Kolding Gymnasium

School in Denmark
55°30′30″N 9°28′28″E / 55.508264°N 9.474431°E / 55.508264; 9.474431InformationFounded1542; 482 years ago (1542)FounderQueen DorotheaPrincipalMomme Mailund[1]Staff85 teachers,[2] plus support staff.Number of students701 (2006)LanguageDanish, English[3]Colour(s)Red and blackNicknameKGRivalMunkensdam GymnasiumWebsitehttp://kolding-gym.dk

Kolding Gymnasium[4] is a Danish senior secondary school (gymnasium), which, aside from the standard gymnasium courses, also offers the Higher Preparatory Examination (known in Danish as the Højere Forberedelseseksamen or HF) and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.[5]

History

Kolding Gymnasium was founded in 1542 by Dorothea of Brandenburg, Queen of Denmark,[6] and relocated to new buildings in 1975, where it remains up to date. The school adopted the IBDP as one of its main types of education in 2002. In 2006 the school suffered extensive water damage, forcing some students to stay home for a week and take lessons during the Danish winter vacation in order to reach the required number of lessons before the academic year-end.[6]

Since then, the school has had much ongoing repairs in which, a new auditorium has been built and the façade of the school renovated.In addition, a new knowledge centre has been built to house the school library.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Ledelse". Kolding Gymnasium. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Lærere". Kolding Gymnasium. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ "IB". Archived from the original on 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  4. ^ http://www.kolding-gym.dk/brugerinfo/Vedt%C3%A6gter%20for%20Kolding%20Gymnasium/default.htm Archived 2007-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Kolding Gymnasium website (Danish)
  5. ^ Kolding Gymnasium Uddannelser (Danish)
  6. ^ a b c "Kolding Gymnasium info". Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2008-02-02.