Paulsen High School
| Paulsen High School | |
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 Street front to Gritznerstrasse |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1908 |
| place | Gritznerstrasse 57 Berlin-Steglitz |
| country | Berlin |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 27 '43 " N , 13 ° 18' 53" E |
| student | 641 (2016/2017) |
| Teachers | 62 (2016/2017) |
| management | Stefan Kloppe-Langer |
| Website | www.paulsen-gymnasium.de |
The Paulsen-Gymnasium is a three-class high school in the Berlin district of Steglitz . Around 640 students in grades 7 to 12 are taught at Paulsen-Gymnasium. The school is housed in a listed building that was erected between 1906 and 1908, and a gymnasium was added in 1958.
Namesake
The school is named after the German educator and philosopher Friedrich Paulsen , who died in the Steglitz district the same year the school was founded. At the school, efforts were made to implement its educational reform ideas. In addition to the Paulsen Gymnasium in Steglitz, there are two other schools with this namesake:
- the Friedrich Paulsen School in Niebüll
- the Friedrich-Paulsen-School in Langenhorn
Today the namesake has little influence on everyday school life. In 2016 a commemoration ceremony for Friedrich Paulsen took place in the old St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin . The event was musically accompanied by students from Paulsen-Gymnasium, teachers and students from the school were also present.
history
Foundation and First World War (1908 to 1918)
The Paulsen-Gymnasium was founded on November 10, 1908 under the name Paulsen-Realgymnasium as an all- boys school. Georg Pralle, who had previously been a teacher at the Steglitz grammar school, became the first director of the newly founded school . Classes began with five classes taught by five senior teachers and one drawing teacher. Around 1910 a school choir, a gymnastics club and a swimming club were founded. From 1914 to 1918, as at most other schools during the First World War, there was a voluntary opportunity to take an emergency maturity test in order to be able to enter the military earlier. Around 80 students from the Paulsen School volunteered for military service. The school yard was used as a parade ground.
Weimar Republic (1918 to 1933)
After the death of the headmaster Pralle in 1918, Otto Wolfrum became head of the school. After he retired in 1928, Walther Dietrich became head of the school. At the time of the Weimar Republic , as in many Berlin schools, the use of student self-administration , student councils, etc. was tried out for the first time , which are similar to today's common student representatives . However, only a student committee remained. In 1919 a parents' council was founded.
National Socialism (1933 to 1945)
In 1933, after the National Socialists came to power, Max Vanselow, who had previously taught at the secondary school in Lichterfelde , became the new head of the school . The school celebrated its 25th anniversary in the same year. In 1934 about 540 students attended the school. In 1940 around 800 students were taught by 33 teachers. During the Second World War , almost 250 students and teachers at Paulsen-Gymnasium died. The school building was badly damaged during the war. On June 1, 1945, classes began again in poorly repaired rooms.
Post-war years (1950 to 1960)
In 1951 all classrooms were restored, and by 1957 the auditorium was also repaired. The time after the war was marked by frequent changes in the school staff. Heinrich Deiters became the first headmaster after the war . Director Altenberg followed in 1946, and Becker became director of the school in 1948. Werner Bloch was the head of the school from 1949 to 1955 . From 1955 Hans Frerk was the head of the school, who had taught at the Oberrealschule in Lichterfelde and at the Gymnasium Steglitz before the war . The school's gym was inaugurated on the 50th anniversary of the school in 1958. Since the 1950s , girls have also been accepted as part of co-education in Germany. From 1958 Helmut Dybowski was the head of the school.
Development since 1960
Strike calls, bulletin boards and resolutions shaped everyday life at Paulsen-Gymnasium during the student movement in the late 1960s. In 1970 Kurt Pfeiffer became the headmaster, in 1977 Mr Jordan and in 1982 Jobst Werner. In 1986 the first school newspaper "The Paulsen Times" was founded. In the same year, the first computer room was also set up.
In 2008, the school celebrated its 100th anniversary. Ulrike van Rinsum has been the headmistress of the Paulsen-Gymnasium since 2009.
In 2018 Ulrike van Rinsum retired, whereby the deputy headmaster Stefan Kloppe-Langer took over the management of the school.
Since 1965 the Paulsen-Gymnasium has been cultivating an approximately 6000 square meter property as a school garden. However, the property was leased to the district office. In 2010 the ownership structure was clarified. The school cafeteria was built in 2011 on the property acquired in the process .
Architecture and terrain
school-building
The school building was constructed from 1906 to 1908. In 1958 a gym was added to the old building. The old building of the building is listed under the object document number 09065520 in the monument database of the State of Berlin .
terrain
The entire school grounds are around 11,000 square meters. Around 2,500 square meters of this are built on, the sports facilities occupy around 1,500 square meters, and the school garden and schoolyard occupy around 6,000 square meters. Large parts of the school garden were initially leased to the district office. In 2010 the ownership of the school garden was clarified with the district office, and in 2011 the cafeteria was built there. In the remaining part of the school garden, rabbits, chickens, rodents and bees are kept.
Front of the Paulsen-Gymnasium
School building seen from the courtyard
Cafeteria of the Paulsen-Gymnasium
Bust of Friedrich Paulsen, in the entrance area of the school
School life
School profile
Since the 2011/12 school year, a general profile without a focus, a bilingual profile with a focus on English and French, and a mathematical and scientific profile with a focus on chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics have been offered. With the general profile it is possible to choose the main focus afterwards via the elective subjects.
If you choose the bilingual profile , English will be taught one hour more per week in grades 7 and 8. In grades 9 and 10, geography and history are taught bilingually in German and English. Political science can also be taught bilingually in the upper level. In grade 8 there is a class trip to the English Upminster and a related visit to the partner school in this place. Special admission requirements apply to the bilingual profile. Among other things, an appointment must be made for a test in which communication skills are tested in English.
When choosing the mathematical-scientific profile , the subjects chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics are intensified with additional weekly hours. When choosing the compulsory electives, students in this profile have priority access to mathematics and science. However, there is no compulsion to choose such an elective subject. Special admission requirements apply to the mathematical and scientific profile. Among other things, an appointment must be made for a test in which competencies in mathematics and natural sciences are recorded.
Language sequence
The first foreign language for both the bilingual branch and the other branches is English. The second foreign language is also compulsory. French and Latin are offered. As a third foreign language, Spanish can be chosen as part of the compulsory elective lessons in cooperation with the Fichtenberg School. As part of the DELF-AG it is also possible to acquire the internationally recognized French DELF language diploma.
Elective courses
The Paulsen-Gymnasium offers a variety of elective subjects from the 8th grade onwards. From the linguistic area, you can choose Latin (only if the second foreign language is French), French (only if the second foreign language is Latin) or Spanish as the third foreign language. From the natural sciences, there are physics, animals and plants in the school garden (in the 8th grade), biology and chemistry (in the 10th grade), geography (from the 8th grade) and geography and history (in the 10th grade) to select. From the technical field, you can choose from computer science (in the 10th grade) and geography and physics with a focus on aviation . From the artistic field, you can choose from art (in the 9th grade), music (8th and 9th grade) and performing games.
Working groups
The Paulsen-Gymnasium offers a variety of study groups that take place outside of regular school hours. For the maintenance of the school garden, there are, among other things, working groups for the school's own animals (including a beekeeping group, a rabbit group, a rodent group, a chicken group and an energy house group). From the field of technology there is a media and PC work group, a technical presentation consultancy group and an electronics group. From the musical and artistic field there is a band, a choir and a parents choir, a rap and songwriting group and a theater group. The school also has a rowing team, a school newspaper AG and a DELF AG, which prepares students for the internationally recognized French DELF language diploma.
Events
The following list shows a number of events that take place at regular intervals at the Paulsen-Gymnasium:
- annual summer festival
- Latin Festival (every two years)
Number of teachers and students
In the 2016/2017 school year, 641 students attended the school. Of these, 60 pupils did not have German citizenship and 102 pupils were of a non-German language of origin. 482 students had their residence in the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district, a further 128 in the adjacent districts of Spandau, Tempelhof-Schöneberg and Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. 27 students had their residence in other districts of Berlin and four students outside Berlin.
| school year | Teacher | student |
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| 2001/2002 | 493 | |
| 2002/2003 | 518 | |
| 2003/2004 | 49 | 538 |
| 2004/2005 | 47 | 572 |
| 2005/2006 | 49 | 577 |
| 2006/2007 | 46 | 617 |
| 2007/2008 | 54 | 620 |
| 2008/2009 | 49 | 575 |
| 2009/2010 | 49 | 602 |
| 2010/2011 | 50 | 613 |
| 2011/2012 | 57 | 641 |
| 2012/2013 | 57 | 593 |
| 2013/2014 | 56 | 613 |
| 2014/2015 | 61 | 598 |
| 2015/2016 | 59 | 576 |
| 2016/2017 | 62 | 641 |
Source: School directory of Berlin schools
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public relation
collaboration
The Paulsen-Gymnasium has been cooperating with the Fichtenberg-Oberschule in Rothenburgstrasse since 1984 . Since 1985 there has also been a cooperation with the Hall Mead School in Upminster, England . The school also cooperates with the Wannsee Forum and the gliding school in Lübeck.
Support association
The Friends of the Paulsen-Gymnasium has existed since the 1960s. Among other things, he supports the school garden, the working groups and renovation measures on the school building.
Personalities
Known students
- Klaus Schütz (1926–2012), politician ( SPD ), former Governing Mayor of Berlin
- Franz Servatius Bruinier (1905–1928), composer
Known teachers
- Bernhard Krieger (* 1952), painter, currently teacher
- Heinrich Deiters (1887–1966), teacher, headmaster 1945–1946
- Roland Sprague (1894–1967), mathematician, study assessor 1922–1924
- Victor Herold (1890–1956), historian, teacher from 1942
- Werner Bloch (1890–1973), politician ( SPD ), headmaster 1949–1955
literature
- Report on the ... school year from Easter ... to Easter ... Berlin-Steglitz 1913–1932, born in 1915 ( digitized version )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Paulsen-Gymnasium. In: berlin.de. Senate Department for Education, Science and Research, September 19, 2008, accessed on October 28, 2016 .
- ↑ school management. School website. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Entry in the Berlin State Monument List
- ↑ Memorial ceremony for Friedrich Paulsen 2016 (school website)
- ↑ a b Archive database of the library for research on the history of education: personal data of teachers in Prussia: Dr. Georg Pralle
- ↑ a b Archive database of the library for research on the history of education: personal data of teachers in Prussia: Otto Wolfrum
- ↑ a b Archive database of the library for research on the history of education: Personal data of teachers in Prussia: Walther Dietrich
- ↑ a b Archive database of the library for research on the history of education: personal data of teachers in Prussia: Dr. Max Vanselow
- ↑ Förderverein (school website)