Espoo International School (EIS) for Students and Parents

The EIS student council is made up of students who have been elected by the entire EIS student body to take the responsibility for coordinating ideas,  organising events for the school and communicating their concerns with the teachers and administration.

Also, student reps from each grade and class, who have been elected by their peers, play an important role in the operations of the student council.

Despite being a small group, we actively try to ensure that the rest of the school has the opportunity to take part in important final decision making.

Everyone’s ideas are valued and heard in the student council.

We believe that at EIS, Everybody Is Somebody!

The 9th grade mentor program is intended to help new 7th graders make a successful transition into the middle school community from primary school. To help accomplish this, the mentors traditionally engage in various annual activities with the 7th graders. However, due to the Covid situation, many of the activities have been placed on hold or have been organised differently.  We are hoping that we will return to a more "normal" school situation in 2022. 

Training/planning Days: These take place already in May of this school year.  These occur during part of one or two school days.  We will discuss the tools and skills that students need to be effective mentors, we plan upcoming events, and we organize mentor t-shirts or hoodies.

The first day of school: Mentors lead and coordinate activities and creative, interactive activities for the 7th grade groups. The purpose of this day is for the 7th grade students to get to know their new peers and to begin the process of building a strong community where everyone is equally included. 

Team building day: This event is coordinated by the Olari/Matinkylä Youth Center staff, with CTs (classroom teachers) and mentors accompanying students, leading workshops, and assisting with the day's activities.

Being a mentor at EIS is something that is considered a privilege and for which there are many applicants each year.  It is also a significant responsibility.  Students who are looking for a leadership opportunity, and an opportunity to work with younger students, should consider applying.  You should also have a willingness to interact with and support younger students transition and adapt to life in middle school.

Mentor responsibilities include:

- helping to make the transition to middle school easier for next year's 7th graders (brainstorming, planning, promoting and leading various activities and events - virtually or, after COVID restrictions have been loosened, in person).

- introducing and promoting EIS to potential new EIS students and their parents.

- working with primary-aged students, and more.  

Approximately 12 students from the current 8th grade class will be chosen in the Spring term based on their application form, an uploaded video, a follow-up interview and evaluation discussions amongst interviewers and other teacher/staff.

The application process begins in early Spring. Information will be sent out by the school guidance counselor, Jay Thompson, closer to the application date. 

The students' health, both physical and emotional, are our main focus and concern. We are here for you and want to encourage you to come to us if you need any kind of support. 

We would like to introduce you to our student wellbeing staff:

"Hello, my name is Laura and I’m the school nurse in EIS. 

Together with the school doctor, I provide school health care that supports the student’s health and well-being and helps prevent diseases. We support your health in the long-term by carrying out health examinations. In the health care examinations, we assess whether further examinations are needed and will direct you and your family to the right services. 

Please feel free to see me during my open reception hours every day at 11.30-12.30 if you want to talk about worries or matters on your mind, ask for health and well-being advice, or book an appointment with me."

Kind Regards,

Laura Honkasalo

School nurse / Terveydenhoitaja

Espoo International School

Wilma / tel. +358 40 6104576

"Hi! My name is Milja and I am your school welfare officer.

My work is to promote the wellbeing of students. So, please come and see if you have challenges at school, at home, with friendships or need help and support going through difficult changes in life.

Come and see me, or you can send a message in Wilma or call me at the number found below."

Milja Moilanen

school welfare officer / koulukuraattori

Espoo International School & Kivimies

+358 40 1527477

milja.moilanen@luvn.fi

"Hello everyone! I'm Zaida Montin, the school psychologist here at the Espoo International School. 

My role in the student welfare team involves assisting students who deal with challenges related to mental health, learning, or behavior.

Feel free to reach out if you're experiencing emotions like sadness, nervousness, or anxiety, or if you're finding it hard to concentrate, have lost motivation, or simply don't feel like yourself. You don't need to have a name for it - we can figure out the situation together.

If you'd like to schedule an appointment, come by, and say hello in the student welfare corridor on the 2nd floor or send me a message on Wilma.

Discussions with me are always confidential.”

Kind regards,

Zaida Montin

School Psychologist

Espoo International School & Kivimies School

tel. +358 40 1930211

Open Reception Hours are:

Mon-Thurs 11:30-12:00 tel: +358 43 8246447

Mon, Wed and Friday 8:30-16:00 tel: +358 50 5641843

Mon-Wed 8:30-16:00 tel: +358 40 6394361

physical, emotional, psychological, verbal, social and economic. 

We believe that all students have a right to a safe and healthy school environment, free from bullying and harassment, and we are committed to promoting mutual respect, tolerance and acceptance.  

In order to help us achieve these goals, our school uses the methods and materials developed by KiVa Koulu(external link, opens in a new window), a Finnish bullying prevention programme (see the links at the bottom of the page for more information).  KiVa Koulu focuses on both the prevention of bullying and the intervention into bullying situations. 

Please note that there is a parents' guide(external link, opens in a new window) as well.

Organised by the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Helsinki, the police and the Ministry of the Interior, the On the Same Side campaign(external link, opens in a new window) aims to tell about the measures we take to prevent and intervene in bullying at school and in leisure time.

As it says in the website linked below, "not a single case should be left hidden; each and every one must be properly addressed. Adults also need to have time to encounter young people in their everyday lives, to genuinely care and to ask them how they are doing. It is important that young people know the ground rules and who to turn to in case of bullying. We encourage young people to turn to a safe adult when they have concerns." All at EIS share those thoughts and principals.

All schools in the metropolitan area have adopted the use of this programme to help prevent and to create better communities large and small for everyone.

WHAT CAN I DO IF I'M BULLIED OR WITNESS BULLYING?

• Talk to your class teacher or another teacher that you feel comfortable talking to.

• Talk to your parents.

• Talk to Maija Jones, our student welfare officer (see the section called "Student Wellbeing Services").

• Do not hide the problem. Stand up for yourself and others.

• Do not worry about retaliation (revenge), because you will be taken care of.

• Drop a message in the red concerns box that can be found outside the nurse's office on the 2nd floor.

• Reach out to us at nobullying.eis@espoo.fi. We can and will help.

At EIS, we want to create and maintain an environment and community based on mutual respect, in which all members takes responsibility for their own actions. Every member of our community--students, teachers, staff and administration--plays an important role in our community and deserve to be treated with respect.

Behaviour grades are an important part of our assessment programme and will be awarded as part of the end-of-year assessments. Therefore, every teacher will give behaviour grades to every student that they teach or have contact with. The assessment is based on behaviour both in and out of the classroom environment. These grades have a great influence on the final behaviour grades that will be awarded by the classroom teacher.

Please see the links below for School Rules and Behaviour Assessment:

Below are some of the electives offered at EIS.

Description/goals: This short elective course involves learning to juggle and other circus skills. Progressing from juggling small scarfs to juggling balls, to juggling rings and clubs. Other circus skills covered will be poi, diablo, flower/devil sticks, spinning plates and hula hoop.

This is a introduction to home economics. During classes you will get to know how to work in a kitchen environment. We will investigate different tastes and ingredients. You’ll learn to prepare healthy snacks and some basic baking skills. The elective is bilingual: Finnish / English

The Design Engineer Construct program is an award winning program enabling students to develop the knowledge and skills for the Design, Engineering and Construction sectors. Students familiarise themselves with the basic concepts of building design using computer model simulations to create a school of the future. The program uses real life examples of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) combined with IT skills to design an Eco School of the future. It provides excellent introductory training for jobs in Engineering and Architecture as well as further study at University.

Further information is available at www.designengineerconstruct.com

During the course, students can learn to use modern digital techniques and any equipment that may help them to express themselves in a digital realm.

The course also offers the technical knowledge required for successful navigation in a creative digital environment, adding fun to the learning experience.

"We are our stories. We compress years of experience, thought, and emotion into a few compact narratives that we convey to others and tell to ourselves."

Did you know that you’re not a monkey, but you are an ape? Or that in our beginning we all really came from Africa? Do you know why we have different skin colors and that one day we could all be the same color? How about that sports are thousands of years old and the first rubber balls come from central America and were made from tree sap? Anthropology is the study of humans. It explores different cultures, how humans spread around the earth, why we walk on two legs, when we mastered fire, and how ancient people made hunting spears from rocks and homes from mammoth bones. It discovers how people talk different languages, eat different foods, listen to different music, and have different fun. Anthropology finds that no matter our differences we are all part of the same species, doing things in very similar ways. Come learn about yourself and your species. Come along for the adventure of anthropology!

Do you like animation, anime and drawing and would like to improve your skills even further? In this course, you will practice anime drawing technique, know the basics of character drawing, practice editing your drawings in iPads, and learn how to make your small animation in one or several techniques. Join in!"

In the speed typing elective, you will learn to type quickly and accurately in a relaxed atmosphere through fun in-class activities and games.

But why should you learn to speed type?

Here's why: 8 Benefits of Touch Typing Skills (external link, opens in a new window)

So, come join us!

The aim of this elective is to form a band and play a number of arrangements. The key aspect is to play together, understanding the role of each instrument in a musical ensemble, to interpret existing songs and work with arrangements.

Coding helps kids learn the fundamentals of problem solving and coding while having fun. It also fosters creativity and teaches students critical thinking skills(external link, opens in a new window) and to become proactive learners and computational thinkers. Come and join us!

The aim of this elective is to explore the possibilities of music technology, writing and producing songs and music recording. The idea is to compose, produce, record and mix a song from scratch. The course will include an introduction into music production software, microphones and various kinds of studio equipment and their usage.

This elective is for all of those students who enjoy sewing and stabbing with a very sharp needle. We will be learning how to needle felt small animals out of fleece onto polystyrene bases. We will also be making small animals and toys and then making realistic food, cupcakes and fruit out of felt. If you enjoy learning how to extend your sewing skills then this course is for you.

Definitions: 

- Short elective: an average of 1 hour/week for an academic year or 2 hrs/wk for 1/2 a  year. Worded grades given (sanallinen) 

- Double short elective: two short electives stitched together to make a full year  elective, 2 hrs/wk. Evaluation statement given (sanallinenarviointi). 

- Long elective: 2 hours/week for two years (8th-9th grades). Numeric grades given. - ‘Taide ja taito’: artistic and practical subjects (art, crafts, home economics, music). 2  hours/week for two years. Numeric grades given.

Note: Electives are subject to change.

Description/goals: This short elective course involves learning juggling and other circus skills. Progressing from juggling small scarfs to juggling balls, to juggling clubs and rings. Other circus skills covered will be poi, diablo, flower/devil sticks, spinning plates and hula hoop. Circus skills help unify the body in gaining physical skills regarding hand-eye coordination, balance and enhanced body control. Circus skills are also a lot of fun and can help in relaxing and also to clear the mind, even aiding in meditation.

Description/goals:

-Develop key skills that prove your aptitude in digital information technology, such as project planning, designing and creating user interfaces, creating dashboards to present and interpret data.

-Participate in a process that underpins effective ways of working in digital information technology, such as the iterative design process, cyber security, virtual teams, legal and ethical codes of conduct.

-Learn the attitudes that are considered most important in digital information technology, including personal management and communication.-Add knowledge that underpins effective use of skills, process and attitudes in the sector such as how different user interfaces meet user needs, how organizations collect and use data to make decisions, virtual workplaces, cyber security and legal and ethical issues.

This course offers a wide range of knowledge from video basics to photos, from multimedia content creation to distribution(such as television, social media, the press, and the broadcasting world).

Goals: Participants will be able to develop platform-free skills and abilities required to produce media content for various targets e.g. social media, newsroom, etc.

Goals: Get to know the basics of graphic design and what it is like to work as a graphic designer. The course includes:

-Studying principles of good composition, color theory & psychology, typography

-Studying editing program Photoshop/Gimp, editing photographs

-Making a lay out with InDesign-program for a magazine / booklet

-Making illustrations / logos with Illustrator / Inkscape

-Visit to the advertisement office / graphic designer's visit at school

What's going on in music right now? What kind of sounds surround us? How do we use music in today’s world? Where do we need music? How can you create sound and music based on your own preferred types of music?

Description/goals: This music elective has a focus on today’s music. Students will explore what's happening in music right now by searching, listening to and playing songs, themes from the games, advertising music, music therapy and so on. Students can share their own voice by creating something that they find personally interesting. Participants will have space to choose how do they want to express themselves (alone or with others).The overall idea of the course is to listen to and create music that has meaning for the students.

Means of assessment: evaluation of how the student learns to express her/himself by listening to and exploring the creation of her/his own musical products.

According to the Espoo City allocation of lesson hours, students that study a B2 language (8th-9thgrades)have fulfilled their ‘general’ elective hours for 9thgrade, and therefore will not need to choose one for that year. Other students will take either one short (A2 students) or two shorts (non-A2 students) in 9thgrade.

Means of assessment for B2 languages: Students are assessed based on their written and verbal communication skills, projects and presentations (both individual and group-based), as well as class participation, receiving a Finnish numeric grade. In May of 9thgrade, B2 students can choose to take a final Finnish numeric grade or to be assessed on a ‘pass or fail’ basis.

Note: Only for students who do not study an A2 language.

Goals: By the end of this two-year course, students will learn the basics of German language and a bit about the culture of German-speaking countries.

Means of Assessment: Students are assessed based on their written and verbal communication skills, projects, and presentations (both individual and group-based), and class participation.

Note: Only for students who do not study an A2 language.

How can you benefit from learning the language of the country with the longest shared boarder with Finland?

Goals: For those who would like to learn the basics of the Russian language, this option offers you the opportunity.

Means of Assessment: Students are assessed based on their written and verbal communication skills, projects, and presentations (both individual and group-based), and class participation.

Note: Only for students who do not study an A2 language.

Goals: By the end of this two-year course, students will meet the goals of learning basic communication skills in Spanish and learning about the cultures in the 20+ Spanish-speaking countries around the world.

Means of Assessment: Students are assessed based on their written and verbal communication skills, projects, and presentations (both individual and group-based), and class participation.

Did you know that you’re not a monkey, but you are an ape? Or that in our beginning we all really came from Africa? Do you know why we have different skin colors and that one day we could all be the same color? How about that sports are thousands of years old and the first rubber balls were made from tree sap?

Anthropology is the study of humans. It explores different cultures, how humans spread around the earth, why we walk on two legs, when we mastered fire, and how ancient people made hunting spears from rocks and homes from mammoth bones. It discovers how people talk different languages, eat different foods, listen to different music, and have different fun. Anthropology finds that no matter our differences we are all part of the same species, doing things in very similar ways. Come learn about yourself and your species. Come along for the adventure of anthropology!

Learn a range of basic Economic and Business Management concepts. We begin in grade 8 with an introduction to Macro and Micro Economics, which develops economic understanding. This includes areas such as supply and demand, GDP and other measures of income/output, balance of payments, taxation, inflation, exchange rates, interpreting information, and differing economies. In Grade 9 we learn business management concepts such as business organization and environment, human resources, marking, operations management and finance. The goal in grade 9 is to apply economic and business concepts in project work to create a business plan of your own.

This course offers a wide range of knowledge from video basics to photos, from multimedia content creation to distribution(such as television, social media, the press, and the broadcasting world).

Goals: Participants will be able to develop platform-free skills and abilities required to produce media content for various targets e.g. social media, newsroom, etc.

"You don't take a photograph, you make it!" Learn in this course how to take impressive photographs. You get to know how an SLR camera works. Learn the main elements of photography: how to take account of light, composition, colors, aperture, and depth of field, for example. You will survey the local school area and participate in a photoshoot tour of Helsinki. A visit to a photography exhibition and making a photographic art exhibition are included in the course.

In the first year, students will focus on learning the basics of the C# coding language and will focus on making small projects. Most of the projects will be 2D and text-based, but some 3D principles will also be covered. During the second year, students will build on the skills learned in the previous year and will focus on a larger project.

The elective will focus on what it takes to make indie games (independent games). Focusing on indie game development gives students the opportunity to practice many different sides of game development, which will help them determine their strengths and interests. This will also potentially help them discover what they are interested in pursuing in the future. We will also learn the standards and rules of the game development industry.

Topics that will be touched upon during the elective include the following (the depth will depend on the interest and needs of the class): C# coding, the creative process, problem solving and debugging, 2D and some 3D game art, game music composition, and sound effects, story telling, cinematics, IOS, Android app development, and web development (focusing on sharing their creations), physics and mathematical principles, copyright laws, and UI/UX design.

How do people think? What motivates someone's actions? How do you learn? Why do different people have different personalities? Does birth order affect who you become? Can someone's behavior be predicted?

Engage yourself in practical chemistry experiments explaining and expanding on the chemistry of everyday life. The course will include practical experiments with theory to explain chemistry phenomena.

Does every equation have a solution? How do number systems without a zero work? What is infinity, and can you fit all infinities into one? Can all functions be graphed? If you are interested in the world of mathematics beyond what is taught in the standard course, and you want to learn about the fundamental principles behind mathematics, then this course is for you.

This elective course is for students who want to deepen their skills in both technical crafts and textiles (although the primary emphasis is on crafts). Students will learn to use new equipment and techniques, as well as develop greater proficiency with equipment they are already familiar with. They will use the design cycle to research, design, plan, create, and test a range of products, varying in size and complexity. The projects they complete will have a variety of contexts, some being very specifically outlined and others with a more open-ended theme.

Home economics is a long elective course for those who want to continue studying cooking in the eighth and ninth grade. For two hours a week, you will be cooking and baking, getting acquainted with national and international food cultures, learning about special diets, and more.

NOTE: Students cannot take both this and the "general" Home Economics Course. You are allowed to place it as your first choice in both categories, but you will still be placed into a max of only one of the courses (depending on the outcome of any necessary lotteries).

Explore the history and development of music from a variety of music cultures and genres through playing. Although this course is primarily focused on making music, there will be some theory required and a few technological assignments. Performance is not required, but it is encouraged.

Deepen your mastery of artistic skills and your understanding of art. We'll take time to make paintings and drawings about interesting themes, as well as learn how to make a design for a product or a video advertisement. Color theory, composition, and elements of art are taught through famous paintings from around the world and through the various time periods. Some studies of graphic design are included, such as making a poster. We will also visit an art/design museum. By the end of the course, you will assemble a portfolio of artworks you've created throughout the school year. In 9th grade, you will make your own art project and exhibit it on the school premises.

Explore what architect's work is like in today's world. You get to know how architects think when designing a house. You learn the basic concepts of architecture, study perspective drawing and observe the school building's architecture. You have a change to design your dream house and Sketch Up to make it look real. A visit to an architectural office or the Museum of Architecture is included.

Description/goals: This short elective course involves learning juggling and other circus skills. Progressing from juggling small scarfs to juggling balls, to juggling clubs and rings. Other circus skills covered will be poi, diablo, flower/devil sticks, spinning plates and hula hoop. Circus skills help unify the body in gaining physical skills regarding hand-eye coordination, balance and enhanced body control. Circus skills are also a lot of fun and can help in relaxing and also to clear the mind, even aiding in meditation. The performance aspect of circus skills would also be practiced. Students would learn not only the skills but also how to tie them together to form a performance and in the art of performing a skill for an audience.

Ever wonder how you could make more time to spend with friends and do what you enjoy doing? Learn to get your homework done in record time!

Using games, fun, and competitions, we will learn to touch type, which means that you will learn to type quickly without looking at the keyboard. This means that you will be more productive, taking less time to complete essays and assignments. This skill will help you very much in your studies, your gaming and future career.

By the end of this elective, the majority of students will be effortlessly typing more than 60 words per minute, while others will be exceeding 80 WPM.

Although the goal of this course is primarily focused on students creating their own music, students will also play music together. There will be some music theory included and a few technology assignments (for example: a piece of music such as a jingle, a text or picture about or with music. Experience in composing music is not required, but a willingness to learn new skills and to improve existing ones is.

Enjoy the satisfaction of helping to make the annual EIS yearbook a reality... without taking away from your free time. Along with the teacher, you choose how you would like to contribute to the final product: write articles, take or collect photos from around the school and school events, add captions, design the cover, contribute art/drawings, create layouts7portrait pages with publication software, and more.

Are you an aspiring author? Are you looking to develop your writing skills? Look no further! In this elective, we will be exploring different genres of writing (including but not limited to short stories, poetry, fairy tales, and memoirs). We will discover the elements of good storytelling and writing. We will delve into the differences in poetry and poetic forms. You will create and master your own words and worlds. The only limitation is your own imagination.

Goal: The goal of this elective is for you to write original pieces while also learning skills that will help you in all academic subjects. These skills include but are not limited to the development and growth of writing strategies, grammar and sentence structure variation, and informal and formal writing styles.

Learn to draw like da Vinci!

Goals include practicing drawing people, animals, 3D objects, perspective drawings and still life. Use traditional and creative methods to learn drawing. Techniques used are e.g. ink, markers, pencil and drawing tablet.

Want to try out German for one year instead of two? Or would you like to improve the German skills that you already have? If so, consider this elective. If all students who sign up are beginners, this course will teach "tourist German," concentrating on the short dialogue needed when travelling and/or staying a short time in a German-speaking country. If the group has varying levels of German, teaching will be differentiated according to those skills.

Goal: By the end of this short elective, students will learn the basics of German language or improve the skills they already have.

There are many applications out there that let you create websites but if you want to truly harness the power of the internet you need to learn it’s language. In this Elective we will set aside the web development applications and start with a blank page, learning how to create a website from scratch. We will learn to write HTML, CSS and Javascript code to create simple web pages. The skills you learn from this elective will help you dive deeper into those web design applications allowing you to understand them and use them on a more advanced level.

Goals:

•Learn the three coding languages of the web--HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

•Make simple web pages from scratch.

•Learning the creative process and some theory of what makes an inviting webpage.

There are only compulsory categories of electives. These categories are artistic and practical (taide ja taito).

No. You must carefully choose electives, as you will need to commit to long electives for 8th and 9th grades. You will choose an additional "artistic and practical" subject short elective prior to grade 9.

The registration details will be sent as a Wilma message to all 7th grade guardians and students, including the dates the registration opens and closes. A Wilma message with the registration link will only be sent to the guardians, as they must be involved in selecting the subjects with their child. All registrations received by the due date will be considered equally. If an elective is over-subscribed, a random draw will be completed to choose participants.

Long electives are two hours per week and continue through both 8th and 9th grades. Short electives are either half of a year (2 hours per week) or one whole year (1 hour per week).

You will receive a numeric grade for long electives, and language electives may be counted toward a student's theoretical subject grade point average (for use when applying to high schools or vocational schools). The grade you receive at the end of your 8th and 9th grade "artistic and practical" subject elective can be used to improve the grade you received in the same subject in 7th grade.

A short elective receives an evaluation statement, but not a numeric grade. Your teacher will choose from statements such as: "You have achieved the objectives partially," "quite well," "well," or "very well." You are required to pass all subjects in order to graduate from middle school.

While you ultimately only need one elective per category, you will be asked to choose a number of back-up electives for each category, as well (in case your first choice for any given category is not realized due to lack of interest, or if an elective is over-subscribed and you do not get chosen by the random draw).

Those who do not indicate their elective preferences by the due date may be placed in electives of the guidance counselor's choosing!

Many students and parents wonder about the options after they leave EIS? These questions and concerns will be dealt with during guidance counselling and events such as the Joint Application Evening. For information on the Joint Application and the transition to upper secondary studies, click the link below.

Click on this link(external link, opens in a new window) for some helpful information on applying to IB  and bi-lingual upper secondary schools (lukios)!

Equality (in Finnish yhdenvertaisuus -> www.yhdenvertaisuus.fi)

Equality means that all people are equal, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic or national origin, nationality, language, religion or belief, opinion, disability, state of health, sexual orientation, economic status or any other personal reason.

Personal factors, such as origin or color, should not affect people's access to education, employment and services - fundamental rights belong to everyone. Taking diversity into account means that no one is categorized or treated, for example, through stereotypes that combine their background. Equality means equal opportunities, but not that “everything is always shared equally by all”. One person may need more support than the other.

The student Global Citizen team is working to make this school a more inclusive community for everyone.

Our Eco Code

“If you ruin the nature, you won’t get fed.

If you help the nature , you will get ahead.

Always remember that nature can live without us,

But we can’t live without nature”

Eco-Schools is the world's largest sustainable schools programme. Globally, the programme operates in 68 countries, and it has been run in Finland with the name Vihreä lippu (Green Flag) for over 20 years. Currently there are more than 300 Finnish schools registered in the programme.

Eco-Schools empowers children to drive change and improve their environmental awareness through the simple Seven-Step framework in order to achieve the international Eco-Schools Green Flag award. Eco-Schools develops pupils’ skills, raises environmental awareness, improves the school environment and creates financial savings for schools as well as a whole host of other benefits.

At EIS, the Eco-School programme is run by a group of very dedicated students who are actively striving to make our school a sustainable, responsible and environmentally aware community. 

For more information, see Eco-Schools in Finland(external link, opens in a new window) and Eco-Schools Globally(external link, opens in a new window)