www.gymnasium-achim.de

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www.gymnasium-achim.de
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Germany
Population 82,5 million
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Lower Saxony
Population 8 million
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County Verden
Population 134 000
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City of Achim
Population 30 000
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Cato Bontjes van Beek-Gymnasium
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Who is Cato Bontjes van Beek?

• born 14 November 1920
• lived in Fischerhude

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Cato Bontjes van Beek

• born 14 November 1920
• lived in Fischerhude
• 1940 move to father in Berlin, work as a potter
• active member of the resistance group Rote
  Kapelle (Red Chapel)
• distribution of illegal leaflets
• arrested by the Nazis September 1942
• executed on 5 August 1943

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Students

• 1549 students
• Aged 10-19
• Years 5-13
• 39 classes in Years 5-10
• 1377 migrants
• 12 students with German as second or third
  language

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Staff

• 111 teachers
• 2 office staff

• 1 school assistant (technical support)
• 3 caretakers

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Structure

• Abitur as main degree
• Years 5-11 lessons in classes of 30
• Years 1213 only core lessons in classes some
  choice of other subjects
• Years 7-9 profiles (maths/science class
  bilingual class)
• Foreign languages English (from Year 3), French,
  Spanish, Latin (from Year 6 and 11)

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Special Activities

• Catos birthday memorial service, class
  activities
• Sports events throughout the year
• Team Day team building and cooperation
  activities
• Concerts and plays (staged by orchestra / Big
  Band / choir and drama classes)

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Trips

• Class trips Years 6, 8, 13
• Year 6 Kalkriese (Roman history)
• Year 9 Bergen-Belsen
• Year 11 trip to Berlin
• Exchanges with our partner schools

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IT-situation

• 2 computer labs
• 31 / 20 stations with internet access
• Single stations
• 2 in library (for students)
• teachers rooms with 17 stations (12 planned)
• All locations DSL connections
• 1 smartboard
• 12 mobile notebook / beamer combinations
• No webcam

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