Academic calendar
School Year 2026-2027 runs Sep 3, 2026 – Jun 25, 2027. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- School Year 2026-2027Relevant now
Campus language
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B
- Bassein
- The 'Piscine' or 'Pool'; a high-intensity 4-week coding trial that serves as the final selection stage for admission.
- Black Hole
- The automated expulsion system; a deadline by which a student must earn enough XP to avoid being 'absorbed' and removed from the school.
- Bocal
- The administrative and management staff responsible for the school's operations and student discipline.
K
- Kempus
- The on-site residential quarters provided for students, primarily at the Kazan and Novosibirsk campuses.
- Koalitsiya
- One of the three student teams (Coalitions) that compete for points and rewards within the school's gamified system.
- Kukhnya
- The communal kitchen and dining area where students eat, store food, and socialize.
L
- Level
- The numerical representation of a student's progress through the curriculum.
P
- P2P
- Peer-to-peer evaluation; the system where students grade each other's projects instead of having teachers.
- Peer
- A fellow student; the primary source of learning and support in the teacher-less environment.
S
- Sber
- Sberbank, the founding organization and primary sponsor of School 21.
V
- Vending
- The vending machines located throughout the clusters, often the primary source of snacks during late-night coding.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Check-in
- The mandatory physical registration event for candidates before starting the Bassein.
- Gaming
- The dedicated recreational zone for students to rest and play games between coding sessions.
- Intra
- The internal platform and intranet used for project submissions, scheduling, and tracking progress.
- Klaster
- The large open-plan computer labs equipped with iMacs where students perform all their work.
- Propusk
- The electronic access badge required for 24/7 entry into the campus buildings.
- school_21_cafeteria
- School 21 Cafeteria
- Slot
- A specific time window booked on the Intra for a peer-to-peer project evaluation.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- School Year 2026-2027 runs Sep 3, 2026 – Jun 25, 2027.
- How much campus context is included?
- 11 approved campus terms and 7 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.