Michael-Ende-Gymnasium
| Michael-Ende-Gymnasium | |
|---|---|
| Michael-Ende-Gymnasium in 2018 | |
| type of school | high school |
| School number | 189194 |
| founding | 1986 |
| address |
Corneliusstrasse 25 |
| place | Tönisvorst |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 19 '2 " N , 6 ° 29' 7" E |
| carrier | City of Tönisvorst |
| student | 1055 |
| Teachers | 85 |
| management | Paul Birnbrich |
| Website | www.michael-ende-gymnasium.de |
The Michael-Ende-Gymnasium is a bilingual German-English high school in the Tönisvorst district of St. Tönis . It was founded in 1986 and was certified as a European school by the state government in 2011 . In 2012 the Michael-Ende-Gymnasium became a MINT Excellence Center. Furthermore, as a grammar school, it is recognized as a CertiLingua school.
The abbreviation MEG is also common.
history
The origins of the establishment of the grammar school go back to an application by a parliamentary group in the Tönisvorster city council in the spring of 1985. The plan to create a comprehensive school was rejected after a survey of all the parents of the fourth graders in the 1985/86 school year, who were clearly in favor of founding a grammar school.
On December 19, 1985, the city council of Tönisvorst decided to build a grammar school from the coming school year.
The approval of the minister of education was granted on April 16, 1986, and on September 8, 1986 the grammar school, then called "Städtisches Gymnasium Tönisvorst", started operations. Ingo Miltz became the first headmaster.
On March 5, 1987, the association was founded
As the first school in the Krefeld - Viersen area , a bilingual German-English branch was set up at the Michael-Ende-Gymnasium at the beginning of the school year 1990/91.
On August 31, 1992, the first larger extension could be moved into. This had become necessary because at that time, in addition to the grammar school, the Tönisvorst secondary school and the secondary school were holding their lessons in the Corneliusfeld school center. Another new building, the C wing, was fully opened for teaching on August 23, 1993.
The first high school graduation left school on June 23, 1995.
After the grammar school had existed for almost ten years as the “Städtisches Gymnasium Tönisvorst”, the name of the author Michael Ende, who had died the year before, was adopted as the school name on May 29, 1996.
A close partnership with the aid organization NETZ eV has existed since 2003. As part of various donation and aid projects, the grammar school was able to finance several partner schools in Bangladesh.
At the beginning of the 2009/10 school year, the MINT profile was established in addition to the classic and bilingual courses .
On November 15, 2011 the high school was certified as a European school by the state government .
Since the beginning of the 2015/16 school year, it has been possible to take Dutch as a third foreign language from the eighth or the tenth grade.
Awards
In 2006 the Michael-Ende-Gymnasium was awarded the predicate label “Best practice school” as part of the Pisa study.
As an award for the very highest standards in the field of educational work in the MINT profile, the school was named "MINT-EC" school by the TU Berlin on September 14, 2012. A quality analysis carried out at the school in November 2012 found:
“In 14 of the total of 25 examined aspects, the MEG is considered exemplary or exemplary. In the remaining 11 aspects, the high standards of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia are fully met. With this result, the MEG is one of the best schools of all school types in North Rhine-Westphalia. "
The Michael-Ende-Gymnasium has been a CertiLingua-Schule since March 1, 2010 and is allowed to use the “Excellence Label for Multilingual European and International Competencies” and award it together with the Abitur.
principal
- Ingo Miltz (1986 to 2008)
- Paul Birnbrich (since 2008)
Educational offer
The bilingual branch
The bilingual German-English course gives students the opportunity to study history and geography in English from grade 7 onwards. If the offer in the upper level is chosen, there is the possibility of acquiring the bilingual Abitur. Numerous other activities are linked to the bilingual branch, such as participation in English-language parliamentary simulations such as the United Nations Lower Rhine model or the European Parliament model. The lecture series “Blickpunkt Europa” takes place in loose succession at the Michael-Ende-Gymnasium, in which high-ranking personalities from society and politics give lectures on specific topics (including Prof. Klaus Hänsch , Elmar Thevßen ).
The Michael-Ende-Gymnasium is allowed to use the “Excellence Label for Multilingual European and International Competencies” and award it together with the Abitur, which enables the Abitur graduates to study at all universities and institutes in Europe without language tests.
The MINT branch
The MINT branch, as a course for students with an inclination to mathematics, natural sciences and technology, gives the opportunity to receive more intensive teaching in the MINT subjects from grade 7 onwards. At the end of level 9, those students are then awarded the MINT certificate. In the context of this branch there are numerous cooperations with the companies ARCA , Siemens and the HELIOS Clinic in Krefeld.
The MINT branch receives funding from BAYER school funding, grants and the funds of the chemical industry chemistry academy Krefeld, CURRENTA career choice orientation, Girls' Day and CyberMentor, zdi center KReMINTec and the MINT-EC association.
Plus, Mint students automatically take part in competitions like the Computer Science Beaver , Math Olympics, and Kangaroo Competition .
For pupils from the surrounding primary schools, the grammar school also offers the “ Teutolab ” experimental laboratory , where the first steps in the field of natural sciences can be taken.
differentiation
Various differentiation courses can be chosen at the beginning of level 8. Currently, the offer consists of history-social sciences, mathematics-computer science, French-geography, biology-chemistry in German, biology-chemistry in English, French, Latin, Dutch and Spanish.
Working groups
The working groups at the Michael-Ende-Gymnasium, which cover all fields of activity, are very important.
Musically and artistically: theater group, orchestra, choir, school newspaper
Technical: light and sound technology, ROBERTA (programming robots), photo and video workgroup, mathematics working group, youth research, biotope workgroup, school zoo, MESLAB (electronics student laboratory)
Sporty: Golf-AG, Taiwan-Do-AG and soccer team
Linguistic: DELF, Cambridge Certificate and Debating Club
Socially: Arbitrator, Sanitäts-AG, AG Stolpersteine
social commitment
The Michael-Ende-Gymnasium mainly supports the country of Bangladesh with donations from the St. Martin campaign and the sponsored run. In the past few years, several partner schools have been financed and projects such as “A lifetime of rice” have been supported by NETZ eV . Once a year, schoolchildren take part in the "Apple Blossom Run" fun run for the benefit of the local drug aid organization action medeor .
Student exchanges and international travel
As part of the bilingual branch, a trip takes all level 8 bilingual students to England ( Canterbury and Whitstable ).
Level 8 French geography courses will visit Luxembourg and Brussels, and level 9 courses will visit Paris.
In the 9th grade, all Latin students go on a three-day trip to Trier; This was preceded by an excursion to Xanten in the 7th grade.
There is a lively exchange with Tönisvorst's twin town, Stare Mesto .
Ski leisure in the 10th grade is also anchored in the school program.
The possibility for an internship abroad in London or Prague exists in the 11th grade.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael-Ende-Gymnasium Tönisvorst. In: www.michael-ende-gymnasium.de. Retrieved September 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Editing of the anniversary publication: Anniversary publication of the Michael-Ende-Gymnasium . Ed .: Michael-Ende-Gymnasium. Tönisvorst August 1, 2011, p. 160 .
- ↑ a b Homepage of the school. Michael-Ende-Gymnasium, accessed on September 9, 2016 .
- ↑ RUNNING PARTNER: TÖNISVORSTER SCHOOLS. Accessed January 31, 2018 (German).