Heepen High School
| Heepen High School | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| School number | 168622 |
| founding | 1966 50 years of Heepen High School. In: www.gymnasiumheepen.de. March 6, 2016, accessed March 13, 2020 . |
| address |
Alter Postweg 37 |
| place | Bielefeld |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 1 '45 " N , 8 ° 36' 7" E |
| carrier | City of Bielefeld |
| student | 1050 |
| Teachers | 115 |
| management | Thomas Neidhart and Lars Meyer (acting) |
| Website | www.gymnasiumheepen.de |
The Heepen high school is a public school founded in 1966 in the city of Bielefeld in the Heepen district there . In 2018, around 1050 students attended the school and were taught by around 115 teachers. Together with the secondary school Heepen it forms a school center . Despite the same municipal sponsorship of both schools, the grammar school mostly sees itself as independent of the secondary school.
Educational concept
Bilingualism
The Gymnasium Heepen has a selectable bilingual branch , which must be decided on before starting school. Usually there are 1–2 classes per year that are taught bilingually. This means that from the 6th grade onwards, one hour more English lessons are given, and from the middle school onwards the social sciences geography, politics (later social sciences) and history are also taught in English. From the introductory phase (10th grade), i.e. the start of the upper level, each student can freely choose whether he or she would like to continue receiving bilingual lessons.
For a Bilingual High School has a student from the qualifying phase (Grade 11) the subject English as a credit course pick and the third and / or fourth High School Specialist one of the social sciences as a bilingual basic course choose.
whole day
Starting with the school year 2009/2010, a compulsory full day was introduced at the grammar school . For this purpose, a new building was built with the Federal Republic's Economic Stimulus Package II , which, in addition to a cafeteria, also has classrooms on two floors. This building is used in the course of the school center together with the secondary school Heepen.
Grünasium
The "Grünasium" project is a student-supported campaign that was launched in 2011 to beautify or design the schoolyard. It comprises the basic idea of "Grünasium 1.0" and has developed from "Grünasium 2.0", the construction of an avenue of birds, to the current "Grünasium 3.0".
Prizes won
The "Grünasium" campaign was primarily funded with the following prize money:
- 1st place in the national competition for the Galabau-Olympiad
- National competition DKHW
- 4th place Carolinen Environment Prize
- ECO Award Bielefeld
- Award "School of the Future"
- 1st place in the state competition School meets landscape gardener
Exchanges and partnerships
The Gymnasium Heepen has a partnership with the Collège Notre Dame du Bon Conseil in Oullins ( Lyon , France ), with which exchanges have been carried out regularly since 1984. This student exchange celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2014.
Since 1988 , exchanges have been carried out with the Amal High School Itzhak Rabin in Nahariya ( Israel ), which is a twin town of the city of Bielefeld. This had to be interrupted in the meantime due to the ongoing conflicts between Israel and Palestine .
Further, sometimes irregular exchanges are carried out with the Jianping High School in Shanghai ( China ), the Filomata Lyceum in Gliwice ( Poland ) and schools in Oakland , Maryland ( USA ).
Well-known former students
- Wiglaf Droste (1961–2019), satirist; his brother Beowulf Droste teaches at the same school
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ school management. In: www.gymnasiumheepen.de. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
- ↑ Our school | Heepen High School. Retrieved on February 25, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Pimp-Your-School.de. Retrieved February 25, 2018 .
- ↑ 1984 - 2014: 30 years of student exchange - 30 ans d´échange scolaire | Heepen High School. Retrieved on February 25, 2018 (German).
- ↑ Heepen High School . In: Schools Wiki . ( wikia.com [accessed February 25, 2018]).
- ↑ For information: Exchange with pupils from Poland | Heepen High School. Retrieved February 25, 2018 .