Co-curricular activities, as we call them, encompass everything students are involved in outside of their academic classes. Academy clubs, sports, and volunteering are all part of co-curricular activities. They are organized during the week and weekends, both on and off-campus. Activities are designed to enhance students’ sense of community, strengths, and passions; as well as…

Friends of LEAF Club was established by Y3 classmates, aiming to provide a more friendly and loving environment for the LEAF community, especially during the online period, by arranging different activities for the whole school to participate. So far we have successfully held the Valentines Speed date, the Grand Book Swap, and we are excited…

Just like many other high school students, Matej had a dream of studying at a university abroad one day. He wanted to experience a different kind of learning, to live on his own, and to become as good as possible in his field. “I wasn’t sure about what I wanted to study, I just knew…

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“Why did I try to get to Harvard? My answer is that I knew it was possible! It is important to know that things are possible,” says Matej Sapák, the principal of an international Bratislava-based high school LEAF Academy, about his decision to attend the prestigious university. As a curious teenager, he ventured to a…

Choosing what to do after high school can feel overwhelming. With the help of Michael, our university counselor, Y4s set out to make what seems like the biggest decision in their lives. Most choose the traditional path of tertiary education, usually in the UK, US or The Netherlands. In recent years, however, a less orthodox…

Blog by Year 1 students
Over the past few months our students have been diving deep into the topic of eco-friendly and zero waste lifestyles. Their teachers from the Entrepreneurial leadership department joined up with teachers from STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) department to create a complex educational approach toward this subject …

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The orientation offsite is the Kick-off program for the new Y3 and Y1 students at LEAF Academy. It is the time when they first get to know their classmates and staffulty in a unique and unfamiliar environment. The format of the offsite orientation is expedition based. We have asked 3 newly admitted students about their…

In spring 2020, because of the Covid-19 pandemic was spread to Slovakia, the education process at LEAF Academy transitioned into distance learning in order to protect our health of the students and staffulty members. After interviewing the students, now it is the right time for a reflection. We have asked our actual and former teachers…

Since the middle of March 2020, the whole education process at LEAF Academy transitioned into distance learning in order to protect our health in the first place and respect the restrictions of the Slovak government. Now, almost two months after adapting to distance learning, came the right moment to share the first-hand experience from our…

Around mid-March, the first cases of COVID-19 started appearing in Slovakia. After a couple of days, the Bratislava Self-Governing Region officials decided to start closing the first high schools in Bratislava. The leadership of LEAF Academy promptly acted by suspending daily attendance at school and moving all classes into the mode of online learning. What…