Gymnasium Jur Hronec Explained

Spojená škola Novohradská - ZŠ Košická, Gymnázium Jura Hronca
Established:1959
Head Label:Headmaster
Head:Renáta Karácsonyová
Country:Slovakia
Staff:approx. 100
Enrolment:approx. 1200
Gender:Mixed
Website:http://www.gjh.sk

Gymnázium Jura Hronca (GJH) is a gymnasium (grammar school) in Bratislava, Slovakia.

The school focuses on the study of natural sciences, mathematics, and computer sciences. However, its affiliation with the International Baccalaureate, an active bi-lingual (English – Slovak) programme and the option to study several foreign languages such as French and German, the school has a strong reputation for the study of foreign languages.

In the school year 2005/2006, GJH launched lower programs of IB Primary Years Programme and IB Middle Years Programme.

The school has been recently known as the "Spojená škola Gymnázium Jura Hronca a ZŠ Košická" (United school of the Gymnázium Jura Hronca and the Košická Primary School) after a merge with the primary school Základná škola a osemročné gymnázium Košická sharing the same building.[1]

History

The school was founded on January 9, 1959, as an 11-year secondary school. In the school year 1969/70 the school was granted the status of a Gymnasium, named after the Slovak mathematician Jur Hronec.

In 1997 the school donated the head of a mummified Egyptian man to the Slovak National Museum.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Gymnázium Jura Hronca, March 13, 2011, this article
  2. Šefčáková . Alena . Hudec . Jozef . Strouhal . Eugen . Thurzo . Milan . A New Egyptian Human Mummified Head in the Slovak National Museum, Bratislava . The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology . 91 . 1 . 2005 . 0307-5133 . 10.1177/030751330509100115 . 190–197 .