Tallinna Arte Gümnaasium (Tallinn Arte Gymnasium) is a school, located in the district of Mustamäe

Mustamäe

Mustamäe is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The smallest by area , it is at the same time the second largest district by population with 64,450 inhabitants ....

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Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

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Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

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As of September 2008, the headmaster is the former headteacher, Sirje Ebral.

Early history

The school was founded in 1981 as Tallinn Secondary School No. 49. It was renamed in 2002. The school had already built an indoor swimming pool, which was also opened in 1981. In 1983, the famous junior football club, "Tallinna Lõvid" (Lions of Tallinn), was founded. Later that year, the school started with its first Mothers-Day concert "Orhidee Emale", which remains an annual tradition of the school.
In 1991, the school opened a renovated library.

Later history

During 2001/2002, the school's bathrooms, gym, pool, library, cafeteria and the main lounge have been renovated.

Famous graduates

• Mart Poom
  Mart Poom
  Mart Poom is an Estonian former football goalkeeper. He retired after Estonia's 0–0 draw against Portugal on 10 June 2009 to focus on his job as goalkeeping coach at Arsenal and the Estonian national team, as well as other more "personal" projects....
  
   – Estonian football goalkeeper
• Martin Müürsepp
  Martin Müürsepp
  Martin Müürsepp is an Estonian retired professional basketball player and basketball coach.-Club career:...
  
   – Estonian basketballer
• Martin Reim
  Martin Reim
  Martin Reim is a former football midfielder, member of the Estonian national team and the current manager of FC Flora....
  
   – Estonian footballer
• Maret Maripuu
  Maret Maripuu
  Maret Maripuu is an Estonian politician, a member of the libertarian Reform Party.From April 2007 until February 2009 she served as Minister of Social Affairs. Previously, she was a member of the Riigikogu from 1999 to 2007, and was Vice President of the Riigikogu from 2006 to 2007...
  
  – Estonian politician