News & Events
News
18/11/2019
Arts Faculty Launches New Microsite
The ECP's new Arts Microsite is as a vibrant online space to explore the offerings of the Arts Faculty through inspiration, articles and more.
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14/11/2019
The English College in Prague – Come and join us!
Come and join us! Open Days 15. 1. and 11. 2. 2020. It is 25 years since our iconic blue doors opened to students for the very first time. The English College in Prague – Anglické gymnazium o.p.s. is a selective six-year English grammar school, which is also part of
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11/11/2019
25th Anniversary Founders’ Day
It was a great honour for us that our current Czech Patron, Karel Schwarzenberg, was present at our Founders’ Day. He congratulated the ECP on their 25th anniversary. The first three ECP Headmasters participated in the event as well.
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05/11/2019
Lecture on Technology
The ECP Lecture and Talk Programme for this academic year opened recently with a thought-provoking lecture on the topic “Hostile propaganda and the Abuse of the Internet” by the CEO of Semantic Visions, Mr František Vrábel.
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18/10/2019
New issue of the ECP Newsletter (Issue Sixteen)
Read the first issue of The ECP Newsletter in this academic year in which we are celebrating 25th anniversary of the school.
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14/10/2019
Open Day on 14 November 2019
Come to the ECP Open Day on 14 November 2019 from 1pm to 5pm. You can meet with your students and teachers and get a tour of the school.
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11/10/2019
Message from the new Student Council President
The new Student Council President presents his programme of structural changes. He wants to make all students feel that they have a voice.
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18/09/2019
CERGE-EI Projects in Applied Economics for Talented Students
ECP students have been selected from schools across Prague to take part in this prestigious CERGE-EI programme of Charles University.
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17/09/2019
House Parents’ Meeting and ECP Family Barbecue
The English College held its House Parents' Meeting and Family Barbecue also during its 25th anniversary year. It was a great opportunity for parents to meet with their child’s tutor and other ECP staff.
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06/09/2019
ECP’s 25th Birthday Party
ECP celebrated the start of its 25th anniversary year with a birthday party and their own Great British Bake-Off, showing students' creativity and skill.
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Term Dates
Term Dates 2019/2020
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 02/09/2019 |
| Half Term Holidays | 29/10/2019 - 01/11/2019 |
| End of Term 1 | 13/12/2019 |
| Christmas Holidays | 16/12/2019 - 03/01/2020 |
| Start of Term 2 | 06/01/2020 |
| Half Term Holidays | 17/2/2020 - 21/2/2020 |
| End of Term 2 | 05/4/2020 |
| Easter Holidays | 06-04-2020 - 17/04/2020 |
| Start of Term 3 | 20/04/2020 |
| End of Term 3 | 30/06/2020 |
Holidays 2019/2020
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Wenceslas Day | 28/09/2019 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2019 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 18/11/2019 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2019 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2019 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2019 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2019 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2020 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 31/01/2020 |
| Good Friday | 10/04/2020 |
| Easter Monday | 13/04/2020 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2020 |
| Liberation Day | 08/05/2020 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 01/06/2020 |
Term Dates 2020/2021
| Term | Date |
|---|---|
| Start of Term 1 | 31/08/2020 |
| Half Term Holidays | 26/10/2020- 30/10/2020 |
| End of Term 1 | 15/12/2020 |
| Christmas Holidays | 16/12/2020- 05/01/2021 |
| Start of Term 2 | 06/01/2021 |
| Half Term Holidays | 15/2/2021- 19/2/2021 |
| End of Term 2 | 26/3/2021 |
| Easter Holidays | 27/03/2021- 11/04/2021 |
| Start of Term 3 | 12/04/2021 |
| End of Term 3 | 30/06/2021 |
Holidays 2020/2021
| Holiday | Date |
|---|---|
| St. Wenceslas Day | 28/09/2020 |
| Independence Day | 28/10/2020 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 18/11/2020 |
| Freedom & Democracy Day | 17/11/2020 |
| Christmas Eve | 24/12/2020 |
| Christmas Day | 25/12/2020 |
| 2nd Day of Christmas | 26/12/2020 |
| New Year's Day | 01/01/2021 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 31/01/2021 |
| Good Friday | 10/04/2021 |
| Easter Monday | 13/04/2021 |
| Labour Day | 01/05/2021 |
| Victory in Europe Day | 08/05/2021 |
| Student Holiday / Staff Training | 03/06/2021 |
| Headmaster’s Holiday | 04/06/2021 |
Overview of Lectures 2007 - 2019
| Subject | Name of the lecturer | Name of the lecture | School year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature | Dr Jitka Štollová | Shakespeare’s Villains: Rebels against Nature and God | 2018/2019 |
| Environment | Stanislav Lhota, M.Sc., Ph.D. | Palm Oil: Future of Rainforests in Our Hands | 2018/2019 |
| Economy | Milan Bednář | Circular Economy | 2018/2019 |
| Biology/Enviroment/TOK | Luděk Brož | Boar Wars: Necropolitics of Resilience and Vulnerability in the Time of African Swine Fever | 2018/2019 |
| Politics/ Media | Bob Kartous | Media's Influence on Politics and Society: starting with the youth | 2017/2018 |
| Politics | Dr. Pepper D. Culpepper | Quiet Politics, Noisy Politics, and Populism | 2017/2018 |
| Economy | Tomáš Sedláček | The world today | 2017/2018 |
| Charity/TOK | Mudr Tomáš Šebek | Doctors without borders missions and leadership | 2017/2018 |
| Politics/History | Michael Žantovský | Czech and British Connections | 2016/2017 |
| History/Art | Dr Irena Edwards, Mr Petr Krpata | Conservation, protection and maintenance of cultural heritage in the Czech Republic | 2016/2017 |
| Literature | Mr Justin Quinn | What the Foreigners Really Think of Czechs, from Sherlock Holmes to the Daily Mail | 2016/2017 |
| ART | Ms Nika Kupyrova (ex student) | Occupation: artist | 2015/2016 |
| Politics | Mr. Erik Best | Europe's new challenges | 2015/2016 |
| Environment/Economics | Ing. Soňa Jonášová | Circular Economy - Current environmental problematics and possible solutions | 2015/2016 |
| Politics | Mr Karel Randák | Secret Services and Terrorism | 2015/2016 |
| History | Ing. Jan Kovařovic, an ECP governor, and his guests | The Prague English Grammar School – Our Older Schoolmates | 2014/2015 |
| Charity/ Medicine/Politics | MUDr. Tomáš Šebek | Médecins Sans Frontières - From Haiti to Northern Afghanistan | 2014/2015 |
| Politics/History | Mgr. Michal Vodrážka | Leaving North Korea – The “Defectors” | 2014/2015 |
| Politics/History | Ing. Petr Nosálek | Why is it Important to Know Our Own History? | 2014/2015 |
| Charity/Medicine/ | Anna Rausová, Hana Robinson, Jan Bárta | What It's Like to Live with Multiple Sclerosis or Multiple Sclerosis Is Not about Forgetting | 2013/2014 |
| Psychology | Alan Law | Dreams - a Psychological Perspective: Recent Answers to Old Questions | 2013/2014 |
| Literature | Dr. Gyorgy "George" Toth | The "American" Dream: Success and Failure | 2013/2014 |
| Charity/Biology | Arthur F. Sniegon | Kedjom – Keku: Building a School in Africa Is Not Enough! | 2012/2013 |
| Literature | Henry Eliot | Geoffrey Chaucer and pilgrimage | 2012/2013 |
| Politics/History | Toman Brod | Raoul Wallenberg | 2012/2013 |
| Charity/Geography | Mudr Šebek | Médecins Sans Frontière | 2012/2013 |
| Politics | American Embassy | USA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS | 2011/2012 |
| Literature | Stephen Siddall | John Donne | 2011/2012 |
| Astronomy | Doc. RNDr. Vladimír Karas, DrSc. | BLACK HOLES IN THE UNIVERSE | 2011/2012 |
| Sport | Dominik Hašek, Jiří Ježek | OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES | 2011/2012 |
| Biology | Doc. Jana Albrechtová | Trees: the best air-conditioning ever invented! | 2010/2011 |
| Politics/ Army | Captain Magdaléna Dvořáková | Czech army missions | 2010/2011 |
| Charity | Mgr. Jiří Královec | Hospice for Children - Joy and Pain | 2010/2011 |
| Literature | Thommy Cookson | Boswells' “Life of Johnson“ | 2010/2011 |
| Politics and Law | David Ondráček, director of NGO, Transparency International | Transparency in Politics | 2009/2010 |
| Economy | Doc. Tomáš Sedláček | Economy of Evil and Good | 2009/2010 |
| Charity/Medicine | Mrs. Pavla Francová | How I see the world, while I cannot see - Anniversary of Braille | 2009/2010 |
| Literature | Prof. Hilský | W. Shakespeare´s Sonnets and translation | 2009/2010 |
| Politics/ Media | Mrs. Procházková, journalist | Role of media today | 2008/2009 |
| Charity/Medicine | Anne de Voil | Who is disabled? | 2008/2009 |
| Politics | Milan Horvát | Roma community | 2008/2009 |
| Literature | prof. doc. PhDr.Jan Čermák | Pleasure of translating - Boewulf in Czech | 2008/2009 |
| HUMANTIES Politics/Civics | Mgr. Martin Mejstřík (MP, student leader) | Senate in the Czech Republic | 2007/2008 |
| History/Politics | PhDr.Alena Hromádková | Helsinky accord and the growing movement of opposition in Central Europe | 2007/2008 |
| Charity/Geograpy | Mudr.Martin Jarolímek– doctor, Head of Sanatorium in Prague | Charity Work in Africa | 2007/2008 |
| Sport | Mudr.Lukáš Pollert . Olympics winner, doctor | Ethics in sport | 2007/2008 |
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