Secondary education

Students are selected to Siilinjärvi upper secondary school through an electronic joint selection process, more information on Opintopolu.

There are 110 places in upper secondary schools each year, of which 85 are on the general line and 25 on the sports line. The minimum average mark for the joint selection is 7.00 (reading subjects from the final certificate of basic education). You can apply for any places that may become vacant after the joint selection via Opintopolku by means of a supplementary application.

If you are applying to upper secondary school in the middle of the academic year, please contact Olli Lipponen directly.

Siilinjärvi Upper Secondary School homepage

Siilinjärvi Upper Secondary School offers a wide range of courses, including many school-specific courses in addition to the national courses. As optional foreign languages, we offer short German, French, Russian and Latin.

Siilinjärvi upper secondary school curriculum

Cooperation with other institutions diversifies the range of courses offered in addition to the upper secondary school’s own courses:

• You can study online atIsoversta’ s Online High School and Tutorhouse even in the summer.
• Together with Ylä-Savo Vocational College, we offer two degrees.
• Studies at adult education colleges, community colleges and other educational institutions can be accepted as part of your studies.

Siilinjärvi upper secondary school is part of the Kuopio Region Sports Academy. Siilinjärvi high school students have the opportunity to apply to become academy athletes and include coaching in their own sport in their high school studies. Applications for the Sports Academy are made through a joint application procedure.

High school learning makes extensive use of information technology and a variety of e-learning environments. The compulsory school attendance act makes the learning materials and terminals needed for upper secondary education free of charge for students. The free-of-charge provision applies to upper secondary school students who have completed their basic education in spring 2021 or later.

The aim of student support is to promote the well-being of school communities, prevent problems from arising and provide early support for those who need it. The aim is to promote learning, health, well-being, safety, and cooperation between home and school.

Student welfare is the responsibility of all teachers working in the school community, as well as the staff responsible for student welfare services, such as curators, psychologists and nurses.

Student support work is carried out at three levels:

1. Siilinjärvi has a student welfare steering group that takes care of the planning, development, guidance and evaluation of student welfare work and services. The group is chaired by Principal Tiina Tuuvio.
2. Every school or educational institution has a pupil or student welfare team, whose tasks include community-based student welfare services responsible for the well-being of the school community.
3. Individual pupil and student care includes school and student health care services, psychological and curatorial services and multidisciplinary student care for individual pupils or students. If necessary, and with the agreement of the pupil or student and, as a rule, his/her guardian, a group of experts is set up to support the pupil’s or student’s well-being and to deal with the individual pupil’s or student’s issues.
   Student welfare work is described in the Siilinjärvi curricula for pre-primary, basic and upper secondary education, the student welfare plans for pre-primary and basic education and the student welfare plan for upper secondary education.

The organisation of student welfare services, i.e. student health care and curator and psychologist services, was transferred to the Wellbeing services county of North Savo from 1.1.2023.
Contact information can be found on the school’s homepage and on the website of the Wellbeing services.

High school student welfare plan (available in Finnish)

The matriculation examination must be taken in a maximum of three consecutive examination sessions. To pass the examination, a candidate must take at least five examinations.

Instructions on how to register for examination on the upper secondary school website.

Examination dates and much more information about the matriculation examination on the website of the Finnish Matriculation Examination Board.

At Siilinjärvi upper secondary school, students study in five periods, which are divided into a and b sections. The school day is usually between 8.15 and 14.25, with lessons continuing until 16.00 one day a week. In addition, club and project-based activities are offered in the afternoons.

Siilinjärvi upper secondary school follows mainly the same academic year timetable as basic education. The working hours and timetable for the academic year can be found on the website of the upper secondary school.