Bertha von Suttner High School (Andernach)
| Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium Andernach | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| address |
Salentinstr. 4th |
| place | Then after |
| country | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 25 '57 " N , 7 ° 24' 17" E |
| carrier | Mayen-Koblenz district |
| student | around 1000 |
| Teachers | around 80 |
| management | Ulrich Hotz |
| Website | www.bertha-von-suttner-gymnasium.de |
The Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium (also called BvSG or BvS for short ) is a modern language high school with AbiBac branch for girls and boys in the school center of Andernach in Rhineland-Palatinate . The school authority is the district of Mayen-Koblenz . On February 23, 2016 the BvS became the “European School of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate”.
description
The Bertha von Suttner high school is located in the school center of the city of Andernach and is one of the two high schools in Andernach and one of the seven high schools in the Mayen-Koblenz district. The main catchment area is shared by the Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium with the Kurfürst-Salentin-Gymnasium and extends to the entire district of Mayen-Koblenz.
The grammar school has a modern language focus with a focus on French teaching and is therefore one of the few schools in Germany where you can acquire the German-French double degree Abitur-Baccalauréat.
Namesake
The school is named after the Austrian pacifist , peace researcher , writer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bertha von Suttner . Since Bertha von Suttner campaigned for peace in Europe, decisions in the school are also made with such a direction. With this background actions take place between the school and the local refugees as well as projects for peace.
Special features of the school
Language offer
The Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium is oriented towards modern languages and offers the languages English, French and Latin.
What is special about this is the nature of the French lessons, as you can start with French as your first foreign language in the fifth grade and English is then only taught as a minor subject for these students in the fifth grade. In the orientation level, these students also have two additional hours of French lessons per week, which are intended to provide them with a knowledge of French culture that goes beyond the usual. In the seventh grade, these pupils can start bilingual lessons on the recommendation of the teacher. In this class you will learn geography and history for one hour a week in German and two hours a week in French (Géo and Histoire). They also have a French textbook. The students of the bilingual branch can decide in the tenth grade whether they want to continue these lessons in the upper level and thus take their Abitur exams in German and also their Baccalauréat exam in front of a French examiner. This enables the students to acquire the German-French double degree AbiBac.
The options for the subjects are as follows:
| language | English | French | Bilingual branch | Latin | Computer science |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English speakers | Class 5 | Grade 6, 9 or 11 | - | Grade 6 or 9 | class 9 |
| French first speaker | Grade 5 (minor, from 6th major) | Class 5 | Grade 7 (according to teacher decision) | class 9 | Grade 9 or 11 |
Student exchange
Exchange programs exist with the following schools:
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Collège du Hugstein in Buhl , France |
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Collège Jules Ferry in Chambery , France |
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Collège et Lycée Chaptal in Paris , France |
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AA Leach Junior High School in Winnipeg , Canada |
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English school in Haarlemmermeer , the Netherlands |
All day school
Working groups
At the Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium there are a large number of voluntary working groups for half-day and all-day school students:
- The prefect for the orientation stage
- The debating group
- The media scouts
- The school medical service (SSD)
- The lower school choir
- The school choir for middle and high school
- The junior orchestra
- Sports communities for youth trains for the Olympics
Separate working groups are also offered for all-day school students.
School without racism - school with courage
The Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium has been participating in the School without Racism - School with Courage project since 2015 . The school currently has students from 55 different backgrounds and nationalities. The school sponsor for the project is the former student and German table tennis player Kristin Silbereisen .
Well-known former students
- Mechthild Heil (* 1961), architect and CDU politician, member of the German Bundestag since 2009
- Jörg Remy (* 1964), guitarist, composer, sound designer
- David Wagner (* 1971), writer
- Jasna Mittler (* 1975), writer
- Marcel Hürter (* 1980), SPD politician, 2011–2016 member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament
- Kristin Silbereisen (* 1985), table tennis player, Olympic participant 2012, European champion in doubles 2016
Web links
- Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium Andernach. Retrieved June 6, 2020 (school's official website).
- Friends of the Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium Andernach. Retrieved June 6, 2020 (School's Friends Association).