Kolding Gymnasium
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Kolding Gymnasium or Kolding Gymnasium, HF-kursus og IB World School is a Danish gymnasium
, which, aside from the standard gymnasium courses, also offers the HF programme
and the IB Diploma Programme.
, Queen of Denmark, and re-located to new buildings in 1975, where it remains today. In 2002, the school adopted the IBDP as one of its main types of education. In 2006, the school suffered extensive water damage, forcing the students to stay home for a week. This incident forced some of the students to take lessons during the Danish winter vacation
instead of, to reach the amount of lessons required before the academic year ended.
Since then, the school has undergone a huge amount of on-going repair; a new auditorium
has been built, the facade of the school has been renovated, and a new knowledge centre, to house the school library, has been built.
Gymnasium (Denmark)
The Danish Gymnasium offers a 3-year general academically-oriented upper secondary programme which builds on the 9th-10th form of the Folkeskole and leads to the upper secondary school exit examination...
, which, aside from the standard gymnasium courses, also offers the HF programme
Higher Preparatory Examination (HF)
The Higher Preparatory Examination is a 2-year general upper secondary programme building on to the 10th form of the Folkeskole and leading to the higher preparatory examination , which qualifies for admission to higher education, subject to the special entrance regulations applying to the...
and the IB Diploma Programme.
History
Kolding Gymnasium was founded in 1542 by Dorothea of BrandenburgDorothea of Brandenburg
Dorothea of Brandenburg was the consort of Christopher of Bavaria and Christian I of Denmark. She was queen of Denmark , Norway and Sweden two times each...
, Queen of Denmark, and re-located to new buildings in 1975, where it remains today. In 2002, the school adopted the IBDP as one of its main types of education. In 2006, the school suffered extensive water damage, forcing the students to stay home for a week. This incident forced some of the students to take lessons during the Danish winter vacation
Public holidays in Denmark
; three additional shop closing days are mentioned in section Other special days.-Public holidays:-Other special days:Some of these days derive from politics, and some from Roman Catholic traditions that predate the current national church...
instead of, to reach the amount of lessons required before the academic year ended.
Since then, the school has undergone a huge amount of on-going repair; a new auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
has been built, the facade of the school has been renovated, and a new knowledge centre, to house the school library, has been built.