“Torelli-Fioritti” High School in Apricena (FG) is composed by 14 sections for the Kindergarten, 32 classes for Primary school and 20 classes for Secondary school with a school population of 1361 pupils distributed into 10 buildings.
The Institute, in accordance with the legislative provisions, tends to propose a comparison with the values of the society in which pupils live to promote a new citizenship where women and men are both citizens of Europe and of the world. Pupils of our Institute belong to different family backgrounds and there is the presence of some foreign students, especially coming from Eastern Europe, but also from Turkey, Morocco and Tunisia. In the school there are some students with disabilities and the percentage of them is about 3.05%, while pupils with specific learning disorders or special needs represent the 2.05%.
The aim of our school is to rediscover the historical and cultural origins of the territory in which our Institute is located and in particular with the knowledge of music, folk dances and foods, to make known this aspect of culture that is now almost disappearing and inculcating in students the love for the past and the need to rediscover the historical and cultural roots of the area in which they live. Apricena has a very varied tradition of popular music and linked above all to the figure of the famous “storyteller” MATTEO SALVATORE who knew how to paint, with his songs, a crosssection of the life of his time. His popular music, together with dance, manages to give a precise traditional and ethnic connotation of Apricena, together with an ancient and very varied gastronomic culture. Furthermore, the Gargano area in which we live is also rich in equally varied and rich traditions that contribute to make our territory unique.
Through this project, we would like to get our students, including the ones coming from disadvantaged or poor backgrounds as well as those with special needs in crafty, pleasant and creative activities related to our and our partners’ cultural and historical background as to make them more confident, more motivated and more self aware.