Franz-Stock-Gymnasium

Franz-Stock-Gymnasium
	School building 2012
type of school	high school
School number	194670
founding	1852
address	Berliner Platz 5
place	Arnsberg - Hüsten
country	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Coordinates	51 ° 26 '13 " N , 7 ° 58' 4" E Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '13 " N , 7 ° 58' 4" E
carrier	City of Arnsberg
student	about 800
Teachers	about 80
management	Andreas Pallack
Website	www.fsg-arnsberg.de

The Franz-Stock-Gymnasium is a high school in Arnsberg in the district of Hüsten on the border to Neheim . The school emerged from the Neheim Rectorate School founded in 1852. In 2002 the nearby Graf-Gottfried-Gymnasium merged with the school. Today's Franz-Stock-Gymnasium was created.

history

The Rector's School (1852–1911)

In 1852 2000 people lived in Neheim , Hüsten had 1000 inhabitants. In 1836 there were two teachers working at the elementary school in Neheim , today over 500 teachers work in the school service in Neheim-Hüsten . The history of the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium begins in 1852 with the founding of the Rector's School. Kaplan Glahn applies for the establishment of a private school in which he wants to give "lessons in higher subjects". The Rector's School is a private school, but it is viewed as a public, urban matter. The first official timetable was presented to the government in Arnsberg on March 12, 1853 . The school was primarily pragmatic. The subjects mathematics and physics received double the number of hours of German. The special emphasis placed on the subjects “ calligraphy ” and “drawing” supports the assumption that in the early stages the school at best knows how to prepare for attending a grammar school. The rectorate school began its activities in 1852 with 12 students, and by 1886 an average of 20-30 students attended the "institute". In 1911, the last year of the rectorate school, the number of 117 pupils represented the high point in school history at that time. Overall, the school developed in a way that led to an unsatisfactory “hybrid position”, as the mayor's report of February 20th 1875 clearly stated to the government in Arnsberg: “A conversion of the institution to a real Progymnasium or a higher middle school is neither possible nor useful because of the Arnsberg Gymnasium ; a reduction to a middle school […] is not justified. ”After 1899, a frightening decline in the number of pupils can be contrasted for the school's existence. The reasons for this can be assumed to be a deterioration in the overall economic situation, such as the opening of the Neheim-Arnsberg small railway in 1906/07, which made attending the Laurentianum grammar school in Arnsberg much easier. During this crisis, the city of Neheim decided to expand the school and at this point already emphatically committed to investing in education as a way of securing the location.

Realprogymnasium and Realgymnasium (1911–1933)

With the school year 1889/90 a decisive change in the school organization takes place. The previous three-year length of stay will be four. In 1909 there was a fifth grade with the incorporation of the Obertertia. Following the tradition of the school up to now, a Progymnasium is planned , at which English lessons will replace Greek. The conversion of the rectorate school to a Realprogymnasium was completed in 1911. From 1911 to 1915 the development towards a secondary school took place . The name does not see itself as a combination of the current school forms “Realschule” and “Gymnasium”, but rather marks the aim of realizing an educational idea that differs from the humanistic grammar school, with academic teaching in the mother tongue, with English and French, with mathematics and the natural sciences aimed at a "realistic" education. A look at the curriculum shows, similar to the conception of the rectorate school, a noticeably low number of hours for the subject German. This is opposed to a modern language and mathematical-scientific focus. The year 1926 marked a decisive turning point in the history of the higher education system with the Richter reform. The curricula clearly reflect the tendencies to expand the up to now classical educational canon. In 1926 the later namesake of the school, Franz Stock, also passed his Abitur at the Realgymnasium.

The National Socialist Education Maxim (1933–1945)

The presentation of the time of National Socialism and its effects on the development of the school is not easy. On the one hand, the source situation is quite problematic, as many documents no longer exist. On the other hand, the historically determined different forms of "political correctness" in their consequences for the written and oral tradition make it difficult to precisely trace the conditions at that time. One of the transformations with which the schools were to be changed in line with National Socialism was the shortening of school time from nine to eight years, as the school time was shortened by the senior prime year in view of the demands of labor and compulsory military service. As almost everywhere else in the Reich, the grammar schools in Neheim-Hüsten were converted to the “Oberschule für Junge” (high school for boys) at the beginning of the school year 1937/38. Adolf Hitler had given clear upbringing maxims: “The völkisch state has to focus its entire educational work primarily not on the pumping in of mere knowledge, but on the cultivation of perfectly healthy bodies. The development of intellectual abilities comes second only. But here again at the forefront the development of character, especially the promotion of willpower and determination, combined with education for responsibility, and last but not least scientific training. ”The pupils were gradually withdrawn from school work and integrated into National Socialist organizations . In the school year 1938/39, 98.8%, and the following school year, 99% of all pupils are members of National Socialist organizations. The student lists show that of the 20 primary school students born in 1939/40, a total of 15 were called up for military service early and only 5 passed their Abitur on the scheduled Easter date. The situation was similar in the following year: 15 of the 22 primary school students born in 1940/41 were drafted into military service in the autumn, only 7 took their matriculation exams at Easter. On the other hand, of course, school also means getting settled in at this time. The problems of the time are naturally also reflected in school. The minutes of the teachers' conferences increasingly point to the direct effects of the war. On the other hand, these documents also make clear how the school tried to maintain continuity as an institution.

From Neheim New Language High School to Franz Stock High School (1945–1961)

After the Second World War, the grammar school was closed from March 14, 1945 to March 1946. In the first few months after the end of the war, there were initially concerns as to whether the occupying power actually intended to re-admit higher schools. Initially, the teachers were all suspended and could in no way expect to be re-employed - except as temporary workers for clean-up work. In 1946 two support groups were set up in which pupils who had gone to war with the “ Reifevermerk for war participants” could take the Abitur. All classes received full instruction again from the school year 1947/48. In 1948 the school time was changed from 8 to 9 years. "A school assembly, which consisted of parents' representatives and teachers from the school, decided, with the consent of the school authority, for the form of a modern language grammar school." This decision for the new school, which was named "Neheim modern language grammar school", can now be on the one hand Identify lines of continuity in the real-life school. On the other hand, this accentuation may well have fitted into the political concept of the British occupying power. In the school year 1959/60 the school applied for the additional establishment of a mathematical and natural science branch in order to better meet the increased number of pupils and the differentiated requirements. With the beginning of the school year 1961/62 the first class of this new focus was established. Since 1961 the school has also been called "Franz-Stock-Gymnasium".

The development of the municipal high schools in Neheim-Hüsten (1968–2002)

In the wake of the impending "educational catastrophe", the increased efforts to enable schoolchildren - and increasingly also female pupils - to graduate from high school have led to a significant increase in the number of pupils. The city of Neheim-Hüsten therefore applies to the school council in Münster to set up a second grammar school. 1968/69 - in a symbolic time - the new school accepts pupils in the sexta for the first time. It initially operates as the “Neusprachliches Gymnasium” and is later given the name “Gymnasium im Rumbecker Holz” (1974). At the same time, pupils from the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium, who choose the modern language focus, change the gymnasium after the lower secondary school. The cooperation between the two schools therefore begins in an extremely cooperative manner. The close cooperation in the upper secondary level opens up the possibility from the beginning to be able to offer the students a much broader range of options for their level career than other schools. In the mid-eighties, the "Gymnasium im Rumbecker Holz" changes its name to " Graf-Gottfried -Gymnasium" (1984). The relationship worsens when the number of pupils in the city area as a whole declines - and both schools have to make more efforts to register new pupils. As a result, this leads to the training of very different and specific profiles at the two grammar schools: the FSG has been offering a voluntary all-day program since the mid-1990s, the GGG is developing a bilingual focus. Both the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium and the Graf-Gottfried-Gymnasium have had a permanent place in the Neheim-Hüsten school landscape for decades.

Establishment and development of the "new" municipal Franz-Stock-Gymnasium

Schools understand their task differently in an increasingly changing world: learning is experienced as a lifelong process. In order to be able to meet these requirements, the independence of the students must be encouraged. The so-called “PISA study” then seems to prove the need for this focus in a sustainable manner. At the beginning of the 2002/03 school year, the two schools will merge. The new municipal Franz-Stock-Gymnasium decided after intensive and committed discussion to participate in the model project “Independent School”. The school receives increased independence and personal responsibility and can thus break new ground in various areas of responsibility and work. The pupils of the school now have the opportunity to take advantage of the different educational offers of both grammar schools. In the meantime, the buildings have been specialized, among other things for the bound full-day, and the departments that covered the former high schools have been dissolved. The grammar school was able to develop and grow its offer. Together with the city, Arnsberg is advancing the development of the FSG school grounds into an educational campus with a wide range of offers, with the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium at the center.

The namesake Franz Stock

Franz Stock

Abbé Franz Stock (1904–1948) was born in Neheim and graduated from this school. He became a Catholic priest and during the German occupation in World War II pastor for the prisons of Paris and the place of execution on Mont Valérien. He is considered to be a pioneer of German-French friendship. On November 14, 2009, Hans-Josef Becker, the Archbishop of Paderborn, opened the beatification process for Franz Stock.

School profile

The Franz-Stock-Gymnasium, a school with a bound all-day school, has an extremely diversified school profile, which symbolizes the latest development of this school. Although the grammar school is spread over two buildings, it offers the students different focuses in order to be able to support each individual as individually as possible. In addition to functioning and high-quality media equipment in all rooms, the FSG has a theater with around 600 seats and numerous lecture halls. The FSG also has a recording studio.

The school program

First part of the internal school program of the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Arnsberg

With the resolution of the school conference on March 25, 2010 on the new educational concept “Agenda FSG 2015”, the key objectives for the pedagogical self-image at the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium and their concrete implementation in everyday school life were set. The educational concept forms the basis for current and future educational work at the FSG. In addition to many educational and quality goals, which are already an integral part of learning and teaching at the school, some goals have been resolved that are currently only partially or have not yet been implemented and for which concepts still need to be developed or revised. The current school program - apart from a few points that need to be updated - consists of two parts: The first general part describes the key objectives in five categories of the school’s educational mandate and concretely represents the implementation of these key objectives as evaluable educational and quality objectives The second special part describes in detail the school-specific educational profiles.

With the resolution of 2010, the school community committed itself to a development cycle that essentially consists of the interplay between target agreements and their evaluation. The school program defines the framework for the educational work of the school management, which is responsible for the implementation of the concept.

MINT-EC

The FSG has been a member of the nationwide network of mathematical and scientific excellence centers ( MINT-EC ) at schools since 2001 . The FSG has already received a certificate for the excellent educational offer. Under the motto “Live and learn together”, the high school offers its students, among other things, selectable in-depth lessons in the natural sciences in the form of modules in grades 7 and 8. This scientific focus is also reflected in the wide range of differentiation in the MINT area in grades 8 and 9. In addition to the normal range of advanced courses in biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics, the FSG offers the opportunity to choose computer science as an Abitur subject. As a multiple prize winner in the “Jugend forscht” competition, the FSG has already made a name for itself several times, which speaks for the excellent support of its interested students. Thanks to the extracurricular commitment of numerous teachers, it is possible to support the students in their projects so individually that they can let their research spirit run free. The FSG is also particularly committed in the field of mathematics by regularly registering participants in the Mathematics Olympiad. Once you have aroused interest in mathematics, you can participate in workshops in the introductory phase to promote talented students in the mathematical field. The Franz-Stock-Gymnasium continues to offer its students working groups in robotics as well as the possibility of participating in nationwide student workshops in the MINT area through membership of the FSG in the MINT-EC network. As already reported several times in the media public, the specialist teaching in this area is based on the wide-ranging use of digital media. In this area, the FSG was recently able to book not only articles in the FAZ or a report in the ZDF, but also an award for a teacher who has already successfully completed his legal clerkship at the FSG.

Bilingual education

In addition to the natural science focus, the FSG is characterized above all by the bilingual training that has existed for twenty years. English as the absolute world language provides the perfect counterpart to the natural science subjects, which is why an average of 20 high school graduates leave the FSG with an additional bilingual certificate every year. The FSG states that the goals of the bilingual branch are that they offer more intensive preparation for the linguistic and cultural conditions in a Europe that is growing closer together. Therefore, at the FSG, you can also choose French as a foreign language from the 6th grade onwards, which, based on the namesake Franz Stock, is also a fixed component in the school profile. In addition to the student exchange programs with partner schools, there is a special relationship with France: thanks to the school's namesake - Franz Stock - it is closely linked to Chartres and Paris. The students with a bilingual education start with two additional English lessons per week in the test level. From middle school onwards, social science subjects are dealt with in English, and a school trip to southern England is carried out in eighth grade. As with all bilingual branches, you have to choose English as the advanced course in the upper level in order to receive an additional certificate. This also includes a social science subject in English as a third or fourth Abitur subject.

School without racism and with courage

This is a European school initiative that actively combats all forms of discrimination, bullying and violence. This includes unequal treatment with regard to religion, social origin, gender, physical characteristics, political worldview or sexual orientation. The project also turns against totalitarian ideologies that endanger democracy. The largest German school network, to which the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium has been a member since receiving the seal of approval in June 2014, currently has over 1500 schools (as of June 2014). With a student body whose roots come from many different nations, the school sees itself as having a special responsibility: the self-commitment for the present and the future, to take responsibility for a good school climate and the social environment. This means an open discussion about questions about values in our society - basic human rights, respect and tolerance - as well as finding common ways to "live and shape together". Building on this conviction, students develop long-term and sustainable initiatives and activities; They are also involved in current issues in campaigns and projects. Two pedagogical staff are available to the students at the FSG during the entire certification process.

Future School NRW

"Zukunftsschulen NRW - Network for Individual Support for Learning Culture" is an offer to all schools that want to align their teaching and school development in school cooperations and in collaboration with partner schools to the model of "Individual Support for Learning Culture". As a formerly certified quality seal school, the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium has decided to work in this network. There are various work areas at the FSG for the work in this “Zukunftsschulen NRW” network. An important area is the individual support through bilingual classes for English, Mint modules, workshop offers and groups with special interests. In addition, the FSG also offers its students in lower secondary level various social training courses. There is always an offer of advice to support the learning process, personal development, communication and special talents. Under the term “develop school” there is room for a holistic approach which ensures that FSG students are looked after and encouraged in their personal development beyond the general university entrance qualification. Further aspects of this work in the network of “Zukunftsschulen NRW” are the further development of the all-day concept, offers for career orientation, teaching development within the framework of the GanzIn project and method learning as well as systematic teaching development through evaluation.

News for you (NFY)

Another special feature of the FSG is that this grammar school has its own YouTube channel developed by students. NEWS FOR YOU - this has been the student magazine of the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Arnsberg since January 2014. At the beginning of each month, a video with news from school life is published. There are also numerous special editions. The Mediathek working group is behind NEWS FOR YOU. However, the group has been shut down since April 23, 2020.

Numbers, dates and facts

Student numbers

In the 2019/2020 school year, 800 students will attend the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium.
Of these, 500 are in secondary level I and 300 in upper secondary level.

Teachers

Over 80 teachers are assigned to the school.
Of these, 3 are subject managers at centers for practical teacher training and 9 are trainees.

principal

The rectors of the rectorate school

Chaplain Glahn 1852–1862
School vicar Köster 1862–1869
August Schäffer 1869–1884
Adolf Wurm 1884-1893
Mündelein 1893-1894
Franz Busch 1894–1911

The high school directors

Heinrich Begieging 1911–1914
Arthur Schade 1915-1935
Friedrich Nückel 1936–1945
Student Councilor Stegemann 1946–1947 (provisional)
Franz Overmann 1947–1948
Konrad Maria Krug 1948–1958
Rudolf Brinkmann 1958–1979
Hubert Hölscher 1979–1995
Thomas Hardt 1995-2002
Heinrich Blana 2002–2013
Andreas Pallack since 2013

literature

Städtisches Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Arnsberg (Hrsg.): Festschrift for the 100th birthday of Franz Stock 2004. 150 years of school history Franz-Stock-Gymnasium. Arnsberg 2004.
Städtisches Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Arnsberg (Ed.): Yearbook 2013/2014. Arnsberg 2014.
Franz Stock Committee Germany (ed.): Peace wanders through Europe. A book for children of children from the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Arnsberg-Hüsten. Arnsberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047845-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Schulte, Werner: On the 100-year history of the grammar school - In: Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the grammar school Neheim-Hüsten, 1952, p. 17.
↑ Hartwigt, Franz: number of students, number of classes and school reform our school through the ages. - In: 125 years of the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium. Festschrift, 1977, p. 15f.

[1] Schulte, Werner: On the 100-year history of the grammar school - In: Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of the grammar school Neheim-Hüsten, 1952, p. 17.

[2] Hartwigt, Franz: number of students, number of classes and school reform our school through the ages. - In: 125 years of the Franz-Stock-Gymnasium. Festschrift, 1977, p. 15f.