Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bonn

Nicolaus Cusanus High School
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type of school	high school
School number	166388
founding	1951
address	Gotenstrasse 50
place	Bonn
country	North Rhine-Westphalia
Country	Germany
Coordinates	50 ° 41 '45 "  N , 7 ° 9' 23"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 41 '45 "  N , 7 ° 9' 23"  E
student	about 650
management	Nicole Auen
Website	www.ncg-bonn.de

The Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium (NCG) is a state high school in the Plittersdorf district of Bonn , named after the German canon lawyer , philosopher, bishop and cardinal Nikolaus von Kues . In addition to the normal high school classes it offers a bilingual educational program in German-English. In 2002 and 2007, the Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium provided the best high school graduate of all 628 high schools in North Rhine-Westphalia.

history

The school grew out of an international school whose construction by a grant from the US High Commission (HICOG) in the amount of 295,000 German marks was made possible. In 1956 the mathematics and natural sciences branch was spun off to the Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium, and in 1992 both schools were merged again.

Pedagogical principles

The NCG has two pedagogical focuses: natural sciences and languages. In addition, sports, music, theater and experiential education are given special attention. According to Cusanus, the school's motto is “Eadem spectamus astra” (“We see the same stars”). In the spirit of Nicolaus von Kues, the school is particularly dedicated to educating people about peace and tolerance, international understanding and social commitment. In addition to the regular classes with the languages ​​English, French, Latin and Spanish, the bilingual German-English branch offers good conditions for study and work. In the mathematical and natural science focus, the NCG offers the corresponding advanced courses in the upper secondary level as well as support for the gifted in the lower secondary level, with subject-specific offers in the differentiation area, interdisciplinary cooperation in biology, physics and chemistry and cooperation with the University of Bonn and the Deutsches Museum. Students, teachers and parents work together in the Cusanus project.

Working groups

Cusanus project, Model United Nations (MUN), sport, theater, law, internet, mediators, mentors. basketball

Exchange programs

Student exchanges take place with schools in Belfast (Northern Ireland), Montpellier (France) and Arcata (USA).

Sponsors

The "School-Business Cooperation" is organized with Postbank .

Fon , ZF Boge and Moodle are also sponsors.

Well-known former students

• Lars Brandt (* 1951), writer, filmmaker and artist
• Markus Dröge (* 1954), Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia
• Frank Grünwald (* 1957), nuclear medicine specialist and university professor
• Özgür Gürerk (* 1975), economist and university professor
• Natalie Horler (* 1981), singer
• Thomas de Maizière (* 1954), politician (CDU)
• Margarita Mathiopoulos (* 1956), historian, political scientist and entrepreneur
• Thomas Mirow (* 1953), politician (SPD)
• Helga Rehder (* 1938), specialist in pathology and human genetics and university professor
• Cornelia Scheel (* 1963), LGBT activist
• Ina Seeberg (* 1941), painter and author
• Angelika Taschen (* 1959), publisher

Teachers

• Hermann Hallauer , historian and expert on Nikolaus von Cues (retired 1990)
• Werner Trutwin , philosopher, theologian, philologist and religious scholar (headmaster of the Heinrich-Hertz-Gymnasium 1972–1992)

Web links

• Official website of the NCG

Individual evidence

1. ^ NCG - The bilingual German-English course. Accessed January 1, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Helmut Vogt : Guardians of the Bonn Republic: The Allied High Commissioners 1949–1955 , Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 2004, ISBN 3-506-70139-8 , p. 211.
3. ^ NCG history. Accessed January 1, 2020 . 
4. ↑ general-anzeiger-bonn.de: Nicolaus-Cusanus-Gymnasium Bonn (NCG) | Bonn / Bad Godesberg | Cities & Towns | Local | General-Anzeiger Bonn , accessed January 25, 2011