Padure School Reveals Secret: How to Attract Entrepreneurs with Poetry and Avoid Riga
A small South Kurzeme school proves that with good reviews and a heartfelt jury, you can even reach Koknese.
Padure Elementary School has once again proven that a small place can do big things. This time with the 'Little Language 2026' competition, which gathered students from 22 schools across Latvia. Yes, yes, even from Koknese itself! It's like 'Eurovision,' but with less glitter and more heartfelt moments from the jury.
Principal Vita Levica reveals the competition's secret: 'We must not fail to organize.' This approach apparently works better than any Riga school's marketing strategy. While the capital thinks about budgets and concepts, here they simply do. And the result? Skrunda teacher Daina Korāte is already waiting for February in autumn like a child waits for Christmas.
Special mention goes to the jury composition — former principal Linards Tiļugs, who is a 'man of letters' (as he's fondly called at school), singer Annijs Putniņa, and entrepreneur Niks Tiļugs. Yes, exactly — father and son on the jury, but neither of them knew it beforehand. It's like family dinner, but with an audience and poetry.
A teacher from Skrunda comments: 'The competition is an emotional vitamin dose for the year!' So while Riga pays hundreds of euros for psychologists and coaches, South Kurzeme children get their emotional support through poetry and books. And you know what? It works. All the children want to participate next year too, but that's already a story for 2027.
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