Information about GHRS Illingen

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Information about GHRS Illingen

• The initials GHRS stands for
• G Grundschule means elementary (primary)
• school (age 6 to 10)?
• H Hauptschule means secondary modern school
• (age 10 to 15)?
• R Realschule means junior high school (age 10
  
• to 16)?
• S Schule means school.
• This means that there are three types of school
  under one roof, they are led by one principal.

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View of the main school yard and two of our four
buildings.
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Geographical location
The city of Illingen is about here.
The state of Baden-Württemberg
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Location of our school
This is how Google sees our school.
The pictures are about 5 to 10 years old because
the newest building is missing.
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Facts about our school.

• There are 50 teachers teaching 600 students in 29
  classes and in three different school types.
• The school has 5 buildings, the oldest one built
  50 years ago and the newest one built 4 years
  ago.
• For physical education we can use two sports
  halls which are in walking distance to the
  school.
• Primary school pupils can participate in a before
  school and an after school program.
• School usually starts at 730 am and for the most
  pupils it ends at 1245 pm.

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School Zoo

• We have a school zoo.
• 8th grade pupils take care of fishes, mice,
  rabbits, birds and many more animals there.

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Honey bees

• Pupils from different classes can participate in
  a workgroup that takes care of bees and honey.

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School garden and lake

• Students learn about plants and animals in and
  around a lake during the year.

• 3rd grade students use the garden to plant, care
  for and harvest vegetables and fruits.

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School orchestra

• 5th and 6th graders who have applied to learn an
  instrument are taught and can participate in the
  school orchestra.

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Sports

• In grades 9 and 10 students can choose their
  favourite sports courses like athletics,
  gymnastics or different ball games.