Alexander von Humboldt School Wittmund

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Alexander von Humboldt School Wittmund
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The logo of the Alexander von Humboldt School Wittmund
type of school Cooperative Comprehensive School
founding 1975
place Wittmund
country Lower Saxony
Country Germany
Coordinates 53 ° 34 ′ 42 ″  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 53 ° 34 ′ 42 ″  N , 7 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  E
carrier Wittmund district
student around 1700 (August 8, 2013)
Teachers around 160 (August 8, 2013)
management Uwe Brauns
Website www.kgs.wittmund.de

The Alexander von Humboldt School Wittmund (also known as KGS Wittmund ) is a cooperative comprehensive school in the Wittmund district and a partner school of the Hannover 96 sports club . It is currently attended by around 1700 students, making it one of the largest comprehensive schools in Lower Saxony. Around 160 teachers currently teach at the school. The school, founded in 1975, is named after the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt .

Former break hall of KGS Wittmund (destroyed in the major fire on July 5, 2013)

School profile

The Alexander von Humboldt School is a cooperative comprehensive school. In addition to a special needs school , it is the only school in the lower secondary level in the city of Wittmund. In the upper secondary level it is possible to acquire the Abitur. Two thirds of the students come from the core town of Wittmund, one third reach the school from the school's catchment area, which extends to the entire district of Wittmund . Years 5 to 10 have an average size of around 250 students. As a full-day school , the school offers an extensive afternoon program with many cooperation partners. The program includes offers such as the theater project “Curtain up!”, The circus project “Manege free!” And the “Gliding” project in cooperation with the flight group JG 71 Richthofen eV at the Wittmundhafen air force base .

Exchange programs with foreign schools have existed at the school for years. A German-French school exchange has been carried out since 1982. Since 2000, the school's foreign language department has organized regular student exchanges with students from the Italian capital, Rome . Since 2009 there has also been a student exchange program with the French high school Lycée Lyautey in Casablanca , Morocco , where the French film actor Jean Reno went to school.

history

The cooperative comprehensive school was founded in 1975 and is named after the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt . In 1981 the upper level of the gymnasium was introduced, so the students could stay at their school and did not need to switch to another school to enter the upper level. The neighboring schools were also relieved, as some upper school students switched to the KGS. In 1982 there was the first graduation class. The Alexander von Humboldt School has been an all-day school since August 2004 . In 2007, building II for the 5th and 6th grades was rebuilt to meet the requirements of running an all-day school.

The Alexander von Humboldt School is a founding member of the Committee Europe , an association of now 20 schools from nine European countries. The committee was founded on January 12, 1991 in The Hague , The Netherlands . The aim is the mutual cultural exchange, the breaking down of prejudices and the consolidation of the idea of ​​a European citizenship as well as the integration of disabled children in all common projects.

End of November 2010 won the radio play-AG from the Alexander von Humboldt school with her for the Sielhafenmuseum Carolinensiel developed radio drama article "The Death Ride the lifeboat Vegesack" the Radio Prize of Lower Saxony State Media Authority in the category "School Internet Radio". The Hörspiel-AG received 1,000 euros as a prize, which will be invested in further audio projects. At the beginning of 2011 the radio play AG of KGS Wittmund got its own, from the Lions Club Wittmund e. V. and the multimedia initiative n-21: Schools in Lower Saxony online e. V. financed radio station, which is to be used for further audio pieces, live broadcasts from the school and as a break radio for the students. The award ceremony took place on February 23, 2011 a. a. by the President of the Lower Saxony State Parliament Hermann Dinkla . Since September 2011, will pause Radio "Alex-on-air" for the students of the main building on the air, another for the students of the building II is since April 2012 also in operation.

On July 5, 2013, there was a major fire in the school, in which large parts of the school building were destroyed. The cause of the major fire was the explosion of a gas cylinder during roofing work . 35 classrooms, 20 function rooms, the large break hall as well as the administration wing and the entire stock of textbooks were destroyed. There was damage of around twelve million euros. Around 800 of the 1700 pupils had to be taught in containers from the beginning of the new school year 2013/2014 until the Easter break in 2014. After the holidays, they could go back to the completely renovated A-wing of the school. The school is to be completely rebuilt by mid-2017, making it one of the most modern schools in Lower Saxony.

canteen

The renovation work in 2007 also included the construction of a cafeteria . This has been operated by the school's friends' association since 2011.

principal

Uwe Brauns has been the headmaster since 2005. He replaced Dorothea Vogt, who was the head of the school for only a short time (2004-2005). Vogt himself replaced Klaus Cornelius as headmaster in 2004.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Timo Sager: Wittmunder KGS largely destroyed. In: Ostfriesen-Zeitung. Retrieved July 5, 2013 .
  2. ^ The school management of KGS Wittmund
  3. ↑ 96 goes to school. In: www.hannover96.de. Archived from the original on January 12, 2016 ; Retrieved February 16, 2012 .
  4. ^ Ulrich Baselau: The winners have been determined. (No longer available online.) KGS Wittmund, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 17, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kgs.wittmund.de
  5. ^ Homepage of the flight group JG 71 “Richthofen” eV
  6. ↑ Sport and all day at the Alexander von Humboldt School Wittmund , accessed on February 13, 2016.
  7. ↑ Alexander von Humboldt School Wittmund: Media Concept , pp. 43–44, accessed on February 13, 2016.
  8. ↑ Anzeiger für Harlingerland: Exchange is a constant , accessed on February 13, 2016.
  9. ↑ Foreign Languages ​​Department , accessed on February 13, 2016.
  10. ^ Casablanca Exchange , accessed February 13, 2016.
  11. ↑ Reference to the namesake of the school , accessed on February 16, 2012
  12. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung of February 3, 2012: Homework soon also in school , accessed on February 13, 2016.
  13. ^ Information about Committee Europe , accessed February 16, 2012
  14. ^ Committee on Europe , accessed February 16, 2012
  15. ↑ The radio play "The Journey of Death of the Lifeboat Vegesack" .
  16. ↑ a b New learning impulses: KGS Wittmund radio award winners are rewarded with radio stations ( memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 16, 2012
  17. ↑ Creation of the radio “Alex-on-air” , accessed on August 29, 2013.
  18. ^ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung: District forms crisis team - Minister announces construction aid for Wittmund school. News from July 8, 2013, page 22
  19. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung: School puts renovated building into operation
  20. ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung: 87 rooms are planned for KGS Wittmund
  21. ^ Yearbook KGS Wittmund, 2007 edition p. 9
  22. ↑ Her lifelong dream blossoms in Paris , accessed on May 22, 2012