Coppernicus High School
| Coppernicus High School | |
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| type of school | High school , European school |
| founding | 1965 |
| address |
Coppernicusstrasse 1 |
| place | Norderstedt |
| country | Schleswig-Holstein |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 41 '15 " N , 9 ° 59' 12" E |
| carrier | City of Norderstedt |
| management | Heike Schlesselmann |
| Website | www.coppernicus.de |
The Coppernicus-Gymnasium is a modern language and natural science high school in Norderstedt . Founded in 1963 as an offshoot of the Johannes Brahms School in Pinneberg, the Garstedt grammar school , as it was temporarily called, became independent two years later. The founding date is generally April 13, 1965, the day when the first headmaster Willi Rasche was inaugurated. The Coppernicus-Gymnasium has been a European school since 2004 .
Namesake
The school is named after the eminent astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus , in the spelling that was advocated by his biographer Leopold Prowe . The Coppernicus-Gymnasium has its own observatory and offers the students an astronomy working group. In 1979 the school received the portrait of the astronomer from Thorn from Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt .
history
On April 18, 1963, the Garstedt branch of the Johannes Brahms School Pinneberg was opened. The Garstedt community, which was still independent at the time, belonged to the Pinneberg district until the new city of Norderstedt was founded . The school was under the formal management of senior studies director Johannes Eggers, the then headmaster in the district town of Pinneberg . He was initially supported by Karl-Heinz Otzen and, from April 1964, by Willi Rasche in the coordination tasks and the establishment of the branch on the eastern edge of the district to provide schools in the up-and-coming community of Garstedt with a strong population increase. Lessons began with two sixths and one quinta in the rooms of the Garstedt secondary school ; The foundation stone for the new building was laid on October 28, 1964 on (then) Birkenweg in the Garstedter Feld district.
The celebrations for independence, which were announced retrospectively to February 1, 1965, took place on April 13, 1965 in the premises of the Garstedt secondary school, which was also newly built at the time, on Aurikelstieg. At the same time, the first headmaster, Willi Rasche, was officially introduced to his office. Exactly one year later, on April 13, 1966, the new school building was ready to move into. The official inauguration took place together with the awarding of the name Coppernicus-Gymnasium Garstedt on September 10, 1966.
The remaining construction phases were essentially completed by the early 1970s: east wing with six classrooms (1966), music hall (1968), west wing I with six classrooms (1968), two sports halls (winter 1969/1970), outdoor sports facilities (1970), extension west wing I by two additional classrooms (1971), west wing II (1971) and a noise protection wall between the two western extensions to Heroldstraße (today's Coppernicusstraße) (1971). On February 1, 1972, the observatory was put into operation and in 1997 the third sports hall. In June 2011 the southern extension was completed as an extension of the eastern extension with a cafeteria, a second music room as well as four class and group rooms and a learning workshop.
With the founding of the city of Norderstedt on January 1, 1970, the school administration was transferred to the city of Norderstedt, which now became part of the Segeberg district . As a result, the Coppernicus Gymnasium Garstedt became the Coppernicus Gymnasium Norderstedt .
On the evening of February 1, 1988, a fire broke out in the physics department in the main building of the school and destroyed both the physics room and the chemistry lecture hall. The art and work rooms below were significantly damaged. The fire caused total damage of around one million DM .
In 2001 the school conference decided on a school program that had been worked out in previous years. For this purpose, the Coppernicus-Gymnasium was included in the pilot project of the Ministry of Education, School Quality in Diversity , in autumn 1998 .
During the project week 2000, a much-noticed school beautification campaign was carried out, in which the main responsibility lay in the hands of the parents. Schoolchildren, teachers, more than 70 parents and former pupils took part in the renovation of the school building and the preparation of the outdoor area for a week. Parents donated around DM 3,400 for this purpose, the city of Norderstedt took on the material costs of more than DM 7,500, and a private company provided the painting tools free of charge. Thanks to the initiative of the Coppernicus-Gymnasium, the school authority saved an estimated 40,000 DM.
On May 4, 2004, he was appointed the 25th European School in Schleswig-Holstein. The awarding of the title was celebrated with a big European festival together with the partner schools in Maromme and Tczew .
The Coppernicus-Gymnasium was certified as one of only eleven schools in Schleswig-Holstein on June 17, 2011 as a competence center for the promotion of the gifted at secondary level I and II .
principal
- 1965–1981: Willi Rasche
- 1982–1992: Hartmut Forbrich
- 1992/1993: Hanna Gamradt (acting)
- 1993–2002: Wolfgang Fuhrmann
- 2002-2010: Sieglinde Huszak
- 2010/2011: Christopher Randschau (acting)
- since 2011: Heike Schlesselmann
School activities
Student exchanges
- since 1966 with the Collège d'Enseignement Secondaire Alain Maromme , France
- since 1989 with Skola Podstawowa No. 10 in Tczew , Poland
- since 2001 with the Moorpark High School , USA
Former student exchanges
- until 1989 with various schools in Great Britain
- 1984 to the early 1990s with the Lycée Rabelais in Meudon near Paris, France
- 1998 to 2001 with the Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt in Mexico City, Mexico
Ski ride
A “trademark” of the Coppernicus-Gymnasium is the skiing that the ninth grades carry out. The idea came up in 1982 during the school's first project week, when 46 students and six sports teachers drove to Gerlos in Austria . Every year since 1983, a complete middle school year has traveled to the Alps (since 2001 to Mallnitz ) to learn to ski, initially in the tenth grade and from the mid-1990s on the ninth grade. In cooperation with the sports club 1. SC Norderstedt, an extensive "ski cellar" was created over the years, which provides ski equipment for all participating students on loan free of charge.
Business and business internship
A two-week business internship is planned for tenth grade students and a two-week business internship for eleventh grade students. Since the internships take place right before the autumn or Easter holidays, there is the option of voluntary extension into the holidays. The internship positions are to be chosen by the students themselves.
Project week
A project week has been held annually since 1982, and for several years right before the autumn break. Projects for the students are offered by teachers, parents as well as (high school) students. At the same time, the internships of grade 10 and z. Sometimes exchange trips take place (see above).
Special working groups
- Astronomy (school's own observatory)
- Basketball in cooperation with 1. SC Norderstedt
- Fencing in cooperation with 1. SC Norderstedt
- Photography (school's own photo laboratory)
Drama and music
Theater and musicals
Since the school was founded, there has been a lower and middle school choir and a theater working group. In addition, there were always additional theater and musical projects, such as 1996 Jukebox, a new musical entertainment with music of the 50's and the 60’s , 1998 Magic Radio .
Performing game
Since 1997 the upper level subject performing games has been added to the range of courses. The first performance was in May 1998, The Lovers on the Underground by Jean Tardieu .
Wind class
Since the 2007/2008 school year there has been a wind class in which the fifth graders are introduced to the various wind instruments.
School newspaper
At the Coppernicus-Gymnasium there were already various school newspapers: ZETT (three (?) Issues 1970/1971), Coppschmerz (early 1980s), Coppyright (1988 − approx. 1991), Copp-Stand (1997–2002), Der Spicker (2006–2010; partly only as an online edition), Der Strehber (since 2011). In addition, a project newspaper is produced during the annual project week.
Junior project
Since the school year 1998/1999 the Coppernicus-Gymnasium has been participating in the junior project of the Institute for German Economy , at times even with two companies.
| school year | Junior project | Business idea | Placements in competitions |
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| 1998/1999 | U "h" r scream | Clocks | - |
| 1999/2000 | Play instinct | Board games | - |
| 2000/2001 | HeartBeat 2001 | Dating agency | - |
| 2001/2002 | Delta design | Printing on cups, pens, etc. | 2nd place state competition |
| 2002/2003 | InfoDimension | PC display | 1st place state competition |
| 2003/2004 | elevator | Design furniture made from recycled car seats | 1st place state competition, 3rd place national competition |
| Rally Express | Rally book for Norderstedt | - | |
| 2004/2005 | Lucifer | individually designed lamps | 1st place state competition, 3rd place national competition |
| Padstar | Acrylic mousepads | - | |
| 2005/2006 | CoppAration | Flower pot water knives and detective games | 3rd place state competition |
| Mosaic | House numbers in mosaic form | - | |
| 2006/2007 | Ämobe-L | restored tables | - |
| Frametactic | luminous picture frames | - | |
| 2007/2008 | Understand NexX | Dictionary for youth language | 1st place state competition |
| Copp's Kitchen | Cookbook | 2nd place state competition | |
| 2008/2009 | Name.it | Photo and card stand made of aluminum wire | JUNIOR Trade Fair Austria Award (in the "Best Marketing" category) |
| 2009/2010 | Pinwire | individual pin boards made of iron wire | JUNIOR Trade Fair Austria Award (Winner Company) |
| 2011/2012 | UniversalStickBakery | individual design of USB sticks made from tropical woods | |
| 2012/2013 | PloppCase | Aluminum phone case for the iPhone | Prize for the best stand Juniormesse Nord |
| 2012/2013 | EconoMyLife | Production of recyclable rubbish bins and an economy and ecology game | 1st place Global Enterprise Project Turin, 2nd place national competition |
Alumni work
In 2006 there was the first cross-grade alumni meeting for former students and teachers. This event has been taking place regularly since 2009 and is organized jointly by the school management and former students. On June 26th 2010 the Copperation eV - Association of Friends and Alumni of the Coppernicus-Gymnasium Norderstedt was founded as an alumni association of former students and teachers.
Class and student numbers
| school year | Number of classes | Number of students |
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| 1965/1966 | 10 | 359 |
| 1966/1967 | 21st | 525 |
| 1971/1972 | 29 | 833 |
| 1973/1974 | 31 | 900 |
| 1981/1982 | 20th | 744 |
| 1985/1986 | 16 | 577 |
| 1987/1988 | 14th | 517 |
| 1989/1990 | 13 | 493 |
| 1991/1992 | 13 | 461 |
| 1992/1993 | 13 | 457 |
| 1993/1994 | 14th | 451 |
| 1994/1995 | 15th | 476 |
| 1995/1996 | 17th | 487 |
| 1996/1997 | 18th | 525 |
| 1997/1998 | 19th | 539 |
| 1999/2000 | 20th | 568 |
| 2000/2001 | 21st | 607 |
| 2001/2002 | 22nd | 636 |
| 2002/2003 | 24 | 662 |
| 2003/2004 | 651 | |
| 2004/2005 | 694 | |
| 2005/2006 | 697 | |
| 2006/2007 | 723 | |
| 2007/2008 | 749 | |
| 2008/2009 | 736 | |
| 2009/2010 | 711 | |
| 2010/2011 | 28 | 667 |
architectural art
In 1966, by a conference resolution, the teaching staff prevented a sculpture by a Pinneberg colleague from being erected in front of the new school building without prior notice. After the invitation to tender, a sculpture by Harald Duwe was placed in front of the main entrance and one by Walter Arno in the east school courtyard.
Duwe's sculpture, which is often interpreted as a representation of the Copernican view of the world , was the model for the school logo introduced in the 1990s in the sense of corporate identity .
Personalities
Known students
- Sylvia Brandis Lindström , horse trainer and writer
- Wolfgang Herrndorf (1965–2013), writer and artist
- Mike Krüger (* 1951), comedian, cabaret artist and singer (briefly attended school at Coppernicus-Gymnasium)
- Ricki Osterthun (* 1964), former German tennis professional
- Cornelis Witthoefft (* 1964), pianist and composer
Known teachers
- Martin Wilke (* 1926), former HSV soccer coach
Sponsor
- Copperation eV - Association of friends and alumni of the Coppernicus-Gymnasium Norderstedt (founded 2010)
- Association for the promotion of the Coppernicus-Gymnasium Norderstedt eV (founded in 1966)
- Cafeteria association in the Coppernicus-Gymnasium in Norderstedt (founded in 1994, dissolved in 2013)
literature
- Wolfgang Fuhrmann: Coppernicus-Gymnasium Norderstedt - A Review 1965-2005 . 2005.