Our city

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Frýdlant nad Ostravicí is a small town in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It lies on the Ostravice River at the foot of Lysá hora, the highest mountain of the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. In the past it was an important ironworks center. It has about 10 thousand inhabitants. Today it is mainly a holiday resort.

Our school

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Gymnázium Frýdlant nad Ostravicí today is a general grammar school of a four-year and a six-year form with 270 pupils and 26 teachers in Frydlant nad Ostravicí, a small town in the Moravian-Silesian Region, in the valley of the Beskydy Mountains in the North of Moravia, the Czech Republic. Students are aged 13 to 19 years and the majority of them live in villages around the town, they have to commute to school every day.

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All pupils study English as the first foreign language and from the first grade they learn the second foreign language (German, Russian, French or Spanish) as well.

All pupils study all general subjects preparing for their school-leaving exam which consists of Czech language, a foreign language or maths and two optional subjects as biology, physics, chemistry, geography, etc. 95 % of pupils continue their studies in various colleges and universities.

Its students are successful at many national and international Math and Science competitions, for example International Math Competition in Argentina (2012) and Colombia (2013).They also take part in the International Competition of Young Translators Juvenes Translatores. In 2013 and 2014 they realized the biological project Aves and Plantae. In 2017 one student was awarded a special price for scientific research on the effects of acclimation irradiation in spruce, work based on chemistry, mathematics and biology.

The school has got a long-term cooperation with a grammar school in Friedland, Germany. Its students participate in exchange programmes with that school (two-month stays and annual one-week visits).

In 2015 - 2017 the school was involved in KA2 Strategic Partnerships project called Teaching off the Beaten Path as a partner school. The project was based on biology, geology and ecology.