About the campus

Letovo School is a real town where students and teachers live side by side and above all, feel at home. We want to make the life of our little town as rich and interesting as possible, we want the academic life to be conscious and effective and the leisure to be diverse and absorbing.

Letovo School

Education for gifted and motivated students aged 12 to 17 from all over Russia.

Letovo School is open to all talented students regardless of their financial situation.

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Vadim Moshkovich: "Education is the key driver in the modern world and I want Russia to be competitive. This is for soul and country."

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1.Main building

Main building

In Letovo we don’t segregate middle and high school, into mathematical, humanitarian and economic classes. That is why the educational building is designed in a way to trigger children's interest in different disciplines and activities. Students may be aware of all the events occurring in the school, thanks to glass partitions between classes. The heart of the building is the Atrium – the meeting place and the intersection of three wings: sports, arts and sciences. Instead of long corridors we created spacious and comfortable recreation areas and cozy classes for small groups of pupils. There are more than just classrooms, we have conference rooms with round tables for project activities, rooms for individual studies and various library zones. Almost all educational space in Letovo is transformable and multi-purpose. Classrooms could be combined into a lecture hall or examination halls, and a multi-level atrium, if necessary, turns into a theater hall for 1000 people.

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2.Sports wing

Sports wing

Four multifunctional sports halls for team sports, a swimming pool, a choreography hall, a gym, a martial arts hall and an aerobics room are located in the sports wing of the school. For all students of Letovo we offer more than 16 kinds of sports to choose from. Letovo has a capacity to host competitions, and parents are very welcome to cheer for their children.

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3.Science wing

Science wing

Letovo is meant to be a science hub. With its 9 laboratories, multimedia library and resource center equipped with modern professional facilities, we created an infrastructural platform for scientific research and practical classes in physics, chemistry and biology.

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4.Arts wing

Arts wing

Two orchestra rooms, seven classes for individual music practice, design studio, robotics, sound recording, art and theater workshops - everything is there for creativity. We are particularly proud of Letovo studio design-production, modeled by the standards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At specially equipped venues located both in the school premises and on the street, exhibitions will be organized with a demonstration of creative works and projects of students.

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5.Security checkpoint

Security checkpoint

The security of all inhabitants of Letovo is one of the top priorities of the support team. The school has a checkpoint and a security post. The security system provides 24/7 video surveillance of the school, the territory perimeter and the surrounding area. We cooperate with a security contractor who guards the campus around the clock, using a modern IT system to warn immediately security of any emergency or abnormal situation.

6.Boarding

Boarding

Boarding houses are located in a residential area away from the academic buildings. Children live in cozy two-story houses, each of which is equipped with a patio and its own sports ground. The boarding house is a quiet and safe place where children feel at home. Residential area consists of 10 houses with a capacity of 56 people each. Students live here along with housemasters and matrons, who help students with day to day issues, from time management to minor repairs.

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7.Fruit orchard

Fruit orchard

Plants from the orchard are used in natural (earth?) sciences classes, such as botany, geography and chemistry. Children grow vegetables and fruits to further use them for scientific purposes, and also to track the process of their growth and seasonal changes. In addition, there is a greenhouse where exotic plants are grown (see point Greenhouse).

8.School courtyard

School courtyard

The school courtyard is a summer version of Atrium, a hub for rest, games, events, and all kinds of activities, where students socialize and just have a good time.

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9.The Big Stadium

The Big Stadium

The sporting life in Letovo is a lot more than just PE lessons. Real championships are organized and hosted here, supported by their cheerleaders, symbols, professional trainers and emergency care. Here are held mass school events: competitions between houses or competitions with other Russian and international schools. At the stadium, children can play sports for their own pleasure: play tennis, football, run. This is a large green stadium of 45 x 90 meters with all necessary information boards, stands, treadmills, track and athletics zone.

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10.Tennis courts

Tennis courts

Two tennis courts with professional coating for playing tennis.

11.Basketball court

Basketball court

Professionally equipped playground for basketball.

12.Greenhouse

Greenhouse

This is a modern engineering structure with a stable temperature never less than +5 degrees. Here, a variety of exotic plants are brought from other climatic zones, to grow and use them in botany lessons. Children get acquainted with modern technologies of cultivation, such as hydroponics and aeroponics. The greenhouse is complementary to the Fruit orchard, also suitable for scientific experiments in the field of natural sciences.

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14.Teachers’ houses

Teachers’ houses

On the campus, there are 3 houses for teachers, 115 apartments and 4 hotel rooms for visiting experts. Teachers of Letovo will be able to live in school with their families, and children always have the opportunity to address teachers on any issue of interest to them. Teachers take an active part in the life of the school: they organize groups, events, clubs of interest, and help children with academic issues.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure of Letovo school consists of 19 thousand square meters of premises, 10 houses for students, 3 houses for teachers, 40 classrooms, 1,000 seats in the theater, 5 library rooms, 9 scientific laboratories, 4 sports halls and 1 stadium. Despite its impressive size, the campus is the place where everything is at arm's length. All premises are designed specifically for children to be accessible and proportionate to their needs. The school has no endless corridors and empty halls, the main building consists of a variety of educational zones and facilities, where everyone finds a convenient place for work and leisure. Thanks to the 24-hour security post, CCTV cameras and other technologies, the school is a quiet and safe place for every child.

Architectural concept

To create a harmonious educational environment, we looked at the best schools in the world and held an international contest, in which 30 architectural bureaus with experience in constructing unique educational buildings participated. Among those who assessed the projects were Moscow’s chief architect Sergey Kuznetsov and architecture critic Grigoriy Revzin.

The project by Dutch bureau Atelier Pro, whose portfolio already contains dozens of schools around the world, was acknowledged as the best. The architectural workshop Atrium is the main designer of the project.

In December 2016, after construction began, the Letovo School campus was awarded ‘Best architectural and town planning solution for an education and medicine construction’ by the Moscow Architectural Council. The winners were chosen by a professional council, which included leading Moscow architects, heads of large project bureaus and international experts.

Winner of the 2016 Moscow Architecture Committee Award in the nomination for The Best Architectural and Urban Planning Solution for Education and Medicine.