Walburgis High School in Menden
| Walburgisgymnasium Menden ( WBG ) | |
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| type of school | Gymnasium , Realschule |
| School number | 170069 |
| founding | 1919 |
| address |
Schwitter way 22 |
| place | Menden (Sauerland) |
| country | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 26 '33 " N , 7 ° 47' 47" E |
| carrier | Sisters of St. Maria Magdalena Postel |
| student | about 1000 |
| Teachers | about 70 |
| management | Eduard painter |
| Website | www.walburgisgymnasium.de |
The Walburgisgymnasium is a private high school in Menden under the private sponsorship of the sisters of St. Maria Magdalena Postel . The qualification is recognized at all secondary schools. The school is financed by government grants, the Catholic Church and private donations.
Since more students apply to the grammar school than expected, the school uses, among other things, the lottery procedure to determine the average of around 120 new sextans .
Every year the school u. a. an exchange for pupils in the seventh grade (sixth grade if the Abitur is 12 years old) and ninth grade with a partner school in St. Hillaire du Harcouet, Adelaide and in Fougères . In addition, it is almost always possible (only in the qualification phase) to visit a pupil in other countries (primarily France) and attend school there for up to a year. In addition, at level 11 it is possible to spend 3 months, half a year or even a whole year abroad in another country.
history
The school was opened in 1919 as a Catholic girls' high school. The lessons initially took place in rented rooms and were given by nuns from Heiligenstadt . Catholic girls from Menden and the surrounding area were able to acquire a higher education and secondary school leaving certificate.
In 1931 the school moved to the newly built school building on Schwitter Weg and was renamed "Walburgis-Lyzeum". The building with its Christ the King Chapel has been a listed building since March 4, 1983. A boarding school was attached to the grammar school. The school was gradually closed under National Socialist rule . From 1938 onwards, no more female students could be admitted. Part of the building was used as a reserve hospital. In addition, at the end of the war, a flak position was set up near the church in order to remain undetected by the Allied aircraft for longer.
After the Second World War, the school was reopened in 1946 and expanded into a grammar school with an upper level. The first students received their Abitur certificate in 1949. The growing number of schoolgirls made structural extensions necessary. New specialist and classrooms as well as a sports hall were completed in 1975. In the same year, boys were also accepted for the first time.
Renovation work in the old building made it possible to set up a cafeteria in 2000. In addition, a multi-purpose room and other toilets, some of which are handicapped accessible, were created. In 2006, an extension created new space for two modern chemistry rooms and two new classrooms. In addition, some modern windows and doors were installed in the natural sciences wing, as well as lightning rods on the school. Funds from the federal economic stimulus package 2 also made it possible to replace the single-glazed windows in the listed old building with energy-efficient replicas of the originals.
From the 2013/2014 school year, the single-course Realschule will be offered.
In 2015 Sister Maria Thoma Dikow, until then the headmistress, became Superior General of the Sisters of St. Maria Magdalena Postel
Miscellaneous
The school is committed to promoting musical competence. The Sextans are already preparing musicals, which are then performed in front of a large auditorium in the school auditorium. In 2007, for example, The Jungle Book as a school theater and the musical “Walburga”, written by the students and teachers themselves, was performed by students and teachers in front of a free audience across all levels. In 2007 an orchestral academy took place in the gymnasium, to which talented students were invited.
Class 7b successfully participated in the 2007 Media Literacy Award with photo montages. It took 1st place out of 250 entries.
In December 2006, the robot team “Attraktivundpreiswert” qualified for the “Open European Championship” in May 2007 in Norway as 13th of the Central Europe competition in Magdeburg. The 8 students also received the Future Award from Thyssenkrupp . At the competition in Norway, the team made it into the round of 16 and finally came 9th in the robot game. A total of 66 teams from all over the world took part in the competition. The robot team was also successful in the FIRST LEGO League 2007 season. The team qualified for the Central European FLL final and took fourth place out of a total of 460 participating teams in the season. In addition, the students received the SAP award for the best programming. The robot team won the High Tech Kids FIRST LEGO League International Open in Minneapolis . In the 2009 FLL season, the team qualified at the Central European Final in Paderborn for the Open International Championship, which took place in Kaohsiung ( Taiwan ) in May 2010 . There the seven-man team came first and won the Champion's Award.
"We report great things" (based on the abbreviation "WBG" of the Walburgisgymnasium) is the name of the school newspaper .
The school has two computer rooms.
Regular events
Every two years a so-called “hunger march” is organized to collect for a children's village in Cochabamba (Bolivia) and other projects of the nuns.
Well-known graduates
- Sascha Rotermund (* 1974), actor and voice actor, graduated from high school in 1993
- Laura Narjes (* 1990), TV presenter in Greece,
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Eduard Maler will head the Walburgis High School in the future
- ↑ Sister Maria Thoma Dikow is the new Superior General
- ↑ Homepage of the robot team "Attractive and inexpensive"
- ↑ Walburgissymnasium Menden - school newspaper
- ↑ derwesten.de:Laura Narjes makes a career in Greece , accessed on October 30, 2011