Dimitrije Todorovic – Kaplar School, Serbia and Montenegro
Knjazevac, the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the municipality, got its name after Knjaz Milos, the Serbian ruler, a long time ago in 1859. The town area was inhabited not later than 4th century A.D.
Our town
The town is situated on the western slopes of Stara planina and Tupiznica (1162 m), along the southern part of Knjazevac ravine. Three rivers named "Timok" flow through the ravine.
The municipality of Knjazevac is in Eastern Serbia in the district of Zajecar (the Timok Region). It covers an area of 1102 km2, thus being the fourth largest municipality in the Republic of Serbia.
Our school history
The first state school was founded in Knjazevac as early as 1835. It was situated opposite the church in a building, which was torn down in 1876, and after that in a building next to the church. In 1875 there were three primary schools for boys and two for girls. It has been recorded that in 1884 Knjazevac had 3,570 inhabitants, 2,874 (80%) of which were literate, and 808 of them were women. During the wars of 1912-1914, the schools stopped working. The native language teaching was re-established in October 1918.
The first larger school building was built in 1935 (the present High School building).As the number of primary schoolchildren was constantly growing, in the 1952/53 school year the High School and the Primary School exchanged their buildings. At that time there were two primary schools in the town, and since 1955 they have been united into one named "Dimitrije Todorovic - Kaplar". It has had this name ever since.
Our school today
According to the new education National Curriculum for primary education, from this school year English has been introduced as a compulsory subject in the first grade. The English teachers from our school, Zdenko Filipovic and Andjelka Mihajlovic, attended specialized courses intended for teaching English in the first grade. They got a certificate in "Curriculum implementation" and in "The preparation of the school curriculum and evaluation in education".
Computer science
A classroom was equipped with new computers at the beginning of the school year 2003-2004.
Exhibition
The art club is active all year round. Throughout the hall, the club members regularly exhibit the drawings. Thus, the interior looks more refined.
School choir
Having won the first prize in the state competition, the choir was invited to take part in spring concerts in Venedig & Jesolo, from May 15-17, 2004, in Venezia in Musica.
Listen to our school choir: Song 1, Song 2, Song 3, Song 4 (ogg format; you need Winamp player. You can dowload it from http://www.winamp.com/); The songs are performed by the school choir, directed by Martina Milosevic.
School Farm
Pupils farm is called "Mladost" and was founded a long time ago, in 1957. It consists of about 6000 m2 with wheat and maize, a vegetable garden of 700m2, and an area of about 1 hectare for growing clover and grapevine.
But farming stopped in 1962. Our pupils turned to activities such as: making usable articles, selling schoolbooks, school supplies and readings. It has been granted many awards for its long and successful work.
School staff and teaching
There are 80 teachers plus a team of experts: a psychologist, a pedagogue and a social worker. There are also five teachers for the kids with special needs. The teaching process is organized for 1041pupils divided into 55 classes from 1st to 8th grade.
Radmila Jovanovic Olivera Randjelovic Zdenko Filipovic Andjelka Mihajlovic and other members of the staff
The town is situated on the western slopes of Stara planina and Tupiznica (1162 m), along the southern part of Knjazevac ravine. Three rivers named "Timok" flow through the ravine.
The first state school was founded in Knjazevac as early as 1835. It was situated opposite the church in a building, which was torn down in 1876, and after that in a building next to the church. In 1875 there were three primary schools for boys and two for girls. It has been recorded that in 1884 Knjazevac had 3,570 inhabitants, 2,874 (80%) of which were literate, and 808 of them were women. During the wars of 1912-1914, the schools stopped working. The native language teaching was re-established in October 1918. 
According to the new education National Curriculum for primary education, from this school year English has been introduced as a compulsory subject in the first grade. The English teachers from our school, Zdenko Filipovic and Andjelka Mihajlovic, attended specialized courses intended for teaching English in the first grade. They got a certificate in "Curriculum implementation" and in "The preparation of the school curriculum and evaluation in education". 
Computer science 
