Georg Cantor High School
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| type of school | high school |
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Torstrasse 13 |
| place | Halle (Saale) |
| country | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 28 '24 " N , 11 ° 57' 57" E |
| carrier | City of Halle (Saale) |
| student | 503 |
| Teachers | 61 |
| management | Bernd Gorsler |
| Website | georg-cantor-gymnasium.de |
The Georg Cantor -Gymnasium is a high school in the city of Halle (Saale) with scientific and mathematical-technical focus and officially recognized mathematical and scientific Excellence Center . It currently houses 503 students and 61 teachers. In addition, it is an all-day school for students in lower secondary level .
location
The gymnasium has been located in downtown Halle since 2007 in the building that housed the Torgymnasium until 2005. After the Torgymnasium merged with the Südstadtgymnasium at the location of the latter, the building on Torstrasse was renovated and the schoolyard was completely redesigned. The student residence in Halle-Neustadt is less than 30 minutes away by tram and bus.
admission
The Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt stipulates an admission procedure for attending a grammar school with a focus on content . The aptitude test at the Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium consists of a cognitive ability test and a math exam (both in multiple choice form) as well as the half-year report from the current school year. Admission is usually in grade 5, admission outside of this regulation is possible on request. Boarding schools are available for students who live away from home. For the 2012/2013 school year, 72 places were allocated for the fifth year. There are 3 classes of 24 students each.
profile
The Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium has a mathematical-scientific-technical profile and is one of the few schools in Saxony-Anhalt with a focus on content. As part of the promotion of gifted students, the Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium coordinates and organizes correspondence circles for numerous subjects and age groups.
mathematics
The math profile is shown in additional weekly lessons. In addition to the normal curriculum, a number of additives are taught that can be queried in normal oral performance surveys. For example, the pupils get an insight into the set theory of the school's namesake.
Natural sciences
The scientific profile is shown in additional weekly lessons. In addition, from the 7th grade onwards, computer science is taught, which can also be taken as a profile course when entering the course phase. Since 2005, it has been the only grammar school in Saxony-Anhalt (with the exception of the Hugo Junkers grammar school in Dessau) that has been able to complete its written Abitur in computer science at the Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium . In numerous working groups and cooperations with various companies in the region and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , schoolchildren can test and develop their interests and skills. After the end of classes, lectures on scientific topics are held regularly. Furthermore, there are fixed scientific and ecological internships, in grade 10 there is the possibility to write a scientific-practical annual paper.
Training in foreign languages
From the seventh grade onwards, in addition to English, you learn French or Latin as a second foreign language , which you can take up to the Abitur exam, but must take at least by the end of grade 10. From the 9th grade onwards, Spanish is offered as a third foreign language .
Special subjects
One of the special features of the Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium is that astronomy lessons are given in the 8th grade . Continuing and taking the subject in secondary level 2 is unfortunately excluded. From the 8th grade onwards, so-called specialist courses (special support in mathematics, chemistry, biology, physics) take place as cross-class lessons. At the same time, from the 8th grade onwards, participation in the Junior Engineer Academy is made possible for some interested students. From the beginning of the 9th grade, the third foreign language ( Spanish ) and optional compulsory lessons in e.g. B. offered to the modern media.
successes
The Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium can regularly record competition successes on national as well as on international level. These include numerous first places in Jugend forscht , the Mathematics Olympiad , foreign language competitions ( Federal Foreign Language Competition , Certamen franckianum) and the International Junior Science Olympiad .
financing
The grammar school is entirely publicly funded , but is supported by its own sponsorship association .
Special
Every year the Georg-Cantor-Gymnasium awards the so-called Cantor Prize to a particularly committed student, which is honored with a special tin cup at the Cantor Prize ceremony. The first Cantor Prize winner in 1995 was Florian Hartling.
