Forest high school

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Forest high school
W-OS area
type of school high school
School number 04Y02
founding 1910
address

Waldschulallee 95
14055 Berlin

place Berlin-Westend
country Berlin
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 30 '11 "  N , 13 ° 15' 21"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 30 '11 "  N , 13 ° 15' 21"  E
carrier State of Berlin
student around 783 (2015/2016)
Teachers 68 + 13 trainee lawyers (2015/2016)
management Wolfgang Ismer
Website www.wald-gymnasium.de

The Wald-Gymnasium (formerly: Wald-Oberschule) is a state high school in the Westend district of Berlin's Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district . The school celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2010.

history

The forest school was founded in 1910 as a special school for pupils in need of relaxation. Classes took place all day in wooden barracks or, if the weather was suitable, outdoors. In the first few years, the forest school was only open in the summer months; in winter, the students returned to their home schools. Under Wilhelm Krause as the fourth school director , the community of students grew through joint activities outside of class time: theater performances, games, excursions and the use of a swimming pool that was now on the premises. In 1928 the secondary school leaving certificate was awarded for the first time and in 1936 the Abitur took place for the first time at the school that was now expanded to become an upper secondary school.

During the Second World War , the school grounds were used for military purposes and devastated. After the end of the war, teaching was resumed on June 6, 1945. From now on the school was a half-day school for normal students, so it was open to all children. In the 1950s, many students from the GDR who had not been admitted to the Extended Oberschule (EOS) for political reasons were accepted. In 1956, the conversion of the wooden barracks into stone houses began. In addition, there was the construction of a gymnasium, an administration building and, in 1973, after conversion into a high school, the construction of the two-story upper level building.

There are still extensive meadows and old trees on the school grounds. It happens again and again that the lessons take place outside the building. The description of Lilli Palmer's fat Lilli - good child , in whom she affectionately described her school days in the forest, resulted in increased awareness . At the end of 2010 the construction of the new science building was completed.

Location and building

The grounds of the Wald-Gymnasium are located in the Westend district on Waldschulallee, ten minutes away from the S-Bahn stations Heerstraße and Messe Süd (Eichkamp) .

The forest elementary school is located directly next to the grounds of the grammar school. There are many individual houses spread across the site:

  • Administration building
  • Science building
  • Oak house
  • Deer house
  • Pine house
  • Poplar house
  • Air classes (two houses)
  • two sports halls
  • Upper level building with art area and cafeteria annex.

Next to the school garden, which was awarded in the Lenné project in 2010, there is a sports field for soccer , handball and basketball built in 2007 .

Class names

The class names are formed from the names of the six pavilions (oak, deer, pine, poplar house and the two houses of the air classes). It starts with the grade level (7-10), followed by the first letter of the pavilion in which the classroom is located (E, H, K, P and L) and in the last place the number of the room (1-4).

These labels can quickly tell parents, teachers, or students which room the class is in.

Well-known forest students

Directors

  • Ernst Gropp (until 1912)
  • Alfred Zernecke (voluntary, until 1919)
  • Ernst Hüdepohl (until 1921)
  • Wilhelm Krause (until 1945)
  • Hilde Hüttmann (until 1949)
  • Richard Karnop (until 1962)
  • Kurt Riemer (until 1973)
  • Joachim Fischer (until 1981)
  • Michael Reutlinger (until 1999)
  • Wolfgang Ismer (until 2016)
  • Andrea Schwippl (acting director)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wald-Gymnasium. In: berlin.de. Senate Department for Education, Science and Research, September 19, 2008, accessed on February 12, 2016 .