Private Grammar School and Economic School Katarina Zrinski, CEE Partner School, is a private secondary school that educates young people through implementation of modern teaching methods for successful integration in the business world. Economic School Katarina Zrinski is: a member of Education group Zrinski a part of an Institutional system for E4E Education for entrepreneurship a partner school of the Council on Economic Education (CEE), USA a methodical centre a central office of Training Firms an international partner in developing curriculum for Training Firms an organizer of the International fair of Training Firms "PVT Zagreb" the first one that started with its own programs for the school subject Business of Training Firms Economic School Katarina Zrinski was founded in 1997. It has developed a specific approach of enabling its students, which is directed towards acquiring knowledge and skills necessary to run a small and middle-sized business. The school is open for those who want to acquire a high-quality education for the vocation of economist. The process of education is carried out via lecture classes for a small number of pupils (up to 18 pupils per class). This enables a more individualized approach in teaching and it facilitates students' learning of the subject matter. Desks in the classrooms are positioned in a form of a semicircle, thus enabling optimal cooperation of pupils and professors, making at the same time the implementation of modern teaching methods and mentorship much easier. The School has a 14-year-old tradition and a well-established and successful national and international partnership which includes Business English Courses in Oxford, UK, German courses in Lindenberg, Germany, and activities performed during the International Education Week together with the students and teachers from the partner schools. The School is a partner school with the economic schools from Celje (Slovenia), Verona (Italy), Pecs (Hungary), Regensburg (Germany) and Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina). During the course of their second year, the students spend two weeks in St. Joseph's King's School Oxford (UK) improving and developing their English language skills. The students get their certificates upon the completion of the course and the grades and credits which they obtain there become the intrinsic part of their regular English class evaluation card in the School. The same principle applies to the German language courses held for the third grade students in Lindenberg, Germany. Other international projects which were successfully carried out during the previous year include "Ecological Footprint" and "Creative Thinking", the purpose of which was to bring students' work into focus and give them opportunity to learn how to cooperate and work in international environment. They include another project as well, called Leonardo da Vinci Mobility programme which was carried out together with Economic school Regensburg in 2009.
