Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis Gymnasium
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Šilalė district Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis Gymnasium is a day, public, co-educational school. It is located at 22 Varnių Str., Kaltinėnai
, Šilalė district. It offers primary, basic, secondary and optional education programmes. Institution code 190329256.
Subsidiary:
Later there were four departments of primary school.
In 1944 a pro-gymnasium was founded, which was reorganised into a 7 forms school 5 years later.
In the autumn of 1951, when 8th and 9th forms were opened, it became secondary school.
A new school building was built in 1967.
Since 1992 the school exchanges students’ delegations with the German Gymnasium Hankensbüttel
.
In 1999, on December 20 the title of Aleksandras Stulginskis
Secondary School was given to the school.
In 2009, on January 29 the school became gymnasium
.
440 students learned and 39 teachers worked in the school in 1999.
There were 614 students in the Secondary school and 10 students in Iždonai Primary Education Department on September 1, 2005.
501 students and 10 students in Iždonai Department are learning during the school year 2008-2009.
, Hundred-day, School day, February 16 and March 11 celebrations, Earth
’s day, EU day and others. Various occasions take place on these days.
Kaltinenai
Kaltinėnai is a little town on the west side of Lithuania, near Žemaičių highroad, Šilalė district municipality.In Kaltinėnai live about 1000 inhabitants. The town is in a hollow. People say that in the end of Ice age here was a big lake. There are many breathtaking views around Kaltinėnai...
, Šilalė district. It offers primary, basic, secondary and optional education programmes. Institution code 190329256.
Subsidiary:
- Iždonai Primary Education Department of Šilalė district Kaltinėnai Aleksandras Stulginskis Gymnasium.
History
A parish school began to work in Kaltinėnai in 1777.Later there were four departments of primary school.
In 1944 a pro-gymnasium was founded, which was reorganised into a 7 forms school 5 years later.
In the autumn of 1951, when 8th and 9th forms were opened, it became secondary school.
A new school building was built in 1967.
Since 1992 the school exchanges students’ delegations with the German Gymnasium Hankensbüttel
Gymnasium Hankensbüttel
The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel is a Gymnasium in Hankensbüttel, Lower Saxony and the oldest one in the district of Gifhorn. - History :The Gymnasium Hankensbüttel was established in 1947, first as a private high school. In May 1951 it was given the right to hold mittlere Reife examinations. In the...
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In 1999, on December 20 the title of Aleksandras Stulginskis
Aleksandras Stulginskis
Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis (born (February 26, 1885 in Kutaliai, in Šilalė district municipality near Tauragė, Lithuania, Russian Empire; died September 22, 1969 in Kaunas) was the second President of Lithuania (1920–1926)...
Secondary School was given to the school.
In 2009, on January 29 the school became 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...
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440 students learned and 39 teachers worked in the school in 1999.
There were 614 students in the Secondary school and 10 students in Iždonai Primary Education Department on September 1, 2005.
501 students and 10 students in Iždonai Department are learning during the school year 2008-2009.
Traditions
The school has a lot of traditions which developed during its long history: First and Last Bells, Teacher day, European Day of LanguagesEuropean Day of Languages
The European Day of Languages is 26 September, as proclaimed by the Council of Europe on 6 December 2001, at the end of the European Year of Languages , which had been jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the European Union...
, Hundred-day, School day, February 16 and March 11 celebrations, Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
’s day, EU day and others. Various occasions take place on these days.
Most famous students
- Aleksandras StulginskisAleksandras StulginskisAleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis (born (February 26, 1885 in Kutaliai, in Šilalė district municipality near Tauragė, Lithuania, Russian Empire; died September 22, 1969 in Kaunas) was the second President of Lithuania (1920–1926)...
, learnt at Kaltinėnai grammar school - Jurgis KairysJurgis KairysJurgis Kairys is a Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer...
, pilot - Česlovas Nausėda, Opera and ballet theatre soloist
- Arūnas Grušas, sculptor
- Donatas Jurgaitis, Šiauliai universityŠiauliai UniversityŠiauliai University, established in 1997, is located in Šiauliai, Lithuania. As of 2008, the University was attended by approximately 11,800 students.- History :...
pro-rector - Marija Jurgelevičienė-Lukošiūtė, Šiauliai universityŠiauliai UniversityŠiauliai University, established in 1997, is located in Šiauliai, Lithuania. As of 2008, the University was attended by approximately 11,800 students.- History :...
professor, poet - Petras Katauskas, photographer, surgeon
- Pranas Katauskis, mathematician
- Bronius Augustinavičius, Doctor of Biology
- Zigmas Levickis ir Stasys Šedbaras, Constitutional court judge
- Steponas Česlovas Strodomskis, doctor