The President of the Republic of Tatarstan visits a new building of Kazan school "Mishpakhteynu"

Today, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov visited Kazan secondary school No. 12 "Mishpakhteynu", also known in Kazan as a “Jewish school”. By a new school year a new additional school building was constructed, so a more comfortable environment for pupils and teachers was created.

School No.12 located in the very centre of Kazan in Mardzhani street near Lake Kaban, is a unique one. In addition to compulsory subjects of the state educational standards the subjects of the so-called Jewish cycle are taught therein: Hebrew, history, literature, geography, and traditions of the state of Israel. A great contribution to the development and activities of the school which is called “Mishpakhteynu” (in Hebrew it means “my family”), is made by the Jewish community of Kazan. At the same time, it is an international institution where children of different nationalities study.

During his visit to school No. 12 Rustam Minnikhanov was accompanied by Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Albert Gilmutdinov, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Faizullin, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, and head of Federal Jewish National and Cultural Autonomy Mikhail Skoblionok.

The new building with a total area of ​​3 thousand square meters was built next to the old one operating since 1936. As Director of the school Olga Trupp said the new building had been built during the shortest period of time - 9 months. In addition to the Government of Tatarstan that allocated the funds for the building construction, financial and other assistance was rendered also by the Mayor’s Office of Kazan, various organizations and individuals. Signs with their names were set in the lobby of the school.

According to the director, today 569 children study in school No. 12. “The school is very popular. It was very crowded. The last year we had to study in the hall and in the library. There was a need to increase the space. Today 8 forms study in the new building - from the 1st form to the 4th form. Now they have a dance hall, a gym, and rooms for additional classes. And we could not provide the children with the above listed premises in the old building”, said the director when explaining the need for the construction of the new building. According to her the cost of the project amounted to about 125 million rubles.

During the visit of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan lessons were conducted in the school. First, the head of the Republic was shown a classroom of Hebrew, where there was a lesson. Pupils welcomed the guests in Hebrew. Teachers showed Rustam Minnikhanov the training process - the lesson was conducted online with a teacher from Israel. Leaving the classroom the President signed a piece of paper, which was put into a special “memory box” for storing autographs of honored guests of the school.