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Domingos Rebelo Secondary School is situated in the town of Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel Island, in the Azores, Portugal, and receives students from both urban areas and the countryside. Although the school is not situated in a very poor socio-economical region, there is a high number of students coming from families with serious financial problems or low levels of education (4/6 years).
As we live in an outermost region of Europe, we are highly penalized by our insularity, which seriously  affects  our students. That is one of the reasons why we would like to participate in a European co-operation programme, such as the planned partnership, to encourage co-operation among nations and intellectual exchange, as well as teachers and students’ mobility, thus reinforcing the European dimension of education and intercultural awareness among students. Moreover, this partnership will not only motivate students and teachers to learn/use foreign languages, improve their level of proficiency, but it will also improve the quality of education professionals and, ultimately, that of the education itself. We hope this project will help us achieve the main goal of our school – to increase the rate of academic success among our students.
In addition to this, we believe Education is not limited to school or to the local community - it should be part of a greater community as The European Union. The contact established among teachers and students of different cultures and languages will allow the exchange of information, knowledge and experiences, making us better professionals, better citizens and human beings. By comparing our reality with the reality of others, teachers and students will be more aware not only of their own reality, but also of their European citizenship, sometimes forgotten due to living on a remote island.