Hittorf high school
| Hittorf high school | |
|---|---|
| type of school | high school |
| School number | 167939 |
| founding | 1904 |
| address |
Kemnastraße 38 |
| place | Recklinghausen |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 36 '32 " N , 7 ° 11' 28" E |
| carrier | City of Recklinghausen |
| student | 1100 (school year 2011/2012) |
| Teachers | 94 (82 teachers + 12 student trainees) (school year 2012/13) |
| management | Michael Jentsch |
| Website | www.hittorf-gymnasium.de/ |
The Hittorf-Gymnasium , named after Johann Wilhelm Hittorf and founded in 1904, is a municipal high school in Recklinghausen .
Programmatic focus
Specialist focuses are the natural sciences , technology and computer science , which are focused in the context of the MINT program (mathematical-scientific-technical). The subjects of computer science and technology were offered as early as the early 1980s and could also be attended by high school students from other Recklinghausen high schools.
The school offers, among other things, a bilingual Abitur in German and English.
The grammar school has been offering all-day care since the 2010/2011 school year .
Awards
In 2010, a working group managed to place itself among the ten best participants in the VDE Technology Prize . The Hittorf-Gymnasium has been recognized as a European school by the NRW Ministry of Education since 2012 .
International partner schools
- Wymondham High School, Wymondham , UK
- Lycée Charles de Gaulle, Chaumont , France
- Liceum No. 3, Bytom , Poland
- Tampereen Classes Lukio, Tampere , Finland
- Scoil Mhuire, Trim , Co Meath, Ireland
- Middle School, Beijing Youth Politics College, Beijing , China
- Colegio Católico San Juan Evangelista, Torrejón de Ardoz , Spain
- Instituto de Educación Secundaria (IES) Jorge Guillén, Torrox , Spain
Well-known students and graduates
- Thomas H. Kolbe (* 1968), geospatial scientist and university professor
- Hugo Menze (1931–2015), historian and Germanist
- Heinrich Schirmbeck (1915–2005), writer, graduated from high school in 1934
- Walther Schmieding (1928–1980), moderator of the culture magazine aspekte , Abiturientia 1949
swell
- School homepage
- Chronicle and commemorative publication for the 100th anniversary of the Hittorf-Gymnasium, 2004