Elsa Brändström School (Hanover)
| Elsa Brändström School Hanover | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1954 |
| place | Hanover |
| country | Lower Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 21 '14 " N , 9 ° 45' 41" E |
| carrier | City of Hanover |
| student | 886 (as of August 2013) |
| Teachers | 80 teachers, 8 trainee lawyers (as of December 2018) |
| management | Annette Wullstein |
| Website | http://www.ebs-hannover.de |
The Elsa Brändström School is a grammar school in the southern part of Hanover, in the immediate vicinity of Eilenriede . The school is named after the Swedish philanthropist Elsa Brändström .
history
The Elsa Brändström School was founded in 1954. It emerged from the separation from the Wilhelm Raabe School , which reached its capacity limit due to the increasing number of pupils. In 1960, construction began on the building on Elkartallee, which was completed in 1963. Until 1970 the Elsa-Brändström-Schule was an all- girls high school with around 850 students; in the following year the first boys were admitted to the 5th grade. The school developed into a coeducational school. When the orientation level was introduced in 1976, the school lost grades 5 and 6. In 2004, when the orientation level was abolished, grades 5 and 6 returned to the school. Due to the insufficient reception capacity, the Elsa Brändström School was given its own branch in the immediate vicinity on Altenbekener Damm . In 2009 the school was relocated due to necessary and extensive renovation work on the building. For 18 months the grammar school was housed in the building of the former pedagogical college of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover . In the summer of 2010, the entire school and teaching staff returned to the main building on what was then Elkartallee, now Hilde-Schneider-Allee.
School management from 1954 until today
In its almost sixty years of existence, the Elsa Brändström School had four headmistresses and one headmistress who shaped the school in different ways.
- Luise Thiede 1954–1962
- Ilse Wehl 1963–1972
- Gisela Steinbrück 1972–1987
- Brigitte Netzel 1988-2004
- Thomas Seidel-Becker 2004–2017
- Annette Wullstein since 2017
Development of student and teacher numbers from 1954 to 2012
The development of the number of students and teachers since the establishment of the Elsa Brändström School has been subject to many changes. For example, the development towards a coeducational school (1971), the establishment and abolition of the orientation level (1976 and 2004) and the Abitur after twelve years (2011) caused fluctuations in the total numbers.
Educational work, equipment, offers
Educational work
The educational work at the school is under the motto "Values - Knowledge - Development". From the 5th grade onwards, English and early French are taught (optional), from the 6th grade onwards, Latin, French and Spanish are added. In addition, Spanish can be chosen as a third foreign language. Art is taught bilingually in the 7th grade and geography in the 8th grade. It is possible to acquire a “Diplôme d'Etudes en langue française” and a “ Diplomas de Español como Lengua Extranjera ”. The profiles in the upper level form languages, art / music, social sciences, mathematics / natural sciences and sport.
In the spirit of the namesake Elsa Brändström, the school feels particularly committed to solidarity in the community.
Furnishing
Since the renovation in 2010, the school's equipment has been technically at a high level. Some of the specialist rooms for science , music and art are equipped with whiteboards , computers and projectors. Since the renovation and expansion of the school building in 2010, there is also a cafeteria available to students. The school has two PC rooms and two schoolyards: a small one at the cafeteria and a large, central schoolyard. In the large school yard there is a football and basketball court and a climbing frame donated by the development association. In addition, a small amphitheater forms the center of the school yard. The 500 m² auditorium is a regular venue for theater performances and concerts by the school orchestra and choir.
deals
Working groups
There are numerous working groups at the school. For example, the theater group, the pre-choir of years 5 and 6, the choir and the orchestra give regular performances. The Zirkus-AG also presents its show once a year. At the robot group, the students in grades (5 to 8) independently learn the technical programming of a robot with which they can then take part in competitions. The Ski-AG offers eighth and ninth graders the opportunity to learn to ski and snowboard or to perfect existing skills at the beginning of the year. For this purpose, the students travel to Chandolin in Switzerland for a week, accompanied by trained and committed teachers .
Conflict mediator, tutor system
The school offers the system of conflict mediators and tutors that has been tried and tested for many years .
The conflict mediators (students from the 9th grade) help other classmates to resolve conflicts and work out agreements in order to deal with one another without conflict in the future. The tutors, made up of 8th grade students, help fifth graders gain a foothold in their new school and accompany them during the first few weeks.
In the 11th year, the students then choose teachers as tutors who will be at their side with advice and support until they graduate .
Exchange, school trips
Some 7th and 8th grade students regularly travel to Spain for exchange . Such an exchange has also been taking place with France since the 2013/14 school year . At the end of the 8th or the beginning of the 9th school year, the students can visit London for a week and live there with host families. In the 6th and 8th grades, one-week school trips to a wide variety of destinations in Germany take place. In the 12th year, the students go on a study trip and head for international destinations.
building
The school building was designed by the architect Werner Dierschke , who u. a. planned the Bugenhagenkirche in the immediate vicinity of the school. Dierschke created the break hall, which was designed as a "meeting room" and is still considered the center of school life today. The break hall is square in shape and supported on the sides by columns.
The classrooms of grades 5 to 7 have little gardens available, which are available as an “intimate free class room” in summer.
In front of the school building is the sculpture "Taseo", which was designed by Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber . The sculpture is the symbol of the school and an informal meeting place for high school students. It shows female figures standing together and shaking hands.
Since the 10.8 million euro renovation in 2010, the building has been generously equipped. There are 28 classrooms, 16 specialist rooms and 2 sports halls.
In 2002, the upper level wing was inaugurated. It replaced a dilapidated pavilion. The new upper level wing, which includes four classrooms, a student library and a teachers' room, was financed by a donation from the patron Henning von Burgsdorff.
The toilets of the students are also based on a “lounge” or a “convertible bar”. The toilet rooms were designed by art students under the direction of the artists Yasemin Ylmaz and Burhan Uzunyayla.
Partners, partnerships
Support association
The association of sponsors, friends and alumni of the Elsa-Brändström-Schule e. V. to the important partners of the school. The association , which has more than 400 members , has supported the school in many structural and social projects and in equipping the school since it was founded. Schoolchildren are also supported by the sponsoring association at various points in school life.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University
There is a cooperation agreement between the Elsa Brändström School and the Institute for Sports Science at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University in Hanover , which enables both institutions to work together. There is also close cooperation with the university in the fields of biology , physics and geography .
School sponsorship
Since 2012 the Elsa Brändström School has been developing a school sponsorship with the Otjomuise Project School in Windhoek , Namibia .
Wall of Fame
The high school class of 2012 designed the "Wall of Fame" in the upper school wing. From now on every high school graduate of the school can leave traces here in the form of a tile and thus perpetuate themselves on the “Wall of Fame”.
Trivia
Giovanni di Lorenzo's first love was a student at the Elsa Brändström School.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Hans Kammel: Elsa Brändström School. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 159.
- ↑ Long paths in endless corridors. In: HAZ . February 19, 2009, accessed August 17, 2013 .
- ↑ The Elsa Brändström School is moving. In: HAZ . January 12, 2009, accessed August 24, 2013 .
- ↑ a b The Elsa Brändström students move back into their renovated building. In: HAZ . June 24, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Elsa Brändström School is withdrawing. (No longer available online.) Discover Hanover, August 6, 2010, archived from the original on October 14, 2013 ; Retrieved August 27, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Diplôme d'Etudes en langue française
- ^ Henning von Burgsdorff
- ^ Association of sponsors, friends and alumni of the Elsa-Brändström-Schule e. V. ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Wall of Fame, EBS website (PDF file). (PDF; 274 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 14, 2014 ; Retrieved August 17, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.neuepresse.de/Menschen/Mensch-Hannover/Giovanni-di-Lorenzo-ueber-Helene-Fischer-den-Papst-und-die-Liebe-in-Hannover
