3. The vast majority of our students live in
Parma and sorroundings with their families
4. Maria Luigia
Second wife of Napoleon
Former Empress of the
French
Duchess of Parma from
1814 to 1847
Unified under her name
two major educational
institutions of the city
Collegio dei Nobili
Collegio Lalatta
5. “Boarders”
Convitto Maria Luigia provides lodging
accommodation for nearly 70 boys and girls in
their high school years
Many attend one of the associated schools
A small fraction attends other schools in Parma
6. Special boarders
Since 2009 Convitto
Maria Luigia is
residence of one of the
four Italian Rugby
Academies
30 boys in their third or
fourth year of high
school are hosted as
boarders and attend
schools in the Convitto
7. Schools associated to the Convitto
all orders of schools under
the same roof
• primary school
• first grade secondary
school
• second grade secondary
school
8. Half-boarding
Families can choose half-boarding regime
After school time kids have lunch together with
some of their teachers and in the afternoon
can attend extra classes or study and do their
homework under the supervision of tutors
10. Primary: five years
school time:
families can choose between 24, 27 or 30
hours per week
half-boarding time:
until 5 pm (with extra english classes)
14. High school system in Italy
recently reformed (first year now)
school mandatory up to the age of 15 (usually
two years after first grade)
choice between
• lyceum (6 different branches)
• technical institutes (11 different branches)
• vocational institutes (6 different branches)
17. Scientific gymnasium
five years
27 -31 hours per week
subjects: Italian, Latin, English, art, history,
philosophy, maths, science, physics
only a small number of foreing students, usually
immigrants from Eastern Europe and Africa
living with their families
19. Gymnasium
five years
27-31 hours per week
subjects: Italian, Latin, ancient Greek, English,
art, history, philosophy, maths, science,
physics
no foreing students
21. European lyceum
five years
38-42 hours per week
subjects:
Italian, Latin and ancient Greek, English, a second
european language, economics, law, political
geography, art, history, philosophy, maths,
science, physics
a significant number of foreign students from
Eastern Europe as boarders
