Vidzgiris Progymnasium will be led by a new director

Artūras Čiurlionis won the contest of the director of the progymnasium Alytus Vidzgiris. Until September this year, the only candidate participating in the competition ran the school in Šventežeris (Lazdijai district), where he has held the position of director since 2004.

Before becoming director of Alytus Vidzgiris Progymnasium, A. Čiurlionis, who has two master’s degrees, was called one of the most innovative pedagogues and administrators in the Lazdijai district.

Vidzgiris School (former 8th), which has changed since the opening of this education in 1977. Petras Kaminskas, who has been the director from 1992. to 2019 headed by the current member of the Alytus City Council, Valdas Račkauskas. After him, the Vidzeme people had no permanent director.

Vidzgiris Progymnasium is a newly renovated growing institution, both in terms of number of students and activities. The Vidzgiriai residents are the only Alytus progymnasium that has been granted the right to conduct a full-time pilot school program from the Ministry of Education and Sports, and intends to continue this activity once it has proven itself.