Agrupamento de Escolas Alberto Sampaio Braga
Braga is a lively city, one of the oldest in the country, and is teeming with young people who study at its universities. The city has 137,000 inhabitants,
and the municipality, which includes 37 civil parishes has a resident population of 181,494 inhabitants representing the seventh largest municipality in
Portugal (by population). Its area is 183.40 km².
Our school was the first school in Braga, to promote the inclusion of deaf students, and that has been doing over the past few years. It works as Office
for Educational Support Specialist on Deafness (Special Education). In our school there is a very diverse student population, serving mainly the central
and southern part of the city. However, in recent years, it has stressed the trend towards greater diversification, integrating school students from all
city parishes. From a sociological point of view, this school includes students from upper-middle and high class families, but also a significant portion,
students from families of medium-low and low social level, people with very low levels of education. The school also includes a set of equipment, as a
result of investment in various projects over many years, and that allow the assumption of space as an active space for the dissemination and
construction of culture, science and the arts, open to the community that surrounds it .The School is open from 08:30 to 24:00.
We would like to provide our students with a huge variety of enrichment activities and we would like to strengthen the links between the outer world
and our students. We will allow them to have genuine interaction with a culture that is different from their own. This would not only strengthen their
understanding of global issues but also allow them to build lasting friendships. Most of our students are from poor economic backgrounds and do not
have the opportunity to travel abroad and to learn about other cultures. They also have limited opportunities to speak English outside of the classroom
and in the speaking classes.
This is our school page: www.esas.pt. There you can find our educational project and much other information about our schools.
There are teachers from several different areas: languages; maths, Sciences, History, Geography, Arts, Physical Education, Design, Music, Mechanic,
engineering, ICT,Phisosophy, Psychology, etc.
There are also three psychologists at our schools and some Special Needs Teachers.
Our students can take part in many clubs, where they can spend their free time at school such as: Sports club, Chess Club, Music Club, Science Club,
Workshop and Atelier Arts; astronomy club; environment club; Portuguese Language Workshop, robotics workshop; Radio and TV workshop ;
Astronomy club, Theatre workshop, drama club; Project parliament youth.
A lot of different teachers with different skills will be involved in this project in order to do our best.
