{{Short description|Public secondary school in Tuusula, Finland}}{{Infobox school | native_name = {{langx|fi|Jokelan koulukeskus}} | image = Finland Jokela HighSchool-yard.JPG | enrollment = c.450 }}
'''Jokela High School''' is a public secondary school in Jokela School Centre ({{langx|fi|Jokelan koulukeskus}}) in the village of Jokela, Tuusula municipality, Finland. It is located 43 kilometres outside the capital Helsinki. The school educates about 450 pupils.<ref name="Jawa">[http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/190052.php "Eight Dead in Jokela"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331123055/http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/190052.php |date=2014-03-31 }}, The Jawa Report</ref> Jokela School Centre also houses grades 7–9.
thumb|Picture of the schoolyard
==School shooting== {{main|Jokela school shooting}} The school was the site of one of only four Finnish school shootings. On 7 November 2007, at approximately 11:44 local time (9:44 UTC) Pekka-Eric Auvinen opened fire at Jokela High School. The incident resulted in the death of nine people:<ref name="CNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/07/school.shooting/index.html |title=Teen gunman dead from critical injuries who opened fire on Finnish classmates |publisher=CNN |date=2007-11-07 |accessdate=2007-11-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109052100/http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/07/school.shooting/index.html |archivedate=2007-11-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7082795.stm|title=Fatal shooting at Finnish school|publisher=BBC News|date=2007-11-07|access-date=2007-11-07}}</ref> five male pupils and one female pupil; the school principal; the school nurse; and the shooter himself, who was also one of the school's pupils. Hours before the incident, the shooter posted a video on YouTube predicting the massacre at the school. Jokela High School reopened on 15 November 2007.<ref name="hbl">{{cite news |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2221757,00.html |title=Finnish pupils back in class |publisher=News24 |date=November 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116174924/http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0%2C%2C2-10-1462_2221757%2C00.html |archivedate=November 16, 2007 }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20071002074016/http://www.jokelankoulukeskus.fi/}}{{in lang|fi}}
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Category:Secondary schools in Finland Category:Tuusula Category:Buildings and structures in Uusimaa