Educational Objectives

• We aim to provide all of our students with a multifaceted general education. This includes fostering their linguistic, musical and creative, as well as mathematical, scientific and computational skills.

• Apart from the development of intellectual capabilities, the Alpen-Adria-Gymnasium also offers a broad range of athletic and health-related activities.

• It is important to us that our students cultivate a sense of personal responsibility, practice critical thinking and adopt values such as tolerance, open-mindedness and community involvement.

Instruction

• Our teachers work responsibly and methodically to create modern and diversified lessons with an emphasis on social learning.

• We aspire to a high educational standard through continued professional development, reflection and evaluation.

• We encourage our students to focus on performance, while also taking their individual skills into account.

• We promote language acquisition through language weeks, exchange programs, relationships with partner schools and other international contacts.

• We teach our students basic scientific principles, as well as practical skills.

• We offer qualified learning assistance, leisure activities and professional support in our after-school program.

Our School Community

• Our interactions and relationships are characterized by respect, appreciation and thoughtfulness.

• Students, teachers and parents learn with and from each other in pursuit of common goals.

• We take conflicts and other issues seriously and work toward constructive solutions.

• Members of the school community are committed to having open communication and respectful dialogue.

Public Relations

• We present ourselves to the public through our projects, activities, participation in competitions, public exhibitions, excursions and our annual school ball.

• We live up to our school motto, “Education without Borders,” as well as our school name, the “Alpen-Adria-Gymnasium.”

• We report on our daily activities and school events on our website, in public media and in our annual report.

• Maintaining contact with our alumni is important to us.

• We collaborate with external specialists in a variety of fields.

Agreed upon by the school partners in July 2006.