Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium
Encyclopedia
The Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium (FEG) is a German high school (see "Gymnasium
") in the Harburg borough of Hamburg
, Germany
, that is known to exist since 1628. The school is famous for its Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, where The Beatles
recorded their first album with Tony Sheridan
.
In 1968 it was renamed from "Gymnasium für Jungen Harburg" (engl.: "Gymnasium
for Boys in Harburg") after Friedrich Ebert
, first president
of the Weimar Republic
.
The school offers three main sectors: the humanistic (with Latin
since grade 5, “L” classes), the musical (“M” classes providing own class orchestra
s or ensemble
s), and the “MINT” (abbreviation of “Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik” - “Maths, Information Technology
, Science
, Technics
”, former “NaWi” for “Naturwissenschaften”, i.e. Natural Sciences) sector (formerly “neusprachlicher Zweig” new languages sector with “E” classes, “E” meaning “English
”). The school also provides exchanges with Great Britain
, Mexico
, Poland
, and the USA, the latter of which being part of GAPP
. The American partner school of the FEG is Kirkwood High School
, St Louis.
In grade 8, pupils have to take courses in either Greek
, Spanish
, DSP (“Darstellendes Spiel” - roughly “dramatic play”), or NIP (“Naturwissenschaftlich-informatisches Praktikum” - “scientific IT
-based practicum”).
Due to lack of interest in it, the humanistic sector is planned to be discontinued as of 2012. Even so, Latin will still be offered for grade 6 and Greek for grade 8 (see above). The school has been undergoing a renovation since 2009, which is overrunning its time. Both issues are part of the aimed-at new modern school image “Ebert 2012”.
School year 2009/2010 was the first grade 11 that had to take courses by the new profile system (“Profiloberstufe”). The same year Abitur after twelve years
was introduced, leading to a double examination (“Doppeljahrgang”). Currently there are five profiles offered:
intended to be published around 6th December (Saint Nicholas Day). Since 2006 the Jahresbericht has been printed in colour, prior it used to be in monochrome except for photographs of the classes. Currently the Jahresbericht costs € 7.
There also used to be a Student newspaper
called “Der heiße FEGer” (a wordplay on the school's abbreviation and the term “heißer Feger”, literally “hot sweeper”, for a sexually attractive woman) that was published every now and then; for some years now (2011), there has not been any new issue of it.
The “Quadratdampfer MS Kay Anker” (“Quadratic Steam Boat MS Kay Anker”) is the school's non-official satire magazine launched in May 2009. Created by a single student, it is neither published at a constant rate (but usually one per month) nor actually sold but lent to students and several teachers interested in it. Nevertheless, it is enjoying great popularity amongst the creator's grade and the usual readers in staff. However, since the creator is heading towards Abitur, it is very likely to be shut down in 2012.
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
") in the Harburg borough of Hamburg
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, that is known to exist since 1628. The school is famous for its Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, where The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
recorded their first album with Tony Sheridan
Tony Sheridan
Tony Sheridan , is an English rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist...
.
In 1968 it was renamed from "Gymnasium für Jungen Harburg" (engl.: "Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
for Boys in Harburg") after Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert
Friedrich Ebert was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany .When Ebert was elected as the leader of the SPD after the death of August Bebel, the party members of the SPD were deeply divided because of the party's support for World War I. Ebert supported the Burgfrieden and...
, first president
President of Germany
The President of the Federal Republic of Germany is the country's head of state. His official title in German is Bundespräsident . Germany has a parliamentary system of government and so the position of President is largely ceremonial...
of the Weimar Republic
Weimar Republic
The Weimar Republic is the name given by historians to the parliamentary republic established in 1919 in Germany to replace the imperial form of government...
.
The school offers three main sectors: the humanistic (with Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
since grade 5, “L” classes), the musical (“M” classes providing own class orchestra
Orchestra
An orchestra is a sizable instrumental ensemble that contains sections of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments. The term orchestra derives from the Greek ορχήστρα, the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
s or ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
s), and the “MINT” (abbreviation of “Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften, Technik” - “Maths, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
, Science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, Technics
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
”, former “NaWi” for “Naturwissenschaften”, i.e. Natural Sciences) sector (formerly “neusprachlicher Zweig” new languages sector with “E” classes, “E” meaning “English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
”). The school also provides exchanges with Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, and the USA, the latter of which being part of GAPP
German American Partnership Program
The German American Partnership Program , is a high school exchange program between schools in the United States and Germany, sponsored by the US State Department and the German Foreign Office. Organizational support is provided by the Goethe-Institut. The program was started in 1977...
. The American partner school of the FEG is Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood High School is a secondary school in Kirkwood, Missouri. It is located at 801 W Essex Ave, Kirkwood, MO. The school is part of the Kirkwood R-7 School District. The current principal is Dr. Mike Havener who replaced Dr...
, St Louis.
In grade 8, pupils have to take courses in either Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, DSP (“Darstellendes Spiel” - roughly “dramatic play”), or NIP (“Naturwissenschaftlich-informatisches Praktikum” - “scientific IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
-based practicum”).
Due to lack of interest in it, the humanistic sector is planned to be discontinued as of 2012. Even so, Latin will still be offered for grade 6 and Greek for grade 8 (see above). The school has been undergoing a renovation since 2009, which is overrunning its time. Both issues are part of the aimed-at new modern school image “Ebert 2012”.
School year 2009/2010 was the first grade 11 that had to take courses by the new profile system (“Profiloberstufe”). The same year Abitur after twelve years
Abitur after twelve years
after twelve years, or in eight years describes the reduction from the duration in the from nine to eight school years in many of the States of Germany. In the States Berlin, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern the reduction took place from seven to six years because, there, primary...
was introduced, leading to a double examination (“Doppeljahrgang”). Currently there are five profiles offered:
- Sprachliches Profil (linguistic profile) with either FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
or Spanish being profile-providing - Musikalisches Profil (musical profile) with MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
profile-providing - Geschichtsprofil (history profile) with HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
profile-providing - Geo-Bio-Profil (geographic-biologic profile) with GeographyGeographyGeography is the science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes...
and BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
profile-providing - Naturwissenschaftliches Profil (scientific profile) with either BiologyBiologyBiology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, PhysicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
or ChemistryChemistryChemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
profile-providing
Publications
Every year the school publishes the “Jahresbericht des Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasiums” (“Annual Report of the Friedrich-Ebert-Gymnasium”), a yearbookYearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
intended to be published around 6th December (Saint Nicholas Day). Since 2006 the Jahresbericht has been printed in colour, prior it used to be in monochrome except for photographs of the classes. Currently the Jahresbericht costs € 7.
There also used to be a Student newspaper
Student newspaper
A student newspaper is a newspaper run by students of a university, high school, middle school, or other school. These papers traditionally cover local and, primarily, school or university news....
called “Der heiße FEGer” (a wordplay on the school's abbreviation and the term “heißer Feger”, literally “hot sweeper”, for a sexually attractive woman) that was published every now and then; for some years now (2011), there has not been any new issue of it.
The “Quadratdampfer MS Kay Anker” (“Quadratic Steam Boat MS Kay Anker”) is the school's non-official satire magazine launched in May 2009. Created by a single student, it is neither published at a constant rate (but usually one per month) nor actually sold but lent to students and several teachers interested in it. Nevertheless, it is enjoying great popularity amongst the creator's grade and the usual readers in staff. However, since the creator is heading towards Abitur, it is very likely to be shut down in 2012.
External links
- http://www.feg-hamburg.de/ Official Site