Max Planck High School (Gelsenkirchen)

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Max-Planck-Gymnasium Gelsenkirchen
Max Planck High School in Gelsenkirchen
type of school high school
School number 167745
founding 1858
address

Goldbergstrasse 91
45894 Gelsenkirchen, Germany

place Gelsenkirchen
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 34 '49 "  N , 7 ° 3' 56"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '49 "  N , 7 ° 3' 56"  E
carrier City of Gelsenkirchen
student about 1000
Teachers about 55
management Thomas Henrichs, Cirstin Scharf (deputy)
Website www.mpg-ge.de

The Max-Planck-Gymnasium (also MPG ) in Gelsenkirchen-Buer is a municipal high school, which is named after the physicist Max Planck . About 1000 students are currently being taught there, following the motto “learn to learn, learn to think”. It is the oldest grammar school in the city.

history

Today's Max Planck Gymnasium looks back on several stages of change in its history. The origin of the Max-Planck-Gymnasium can be traced back to April 8, 1858 (at that time at Agathastraße 5), when 12 pupils with a teacher at the “Higher Boys' School in Buer bei Essen”, which were in preparation for the Gymnasium school form should serve. The classroom was initially a room provided by a shoemaker on Agathastrasse.

After partial changes, the school was recognized as a public school in 1890. After being awarded the status of a “higher educational institution in development” in 1904, the number of students rose rapidly, so that in 1908 a new school building (now part of the Leibniz Gymnasium ) was moved into on Breddestrasse. Since the school was raised to a "full establishment" in 1911, 11 students passed the Abitur in the same year. In the course of finding a name for the grammar school, it officially became the "Hindenburg grammar school" on January 30, 1918 ( Hindenburg's 70th birthday ). In the era of National Socialism , the school had under various decrees and the DC circuit to suffer.

After the Second World War , lessons could not be resumed for the time being due to excessive damage to the building and a prohibition by the British military government. The resumption of lessons did not take place until March 11, 1946 at Horster Strasse 5, a whole four years later (i.e. 1950) the lessons were moved back to Breddestrasse. On the 50th anniversary of its existence as a grammar school, the school was given the current name " Max-Planck-Gymnasium " in 1954 . In 1966 the grammar school was divided due to the high number of students and the natural science part of the student body was housed in what is now the old building on Goldbergstraße, while the remaining part remained in the school building on Breddestraße and the Leibniz grammar school was built. Another important point is the year 1972, in which the upper school regulations were renewed and in which coeducational teaching was introduced for the first time so that girls could also take their Abitur. Due to the increasing number of students, the new building of the Max-Planck-Gymnasium was inaugurated in 1999, so that the school now consists of the following parts:

To coincide with the celebrations for the 150th school anniversary, the natural science wing of the Max-Planck-Gymnasium was inaugurated, which had previously been renovated and equipped with high-quality technical equipment. Since 2006, the school has been offering a special profile training in mathematics and science. In grades 5–7, students can enroll in a MINT class, in which an additional, compulsory lesson is given. In this MINT lesson, the students acquire project- and team-oriented skills that go beyond the canonical subject matter in the subject group Mathematics / Computer Science / Natural Sciences / Technology.

School offer

Subjects

  • biology
  • chemistry
  • German
  • English
  • Geography
  • Educational Science (from level 10)
  • possibly religion
  • French (from grade 7)
  • history
  • Computer science (from level 10)
  • Italian (from level 10)
  • cath. religion
  • art
  • Latin (from grade 6)
  • mathematics
  • MINT
  • music
  • physics
  • Practical philosophy
  • politics
  • Social Sciences (from level 10)
  • Sports

Electives in differentiation area II:

  • 3rd language (French / Latin)
  • Computer science / mathematics
  • chemistry
  • Physics / computer science
  • biology
  • Politics / Economics / Business English
  • Geography history
  • Italian

In the upper level there is a subject cooperation with the Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium .

Working groups (AGs)

Musical groups:

  • Young Singers

Sporty AGs:

Scientific working groups:

  • Chemie-AG (Grade 9 - Level 13)
  • Lego Mindstorms (Grades 7-9)
  • Logic puzzles and maths puzzle group

Other AGs:

Other offers

In addition to the subjects and working groups mentioned, the Max Planck Gymnasium also offers opportunities to participate in other areas. For example, you can get involved with the student council . Furthermore, at the Max-Planck-Gymnasium you can find an abundance of counseling teachers who assist the students with questions about addiction problems or other matters.

Partner schools

The Max Planck Gymnasium has partnerships with other schools around the world and thus contributes to an open upbringing and cultural tolerance of the students, which is achieved not least through numerous student exchanges.

  • GAPP ( G erman- A merican- P artnership- P rogram) - Manatee Schools County; Bradenton , Florida

The Max Planck Gymnasium maintains very good relationships with these American schools, which are strengthened by an annual student exchange in summer and autumn.

Here, too, there is - as part of the “Common Europe ” theme - a school exchange that is held in small groups for two weeks each.

The Max-Planck-Gymnasium arranged a “mini-exchange” with this school, which is intended for a small number of pupils and extends over a short period of time. However, there is also the possibility that students can undertake a longer exchange individually.

Cooperations

In an effort to prepare its students well for later life, the Max Planck Gymnasium has entered into various collaborations with partners from different areas. The students are taught various skills - regardless of whether they are technical or social.

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Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stations at the grammar school in Buer. Retrieved May 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Subjects and courses on offer - Max-Planck-Gymnasium Gelsenkirchen-Buer. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ AGs - Max Planck High School Gelsenkirchen-Buer. Retrieved on May 25, 2019 (list is updated irregularly; some AGs may have been removed or new ones have been added).