Norbertusgymnasium

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Norbertusgymnasium
Norbertusgymnasium 2016
type of school high school
founding 1898, founded in 1991
address

Night willow 77

place Magdeburg
country Saxony-Anhalt
Country Germany
Coordinates 52 ° 9 '30 "  N , 11 ° 38' 41"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '30 "  N , 11 ° 38' 41"  E
carrier Edith Stein School Foundation of the Diocese of Magdeburg
student 843
Teachers 77
Website Homepage of the Norbertusgymnasium

The Norbertusgymnasium in Magdeburg is a state-recognized high school sponsored by the Edith Stein School Foundation of the Diocese of Magdeburg .

The grammar school was re-established in 1991 by Bishop Leo Nowak at the request of parents as the Norbertus grammar school . The school sees itself as an alternative to the state school system. School practice is based on Christian values ​​and the Christian image of man. In addition to its Christian character, the school has a linguistic, musical and artistic profile.

building

In the old building of the school building, a polytechnic high school was housed from 1949 to 1987, then the traffic school for the Magdeburg area. The old school building is a listed building.

The double school building with three floors and a hipped roof was designed and built by the local building officials Otto Peters and Wilhelm Berner. On the symmetrically designed facade facing the street, dominated by bright plastered surfaces and red bricks, there are neo-Gothic elements. The risalits to the entrance correspond to the staircase risers on the courtyard side. In the course of the separation of the sexes, the respective school building halves with four classrooms each were built without a central corridor connecting them. After considerable damage to the building in the Second World War , it was first rebuilt and, from 1991, modern extensions were added, which were ready for occupancy in 1995.

history

The school was founded in 1898. A boys 'and girls' school was established (Neustädter 2nd Volksknabenschule and Neustädter 2nd Volksmädchenschule), which were separated from each other by different stairs. After the Second World War , in 1949 the facility was converted into a polytechnic high school with the name Wilhelm-Wander-Polytechnische Oberschule . After the turnaround and the renovation of the old building by the Magdeburg diocese, it was re-established in 1991 as the Norbertusgymnasium. In 1995 a new building suitable for the handicapped was completed. After the Edith Stein School Foundation was founded in 2003, the Norbertusgymnasium became its sponsor.

School life and subject teaching

The Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg is divided into

  • Lower level (grades 5-6)
  • Intermediate (grades 7–9) and the
  • Upper School (Grades 10-12)

From grades 5 to 10, the Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg is a four-class high school.

Christian profile

The Norbertusgymnasium sees itself in the tradition of the Catholic Church and would like to convey the Christian view of people and the world to its students. From the 5th grade onwards, religious education or ethics are taught. Two classes are divided into a Catholic religious education course, a Protestant religious education course and an ethics course. Baptized children attend religious education according to their denomination, but unbaptized children can also take part in religious education if they so wish. The school is open to people with and without religious affiliation and does not impose anything on anyone, but it is still expected that one confesses to the Christian image of man and its values. Since the school is a church-run grammar school, there are many opportunities to come into contact with Christianity. In addition to projects in the context of religion and ethics lessons, “dialogue lessons” also take place in the 8th and 9th grades, where the individual courses are mixed for a long time and deal with topics such as “growing up” or “dealing with death” . For some years now there has also been the possibility of the “celebration of the turning point in life” which is offered as an alternative for non-denominational young people to the youth consecration, which is still common in the new federal states .

School services take place regularly either in the Nicolaikirche or in the Church of St. Agnes . Participation is voluntary and something special in the Magdeburg area. Solemn church services are also held at festivals and anniversaries, and the Norbertusgymnsium is closely linked to Magdeburg community life. Sometimes pilgrimages or pilgrimages also take place. There is also the possibility of meditation, which takes place in the meditation room during the break in the courtyard.

Musical-artistic profile

In addition to 3 regular classes (A, B, C), the D-class is always run as a so-called "wind class". The decision as to who will be in the wind class is made by the parents and the child when they register. The wind classes differ in the lower grades (5th - 7th grade) from their 3 parallel classes in that the students receive musical training in addition to the normal curriculum. Everyone learns a wind instrument, and instrumental and orchestral lessons are given in cooperation with external music teachers. The 2 weekly music lessons provided for in the Saxon-Anhalt curriculum are replaced by additional music training (4 weekly lessons). Compared to their parallel classes, the wind classes have more lessons per week, but often a more intensive class community. In addition to making music and practicing together, the wind classes also perform at school events (concerts, church services, court festivals, anniversaries ...) and at concerts in and around Magdeburg. There are also annual trips with the other wind classes and the orchestra. With the transition to the 8th grade, the wind class moves into a regular class. However, there is the possibility of continuing to be musically active in the orchestra, chamber orchestra or school choirs.

The Norbertusgymnasium is a music school and is run by the school association “Norberts musiziert e. V. “is supported in this regard.

The specialist music is in two specialist areas taught and by the end of the 9th grade for all students mandatory. Then you choose between music or art. The music rooms have various instruments and media (whiteboard, projector, television, loudspeaker ...) that can be used for lessons. Music can be taken as an oral Abitur subject.

The Norbertusgymnasium has 4 large art rooms that are intended for art lessons . Art is taught with 2 hours a week from the 5th grade. In addition to 2 regular art rooms, there is a graphics room with printing options, as well as a work room in which plastic work (pottery, carving, modeling, shaping ...) can be carried out. Art lessons shape the school: In addition to regular exhibitions of works in the corridors, there is also a large art exhibition by schoolchildren every year in January, where the best works are awarded for the individual year groups. In addition, art students regularly take part in art competitions and there are excursions to exhibitions on the Magdeburg art scene ( Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen , aerosol arena , Forum Gestaltung e.V., studios and galleries in Buckau ...). In the schoolyard there is a graffiti wall that is well worth seeing, as well as a house wall that was designed based on a student's work after an internal school competition.

Art must be taken by all students by the end of the 9th grade. At the beginning of the 10th grade you have to choose between music and art. It can be taken as an oral Abitur subject.

Linguistic profile

The German lessons are compulsory for every student from grades 5 to 12. In addition to the curriculum, the German lessons at the Norbertusgymnasium also offer insights into interdisciplinary topics. Theater and revue events are organized, there are poetry slams, and writers and journalists are invited to school. There are also visits to the Magdeburg Theater . In the upper school it has become a tradition that the German courses take an excursion to Weimar to visit the places where writers of Weimar Classicism worked . Until 2016, German was a compulsory Abitur subject in Saxony-Anhalt. Since 2017 you don't have to take your Abitur in German. You can choose German as a written or oral Abitur subject.

English is taught as the first foreign language and must be attended from grades 5 to 10. The Norbertusgymnasium regularly takes part in competitions such as B. The Big Challenge . A trip to London is offeredin the 9th or 10th grade. In addition to learning the English language, one also deals with English-language literature, culture, films, music, politics and society. At the end of the 10th grade, an interdisciplinary and cross-class English project on the subject of "London" takes place. In the upper level, you can continue to study English. It is taught with 4 hours per week and it is possible to take your Abitur (written or oral) in English.

Latin is the second compulsory foreign language at the Norbertusgymnasium and is taught from the 6th grade. Latin must be taken by the end of the 10th grade. You translate texts from Latin into German and learn Latin grammar. In addition, you learn a lot about antiquity , ancient Rome , mythology and come across discussions and theories from ancient language playwrights, philosophers, writers and natural scientists. Every pupil takes part in the "Certamen Franckianum" competition at least once (usually in class 8). Here the Norbertusgymnasium has already been extremely successful several times. If you take the subject Latin at the end of the 10th grade with at least the grade “sufficient”, you will receive the Latinum based on the 5 years of studywhen you issue your Abitur certificate. Latin can be taken in the upper level and is then taught four hours a week. It is possible to take your Abitur (written or oral) in Latin.

The third foreign language is taught in the course system and begins with the 8th grade. In the middle of the 7th grade, the students choose a language from Russian, French and ancient Greek, which is then taken at least from grade 8 to the end of the 10th grade.

French is offered as a third foreign language from year 8. The Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg maintains a school partnership with the Collège "Saint Paul Bourdon Blanc" in Orléans, France. There is a regular school exchange to Orléans in the 9th grade, whereby Paris isalsovisited. In return, the same students come to Magdeburg for a week. Longer exchanges with French students (throughout France) can also be organized. You can also do the two-week social internship at the partner school in Orléans. In addition to learning the French language and grammar, one also deals with Franco-German relations, politics, some pieces of literature (e.g. "The Little Prince" ), French history, the Francophone world and culture, the world of work, etc. Performances are also sometimes organized. Every year the French courses also visit a film on Moritzplatz as part of the French Film Weeks or other events in Magdeburg, such as B. the Fête de la musique . The third foreign language must be continued until the end of the 10th grade. In the upper level you can continue to take French, there are four hours of lessons a week and deepen your knowledge and insights into the French language. So you can take your Abitur (written or oral) in French at the end of the 12th grade.

Russian is offered from the 8th grade and must be taken at least until the end of the 10th grade. In Russian you learn alot about Russian culture, politics, economy and literature inaddition to Cyrillic . The Russian Student Council has intensive contacts with 2 partner schools in Russia . A partner school is located in Kaliningrad and is called "Lyceum No. 17". There is also a student exchange going there. The second partner school is located in Novosibirsk with the name "Gymnasium No. 6" Hermelin "". You can also take part in an exchange to Novosibirsk. The Russian return visit regularly comes to Magdeburg. The Russian students have been successfully participating in competitions for years. The “Russian Christmas Tale” on the last day before the Christmas holidays has a tradition at the school. Russian students in the 10th grade perform a well-known fairy tale as a new interpretation for the entire school community in Russian. In the upper school you can still take Russian, it is taught four hours a week. So you can also take your Abitur (written or oral) in Russian at the end of the 12th grade. There is a Russian room in the school.

A specialty is the subject Ancient Greek which can only be learned at 3 schools in Saxony-Anhalt. It is offered as a third foreign language from the 8th grade and enables an insight into the world of ancient Greece including language, theories, literature and culture. As a rule, ancient Greek is only studied by a small number of students, which is why there is a very small and familiar learning group. A trip to Greece to Athens is organized every 2 years . There are also excursions such as B. in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin . If you study ancient Greek up to 11th grade and finish with 5 grade points, you will receive the Graecum with your Abitur certificate . Ancient Greek can be taken up to grade 12 and can also be taken as an oral or written Abitur subject.

Scientific profile

Mathematics , biology , physics , chemistry and computer science are taught as natural science subjects at the Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg . The subjects of biology, physics, chemistry and computer science have their own specialist rooms in which classes take place.

Mathematics is compulsory to take from grades 5 to 12. Until 2016 it was a compulsory Abitur subject, since 2017 you don't have to take your Abitur in mathematics. You can take it as a written or oral Abitur.

Biology is taught for two hours a week from year 5 and is compulsory until the end of year 10. In the 9th grade, there is a project trip to Drei Annen Hohne for one class per year . Biology can still be taken in the upper school, either for two or four hours. You can take it as a written or oral Abitur.

Physics is taught for two hours a week from the 6th grade and must be attended by the end of the 10th grade. As a Magdeburg school, the Magdeburg natural scientist and former mayor Otto von Guericke is of course discussed. Excursions take place, for example, in the millennium tower or in the Lukasklause or in the Phaeno in Wolfsburg . Physics can optionally be taken for two or four hours in the upper level. You can take it as a written or oral Abitur.

Chemistry is taught from the 7th grade. The subject is compulsory up to the end of the 10th grade; in the upper level it can be taken for either two or four hours. In the 10th grade, there is a project trip to Blankenburg for one class in the year . You can take it as a written or oral Abitur.

Computer science is offered as a two-hour elective at the Norbertusgymnasium starting in year 11. There are around 40 computer workstations available in both IT rooms. In addition, the IT room is often used across disciplines. Computer science cannot be taken as an Abitur subject at the Norbertusgymnasium.

Social science profile

History , geography , social studies and religion / ethics are taught as social sciences at the Norbertusgymnasium .

History is taught from the 5th grade and must be taken continuously up to the 12th grade. While the subject is taught for two hours up to the end of 10th grade, history is taught for four hours in the upper school. In the 10th grade, one class of the year goes on a project trip to Poland . There is another partner school of the Norbertusgymnasium, the St. Zeromski Lyceum in Strzegom . While the schoolchildren and the Polish schoolchildren deal with the history of German crimes during the Second World War and the Holocaust during the project in Poland , the return visit to Magdeburg will focus on the time of divided Germany and the Cold War in the foreground. In addition to visits to former concentration camps and memorials in Berlin, they also deal with the latest history. History can be chosen as a written or oral Abitur subject.

Geography is taught from 5th grade and is taken by everyone until the end of 9th grade. At the beginning of 10th grade you have to choose between geography and social studies. The Norbertusgymnasium regularly takes part in the geography competition " Diercke Wissen " and there is a project trip to Arendsee for one class of the year in year 9 . Geography can be taken as an oral Abitur subject. Geography can only be taken for two hours.

Social studies are only taught from the 8th grade. It can only be booked for two hours. In addition to visits from local politicians and discussion groups before elections , people often visit the Magdeburg state parliament , the Bundesrat and the Bundestag in Berlin. The Norbertusgymnasium has always been successful in the “ Youth Debate ” competition. In order to bring politics closer to the schoolchildren, there are often junior elections before real elections or school events with discussion guests and politicians' rounds. When you enter 10th grade you have to choose between social studies and geography. Social studies can be taken as an oral Abitur subject.

Religion or ethics are taken for two hours from 5th to 12th grade. There is a religion / ethics room. Religious instruction takes place separately in Catholic religious instruction courses and Protestant religious instruction courses. Ethics is the alternative for people who do not feel bound to any or any other faith, but do not want to attend Christian religious education. Religious instruction conveys Christian values ​​and deals, among other things, with the history of Christianity and stories and texts from the Bible. One also deals with other religions ( Judaism , Islam , Hinduism and Buddhism ) and thus learns tolerance and understanding towards people of different faiths. In the upper level, philosophical learning units, especially in the subject of ethics, also have a high priority. Religion or ethics can be taken as an oral Abitur subject.

Sporty profile

The specialist sport is taught by class 5 to 7 three-hour, two-hour from the 8th grade week. The Norbertusgymnasium has a large multi-purpose hall that can be divided into 3 units. There is a running track, long jump facility, soccer field and basketball field in the schoolyard. There are also several table tennis tables. Since 2011, the Norbertusgymnasium has had its own sports field at the former Humboldtgymnasium together with the neighboring St. Mechthild elementary school . This sports field was financed, among other things, with donations from the school community. There were two large sponsored runs in Magdeburg's Rotehornpark . The sports field has sanitary facilities u. a. a running track, a long jump facility, a circular running track and a field for hockey and football.

In the upper level, sports courses are chosen that are taken for one semester (two hours a week). In addition to classic sports courses such as handball , badminton , volleyball , soccer , basketball , athletics or gymnastics , z. B. tennis , skiing , dancing , surfing , judo or table tennis are offered. Sport cannot be taken as an Abitur subject in Saxony-Anhalt.

The Norbertusgymnasium has a very active football club, SC Norbertus. There is also a school hockey team.

Others

The class leaders are handed over after the 7th grade and after the 10th grade and a new class teacher takes over. Every student has, as a rule, experienced at least 3 class teachers, from 5th to 7th grade. Grade 8-10 Class and from 11th to 12th Class.

The Norbertusgymnasium is based on the “ Marchtaler Plan ”: In the lower grades there is a morning circle for the class in the first lesson to start the week. You have the option of z. B. to exchange about social developments and events, to learn about customs or to talk about internal class conflicts or organizations. In addition, in grades 5 and 6 there is "Free Silent Work" (FSA) for 3 hours each, in which the pupils receive a monthly plan and are supposed to do tasks from the subjects German, mathematics, English, VU or other subjects. It is about the pupils picking up the tasks independently and working on them within the month. A teacher is always present for questions and supervision. The subject VU ("Networked Lessons") is taught in grades 5 to 6 for 4 hours a week. In VU, subjects from the subjects of history and geography are taught and linked together ("networked"). Geography and history are therefore only taught as independent subjects from the 7th grade onwards.

At the Norbertusgymnasium, the classes are re-mixed after completing the 10th grade. There are at least 5 new 11th grades, sometimes also 6. The new grades (A, B, C, D, E, (F)) consist of the 11th and 12th grade and the division is based on the courses, who are elected in the 10th grade for the qualification phase. In general, however, in the qualification phase you have lessons with many classmates from different classes, depending on the course offer.

Each class of a year receives a project trip in the 9th or 10th grade. This project trip lasts 2 weeks and you get grades there. For the 4 classes (A, B, C, D) there is one project trip each in chemistry, biology, geography and history. While the science trips remain within Saxony-Anhalt, the history project class travels to the partner school in Strzegom in Poland. Often there is also a visit to Wroclaw . In return, the Polish visit comes to Magdeburg later or earlier to live here for a week. Often z. B. Visited memorials in Berlin on the division of Germany. In Leipzig , the places of the Monday demonstrations and the Nikolaikirche are visited.

In the Norbertusgymnasium, all 10th grade students are required to complete a two-week social internship. The social internship usually takes place between the Christmas and winter holidays. The aim is to get to know and experience social professions and their value for society. Many do the social internship z. As in kindergartens , elementary schools , hospitals , churches , nursing homes or social houses.

In the 11th grade, every student has to complete an annual assignment in a subject of their own choosing on a topic of their own choosing. The focus is on scientific work. The work will then be defended in a colloquium before the course.

School fees have to be paid for attending the Norbertusgymnasium , as it is a non-state school and the school does not receive the same funding as state schools.

There are also numerous voluntary working groups (AG) at the Norbertusgymnasium. In addition to sports groups such as volleyball, boxing, football, hockey, cycling or acrobatics, there are also art groups such as B. pottery or photography. In addition to the orchestra, choir and chamber orchestra, there is also a successful and excellent theater group. Languages ​​such as Dutch , Spanish and Italian were also offered.

In the Norbertusgymnasium, volunteer pupils are trained to become “ school paramedics ” and “ lifeguards ” in cooperation with the Maltese who can provide first aid in emergencies .

With the project “Students help students”, older students give younger classmates tuition in various subjects such as B. Mathematics, English, Latin, French or German.

The school newspaper “urbi @ norbi” appears four times a year.

In 2016, the school community celebrated the 25th anniversary at a festive event on the floating stage in Magdeburg's Elbauenpark .

Commitment and presence in Magdeburg

The Norbertusgymnasium enjoys a good reputation in the Magdeburg area. As a non-urban school, it is also attended by children from the surrounding districts. In Magdeburg one knows the school a. a. because of the very active music groups, but also because of the SC Norbertus football club. The Heinrich-Wiemeyer-Cup takes place in March every year, to which youth teams from other regions of Germany also travel. The Norbertusgymnasium is also involved in the integration of refugees and, together with other associations in the city, regularly offers refugee children and German children a colorful afternoon at school. The school is represented annually on the “Mile of Democracy”, which runs along the Breite Weg in January and was formed as a counter-protest against the former marches by right-wing extremists on the anniversary of the bombing of Magdeburg . In 2009 the Norbertusgymnasium was awarded the title “ School without Racism - School with Courage ”. There is also a “mobile phone course” for interested seniors, where schoolchildren explain how to use a mobile phone and help them with their mobile phones. Sometimes the “hunger march” of the diocese of Magdeburg takes place in late autumn, during which many teachers and schoolchildren also run to support a school in Ghana . In several projects, money was collected for new stumbling blocks in Magdeburg to commemorate former Magdeburg citizens persecuted by the National Socialists. The Norbertusgymnasium takes part in the Magdeburg Marathon every year . In the will of a promotion of the gifted, teachers and students of the Norbertusgymnasium support interested primary school students in the acquisition of knowledge that goes beyond the material of the primary school. That was u. a. for the subjects of mathematics, general knowledge, chemistry, English or Latin. With the new sports field, the school contributed to the upswing in Magdeburg from the 2000s and made a wasteland attractive again.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://denkmalverzeichnis.magdeburg.de/ (address: Nachtweide 77)
  2. ^ Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg: Home - Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .
  3. ^ Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg: Home - Norbertusgymnasium Magdeburg. Retrieved January 14, 2018 .