Albert Schweitzer High School (Hamburg)

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Albert Schweitzer High School
Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium in Hamburg, Schweitzer-Büste.jpg
Albert Schweitzer bust at the Struckholt entrance
type of school high school
School number 213/5810
founding 1954
address

Struckholt 27, 22337 Hamburg

country Hamburg
Country Germany
Coordinates 53 ° 37 '42 "  N , 10 ° 1' 49"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 37 '42 "  N , 10 ° 1' 49"  E
carrier Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
student 1013 Status: 2013
Teachers approx. 88
management Matthias Schieber
Website asg-hh.de

The Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium (abbreviated ASG ) is a musical high school in the Hamburg district of Ohlsdorf (district of Klein Borstel ).

history

The Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium moved into the first parts of the building in 1954 in the building on Struckholt. The naming, initiated by the headmistress Erna Stahl , took place on February 8, 1958. On October 3, 1959 Albert Schweitzer visited the school and gave a speech.

In 2010 the then 7b won the quiz show “ The best class in Germany ”. In 2002, Die Ärzte recorded CD and DVD rock 'n' roll secondary school recordings at the ASG for a week . Students from the ASG formed the orchestra and the background choir under the direction of Jochen Arp.

Location and architecture

The school is located in the immediate vicinity of the Klein Borstel underground station. It shares a catchment area with the Hummelsbüttel high school and the Alstertal high school .

Structure of school lessons / school focus

The guiding principle of the school is a quote from Albert Schweitzer : "Our strength must be greater than the circumstances to become people under these conditions who understand the time and are up to the time."

According to its self- image , the ASG is a high school and grammar school based on a tradition from the early years of the school. What is special about the ASG is the division of the classes into music classes (the so-called "music train") and regular classes.

Lesson design / learning concept

  • Two orchestral classes per year 5–10 with their own class orchestras, one vocal class with its own choir, as well as two regular classes per year with a special scientific offer
  • In the observation stage, additional 2-hour block musical-artistic presentation with theater, dance, capoeira, percussions, stage art
  • ten multi-year choirs and orchestras, classical and pop / rock
  • diverse theater courses and performances, annual art exhibition
  • Sponsors for the observation level, training of middle school students to become mediators and school paramedics, anchoring the class council in the timetable
  • Prevention work in the areas of addiction and bullying
  • Class management teams in grades 5 to 7
  • Accompanied participation in competitions in all subjects and grades
  • Media education from grade 5, teaching focus on "New Media", use of information technology in all subjects, work with interactive whiteboards
  • Wide range in the field of vocational training, certificate "School with exemplary professional orientation", internships in grades 9 and 11
  • Offers for the acquisition of DELF language certificates

Lesson times and organization

  • Grades 5–6: approx. 30 hours per week
  • from grade 7: approx. 34 hours per week
  • on the long days with an afternoon offer, 45 min. lunch break with the possibility to dine in the cafeteria
  • numerous internet workstations available during lessons
  • Student library with its own staff

Music train / music classes

The music train in grades 5–10 usually has two orchestral and one vocal classes, which act together in the encounter with music, in the class orchestra, in the class choir and in the numerous inter-school choirs and orchestras. The lessons try to keep a balance between basic musical work and the orientation towards top performance, as shown in the successful participation of the students in competitions. The grammar school works together with the youth music school. In the music classes, extended timetable for music, as follows:

  • in grades 5/6 each four hours of music
  • in grades 7/8 three hours of music and two choir or orchestra lessons per week
  • in grades 9/10 three hours of music each; plus two choir or orchestra lessons per week as an optional subject. In at least one of the music lessons, usually two, the orchestra class makes music in the class orchestra.

Regular classes

The regular classes have a reinforced scientific profile. You start in class 5 with 3 hours of science; In class 8, a special natural science elective area was added.

Foreign language offer

The ASG offers four foreign languages ​​in the following order:

  1. from grade 5: English (compulsory)
  2. from grade 6: French, Latin (alternative)
  3. from grade 8: Spanish (optional)

Upper level profile

The Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium offers the following profiles , whereby i. d. Usually one does not materialize. Each profile is made up of 3 subjects, each of which is taught 4 hours per week. In each profile, there are 2 subjects that determine the profile, and another is the accompanying subject. The two profile-giving subjects are taught at a higher level of difficulty; the pupils only have to decide at the end of the first year of the degree which of them will be chosen as the examination subject. The profile group is also the tutand group. She goes on a project trip together.

  • Music in time and scene , profile-giving subjects: music and history, profile-accompanying subject: performing games (DSP)
  • Europe , profiling subjects: French or Spanish, plus PGW , profiling subject: English
  • Art and culture , profile-giving subjects: art and history, profile-related subject: philosophy
  • Life sciences , profile-giving subjects: chemistry and biology, profile-related subject: PGW
  • Sport, health and society , profile-giving subjects: sports theory (2 hours) and sports practice (4 hours) as well as biology, profile-related subject: PGW
  • Earth-human system , profile-giving subjects: geography and PGW, profile-related subject: biology
  • Origins and worldviews , profile-giving subjects: physics and philosophy, profile-related subject: geography

Music groups

The ASG is characterized by many music groups, both class-wise and cross-class:

Class by class

Class orchestra and choir

There are two class orchestras and one class choir per year, made up of the students from the respective classes.

Cross-class

There are twelve other cross-class music groups at the ASG:

Choirs

  • Year choirs for grades 5; 6; 7/8
  • School choir from grade 9

Chamber choir

The Albert Schweitzer Chamber Choir (also called ASK) was founded in 2000 by its director Walter Bially. The approximately 30 members of this choir are students (including former ones), teachers and parents of the Albert Schweitzer Gymnasium, supplemented by some singers who have no direct connection to the school. Almost all of the choir members are amateur singers, but many of them receive regular singing lessons. The choir's repertoire includes demanding choral literature from the 16th century to the present day, a cappella works as well as cantatas and oratorios. The ASK works on a project basis, ie a new concert program is usually developed twice a year in a short, intensive rehearsal phase. In addition to concerts in Hamburg and the surrounding area, the choir regularly conducts concert tours in Germany and abroad.

orchestra

  • School orchestra
  • A strings
  • A-horn players

Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra

In cooperation with other schools there is the Albert Schweitzer Youth Orchestra, also called ASJ. More than 40 orchestra members are state or federal award winners in the “Jugend musiziert” competition. The ASJ is a full symphony orchestra with around 65 members aged 14 to 25 years. The average age is around 17 years. The ASJ gives concerts twice a year in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg. The solo tasks are usually entrusted to ASJ members or former members - mostly federal prize winners from “Jugend musiziert”.

Junior band

The junior band is aimed primarily at junior middle school students who play a typical big band instrument. The line-up is, however, very flexible and open to almost all instruments, because it is about making first experiences in “groovy” interplay and learning basic musical expressions. The focus of the rehearsal work is on the precise and authentic implementation of the arrangements and the development of the soloistic possibilities during improvisation.

Big Band

The Big Band offers already experienced students the opportunity to implement more complex arrangements and to expand their improvisation experience with the basis of music theory. The line-up of the big band is based on the classic models with saxophones, trumpets and trombones, which make up the wind section, and the rhythm section, consisting of guitar, bass, piano and drums. But here, too, the line-up is repeatedly opened up to other instruments, because especially at the ASG it is appealing to hear classical instruments that are atypical in jazz and thus to exceed the style boundaries.

Cooperations and partner schools abroad

The following cooperations exist with the primary schools and the surrounding high schools:

  • Admission of pupils from 35 - 40 elementary schools to class 5
  • some high-profile courses together with the Alstertal and Heidberg high schools

School partnerships exist with the following schools:

  • France: Collège Jules Romains, Paris
  • France: Collège et Lycée Victor Duruy, Paris
  • Sweden: Kungsholmens Gymnasium, Stockholm
  • Spain: IES Algarb, Ibiza, Balearic Islands
  • USA: Martha's Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS), Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
  • Costa Rica: Colegio Humboldt, San José

Well-known graduates

literature

  • Dieter Lange: 50 years of the Albert Schweitzer School . Rest, Barsbüttel 2000. (Festschrift)
  • Caroline Harbert: The Albert Schweitzer School: History and current design of an educational concept . Hamburg 1994. (State examination thesis at the University of Hamburg)
  • 20 years of Musikzug: 1969 - 1989 / Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium . Hamburg 1989.

Web links

Commons : Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium (Hamburg)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Teachers at the ASG (including trainee lawyers). Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
  2. ^ Schweitzer's visit to the ASG on October 3, 1959. Retrieved on December 18, 2011 .
  3. ^ Speech by Albert-Schweitzer at the ASG on October 3, 1959. Retrieved on December 18, 2011 .
  4. ↑ a b c Our school. Retrieved December 18, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Profile brochure of the ASG. Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium Hamburg, accessed on December 9, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Homepage of the ASG Chamber Choirs. Retrieved December 18, 2011 .
  7. ↑ Homepage of the ASG Youth Orchestra. Retrieved December 18, 2011 .