Neufeld grammar school

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Neufeld grammar school
Neufeld grammar school
type of school high school
founding 1966
address

Bremgartenstrasse 133
3012 Bern

place Bern
Canton Bern
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 599 258  /  200899 coordinates: 46 ° 57 '33 "  N , 7 ° 25' 44"  O ; CH1903:  599,258  /  200899
carrier Canton Bern
student 1000
management Rolf Maurer
Website www.gymneufeld.ch

The Gymnasium Neufeld is a state school in Bern ( Canton Bern ). One training course leads to the high school Matura , at the Fachmittelschule the specialist Matura can be obtained. The high school is known for its concerts.

history

Hall and mural before the renovation of the school in summer and autumn 2006

New municipal high school

Fifteen years after the Second World War , the number of high school students rose to such an extent due to the baby boom year that the Kirchenfeld school building was no longer large enough to accommodate all the students. A new school house had to be built. The project was implemented between 1962 and 1965 by the architects Hans Andres and Felix Wyler at the end of Bern's Länggass district on the Bremgartenwald - in spring 1965 the new building could be occupied by the city's literary school and the city's high school. The building was officially inaugurated in 1966.

In 1973 a second, smaller building was built for the newly founded commercial high school. For many years, classes A (ancient Greek and Latin), B (Latin), C (mathematics and natural sciences) and E (economics) were taught in these three grammar schools in the Neufeld schoolhouse. Type D (new languages ​​without Latin) was added later.

MAR and cantionalization

In 1995, the old school types were abolished with the maturity recognition regulations (MAR) and replaced by a new system with the option of choosing a major and a supplementary subject. The last year of the previous high school education, the upper prima, will also be canceled. The Realgymnasium is renamed the "Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gymnasium" (MNG). With the cantonalization of public grammar schools in 1997, the city of Bern transferred its responsibility to the canton of Bern via the Neufeld grammar school .

With the elimination of the upper primes, classrooms became free. In 2001 the diploma middle school moved into the former commercial high school. In 2005 the three grammar schools and the diploma middle school, which is now called “Fachmittelschule Neufeld” (FMS), were merged into one grammar school, with the old grammar schools remaining as departments within the newly created grammar school. These were named Humanities and Human Sciences Department (GH), Mathematics and Natural Sciences Department (MN) and Economics and Law Department (WR).

In 2006 the school building was renovated. The vice-rectorates were concentrated on the second floor of the main building, and of the original three teachers' rooms there are currently two (one each for the high school departments and the FMS).

50 years anniversary

In 2016, events were held throughout the year to mark the school's 50th anniversary. This included a school day like in 1966 on February 16, a series of alumni meetings and the official ceremony on June 17 with the director of education Bernhard Pulver and the city president Alexander Tschäppät . Denise Carla Haas made the documentary "Half a Century" as part of the anniversary.

Outstanding performance

Although the school building has large sports facilities and well-equipped specialist rooms for natural sciences, it is the subjects of music and art that make the grammar school famous beyond the school boundaries. Another peculiarity is the establishment of a solidarity fund for the victims of the Holocaust.

music

Concert in the hall of the high school

The Gymnasium Neufeld is best known for its concerts. After Adolf “Döfe” Burkhardt (1934–2002) was hired as a music teacher in 1968, he expanded the music department and founded a choir and an orchestra. The concerts that have taken place twice a year since then are of high quality and enrich the city's cultural life. In 1992 Burkhardt was the first to receive the Sisyphus Prize from the city of Bern. In 1999, the choir and orchestra received the CHF 100,000 culture award from the Civic Community of Bern . Other music teachers involved in the concerts are Christoph Marti, Bruno Späti and Bernhard Kunz. In 2005 Bruno Späti received the Prize for Music of the Canton of Solothurn for his work as choir and orchestra conductor . Adrienne Rychard has strengthened the team since Bernhard Kunz retired. An alumni choir has existed since 2004 (see web links) with the aim of performing rarely sung works at a high musical level.

Artistic creation

The posters for the concerts are made by the Artistic Design department. The department also designs posters for the Festival International de Films Friborg . There were also several publications, including a comic for the detective novel “The Judge and His Executioner” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt . Also noteworthy is the mural in the interior of the school building (see web links).

Medalist at International Science Olympiads

Several high school students have received awards at Science Olympiads :

In 2017, Julius Vering won gold at the Swiss Physics Olympiad and gold at the Swiss Geography Olympiad (and thus won the prize for the best interdisciplinary individual leadership of the Science Olympiad); In 2018 he won gold again in physics; however, he did not take part in an International Olympiad.

In 1999 Thomas Braschler and Daniel Wegmann founded the Swiss Biology Olympiad, the selection competition for the International Biology Olympiad. In 2005, Jonas Pfister, former high school student and teacher, founded the Swiss Philosophy Olympiad , the selection competition for the International Philosophy Olympiad . Gabriel Palacios , former high school student and teacher and founder of AdventureRooms , was President of the Swiss Physics Olympiad . In 2009, the grammar school received the School Prize of the Science Olympiad , which is supported by the Metrohm Foundation, for the long-term promotion of natural science subjects .

Solidarity fund

On the initiative of Kaspar Sutter and six other high school students , the association “Solidarity Fund for the Victims of the Holocaust” was founded in 1997 when the role of Switzerland in World War II was being debated in the media. In 1997 the association received the youth award of the Burgergemeinde Bern .

people

Rectors / Vice Rectors

Realgymnasium / MNG / Department MN:

  • Walter Käser 1966–1968
  • Gerhart Wagner 1969–1983
  • Hans Renfer 1983–1997
  • Heinz Salzmann 1997-2009
  • Matthias Küng 2009–

Literargymnasium / LG / Department GH:

  • Gerhart Räz 1966–1974
  • Michael Böhler 1974–1978
  • Heinz Sommer 1978-2002
  • Rolf Maurer 2002–2020
  • Birgit Potjer 2020-

Wirtschaftsgymnasium / WG / WR department:

  • Mario Hess 1973–1982
  • Urs Höner 1982-2006
  • Christoph Schaer 2006–2017
  • Ursula Jenelten 2017-

Famous alumni

Web links

Commons : Gymnasium Neufeld  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Homepage of the grammar school
  2. ^ Website of the Science Olympiad
  3. ↑ 20 minutes March 30, 2018.
  4. ↑ Annual Report Science Olympiad 2009 (PDF; 1.2 MB)