Center for the progressive development of intelligence "SPHERE"

• Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
• Founded: 1992
• Age of students: 1.5-17 years
• Type of eduaction: mixed
• Language of instruction: Russian.

The SPHERE Center for Progressive Development of Intelligence has been educating children for over 25 years, working in full-time, part-time, distance learning. The educational institution offers short-term, long-term programs for the prospective development of intelligence for schoolchildren and preschoolers, preparation for VPR, OGE and EGE, individual lessons in school subjects, support for family education (part-time). The school offers a variety of options for extracurricular activities, teaching the team principles of educational and social design.

The SPHERE Center for Progressive Development of Intelligence has a history of more than 25 years: the Contrast Cultural and Pedagogical Center for Creative Development of the Person, one of its predecessors, was founded in 1992, in 1995 the name was changed to Palmyra Russian Gymnasium, in 2002, the institution received the name "Master Class". The pedagogical system is based on the principles of project-based teaching, the school provides students with the opportunity to independently choose the curriculum option according to which they want to study, without limiting the level of development of each discipline.

The school is located on the street. Pacific, d. 1/1, St. Petersburg.

The SPHERE Center for Progressive Development of Intelligence provides half board, meals, and accommodation during certification (if necessary).

The SPHERE Center for Progressive Development of Intelligence offers sightseeing, theater events, a variety of cultural trips for children.

Students regularly go to various industries, attend historical reconstructions, and use interactive learning methods.

• The SPHERE Center for Progressive Development of Intelligence is one of the first educational institutions to abandon the classroom-based teaching system based on repetition. The school applies a project-thematic system aimed at the effective development of cognitive abilities, creative, intellectual potential of the individual. Classes are held either at the round table, or in various groups - teams where tasks are performed that need to be done together, there are places for individual work.
• The main educational tasks are teaching children, developing social adaptation skills. During the educational process, students try themselves in various professional roles.
• Each student has the opportunity to work in his own rhythm, master the material at his own level, completely immersed in the subject, which allows you to create a holistic perception of the topic, subject, era, process, phenomenon.
• Joint communication of children of different ages unites children not by age, but by educational interests, the processes of education are fully integrated.
• The school provides high-quality preparation for passing the GIA and the Unified State Examination, for admission to the chosen university, psychological comfort, and solving pedagogical, didactic, and adaptation problems.
• Classes are held in the form of quests, games, teamwork: projects, studies, discussions, disputes, etc.

Final examination:

• Primary school (4th grade) - 15,000 rubles.
• Basic general education (Grade 9) - 20,000 rubles.
• Secondary general education (grade 11) - 30,000 rubles.

Payment of certification procedures:

• OGE - 20,000 rubles.
• USE - 300,000 rubles.

Other expenses:

• Additional consultations - from 1000 to 1500 rubles per hour.
• Food - 350 rubles / day
• Excursions, stationery are paid separately.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision