The Sapiens Up Democratic School for Teenagers was founded in Warsaw in 2022 as a response to the needs of modern youth in the context of forced displacement, an inquiry by society on a global level, and as a logical continuation of the Sapiens New Format School for grades 1-9 in Vyshhorod (founded in 2018 by Olena Tkachova).
In partnership with the market leader in modern distance education, Optima School, we managed to develop a plan that will allow students to study the basic disciplines of the Ukrainian curriculum (Ukrainian language, literature, history of Ukraine, algebra, geometry) remotely and individually in our coworking with the possibility of involving Optima teachers; and to live school life and develop competencies in various other areas within the walls of a physical school in Warsaw.
Sapiens Up values:
- Freedom of choice and self-determination is the individual's own way of development.
- Active role of the student in the process of learning and development.
- Lifelong learning - continuous self-improvement and development.
- Open dialog,
- Mutual respect.
The school's values help create a learning environment where students not only acquire the necessary skills but also collaborate, create, influence, and feel themselves and others, gaining real experience.
Mission: to promote the growth of a harmonious personality capable of making free and conscious choices throughout life.
The educational goal of the School is to develop competencies such as:
- thinking,
- creativity,
- communication,
- self-management,
- cooperation,
- flexibility and adaptability.
