Liceo Scientifico‘Louis Pasteur’ Rome

www.liceopasteur.it

School premises

Our school is located in North-West Rome, district 14, a populated residential quarter. We are 10 kilometers away from the Vatican and well connected to the center via a train line which is 10 minutes walking distance from the school.

The premises of our school are quite unusual, for Roman standards, comprising of 4 separate buildings, which house classrooms, staffrooms, offices, labs, a library and a bar which provides us with refreshments as the school does not have a canteen, plus a gym, external basketball court and 5-a-side football pitch.

Learning environment

Each classroom is equipped with laptop pc with internet connection, overhead projector and interactive whiteboard.

Students can access multimedia, science, chemistry, language, art labs.

Among the extra-curricular activities and clubs offered by the school, students can choose IT and language courses, astronomy club, drama club, several humanities workshops.

A green school

We are a school with a strong green ethos, despite the urban location.

In fact, our Liceo is surrounded by fields and immersed in a protected natural park. Within the school premises there are tall trees, lawns and gardens, which are looked after by the ‘ecology club’, made up of volunteers from student body and teachers.

Our curriculum

We are a Secondary School specialised in scientific studies. An emphasis is placed on subjects such as Maths, Sciences, Physics, however the curriculum is varied including also Latin, Italian, ESL, History, Art History, Philosophy.

At the end of year 5, students sit a national exam to get their diploma.

Lessons are from Monday to Friday, from 8 until 2 pm. There are two short breaks of 15 minutes.

Students take part in projects outside school, such as UN simulations, scientific olympics, university seminars and masterclasses, as well as sport tournments.

School Partnerships

Our school has succesfully taken part in 2 EU funded projects. The first Comenius, in the years 2010-2012, focused on the theme of ‘New technologies and new ways of learning’, the second Comenius, completed in the year 2015, had as its topic ‘Our European cultural heritage’.

As a school, we are proud to be part of Erasmus+ READ in Europe.