Grammar school, business and technical secondary school Thun
| High School FMS WMS Thun | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| founding | 2014 (previous institutions: 1838/1953) |
| address |
Seestrasse 66 / Äussere Ringstrasse 7 |
| place | Tuna |
| Canton | Bern |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 614 603 / 176994 |
| carrier | Canton Bern |
| student | 1150 |
| Teachers | 150 |
| management | Marius Gränicher |
| Website | www.gymthun.ch |
The Gymnasium Thun with technical secondary school (FMS) and business secondary school ( WMS) is a public state school in the canton of Bern and is located at two locations in the Swiss city of Thun . One training course leads to the high school Matura , at the FMS the specialist Matura can be obtained in the professional fields of health, social affairs and education. A training course will also be run by WMS until 2022. The middle school is recognized as a UNESCO project school. Around 1150 students from the catchment area of the Bernese Oberland and Aare Valley do their training here and are taught by around 150 teachers (as of 2020).
history
In the summer of 2014, the Thun Seefeld and Thun Schadau grammar schools merged to form the Thun grammar school with two locations, after the merger was decided by the Grand Council of the Canton of Bern in November 2013. Both previous schools can look back on a rich history. One thing they had in common was the pioneering achievement in the introduction of bilingual teaching with regard to the bilingual Matura (in English and French, now also in Italian) at the end of the 1990s.
In 2017 the school decided to carry out the lessons in digital form.
Educational offer
The Gymnasium Thun offers basic, specialization and supplementary subjects that promote analytical thinking, the understanding of social contexts, the ability to empathize and creativity in equal measure.
English , Latin and Italian can be chosen as the basic third language subject . In addition, a bilingual Matura training in German / English, German / French, German / Italian is offered, as well as gifted support in the field of sport and art.
In addition to promoting bilingual teaching, the school is characterized by three further profiles: MINT (promotion of MINT projects), kultun (promotion of artistic-cultural activities and events) and UNESCO (promotion of social, political, ecological and ethical education).
The department of the technical secondary school prepares for higher education in the professional fields of health, social work and pedagogy and offers degrees at the level of the specialized school-leaving certificate. In addition, it sets accents in the areas of personality development, social and personal competence as well as in the mentioned professional fields.
Concerts, MINT events, theater performances, Cafés Philosophiques, podiums, readings and exhibitions take place regularly at the Gymnasium Thun, and it offers a varied sports program.
Personalities
- Ruth Bietenhard , Swiss journalist, author and teacher
- Evelyn and Kristina Brunner, Swiss musicians
- Tanja Frieden , Swiss snowboarder and Olympic champion
- Bettina Gugger , Swiss writer and poetry slammer
- Ueli Kestenholz , Swiss snowboarder and extreme athlete
- Raphael Lanz, Swiss politician (SVP), Mayor of Thun
- Peter Maurer , Swiss diplomat, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross
- Albert Rösti , Swiss politician (SVP) and party president
- Regula Rytz , Swiss politician (Green Party)
- Gottfried Tritten, Swiss painter and teacher
- Reeto von Gunten , Swiss writer and radio host
- Jean Ziegler , Swiss sociologist, politician and author
- Thomas Zurbuchen , Swiss-American astrophysicist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gymnasium Thun: Contact. June 29, 2020, accessed June 29, 2020 .
- ^ School management of the Gymnasium Thun | Year 2020. Gymnasium Thun, accessed on June 29, 2020 .
- ↑ 1878–2018: 140 years of school history - JahrAus. Accessed April 22, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Bring Your Own Device - Blessing or Curse? - year off. Accessed April 22, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
- ^ Gymnasium Thun, technical secondary school and business school - digitun (digital teaching). Retrieved April 22, 2020 .
- ↑ (see mission statement )