The end-of-school-year ceremony at the Zespół Szkół Mechanicznych in Bolesławiec took place on Friday, June 26. Participants in the ceremony included, among others, full-time member of the Bolesławiec County Board Stanisław Chwojnicki and County Councilor and ZSM teacher Jan Russ.
The principal of the “mechanical school,” Adam Maksymczyk, spoke. “There is a time when you come to school and a time when you should leave its walls. Thank you for your work throughout the year. There are results,” he said. “I wish you would find work in the professions for which you are being trained. And they are beautiful professions: automotive vehicle technician, mechatronics technician, underground mining technician, mechanical technician, and automotive mechanic. I know that some students in class III c already have jobs secured.
Stanisław Chwojnicki said: “I would like to congratulate the students and teachers. Students, you attend a very good school. There is no fear that, as its graduates, you will have to look for work. I would also like to thank the teachers for putting in so much effort so that you achieve such good results. Through your work, you are building a foundation for your future life
During the ceremony, awards were presented for academic performance, active participation in the life of the Zespół Szkół Mechanicznych, and sporting achievements. Among those honored was Jakub Przybylski (one of the best students at the “mechanical school”), who also received a book award from the Jerzy Szmajdziński Foundation, headed by Andrzej Dobrowolski, with the widow of the tragically deceased Deputy Marshal of the Sejm and Minister of National Defence, MP Małgorzata Sekuła-Szmajdzińska, serving as a member.
The ceremony was hosted by Katarzyna Marecka, chair of the Student Council.
The Jerzy Szmajdziński Foundation annually funds scholarships for lower-secondary school students from Bolesławiec County. This year it has two scholarship recipients: Anna Strzelecka from the lower-secondary school in Gromadka and Paweł Wielogórski from the lower-secondary school in Nowogrodziec. They receive PLN 1,000 per year. What is more, at the beginning of September both will travel to Warsaw for a four-day trip, during which they will go to the theatre and visit the Warsaw Uprising Museum, the Copernicus Science Centre, and the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, where certificates will be presented to them by former President of the Republic of Poland Aleksander Kwaśniewski.
Among those honored by the Foundation with book awards were, among others, Dawid Kowalonek, Karolina Hyjek, Anna Kolbusz, Kacper Olszewski, Jakub Przybylski, Klaudia Tomczyszyn, Krystyna Gałka, Marta Nowacka, Karolina Paluszek, Martyna Kuczyńska, Daria Chłopicka and Tomasz Pachołek.