The Center for Additional Children's Education "Lapland" in Murmansk teaches children aged 5 to 18 years. Every year, more than four thousand little Murmansk residents study at the largest educational institution beyond the Arctic Circle in Russia.
History of the institution
On the shores of Lake Semenovskoye, for seven years, the building of the future home of the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren, the current center for additional children's education "Lapland" in Murmansk, was being erected. The building project was developed at the Moscow Institute of Experimental Design in the form of a ship, as it corresponded to the image of a port city. The design of the building amazed the inhabitants of the city, because inside it was provided for a pool, a stage and even a small observatory in the tower. However, the observatory was not destined to open, everything else is functioning according to the plan.
November 6, 1985, the building opened its doors to the first students. Already in the first year of operation, 367 circles were opened in various areas, ready to teach up to six thousand children annually. After the collapseIn the USSR in 1991, the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren was renamed the Palace of Creativity for Children and Youth "Lapland". Then, in 1998, he again changed his name to the Laplandia Center for Additional Children's Education, which is already familiar to us today.
Goals of the Center for Additional Education "Lapland" in Murmansk
The building of the center was laid down in order to create conditions for the young generation of Murmansk residents, so that they could develop in addition to school programs, diversify their leisure time in their free time, and acquire the skills necessary for later life in a public environment. As well as the following goals:
- Formation and development of the creative, intellectual, physical, moral and ethical orientation of girls and boys under the age of 18.
- The desire of the staff of the center to generate interest in a he althy lifestyle and he alth promotion among young people.
- Assistance in further professional orientation, choice of profession.
- Supporting children with outstanding intellectual and physical abilities.
- Teaching children about modern sciences such as robotics and others.
- Increasing the qualifications of teachers and heads of institutions of additional education.
Directions of the educational program
On the basis of the Laplandia Center for Additional Education for Children in Murmansk, boys and girls are trained in the following areas:
- hairdresser, makeup basics;
- artisticchoreography;
- television journalism in the educational television studio "Sky";
- foreign language;
- aquarium fish farming;
- floristry and phytodesign in the interior of residential and office premises;
- school of naturalists;
- fun science;
- sport ballroom dancing, ballet, variety dance;
- training in circus arts in the team "Arlekino";
- theatrical circle "Circle";
- music;
- designer and fashion designer, designer;
- making toys and dolls;
- sports activities (football, boxing, aikido, kickboxing, basketball);
- swimming;
- tourist hiking;
- arts and crafts;
- artistic creation.
Teaching staff of the Palace "Lapland" in Murmansk
Currently, the Palace "Lapland" employs 99 employees in various disciplines. Of these, 83 teachers have higher education, 8 employees have secondary vocational education, 4 people have a Ph. D. In sports disciplines among the teaching staff "Excellence in physical culture and sports" - 3 people, the title of "Master of Sports" 2 people, "World Champion" - 1 person.
In Murmansk "Laplandia" is the only major center for children's and youth creativity and additional education on a freebasis. For many years of work, more than one generation of Murmansk residents has grown up here. In addition to educational activities, the center holds various competitions, competitions and other events with the participation of students.
