About our High School
The PRIGO High School has a 27-year long tradition, being a part of the PRIGO group of schools which provides education at all levels of the educational system. It is based on the application of the unique, trademark-protected PriorityGO approach, which combines individualised teaching, modern didactic methods and respect for the challenges of contemporary society, and whereby education is perceived as a lifelong philosophy and a continuous approach to life – not as a means to achieve other goals.
It offers typical high school education with a school-leaving examination in the fields of ‘Business Academy’ or ‘Economy and Business’ (applied to sports), while especially the first programme emphasizes international elements in the global environment. In the Business Academy programme, our school offers either economic or legal profiling, depending on whether the student wants to study at the faculties of economics or law after graduating from high school. In the Economy and Business program, focus is placed upon students who want to work or carry on business in the field of sports. In addition, we have recently prepared two other study programmes whose graduates meet the requirements for regulated profession in this area: Preschool and extracurricular pedagogy and Veterinary Medicine. Our high school holds a permit from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports enabling us to teach some subjects in a foreign language. At the same time, we cooperate with many foreign as well as domestic institutions. Part of the education is also the preparation for obtaining a group B driving license.
The PRIGO High School in Ostrava is the only school in the region which believes that talented students with very good grades at primary schools should not automatically continue their studies at grammar high schools. After graduating and successfully passing the school-leaving examination, the graduates will be able to perfectly apply their skills in practice. Most of our graduates continue studying at Universities or Colleges.
PRIGO – Grammar schools and high school – On-line Open Day
High School Guide (available in the Czech language only)
We are the first school in the region to offer high school education in veterinary medicine – Interview in Deník PRÁVO (available in the Czech language only)
International Baccalaureate is recognized worldwide – Interview in Deník PRÁVO (available in the Czech language only)
PRIGO Information Leaflet (available in the Czech language only)
Talented students
The essential and key task of our school is to provide our students with successful professional life through their education and preparation for the school-leaving exam or further studies at a university. The most important aspect, though, is to promote their balanced development through an appropriate combination of school and extracurricular educational activities. You can find applicants for the studies of humanities, economics, pedagogy, medicine or science among the students of our school. We develop these students’ qualifications for further studies. Nonetheless, we respect the general scope of education and the emphasis on foreign languages in a globalised environment. Our intention is to especially develop the talents and skills of our gifted students who are interested in studying humanities, economics, pedagogy, medicine or science with ä view to find their convenient specialisation. For this purpose, we employ trained teachers and psychologists.
Mentoring
Personal approach is one of the priorities of the PriorityGO concept that we apply to all our schools. Based on the interconnection within the group of PRIGO schools and because it covers all levels of education, we have a unique opportunity to offer our students the possibility to participate in the new BuddyGO system, which moves the meaning of ‘personal approach’ to the next level. Targeted mentoring connects different levels of education in the group of PRIGO schools. This way, our students develop the today’s highly valued qualities, such as responsibility and activity on the mentor-side and easier integration on the mentoree-side.
New school, new environment, new schoolmates and new teachers – we take our personal approach really seriously. We’ll find a Buddy from a higher educational level for every student. Your Buddy will guide you through the school, give you a tip on interesting school events and become your team mate. Loneliness will never trouble you. You’ll make a successful team with your Buddy, and you may represent your school at various events. You’ll also be a team of two friends who help each other.
Mentoring at the high school is important particularly at the very beginning of studies, before the students find their way around and create their own school social group. An experienced Buddy already knows the school system perfectly and is well informed about the school and extracurricular activities. New students can contact their Buddy, whose experience they can rely on during the difficult transition period. All they need to do is to write an e-mail or text him/her on Messenger to get the information they need.
You can have a look at how mentoring in the PRIGO schools looks here.
International cooperation
Foreign cooperation is one of the main priorities which the school’s philosophy is based on. In June 2019, four third-year students of the Business Academy completed their two-week professional experience in Berlin – a mandatory activity specified by the curriculum. Three boys and one girl were selected on the basis of their language skills and expertise they had demonstrated during their studies. The project was carried out as part of the TANDEM activity – a programme that supports professional experience and that is funded by the Czech-German Future Fund. You can find out more here.
PRIGO cooperates with over 20 foreign schools from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, USA and China (click here). The international exchange of students and teachers makes one’s acquisition of skills faster. Our students’ education has therefore an international dimension. Both students and teachers are offered short-term and long-term study or work visits.