Honkola school

Honkola school.
Honkola's beautiful and traditional village school is located in the middle of nature, on the edge of the forest. The forest named Humpala for children is used a lot both in teaching and as a playground during recess. At the school in Honkola, 1.-6. -classes. At the school in Honkola, you can get today's education while respecting traditions!
Infographic about Honkola school.

Rak. 1937
Extensions in 1987 and 1990


Address
Hietamantie 96
44170 Hietama

Contact us
+0400 115 678

Information about the school  

Honkola school is located in the village of Honkola, along good traffic connections, near the intersection of roads 4 and 13. Honkola school is just a 10-minute drive to the center of Äänekoski. You can drive to Jyväskylä in just over half an hour.

The village school-like, beautiful school turned one hundred years ago a few years ago. There are one hundred students and grades 1-6. the classes function as their own group. The teaching resources are good: six classroom teachers, one special education teacher, one instructor, a traveling language teacher and the principal. The school has afternoon activities managed by a school counselor. 

From Honkola, we go to Koulunmäki school for preschool and Suolahti unified school for middle school.

At the Honkola school, community spirit and student participation are the basic pillars of the operation. Children come to Honkola's school as pupils from a wide area. Many events are organized together with families, and the school also connects parents and families in the area. Together with the active village association, e.g. sales, where you also learn entrepreneurship at the same time.

The school has a new frisbee golf course, fitness stairs and an outdoor gym, a skating rink, a sports hall and a sports field. In winter, wonderful trail networks and even a dog trail leave from the school. At the Honkola school, people are encouraged to participate in many kinds of activities, competitions and tournaments. Regular visits are made to the library, swimming pool, art museum or Huuha park. You can also go on an ecological cycling trip!

The school has godchild activities and, for example, the older ones help the younger ones put on skates or read aloud to them. Hietama and Honkola schools cooperate a lot, such as joint tournaments with other green area schools. In this village school, we eat in classes like in the old days. Linjasta always has particularly beautiful table settings.

Hobby opportunities around the school

The beautiful school building is located on the edge of the forest, and the forest, which the children call Humpala, is used a lot both for teaching and as a playground for recess. In the evenings, the school has hobby groups and school clubs are organized according to the Finnish model of hobbies. The school has e.g. stick club and, at the students' request, a calligraphy club!

The school has a gym and in the yard there is a sports field, new fitness stairs and an outdoor gym, a Frisbee golf course and a new skating rink, which are also in heavy use during exercise classes and breaks. The school area is also a favorite exercise spot for the villagers, especially in winter. In winter, wonderful trail networks and even a dog trail leave from the school. Get to know to school hobby groups.

The school's own website

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For more information:

Principal
Erkki Tani
0400 115678

Deputy Rector (Transport Affairs)
Jouni Hyytiäinen
+0400 115 679

Afternoon activity
Sanna Oksanen
+040 351 9559

Emails: firstname.surname@aanekoski.fi

All school contact information

Presentation of schools

Koulunmäki Unified School

Koulunmäki unified school is the largest school in Äänekoski, with about a thousand students in the center of Äänekoski. The school has grades 1-6. and upper grades 7-9. The A building of Koulunmäki school is new and modern, the B building is an old, valuable site and the new C building will be completed in 2025 and currently the middle school students are in evacuation rooms. Near the school in the center, all city services, the library and sports facilities are within walking distance.