Archbishop's Sankt-Joseph-Gymnasium Rheinbach

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Archbishop's Sankt-Joseph-Gymnasium
St. Joseph High School
type of school High school for girls and boys in bi-education
School number 167228
founding 1911
address

City park 31

place Rheinbach
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 37 '14 "  N , 6 ° 57' 8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 37 '14 "  N , 6 ° 57' 8"  E
carrier Archdiocese of Cologne
student 970
Teachers 92
management Michael Bornemann
Website www.sjg-rheinbach.de

The Archbishop's St. Joseph Gymnasium (SJG) (spelling: St. Joseph Gymnasium Rheinbach ) is a state-approved substitute school sponsored by the Archdiocese of Cologne and one of two high schools in Rheinbach near Bonn . It was run as a grammar school for girls until 2012, and since then the school has followed a bi-educational approach up to grade 9 in parallel classes according to gender.

School characteristics

The SJG is a Catholic school that also accepts Protestant and non-denominational students. 75% of the students are currently Roman Catholic. Participation in Catholic or Protestant religious instruction is compulsory.

The grammar school is currently attended by around 1,100 girls and boys, of which around 450 are in upper secondary level. The grades in the lower and intermediate levels are divided into three to five classes.

From the 2012/2013 school year, the school also accepted boys in boys-only classes in accordance with the concept of bi-education in class 5. So far (2015/2016 school year) there have been eight all-boys classes.

The majority of the basic and advanced courses were taught cooperatively. After the Vinzenz-Pallotti-Kolleg was closed in July 2016, the Sankt-Joseph-Gymnasium accepted its students.

The focus is on building comprehensive language skills in German and modern foreign languages ​​(English from grade 5, French from grade 6 and Spanish from grade 10) as well as maintaining the old languages ​​(Latin from grade 8 with the option of acquiring the Latinum) . The acquisition of further language certificates (Delf, Cambridge) is made possible through additional offers.

history

In 1911 the Sisters of Notre Dame from Grefrath-Mulhouse ( Viersen district ) founded a housekeeping school and high school for girls with boarding school at Am Voigtstor 15 (now 19), the "Pensionat St. Joseph", at the instigation of Mayor Carl Commeßmann in Rheinbach . In 1912 the company moved to the newly built schoolhouse at the Stadtpark, which still exists today as an "old building", on the property donated by the city of Rheinbach for this purpose. The school is run as a 10-class lyceum and a women's school and includes a 3-class elementary school. From 1918 the school is a full high school, in 1924 the first female students take the Abitur. Attendance at the women's school ended with the examination for home economics teachers, and in the 1930s the women's high school with a limited university entrance qualification was added.

During the time of National Socialism , the school struggled with increasing difficulties. In 1941 the sisters have to vacate the building in favor of a state teacher training institute. Classes will continue provisionally in rented houses until they are completely closed on June 27, 1942. After the end of the war, the sisters started running the school again with great dedication in autumn 1945, despite serious bomb damage. As early as 1947 and 1948, 20 female pupils were led to the Abitur in special courses.

In 1964 the "garden school" with three classrooms is built and the extension of the new wing begins. Most of the female students are now external students. The number of religious women teaching goes back to three in the 1990s and most recently to one. On August 1, 1999, the sponsorship of the school was transferred from the "Sisters of Our Lady" to the Archdiocese of Cologne.

Student exchange

The SJG maintains exchange programs with three foreign schools in the twin cities of Rheinbach: An American exchange is carried out with a school in Rhinebeck , USA , in which the students from the SJG, the Vinzenz-Pallotti-Kolleg, the community secondary school and the Rheinbach municipal high school take part. In addition, there are contacts to York / England and Rueil-Malmaison / France.

social commitment

The school has an EPA (Development Aid Project Committee) that has had connections with the developing world for years, including a. to the former headmistress Sister Bernarde and her school project of the "Sisters of Our Lady" in Buseesa, Uganda. The EPA regularly organizes fundraising campaigns: the fundraising march in June 2006 raised more than 15,000 euros for poor children in Uganda and the 2006 fundraising march raised more than 20,000 euros for AIDS sufferers in Kenya .

Anyone who takes an active part in everyday school life and wants to represent the interests of other students can become a member of the SV (student council). From grade 8 onwards, female pupils can be trained for the student medical service, which is available during lessons, during breaks and at school events. There are usually five paramedics on duty every day.

additional offers

In the SJG there are five choirs (each for fifth graders, sixth graders, for grades 7–13, for the upper grades and a student-teacher-parent choir), two recorder groups (one for the fifth grade and one for advanced students), two Percussion groups (beginners and advanced) and a violin group for beginners. In addition, a symphonic orchestra and a big band are maintained together with the Vinzenz-Pallotti-Kolleg. Classical but also current music is played in these.

The SJG offers a total of 20 working groups, including a football club, a theater club and a library club. In addition, the SJG has a library in the media center from which the pupils can borrow books. There are also computers in the media center that schoolchildren from grade 8 can use to do research. The media center is open from the first to the eighth school period.

There is a school kiosk in the school yard, which is open during major breaks.

Web links

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  1. ↑ St. Joseph-Gymnasium (ed.): St. Joseph-Gymnasium Rheinbach 1911-1986 , Rheinbach 1986
  2. ↑ St. Joseph-Gymnasium (ed.): Jahrbuch 2000 , Rheinbach 2000