This document provides information about Ivan Vazov Language High School in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. It describes the school as one of the most prestigious in Bulgaria, located in Plovdiv, the 2019 European Capital of Culture. The school is old and many graduates have important positions in Bulgarian politics, medicine, economics, and other fields. Nearly all students continue their education at top universities worldwide. Students must pass entrance exams testing their ability to analyze texts and solve math problems to gain admission. The school offers languages including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and mandatorily Russian, with options like Japanese. It celebrates the various languages and cultures studied through annual festivals. The school also has successful academic clubs and teams

2. That’s our school. It is one of the most prestigious
ones in Bulgaria and is located in Plovdiv – the
second biggest city in Bulgaria and the
European culture capital for 2019.

3. Our school is quite old.
A lot of its
graduates now have
important positions
in the Bulgarian
political stage and
other top branches
of medicine
economics, etc.
Virtually 100 % of its
students continue
further their
education in top
universities
worldwide.

4. In order to be accepted, one has to sit for two
exams – the first one testing your ability to
analyze and deal successfully with texts and
charts as well as Bulgarian authors’
masterpieces, and the other one including 30
math problems to solve.

5. On condition you pass them
with flying marks
/you’d better have
two excellent exam marks/
you can apply.
Ivan Vazov
Language High
School

6. The application forms vary depending on your
wish what language you would like to study
most. The languages you may choose out of are
the following
 English
 German
 French
 Italian
 Spanish

7. As a second language
all students mandatorily
start learning Russian.
For the most ambitious ones,
the school has a wider range
of languages, including
Japanese, which every
student may take up should
the need arise.

8. To show how intelligent and full of
creativity our school’s students are
we organize annual festivals
dedicated to promoting the culture
of each language we study.
As you already know, Ivan Vazov
Language High School has a
habit of celebrating languages on
specific days. But that does not
mean that we don’t celebrate
other subjects.

9. The school library is a perfect
representation of the
principle quality over
quantity. It is relatively
small in size but it has
many books in different
languages – from Russian
to French.

10. But the best thing about is the Library Council
which was created several months ago.
It is something like a book club really: several
students gather regularly, they are all avid
readers and regulars at the library.

11. Hopefully, those meetings
will turn into a tradition,
a celebration of writing
and reading.
The special thing about their
group is that they organize
meetings with
contemporary Bulgarian
writers. More than five
meetings have been held for
the past several months.

12. The clubs at our school throw parties for history,
photography and literature lovers every week.
There are also additional drawing classes for all
the talented young artists.

13. We also celebrate the fact that the global world we live
in lets us be not just citizens of Bulgaria, not just
citizens of the European Union but true citizens of
the world.

14. Most of those clubs mentioned
are united by a common
name – ‘Success’ and they
successfully help
adolescents reach their full
academic potential and
come closer to becoming
responsible adults capable
of improving their home the
world.

15. Many ambitious and talented students gather
under the roof of our school every day.
Not only are they regular participants in various
competitions but they are also regular winners.

16. We have awards from many
national and international
contests.

17. And we, students, are not only good at languages: the high
results at Olympiads in different subjects – from
Philosophy to Maths prove this. We also work on
different projects.

18. For example, a team of classmates from 11th grade took the challenge and
devoted almost all of their time to a Biology project called ‘Plants in
Space’ and they managed to become number one not only in our
country but also at the international student conference ‘Express
Yourself’ in Sheffield, England.
And this is really just a drop in the sea of examples of challenges took and
victories won our school has to offer.

19. Thank you for your attention