State high school for the gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd
| State high school for the gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd | |
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 State high school for gifted students |
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| type of school | Gymnasium (for gifted students ) |
| founding | 2004 |
| address |
University Park 21 |
| place | Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| country | Baden-Württemberg |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 48 '2 " N , 9 ° 48' 43" E |
| carrier | School Association State High School for the Gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd |
| student | 235 (as of: school year 2014/2015) |
| Teachers | 37 (as of: school year 2016/17) |
| management | Christoph Sauer (Headmaster) |
| Website | www.lgh-gmuend.de |
The state high school for gifted students ( LGH for short ) in Schwäbisch Gmünd is a state boarding school for gifted students in the state of Baden-Württemberg with an attached competence center for gifted students . The state high school is run by the School Association of the State High School for the Gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd , based in Schwäbisch Gmünd, to which the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd and the Ostalb district belong.
location
The campus of the state high school is located in the university park in the eastern part of Schwäbisch Gmünd. The former barracks area got its name from the University of Maryland University College , which used the barracks as a campus from 1992 to 2002 after the withdrawal of US troops from the Bismarck barracks .
Conception
The school and the associated boarding school started operating in the 2004/2005 school year with grades 7 and 10. A total of around 240 students attend the state high school for gifted students. The maximum class size is 24 students. The LGH can accept a maximum of 288 students.
Overall, the school follows an Anglo-Saxon-inspired campus model, such as the Saxon State High School Sankt Afra . The state high school for the gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd is the second corresponding high school for gifted students in Germany after the state high school Sankt Afra .
Mission statement
In its mission statement, the state high school for gifted students has set itself the ultimate goal of enabling gifted young people to develop their talents in a positive way. It is based on the motto of the psychologist William Stern , who coined the concept of the intelligence quotient :
"Intelligence in itself is a tool: it only becomes valuable through the positive goals in whose service it is used."
With this motto , the students of the state high school should acknowledge their talents and face the resulting claim to make a contribution to the formation of a responsible elite. It should not only promote the intellectual performance, but also the holistic personality development of the students. For this reason, in addition to normal school lessons, the “Fundamentum”, working groups in the form of so-called Addita are also offered.
The campus model
School and boarding school form an educational unit. Attendance at the boarding school was compulsory until the end of the 2007/08 school year, but the boarding school requirement was lifted by a Council of Ministers decision. Since the 2008/09 school year, up to four external students have been admitted to each class, but they also actively participate in campus life.
For the students, the structures of self-organization become more important with increasing age. The more responsible they deal with it, the greater the freedom they are given in school and boarding school. Schools and boarding schools thus offer important learning opportunities to live democratic forms of coexistence and to assume responsibility.
The student co-administration
The SMV plays a relatively large role at the LGH, as schoolchildren should have the opportunity to experience and help shape democratic processes at an early age. This can be seen in the committees, which range from internal student bodies such as the Student Council to connecting bodies such as the LGH Council, which includes students, teachers, school and boarding school management. The close cooperation with the teachers and mentors as well as the active representation by student and level spokespersons enables the students to realize both regular events and special campaigns and initiatives. Another special feature is that the student and level spokespersons are elected directly by the students.
Conditions for registration
Admission requirements for the school are a high level of talent tested in three stages and an application with a letter of motivation from the child and parents. The intelligence test , in which an intelligence quotient of around 130 is set as the threshold value, forms the basis for further tests and assessments. In addition, a high level of social competence is required. This is tested with the applicants on so-called project days, which the potential students spend in the boarding school and where they have to work in groups on various projects. Pupils who pass the admission tests are initially admitted to a trial phase for one semester, after which a decision is made about whether or not to remain at the school. If more students pass the entrance tests than there are places available, students from Baden-Württemberg will be given preference.
classes
In grades seven to ten, the school year is divided into trimesters. However, the school law prescribes semesters for the course level .
Lessons are given in foreign languages and mathematics for grades seven to ten in courses that are graded according to the level of knowledge of the students. Students who have gaps in a subject or who are way ahead of the class can also repeat or skip courses. If a student is so good in a subject that he is not challenged even in the highest course, he can conclude a so-called learning contract with the subject teacher, i.e. he is released from regular class attendance, but undertakes to accept the content of the class and to work out additional material independently. In addition, learning contracts usually contain independent homework. A learning contract is also possible in all other subjects. Another possibility for the students is to do an early study at one of the LGH's partner universities in addition to the lessons .
Overall, the lessons are organized less compactly than at conventional grammar schools, and significantly more hollow lessons are provided. The teaching concept is based on the assumption that the students continue their education independently. The course offer is supplemented by "Addita" as activities that go beyond normal school operations. This is made possible by the fact that the individual courses, up to the upper level, are completed with fewer hours than at normal grammar schools. The average grade for the 2007 Abitur class was 1.5.
Addita
Addita are activities that go beyond normal lessons and are an important part of the school concept at LGH. Therefore, three Addita must be attended in grades seven to ten. The Addita are divided into three different requirement areas:
- Cognitive additives , e.g. B. State Philosophy, ChemTech (Chemistry), Campus Museum, NUGI + (Biology), iLab (Computer Science), Ancient Mythology, SIGMA (Mathematics), Elementary Particle Physics (Physics), Technology Student Association (Engineering), Entrepreneurs Club (Business), Languages
- Musical-artistic-practical Addita , e.g. B. Theater, art, choirs, bands, yearbooks, longboard workshops, music lessons, school gardens
- Sporty Addita : z. B. tennis, basketball, soccer, dancing, climbing
There are both Addita, which are led by teachers, as well as student Addita, where students take the lead and are supported by a teacher.
Profiles
The students who are admitted to the LGH in the 7th grade must have studied a foreign language in addition to English, optionally French or Latin, at least since the 6th grade. In the 8th grade, all students have to choose Italian, Ancient Greek, Russian, French, Spanish, Arabic or Latin as an additional foreign language. In the 9th and 10th grades, students have to take a total of three profile subjects. In addition to English and the second foreign language, either a third foreign language or science and technology (NWT) must be taken. Optionally, either the third foreign language or NWT can be replaced by a top additive. In this, special services such as lectures and elaborations must be provided. A top additum can either be another foreign language, this is made possible by the course system, or an ordinary additum. With the course system, a student can theoretically learn up to 8 foreign languages, depending on the timetable.
Despite the small number of high school students, students have a wide range of advanced courses to choose from. The advanced courses English, French, Spanish, Latin, history, social studies, economics, physics, chemistry and biology can be selected. If the students are very interested, advanced courses in the subjects of art, music and sport are also possible.
costs
The state high school for gifted students is a public high school, so the visit is free. For boarding and boarding, however, there are costs of 460 euros per month (as of August 2014). External students have to pay a meal allowance of 107.50 euros per month. Subsidies are granted according to the BAföG guidelines.
Boarding school
The students live in the boarding school, separated by gender, in middle-level residential groups and upper-level residential groups . There are a total of three boarding school buildings, currently one for upper and lower school boys, one for upper school girls and one for lower school girls. The division of the house may vary due to the number of students. Each residential group is supervised by two or three teachers as mentors in the middle school and one in the upper school. A living group consists of five to six double rooms that share a living room with kitchenette and a bathroom. The teachers at the state high school for gifted students have a dual educational function. On the one hand, they teach their subjects and on the other hand they advise, accompany and supervise the students as mentors in school and boarding school, which is why most of the teachers live in separate houses on campus. This unity of education and teaching is modeled on the Anglo-Saxon campus and college model .
In addition, a high school mentor is elected from each student. These mentors advise and support the students in their school and learning careers. At least three times during the school year, there are talks between students, their parents and the high school mentor.
Competence center for gifted children
The competence center (short KH ) is a department of the state high school with internal and external tasks. It is involved in the selection and advice of students as well as in the further training measures and surveys within the school. It is also a nationwide point of contact for questions about the promotion of gifted students.
In coordination with the school management, the KH is also responsible for the advanced training of the LGH's teachers on the subject of giftedness. The competence center also serves as a test center for various university admission tests ( ACT , TSA, etc.).
The KH also advises the students and parents of the LGH on personal and school matters. This also includes any psychological support.
Student Research Center
In the 2007/2008 school year, the student research center in building 11 was inaugurated. This enables students from both the LGH and other schools in Schwäbisch Gmünd to carry out their first research work, for example in the S1 genetic engineering laboratory. Private companies participated in the financing. The various institutions in the student research center are ChemTech (chemistry), NUGI + (biology), iLab (computer science), SIGMA (mathematics) and the Technology Student Association (TSA).
Awards and competitions
LGH students regularly take part in competitions such as Jugend forscht , Jugend musiziert , Debating , state and federal mathematics competition , federal foreign language competition or the TSA . In 2011 and 2012, for example, participants from the state high school were among the winners at Jugend forscht. In 2011, a student from the school won a gold medal at the International Junior Science Olympiad in Durban .
Former
In July 2009 the alumni association of the state high school for gifted students was founded . V. (short: LGH alumni e.V.). Its goals are to exchange experiences, provide practical and ideal support for the school and maintain contacts.
Web links
- Internet presence of the state high school for gifted students
- Internet presence of the alumni association of the state high school for gifted students
- Internet presence of the competence center for gifted students at the state high school for gifted students
- School newspaper of the state high school for gifted students - Der Farbfleck
Individual evidence
- ^ Educational development plan of the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd.Retrieved on November 23, 2015.
- ↑ a b Boarding schools: State high school for the gifted Schwäbisch Gmünd , Schulspiegel on Spiegel Online .
- ^ The Revolution of the Smart , Focus Online December 3, 2012.
- ↑ The mission statement
- ↑ Selection process for students of the LGH 2020/21 (PDF file)
- ↑ Statement of the state parliament ( Memento of 9 November 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 83 kB)
- ↑ A learning contract in mathematics , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 19 June 2013 S. N6.
- ^ The LGH - a special school ( memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), Neue Württembergische Zeitung from July 16, 2011.
- ^ School for the gifted: teaching at the highest level ( Memento from August 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (dpa), Südkurier from August 25, 2008.
- ↑ LGH - SIGMA - Student Initiative for Collective Mathematical Work . Retrieved November 3, 2019.
- ^ Technology Students Association
- ↑ List of award winners at Jugend forscht 2011 (PDF; 28 kB)
- ↑ Schools in the district receive Jugend-forscht-Preis , Schwäbische.de from June 19, 2012.
- ^ Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture, Science and Art: International Junior Science Olympiad: German schoolchildren win six medals in Durban . In: bayern.de .
- ↑ Statutes of the Alumni Association of the State High School for Gifted Students V. (PDF; 21 kB)