Center for Continuing Education "Lapland" in Murmansk teaches children aged 5 to 18 years. Every year, more than four thousand small Murmansk students study at the walls of the largest educational institution beyond the Arctic Circle in Russia.
Institution History
For seven years, the building of the future house of the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren, the current center of continuing education for children "Lapland" in Murmansk, was erected on the shore of Lake Semenovskoye. The building project was developed at the Moscow Institute of Experimental Design in the form of a ship, as this corresponded to the image of the port city. The construction of the building impressed the inhabitants of the city, because inside it 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.
On November 6, 1985, the building opened its doors to the first students. Already in the first year of work, 367 circles were opened in various fields, ready to educate up to six thousand children annually. After the collapse of 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 the name to the Center for Continuing Child Education "Lapland", which is already familiar to us today.
Objectives of the Center for Continuing Education "Lapland" in Murmansk
The center’s building was laid in order to create conditions for the younger 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 further life in a public environment. As well as the following goals:
- The formation and development of the creative, intellectual, physical and moral-ethical orientation of girls and boys under the age of 18 years.
- The desire of the center's employees to arouse interest in a healthy lifestyle and health promotion among young people.
- Assistance in further vocational guidance, choice of profession.
- Support for children with outstanding intellectual and physical abilities.
- Teaching children modern sciences, such as robotics and others.
- Further training of teachers and heads of institutions of further education.
Directions of the educational program
On the basis of the Center for Continuing Education "Lapland" in Murmansk, boys and girls are trained in the following areas:
- hairdresser, makeup basics;
- art choreography;
- TV journalism in the training television studio "Sky";
- foreign language;
- aquarium fish farming;
- floristry and phytodesign in the interior of residential and office premises;
- School of Naturalists;
- entertaining sciences;
- sports ballroom dancing, ballet, pop dance;
- training in circus art in the Arlekino team;
- theater circle "Circle";
- music;
- designer and fashion designer, designer;
- making toys and dolls;
- sports activities (football, boxing, aikido, kickboxing, basketball);
- swimming;
- hiking;
- arts and crafts;
- art creation.
The teaching staff of the Palace "Lapland" in Murmansk
Currently, the Lapland Palace has 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 "Excellent student of physical education and sports" - 3 people, the title of "Master of Sports" 2 people, "World Champion" - 1 person.
In Murmansk, Lapland is the only major center for children and youth creativity and additional education on a free basis. For many years of work, more than one generation of Murmansk people has grown here. In addition to educational activities, the center holds various contests, competitions and other events with the participation of students.