Home About school The Patron Mother Zofia Czeska Projects Faith life Student life Photo gallery In Polish PICTURES Pope John Paul II - our compatriot - is the patron of the school. The tradition of our school included pilgrimages to visit the Holy Father. The first pilgrimage in 1999. On the right Head Mother of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Presentation, Sister Donata Smoleń and the headmistress of the school, Sister Anna Telus. The second pilgrimage in 2000. Pope John Paul II talks to the headmistress Sister Anna Telus. September 2002.The pilgrimage to visit the Holy Father. 25-th September, 2002. Students and teachers applaud as they see Pope John Paul II appearing and blessing pilgrims in St. Peter's Square. The headmistress of Lyceum and  Gymnasium Sister Anna Telus is a French teacher. Sister Bernarda Agata Rozmus teaches physics. Sisters of the Presentation are a relatively low percentage of the teaching staff. Lay teachers are in the majority. His Excellence Bishop Kazimierz Gorny. John Paul the Second Secondary School was established by the initiative of the Bishop. Sunday, 23-rd January, 2005, before the Sunday Angelus prayer. Teachers and students sing "Lord once came to the seashore..." waiting for Pope John Paul II to appear. His Holiness John Paul II appears at the window of his private library, before delivering his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican. January 23, 2005. January 23, 2005. Waiting for the Sunday Angelus prayer. "Secondary School of the Sisters of the Presentation show their respect to our beloved John Paul II.", the banner says. Sunday, 23-rd January, 2005. Teachers and students of Lyceum and Gymnasium after the Sunday Angelus prayer. January 2005. The 5-th pilgrimage to Italy. Students and teachers in Assisi. January 2005, Monte Cassino. A prayer at the cemetery of Polish soldiers who died fighting at II World War. 26-th January 2005. The Holy Father John Paul II talks to the headmistress Sister Anna Telus. Meeting John Paul II, his words, authority has the power to influence every man. 26-th January 2005. Pope John Paul II blesses teachers and students of lyceum and middle school gathered in Paul VI's Hall. 26-th January 2005. Moments spent together with John Paul II are undoubtedly a valuable and unforgettable experience. Teachers of our school who established a religious group called "Uncle's Friends" to follow in the footsteps of Pope John Paul II. May, 2005. Students of "Uncle's Friends" in the Gorce mountains in the south of Poland. The young priest Karol Wotyla enjoyed hiking, skiing, backpacking, and kayaking. Young people called him "an uncle". Rev. Dariusz Trojnar reads the mass in the mountains. A group of "Uncle's Friends" follow the same trails through the Gorce mountains where young Karol Wojtyla used to hike. Rzeszów. Sister Anna Telus, our headmaster, is greeting participants of traditional party organized by secondary school students a hundred days before final exams. Rzeszów. Our school gymnasium decorated by our traditional party organized by secondary school students a hundred days before final exams. All students are dancing polonaise - stately Polish processional dance in our school gymnasium decorated by the students themselves. Rzeszów. Saturday, 2nd April, 2005. Having learnt about dramatically deteriorating condition of John Paul II we gathered spontaneously in our school chapel to pray for his health. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. We are leaving Ostia in the suburbs of Rome in hope to see our Holy Father. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Our pilgrimage consisting of one hundred people has reached the streets of Rome. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Waiting in a line to pay our last respects to our Holy Father one day before his funeral. Two huge, wooden crosses, our school banners and yellow handkerchiefs prevent us from getting lost. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. One day before John Paul II's funeral. Our pilgrimage in the sea of other people. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Tired but happy. Hope against hope we have reached St. Peter's Square and now we are sure we will be able to see our beloved Pope once more. Thursday, 7th Apriel, 2005. Our middle school students just after paying last respects to our Holy Father in St. Peter's Basilica. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Our Liceum  students after making final farewell to John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Last night before John Paul II's funeral. Pilgrims from our school and other places in Poland united in praying and singing. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Sister Anna Telus - our headmistress and other sisters under the open Roman sky. Without them our pilgrimage would have been only an impossible dream. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Polish national symbols so dear to Jon Paul II make us feel even closer to our pope. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. In the afternoon we succeeded in seeing the body of John Paul II and we paid our last respects to him. Now we have a place to sleep only one kilometer from St. Peter's Square. Rome. Thursday, 7th April, 2005. Twelve hours before the funeral our bodies need a lot of rest and some sleep. Our thoughts, however, are traveling to the next day; the day of the funeral for our Pope. Rzeszów. 10-th April, 2005. After a four - day - long funeral pilgrimage to Rome we're back in the streets of Rzeszów. Rzeszów. April, 2005. Those who could not go to Rome to the John Paul II's funeral are uniting with him by offering heartfelt condolences in our school building. Rzeszów. April, 2005, During open days organised at our school every year students from other schools can join our classes. In the picture our chemistry lab. In our school we hold a number of ceremonies to mark important religious and state events. School choir is essential in all of them. A chapel is of crucial importance for our school since it allows each of us to pray earnestly at any time of the day. Rzeszów. Education is the main priority at our school but our students take a lot of pleasure in sport too.