pello high school) operates in a new building called Meän Opinahjo. In the same building also operates our primary school, and the communal nursery school. Pello is a community of 30 to 40 students and 12 to14 teachers. All students study in Finnish.
Our General Upper Secondary School Programme offers quality teaching and our teachers support the students on their way to the Finnish matriculation examination (ie. the A-level tests) but also on their way to applying into universities and further studies after high school. Study groups are small, about 10 to 15 students. In our small high school, teaching is individualized and support for learning is easily available.
The Finnish upper secondary school curriculum is spanned over three years, but for foreign students the study duration will be longer, four years, due to the fact that the studies are conducted in Finnish and the final exam, the Matriculation Examination, must be done in Finnish. High school studies build on the curriculum of the Finnish basic education. The minimum number of study points is 150 for high school studies.
In Pello we have multiple hobbies to choose from in our freetime. For example, the local community (called Meän Opisto) offers you the possibility to learn to play some instrument, or take a handicraft or dancing course. If you like to spend time outdoors, you can go skiing, snowmobiling, taking a bicycle ride, fishing or hiking. It's also possible to play frisbee golf and do archery.
Links
Videos etc. that our students have made for you:
What you can find around Pello
Arts, technical subjects, music and lab in Pello
Pello Upper Secondary School presentation by a student:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kVuoV1YX9tXhnCyQABAxdnCli-EFJer2/view?pli=1
See also principal's introduction (2023) in YouTube.
You can apply our school continuously until the 30th of April. Only in Finnish.
https://opintopolku.fi/konfo/fi/hakukohde/1.2.246.562.20.00000000000000050539/valintaperuste
Wordpress
https://pellonlukio.wordpress.com/
Expenses and Accommodation
Accommodation is possible in shared student apartments for free.
Mobile phone costs with unlimited data about 20-25€/month.
Food and beverages 100-200€/month on free time.
School Gym is free of costs.
We offer you:
- Free school supplies, including a laptop
- Free Finnish drivers licence
- Free school lunch (weekdays)
- Small study groups
- Free time mentors (adult, educated youth workers)
- Individualized teaching and support
- Well organized first weeks including tutoring at school and help with getting to know our town, finding your free time hobbies, getting your apartment finished for you etc.
- Cozy, communal high school environment where help is always available!
- Beautiful nature and four seasons to experience.
Welcome to our warm community!