Abbey high school (Duisburg)

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Abbey high school
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type of school high school
School number 164641
founding 1905
address

At the abbey 10

place Duisburg
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 29 '28 "  N , 6 ° 45' 46"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '28 "  N , 6 ° 45' 46"  E
carrier Diocese of Essen
management Thomas Regenbrecht
Website www.abtei-gymnasium.de

The Abtei-Gymnasium is a high school in Duisburg - Hamborn . It is ecclesiastically sponsored, specifically by the diocese of Essen . The name of the grammar school comes from the neighboring Hamborn Abbey .

On March 20, 2009, the Abtei-Gymnasium was honored for its large number of project-oriented partnerships in Europe and the bilingual branch offered for the European School .

history

The Prussian government approved the current Abbey-Gymnasium in 1905 as a lyceum, and the school was opened as a secondary school for girls . The main initiator of the foundation was Pastor Heinrich Laakmann from the neighboring St. Johannes Church. Due to the steadily increasing number of students, the lyceum could soon be converted into an upper lyceum. In 1938 the school was closed because the content of the lessons did not fit the National Socialist ideology. After the end of the Second World War , a number of Hamborner citizens campaigned for the school to be reopened. This eventually took nine years until the first 51 girls returned to class in 1954. In 1962 the parish of St. Johann handed over the responsibility for the school to the diocese of Essen , as the costs had become too high with the increasing number of pupils. Renovation work began until the 1970s , when a new classroom wing, a second sports hall and utility rooms were created. In 1973, boys were given the opportunity to study at the Abtei Gymnasium for the first time; today there are about as many boys as girls there. For the 100th anniversary of the school, it was visited in 2005 by Federal President Horst Köhler .

In 2008 the school management, school conference and school authorities decided to run the high school on a full-day basis. Since the 2010/2011 school year, the pupils have also had afternoon classes three days a week. Structural extensions are gradually being created, for example to ensure a warm lunch for all interested students.

deals

In addition to the range of subjects, the Abtei-Gymnasium also offers afternoon programs, which are led and carried out by the students partly under the supervision of a teacher, partly independently.

Over the years, two student companies have grown out of working groups (AGs for short). Founded in 2003, specializing As Accudo first on the creation of websites and web hosting . In addition, presentations and seminars on special computer topics are now being created. After the students had years of experience in the Technik-AG, they joined together in 2004 to form a non-profit association, the PLS e. V. This gives out so-called “party packages”, which include a DJ desk and boxes, for example. With the implementation of various large events (Aulas Rock, panel discussion of the mayor, etc.) the student company not only succeeded in improving its technical understanding, but also the associated equipment.

For the 100th anniversary, a self-study center (SLZ) was set up for high school students.

In the course of time, the image and reputation could be expanded beyond the school yard to parenting to the local level.

Partner schools

The Abtei-Gymnasium has three partner schools in different countries. Since 2008 there has been an annual exchange with the Catholic school center Ivan Pavao II in Bihać ( Bosnia-Herzegovina ). The partnership established in 1977 with the Lycée St. Michel in Reims , France , was replaced by an exchange with the Lycée Notre Dame de la Tilloye in Compiègne . An annual school exchange also takes place with a school in Gödöllő in Hungary . In contrast to the other two partnerships, the focus here is on the artistic and musical level. With the John Henry Newman School in Stevenage ( England ) since 1988 there has been the possibility for students in grades nine to take part in a ten-day exchange. In addition, grade 11 students were able to complete an internship in Stevenage. After the end of the partnership on the English side, a study trip to England has been offered for 9th grade students since 2016.

See also

Another grammar school sponsored by the diocese of Essen is the St. Hildegardis grammar school in Duisburg (since summer 2014 also for male pupils, where lessons are, however, separated between boys and girls).

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