Summer Schools

In Belarus there is a very popular summer school for students from 12 to 17 years old called Brigantina. Being organised by the Ministry of Education and the Belarusian State University since 1995, it has become the most important summer event for talented youth. The Principal and the founder of the summer school is Prof. Boris Zadvorny.

One of the main objectives of the school is to initiate students into the secrets of research work, developing creativity of thinking and especially patience in solving difficult problems. Thus, from the beginning each student is asked to choose a subject among dozens offered, upon which he/she will reflect during the summer school with help of teachers and other students. All advancements are to be communicated at the final conference.

Most students continue their works afterwards finding original ideas and obtaining outstanding results – they are invited to present their achievements at national and international conferences with subsequent awards and prizes.

General Information:

•   Sciences: Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and Astronomy
•   Dates: from 13th to 30th July
•   Location: summer camp Brigantina on the lakeside in a forest, 40km away from Minsk
•   Programme:

Time	Event	Description
09:00 - 09:30	Breakfast
09:45 - 11:00	Advanced Courses	different topics in all sciences; contemporary methods, recent thoughts and directions; trainings for olympiads and examinations, etc.
11:15 - 13:15	Seminars	research work in study groups
13:30 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 16:30	Homework	students try to answer questions stated at seminars
16:30 - 19:00	Various Activities	sports, games, competitions, tournaments, etc.
19:00 - 20:00	Dinner
20:00 - 22:00	Various Activities	concerts, performances, spectacles, disco, etc.

•   Three important events: an olympiad (in all sciences), a team tournament (in Mathematics
and Physics) and the final conference (in all sciences)
•   Sports: athletics, basketball, football, swimming, table tennis, volleyball
•   Teachers are well-known scientists, professors and PhD students

•   Participants are winners and laureates of regional, national and international olympiads,
conferences, tournaments and other contests.

BRIGANTINA 2011

The following four French high school students participated in the summer school Brigantina 2011 in Belarus from 13th to 30th July:

1. Guillaume CONCHON-KERJAN 2. Matthieu LEQUESNE 3. Lucas MAYRHOFER 4. Roxane MOREL

BRIGANTINA 2010

The following six French high school students participated in the summer school Brigantina 2010 in Belarus from 13th to 30th July:

1. Armand BERNARDI 2. Camille FREPPEL 3. Thomas KERDREUX 4. Jean RAX 5. Rémi VION 6. Oscar WALTER

(lycée Hoche, Versailles) (lycée Bouchardon, Chaumont) (lycée Lakanal, Sceaux) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay) (IFIPS, Orsay) (École active bilingue Janine Manuel, Paris)

BRIGANTINA 2009

The following five French high school students, members of our club, participated in the summer school Brigantina 2009 in Belarus from 13th to 30th July:

1. Armand BERNARDI 2. Nikola BJELOGRLIC 3. Anne KALOUGUINE 4. Emmanuel LECOUTURIER 5. Jean RAX	(lycée Hoche, Versailles) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay)

BRIGANTINA 2008

The following French high school students attended the summer school Brigantina 2008 in Belarus:

1. Anaïs LECERF 2. Emmanuel LECOUTURIER 3. Sébastien MIQUEL 4. Minh-Liên Jeanne NGUYEN 5. Thomas WILLIAMS

(lycée de l’Essouriau, les Ulis) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay) (lycée de l’Essouriau, les Ulis) (lycée Blaise Pascal, Orsay)

Here is Le Compte Rendu (.pdf)

Here are some photos (life in Brigantina: opening, concerts, seminars, sports, conference, closing, etc.):