IESS high school is placed in the city center of Reggio Emilia, in Northern Italy. It is a state-approved independent school, offering access to all university programs. The school has a strong international vocation open to innovation and new technologies, balancing curricula of European languages and cultures, humanities and sciences. It proposes an innovative educational project for both contents and method, placing not notions but students at the center of the learning process. IESS opens the way to a new method of schooling, closer to students and based on interesting and stimulating lessons. Located in a historic building, it offers a unexpectedly modern and comfortable environment for teaching and learning: digital classrooms, cutting-edge ICT technologies, personal tablets both for teachers and for students and textbooks also in digital format. Using the Internet during lessons and applying innovative ways of teaching generate a proactive response from students. IESS method focuses more on acquiring skills than knowledge, keeping the dialogue between students and teachers constant and efficient thanks to the use of the technology. IESS is active in international experiences, supported by the curricular study of European languages and cultures. The lessons are delivered in the form of co-teaching with mother-tongue teachers and language competence achievements are certified by accredited external organisations. Students take part in many international exchanges and EU programs, enriching their cultural background and powering their language skills.