Every day of the week, students have different classes, so sometimes they're at school until noon and sometimes until 2:00 or 3:30.
Students have a full class period for lunch and they often go to the school canteen, or cafeteria. Our school canteen is a 5 minute walk from the school. The canteen is attached to a school where students learn how to be caterers, so sometimes other students make our lunches! We share the canteen with a few other schools nearby. The lunches are really good and teachers often go to the canteen to get lunch too. A lot of Czech people usually eat a big lunch and a small dinner, so school lunch is often 3 courses - a soup, a main dish, and a dessert.
Czech schools don't offer a lot of extracurriculars, so most people go home right after school. Some students play sports with local clubs or take music and dance lessons. Most Czech students don't have homework, but they have weekly exams that they spend hours studying for.
Next steps
In order to graduate high school, students need to pass two maturita (graduation) exams. All students have to take one exam on the Czech language and literature, but then students can pick either English or math as their second option. These exams are also used as entrance exams for college or on applications for apprenticeships.
