{"id":18357,"date":"2021-12-22T11:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iaraosta.it\/scuola-e-collegio\/"},"modified":"2023-10-11T11:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T09:46:39","slug":"scuola-e-collegio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iaraosta.it\/en\/scuola-e-collegio\/","title":{"rendered":"The School and the Boarding School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The School<\/h1>\n

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L\u2019Institut Agricole R\u00e9gional (IAR) ha sede principale nella zona precollinare a nord-ovest di Aosta, capoluogo della regione autonoma Valle d\u2019Aosta, ed \u00e8 stato istituito, ai sensi della legge regionale 1 giugno 1982 n. 12, allo scopo di “svolgere, in Valle d\u2019Aosta, attivit\u00e0 di istruzione tecnico-professionale e di formazione professionale, nonch\u00e9 di ricerca e sperimentazione in campo agricolo,
\nanche in riferimento alle esigenze di tutela ambientale e di difesa del territorio proprie dell\u2019ambiente di montagna”.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_cta][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The Institut Agricole R\u00e9gional\u2019s (IAR) main seat is located in northwestern Aosta, Aosta Valley\u2019s Regional County Seat, at the foot of the mountains. The school was instituted according to Regional Law 1st June 1982 n\u00b0 12, for the purpose of \u201ccarrying out, in Aosta Valley, vocational-technical education and training, as well as research and experimentation in the agricultural field, also in reference to a mountain region\u2019s typical requirements concerning environmental and territorial protection\u201d.<\/p>\n

The internal organisation includes a vocational-technical school complex, a research and experimentation centre and a farm operating in the livestock and vegetable supply chain, with multiple locations.<\/p>\n

The educational offer includes a five-year technical education course in the agri-food and agro-industrial sectors, allowing the continuation of studies at university level, and a three-year vocational training course, preparing students to carry out operational tasks; the latter course leads to the acquisition of a qualification as agricultural specialised workers.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s main feature is the presence of teachers parallelly conducting research and experimentation activities in the agri-environmental field: a guarantee of constantly up-to-date teaching, related to the local territory.
\nAnother feature is the accessibility of the experimental and production research sectors\u2019 resources for the conduction of teaching activities.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space]VISIT THE SCHOOL\u2019S OFFICIAL WEBSITE<\/span><\/span><\/a>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″]

In support of educational activities<\/h2><\/header>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]The Institut Agricole R\u00e9gional provides:
\n\u2022 classrooms for daily lessons equipped with Interactive White-Boards (video projectors and screens);
\n\u2022 conference halls properly equipped with audio and video multimedia devices and tools;
\n\u2022 a classroom equipped for computer science lessons;
\n\u2022 a farm geared towards the zoo-technical, dairy, fruit growing and viticultural sectors, fitted out with all the necessary equipment and machinery for the transformation and conservation of agricultural goods (milk and dairy products, meat and derivatives, fruit, vegetables, grapes and derivatives), premises and facilities also suitable for educational activities.<\/p>\n

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Premises and services available to students<\/h2><\/header>[vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_column_text]During their course of studies, students have access to:
\n\u2022 libraries (6400 volumes);
\n\u2022 vineyards (6,5 ha);
\n\u2022 a winery (50.000 bottles per year);
\n\u2022 orchards (4 ha);
\n\u2022 a fruit conservation plant;
\n\u2022 fields and pastures (35 ha);
\n\u2022 a vegetable garden;
\n\u2022 a medicinal herb cultivation plot;
\n\u2022 a mechanical workshop with a variety of machinery;
\n\u2022 two winter and one summer cattle-sheds (120 head of cattle);
\n\u2022 two dairy-farms;
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The Boarding School<\/h1>\n

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Adjoined to the Institut Agricole R\u00e9gional\u2019s educational offer, the boarding school has always been present as accommodation service since the school\u2019s foundation.<\/p>\n

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The relationship between the school and the boarding school represents an added value.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, it is at the boarding school that two distinct spheres meet: the school, that represents the blend of knowledge deemed essential by our society to grow as citizens and to train professionally; and the educating community, where people sharing a living space meet, bonded by common goals. It is in this context that the study experience at IAR is fashioned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The building<\/h2>
<\/div><\/div><\/header>[vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]Since 1951, year of establishment of the school then called \u00c9cole Pratique d\u2019Agriculture, the boarding school\u2019s service has always been annexed to the Institut Agricole R\u00e9gional\u2019s building.
\nThe building was refurbished in 1981, with an expansion of the structure, and has since maintained its features.
\n\u2022 On the third floor, there is an office for the technical biennium boarding assistants, a room for the assistant carrying out night janitor duty, and nine rooms for boarder students.
\n\u2022 On the fourth floor, there is an office for the floor\u2019s boarding assistant and fifteen rooms for boarder students.
\n\u2022 On the fifth floor, there is the school\u2019s library (Aosta Valley section), a small room for meetings and twelve rooms for female boarder students.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1647446116203{padding-top: 0px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/www.iaraosta.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_20220211_170701-scaled.jpg?id=10712) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12″][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” el_id=”rowSection2″ el_class=”flex-sm-reverse padding-x”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1647587633081{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.iaraosta.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IMG_20220223_110403-scaled.jpg?id=11664) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”100px” el_class=”emptySpace”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1647444159094{padding-top: 0px !important;background-color: #f7f9fb !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1642417776216{padding-top: 130px !important;}” el_class=”order-sm-1 order-lg-2″][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″ offset=”vc_hidden-xs”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1522315135741{padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”]

Accomodation<\/h2>
<\/div><\/div><\/header>[vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]The Institut Agricole R\u00e9gional offers a canteen service with the aim of providing a suitable diet to meet the students\u2019 nutritional requirements, with the intention of promoting healthy and balanced eating habits. Several foods, such as meat, cheeses and fruit are partly produced on the Institute\u2019s farm.
\nThe canteen ensures daily distribution of the four main meals (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner). In case of health conditions and\/or food intolerances, particular menus can be prepared following advice included in each student\u2019s medical file. The boarding school provides double, triple or quadruple bedrooms for boarder students. Moreover, male and female half-boarder or day students can use dressing rooms with showers and personal lockers.<\/p>\n
Foyer de Mont Fleury<\/h5>\n

New premises were made available to meet the growing demand for full-time education, and the related increasingly large requests by families to enrol their children in the boarding school. The premises are a short distance from the school\u2019s main seat and strategically located opposite the Montfleury farm, accommodating forty-five boarder students.
\nThis building can also host educational institutions in the field of professional agriculture wishing to carry out cultural exchange experiences between groups of students, even from abroad.
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Study guidance<\/h2>
<\/div><\/div><\/header>[vc_empty_space height=”15px”][vc_column_text]According to the planning of school activities, classroom study in presence of an assistant is scheduled for first year students.
\nStudy support in scientific subjects is also provided to students in the first two years, with the help of assistants that are former students of the Institut\u2019s technical course; a mother tongue assistant is also available to help with the study of French. The boarder students of the third, fourth and fifth years can study in their rooms and\/or in their respective classrooms. The presence of an assistant on their floor is also guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Students are also allowed to study in their classrooms, before the beginning of morning lessons and after dinner, with prior permission from the assistants. Optional study for the classes or single students, educational outings for training sessions and research projects are also planned.
\nThe boarding school, thanks to the collaboration with an external counsellor, provides weekly psychological support for both students and families.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-12″ css=”.vc_custom_1647446436542{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.iaraosta.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_3532-1-scaled.jpg?id=10704) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_empty_space height=”100px” el_class=”emptySpace”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” parallax=”content-moving” css=”.vc_custom_1644932725843{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;background-color: #015927 !important;}” el_class=”padding-x”][vc_column]

Il Counselling<\/h2>
<\/div><\/div><\/header>[vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1642418535972{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-12″][vc_custom_heading text=”Different types of adolescents arrive at IAR. \u201cOnions\u201d are admitted to our boarding school: several layered years of choked up feelings, fears, livid and accumulated sacrifices, after at least eight years in primary and secondary schools, on the substrate of a more or less honourable past, with a threatening present and unknown future. We see them arriving in September with changing bodies and their families in their backpacks. Our educational relationship can only start after they have laid their burdens down and peeled away layers. It is hard to explain, but it often takes just one glance, a kind word, communication with a welcoming adult, a clear, confident, well-balanced statement to untie those entangled feelings, ease their moods and place them in a rigorously indicating present. Of course, these benefits will be temporary, the \u201conion\u201d layers will grow back after leaving school and maybe tomorrow it will be necessary to start over again! But education is exactly this: starting again until we disappear as educators. If our knowledge and the pleasure of taking advantage of it do not take root on our boys and girls, in the botanical sense of the word, their existences will waver on an infinite void.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6″][vc_custom_heading text=”Of course, we will not be the only ones to dig those tunnels, maybe not being able to fill them, but those men and women will have spent the best years of their youth in our presence\u2026 and it means a lot! There would be much more to tell (memorable stories, nostalgic misadventures) about the struggles of growing up, intended as progressive abandonment of what was painstakingly conquered: but we do not have time to do so. Unfortunately we must note that, over time, experiences such as military service, summer stays and long holidays spent at distant grandparents\u2019 houses, despite their limitations, represented important opportunities as a start to gaining autonomy and becoming an adult. Therefore, I believe it is important to underline the value of educational institutions such as, for example, boarding schools, that provide the opportunity to thousands of youths to be supported, helped, listened to and directed along the difficult path of growing up.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4 vc_col-md-6″][vc_custom_heading text=”As a matter of fact, by limiting the coming and going between school and family, the boarder student\u2019s condition, compared to the non-boarder\u2019s one, has the advantage of placing the pupil in two distinct temporalities: school from Monday mornings to Friday evenings, and family during weekends. School setting on one side, and family setting on the other. Going to bed without reassuring parents with daily lies, getting up without making excuses for not doing homework, since it was done during assisted study with, at best, the help of fellow students or assistants. In short, mental rest: recovered energy that has some chance of being reinvested in study. Maybe all this is not enough to push the dunce to the top of the standings, but at least it makes it possible to live the present in itself. And it is precisely in the awareness of their own present that individuals build themselves, not by running from it.” font_container=”tag:p|font_size:16px|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1643022237604{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}” el_class=”padding-x”][vc_column][vc_empty_space]

Activities, workshops, events<\/h2>
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Social and cultural activities<\/h4>\n

In collaboration with the school, several meetings are organised for the purpose of promoting health, legality, peace and development. On the other hand, leisure activities are planned with students: watching films and cinema discussion, listening to music, expressive and creative workshops, theatre and music shows.
\nMoreover, students are able to get information on the town\u2019s cultural offer (meetings, exhibitions, shows and events), with particular attention to initiatives related to Aosta Valley\u2019s history and traditions.
\nThe school and the boarding school promote the participation in these activities through joint planning, also organising group or class outings. In addition, the boarding school makes a reading room for the consultation of magazines available to students as well as several Internet points.<\/p>\n

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In this area, the activities available to students are mainly focused on education to respect rules and to honesty through play and sports. Moreover, activities aimed at socialisation and recreation are also organised.
\nThe boarding school makes available several sports and recreation facilities that allow the organisation of physical activities such as: training, competitions and tournaments or preparatory activities and sports orientation.
\nThe games room, equipped with table football, table tennis, pool tables and satellite TV, represents an important area during recreation time.
\nMoreover, a reading room and a TV room reserved for small groups are available to students. Finally, the gym, two external pitches and the municipal football pitch are highly significant resources for the implementation of sports activities.
\nThe pupils benefit from spaces and occasions to get to know and practice different sports and are, where necessary, supported and directed in the territory\u2019s sporting environment through a network of contacts with associations and institutions dealing with youth activities.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1643022237604{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}” el_class=”padding-x”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Workshops<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In order to improve the acquisition of specific skills, workshops such as the following are offered:<\/p>\n