Free high school Penig
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1998 |
| place | Penig |
| country | Saxony |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 55 '53 " N , 12 ° 42' 9" E |
| carrier | Sponsoring association Gymnasium Penig e. V. |
| student | around 250 |
| Teachers | about 30 |
| management | Uta Steffen |
| Website | freigymnasiumpenig.de |
The Free School Penig in Penig is a school in independent agencies . It existed as a state grammar school until 1998 and has existed as a free grammar school since 1999.
history
The older of the two buildings, the "White School", was inaugurated in 1867. In 1891 the "Red School" was added.
Towards the end of the Second World War, the school was used as a hospital. The lessons took place, if they took place at all, in makeshift classrooms, for example in the restaurant "Stadt Leipzig", in the basement of the town hall and in the large hall in the paper mill.
In 1950 the school became the central school for Penig and the surrounding towns. After the introduction of compulsory ten-year schooling, the first ninth grade was taught in 1956. The resulting lack of space was countered by using the district court building in Bahnhofstrasse. This resulted in Oberschule II. In 1971 what had been known as "Oberschule I" was given the name " Hans Beimler Oberschule".
In 1992 the school was converted into a high school. When the school, which had been supported by the state until then, was to be closed in 1998 due to a lack of students, the "Supporting Association Gymnasium Penig eV" was formed in November of the same year. from well-known citizens and local entrepreneurs. On November 2, 1999, the now privately owned grammar school started operations with 84 students in grades 5-9.
In 2006/2007 extensive construction work took place to implement the fire protection concept of the red main building (fire protection doors, external stairs (second escape route), new entrance area). In 2007/2008 both building facades were renovated and both roofs re-covered. As part of this work, the second building was given a new color that matches the historical color scheme. Both renovations were co-financed by the city of Penig.
In 2011 and 2017 the gymnasium was renovated and the facade design was adapted to the white school building.
Buildings and grounds
On the school grounds, located directly on the Zwickauer Mulde, there is a football field, a volleyball court, a sprint track, gymnastics equipment and a long jump and shot put facility. The two school buildings differ in their color scheme - the main building is painted red, the second building in umber-white. There is also a cafeteria and a gym on the premises.
type of school
The grammar school is a state-recognized, privately owned substitute school. The Gymnasium is supported by the Gymnasium Penig e. V. The school is financed by state subsidies, a monthly school and care fee and the support association.
Student numbers
School concept, offers, equipment
Compared to teaching at state schools in the Free State of Saxony, the Free Gymnasium Penig, as an all-day school, has a number of special features.
Educational concept
- Lessons in small classes with a maximum of 22 students in secondary level I and with a maximum of 18 students in the courses of the upper secondary level
- The majority of the lessons are in the block model
- Self-study times (SLZ) on four days a week to promote self-organized learning
- Implementation of the concept of the moving school
- Method training, compact seminars and extensive support and leisure activities
- Cooperation with local companies, e.g. B. Siemens and HeidelbergCement
deals
- natural and social science profile
- English as a first foreign language and French, Latin or Russian as a second foreign language
- bilingual modules in history and physical education
- Numerous all-day offers and projects organized by students such as a school café or a school radio
Furnishing
In addition to two newly equipped IT cabinets with a total of 39 PCs, there are projectors in many of the specialist rooms . The school has a library and a large number of tablets for individual research in class.
Awards
In a nationwide study of grammar schools, comprehensive schools and Waldorf schools with upper secondary school, the institution took 33rd place in the nationwide evaluation in 2005. A total of 3,480 schools were surveyed, 575 schools answered. That also meant second place in Saxony behind the Herder-Gymnasium Schneeberg .
In the "School of the Year" competition advertised by Unicum magazine , the Free Gymnasium Penig took first place in both the "Best teaching quality" category in 2008 and in the "Best school climate" category in 2011.
In 2018, the school was placed among the TOP 50 schools in Der Deutsche Schulpreis .
In November 2012, the Free Gymnasium Penig was recognized as a "MINT-friendly school" from the MINT Future Creation Initiative , which has set itself the goal of expanding and qualitatively strengthening education in mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology.
In 2013 the Free Gymnasium Penig joined the network of the European youth initiative School without Racism - School with Courage .
The school has been participating in the European exchange program Erasmus + since 2016 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report from contemporary witnesses
- ^ City administration Penig "775 years Penig, June 14-23, 2002, Festschrift" Miriquidi-Verlag 2002 ISBN 3-9806774-9-4
- ↑ Saxon State Ministry for Culture: School and Training - Financing of independent schools. Retrieved September 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Supplement to the Peniger Official Gazette no.2.23 February 2019.
- ^ Free grammar school Penig: partner school of Siemens AG. 2012, accessed September 30, 2017 .
- ↑ Free Gymnasium Penig: School year-end 2016/17. 2016, accessed September 30, 2017 .
- ↑ The best schools in Germany. (No longer available online.) In: Capital 13/05. June 9, 2005, archived from the original on May 16, 2017 ; accessed on September 30, 2017 . 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.
- ^ School of the Year 2008. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 30, 2017 ; accessed on September 30, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ School of the Year 2011. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 30, 2017 ; accessed on September 30, 2017 . 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.
- ^ Certificate of the German School Prize. Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
- ↑ Free Penig High School - MINT Navigator - mintzukunftschaffen.de. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 30, 2017 ; accessed on September 30, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Editing School without Racism - School with Courage: School without Racism - School with Courage: Free High School Penig. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 30, 2017 ; accessed on September 30, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Free Gymnasium Penig: Thinking outside the box. 2016, accessed on September 30, 2017 (German).
