Lyceum №1557 Moscow

• Established: 1993
• Location: Moscow, Russia
• Students age: 2-18 years old
• Language of instruction: Russian
• Type of studying: public school.

School number 1557 named after P.L. Kapitsa is the successor of the Physics and Mathematics School No. 1030 at MIET, which was established in 1993. The merger of educational institutions into the educational complex of Lyceum No. 1557 took place on August 27, 2012. In 2018, the educational organization was renamed into School No. 1557 named after P.L. Kapitsa.

The school offers hot meals for all students.

The school has circles and sections (including for preschoolers):

• Hand-to-hand combat, 4-7 years
• Painting, 4-5 years old
• English, grades 8-11
• Project "Lesson-section"
• Swimming
• Natural science master classes "Moscow Longevity"
• Classes for the older generation "Moscow guide".

• Lyceum No. 1557 is a laureate of the Moscow Mayor's Grant in the field of education for high results in educational activities; it is included in the top 25 best educational organizations of the capital.
• The Lyceum is a member of the School of New Technologies project, which implements innovative IT projects in the field of education.
• The school organizes scientific and practical conferences "Virtual World".
• In December 2013, on the basis of Lyceum No. 1557, together with EXPONY LLC, the FabToy Technopark Youth Center for Innovative Creativity was opened. The center has expanded the educational opportunities of lyceum students, who have a real opportunity to study and work on a fundamentally new equipment, consistently passing the path "incubator of ideas - laboratory - production." While working on their own projects (technological ideas), they simultaneously acquire knowledge in psychology, economics, and design.
• “IT class in a Moscow school” is a pre-professional education project for high school students in Moscow.
• Students master specialized subjects in grades 10-11: mathematics, computer science, English; special courses: programming, information security basics.
• In November 2018, the school successfully passed authorization under the International Baccalaureate Program (MYP IB), on March 19, 2019 received a certificate and the status of an IB World School. On May 13, 2019, the Lyceum received the status of "Candidate School for the PYP Program". The IBO Consultant is currently attached to the school.
• School No. 1557 is a member of the HSE University-School Cluster and the HSE Basic School. The goal of forming the HSE Cluster is to provide opportunities for high-quality education in various subject, scientific, and technological areas.

Within the framework of the Kurchatov project, the school has rooms for physics, chemistry, biology, geography, equipped with the most modern equipment for laboratory work, observations and experiments. There is also a "Technopark" equipped with high-tech equipment, where classes are held on design, auto and aircraft modeling, mastering CNC machines, laser cutters, etc.

Sports objects:

• Sports Hall
• Pool
• Choreography room
• Sports stadium
• Football field
• Playground with basketball hoops and small soccer goal
• Outdoor gym
• Stadium with tennis court
• Basketball playground
• Gymnastic complex (obstacle course) for preschoolers
• Football pitch with natural turf
• Sports ground with asphalt surface and basketball posts
• MAFs - small architectural forms: climbing ladders, climbing frames, throwing targets, labyrinths, boom (log)
• Playground with crumb rubber coating.

The offices are equipped with modern technological equipment: computers, monoblocks, laptops, interactive whiteboards, projectors, printers, MFPs, scanners, copiers, macbooks, televisions, video panels.

Students enter grade 1 on a general basis.

For those entering grades 5, 8, 10, it is necessary to create an application for transfer to the school on the website of the mayor of Moscow, provide documents, send the student's portfolio to the e-mail address of the reception. Portfolio - the results of educational activities (extract from the EZD), the results of MCCO diagnostics from the EZD personal account or the results of the final diagnostic work from the myskills.ru portal ("My achievements") in the subjects of the chosen direction.

Effective participation in the invitation stage of the Higher School of Education in the subjects of the chosen direction or in competitions and conferences not lower than the district stage is encouraged.

• Applicants to the medical class pass entrance examinations for candidates: they take place on the platform of Sechenov University.
• Those entering the IT class pass entrance tests for candidates on the ITMO platform and materials.
• Applicants to engineering, academic, cadet, new pedagogical or socio-economic classes send documents and portfolios to the school's electronic admissions office

Students of Lyceum No. 1557 wear uniforms.

Casual uniform for boys:

• Suit "two" or "three", men's shirt (shirt), shoes
• Jacket, trousers, men's shirt, shoes
• Shirts in dull colours
• Ties are optional.

Casual uniform for girls:

• A suit including a jacket or vest, a dress with a jacket, pants or skirt, a sundress
• Blouse in soft colours
• Solid tights - nude, black, white
• Closed heel and toe shoes.

Form colour:

• Grades 1-4 - gray, pink checked
• 5-8 grades - dark blue
• Grades 9-11 - dark blue.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision