Austria

Our school is the NMS (Neue Mittelschule) Voitsberg. It is a secondary school. The city Voitsberg is situated near Graz which is the capital of the province Styria. It is surrounded by mountains, where you can ski in winter. In the south of our region there are vineyards. They are near the Slovenian border.
At our school there are about 230 students, 36 teachers and 1 director. The students are aged between 10 and 14. Some of them are special needs pupils. All our pupils learn English and there is a focus on sports for talented students. These children have more gym lessons than the others. They are very successful at competitions.