Pestalozzi High School in Herne

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Pestalozzi High School
Pestalozzi Gymnasium (Herne) entrance.jpg
Entrance area of ​​the school building
type of school high school
School number 169614
founding 1868
address

Harpener Weg 6

place Herne
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 51 ° 32 '39 "  N , 7 ° 12' 46"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 32 '39 "  N , 7 ° 12' 46"  E
carrier City of Herne
student 800
Teachers 75
management Volker Goessling
Website www.pgherne.de

The Pestalozzi-Gymnasium in Herne is one of five high schools in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The Pestalozzi-Gymnasium looks back on around 150 years of history. It was founded in a private initiative with 18 students and a teacher, whose lessons began on October 12, 1868.

In the 1870s, the rectorate school grew and moved into a new building in Bahnhofsstraße. In the 1890s, the sex was separated and the girls' classes moved to another new building on Schulstrasse.

After 1900 the name was changed to the Städtische Realschule with Progymnasium iE , the move to Hermann-Löns-Straße and in 1909 the expansion to a secondary school . In 1912, the first students who passed Oberprima a high school.

During the First World War it was renamed the "Städtischen Gymnasium und Realgymnasium iE zu Herne". Another move followed, this time to the Oberlyzeum in Neustraße.

During the National Socialist period , school time was shortened to eight years. After the end of the Second World War there were only 19 teachers for over 600 students.

In the 1950s, the school was given its current name in memory of the Swiss pedagogue Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi . In 1958 a social and economic branch was set up in addition to the bilingual one. Another move, this time to the new building in Ostbachtal, enabled the renovation of the old building on Neustraße in 1964. In the 1960s, the mathematical and scientific high school branch was set up as the second train. Mixed-gender teaching has been used again since the 1970s.

In 1977 the construction of the new school building on Harpener Weg, today's location, began.

today

Building south side

The municipal high school for boys and girls with a German-English bilingual branch is attended by around 800 students today. Even if the school can look back on over 150 years of history, it still sees itself as a modern school.

In addition to the regular lessons, there are numerous inclined groups, for example the sound acrobats, the string, wind and drum groups, the theater and musical groups, various sports groups and the like. v. a. m., as well as lunch and homework support. There is also the project “Students help students”, whereby older high-performing students give tuition to younger low-achieving students.

In June 2018 it became known that the grammar school had bought burkinis for students with a migration background who had refused to take part in the legally prescribed swimming lessons so that they could take part in swimming lessons. This triggered discussions regarding the uncritical treatment of Muslims.

Well-known students and teachers

Web links

Commons : Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Herne  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tabea Beissert: Headmaster at Pestalozzi in Herne should compete in the summer - derwesten.de. In: derwesten.de. March 27, 2015, accessed April 14, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Gorniak: 90 years of PG. In: secure.ping.de. 1997, accessed April 14, 2020 .
  3. ^ Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Städt. High School for Boys and Girls - Directory of Schools. In: schulliste.eu. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Our school. In: pgherne.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .
  5. ↑ AGs. In: pgherne.de. Retrieved April 14, 2020 .