Our high school was founded in 1984 and welcomes students from both the city and its surroundings. It has
been hit by a deep crisis and has been affected by the consequences of the pandemic. Despite this, it is an
active context with a high economic development, there are universities and important cultural institutions
and this year it was elected as the Italian capital of culture.

The training course has expanded over the years and offers students many scholastic and extracurricular
activities. The high school guarantees a broad cultural preparation which gives the possibility of successfully
attending any university degrees; in fact, the ratio of students starting university and completing university
studies is high.The current training offer includes, alongside the traditional high school, various other classes to adapt to
the new cultural and professional needs of the area.

● Physics and mathematics classes: considers a greater use of information technologies, gives
suitable preparation for a university course in mathematics, physics, information technology and
engineering, much in demand in the workplace
● European language classes (English, German and French in the EsaBac scientific high school)
instead offer the possibility of deepening the English language or learning another language
(German or French) by acquiring skills that can be used both in the university and in the workplace
in a territory, such as the Brescia area, with industries, commercial enterprises and tourist
structures.
● Classes in communication languages: responds to the need to train students with skills in the
various aspects of communication.
● Biomedicine classes: responds to the increased interest of students for degrees in the health
sector, revealed by the analysis of university enrollment data and is closely linked to the systematic
use of chemistry and biology laboratories and collaboration with hospitals and universities.

Furthermore, it is correct to talk about the importance that we also give to other aspects that are not
strictly related to teaching and study. We also want to mention activities that are linked to: welcoming
foreign students – inclusion – the culture of solidarity – raising awareness and combating gender-based
violence.
In our high school the number of students from non-European countries is constantly increasing. They are
very intellectually gifted girls and boys who can use their skills if they know the Italian language better. We
have therefore activated two Italian language courses relating to two levels of competence and knowledge
of the language and which have had excellent results and great success.
In our high school we are very attentive to special educational needs, which are also on the increase and
which provide for the activation of individualized courses and greater attention from teachers, who are
trained and sensitized.
We are also proud that a “CIMPUNDA” volunteer group has been present in our school for decades. It is the
name of a group of high school students and teachers who meet to promote and organize voluntary
activities both inside and outside the school. The goal is to raise awareness that there is a world of need
and poverty to which we owe our attention and our help. There are many activities: preparation and
distribution of dinner to the guests of a “family home”, collection of clothes and food, charity sale of
panettone, Easter eggs and sweets. The proceeds go to finance a collaborative project with the “Meru

Children’s Home” orphanage in Nkabune, Kenya. An internship is also planned for some students, with our
teachers, at the orphanage, to look after the children and organize educational activities.
Four years ago, a network of schools was created in Brescia, of which we are part, whose name is “At
school against violence against women”. This aims to raise awareness and combat gender-based violence
through activities, experiences, interventions by activists, operators of anti-violence centers, lawyers to
educate and train in the culture of respect, knowing and eliminating cultural and social stereotypes and
prejudices. From March 23, the high school will also host an exhibition entitled “What were you wearing”
which our students will help set up.
For more than a decade, a theater workshop has been present in our high school in the afternoon which
ends with the creation and representation of an original theatrical show in which many girls and boys
participate with great passion under the direction of a teacher and a young and talented director. Before
the pandemic we received a prestigious local and youth award for a show made by this team.
No less important are the filmforums: one in Italian, the other in French, which are also followed with great
success and which are held in the afternoon.
Last but not least is the “Copechic” which is one of the few examples in Italy of a “simulated enterprise”
created within a school. Students learn how to run a clothing company – they are used clothes that are sold
to donate the money to charity – in every aspect. We have found the educational value of this “experiment”
for understanding the economic aspects related to a commercial activity.