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Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem

Field	Value
name	Latin School of Haarlem
native_name	Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem
caption	Prinsenhof "hortus" with "Lau"
motto	Vicit Vim Virtus
image	Gym Haarlem.jpg
established
address	Prinsenhof 3
city	Haarlem
zipcode	2011 TR
country	Netherlands
grades	6 - 12
type	Gymnasium (school)
principal	Jan Henk van der Werff
staff	teachers: 67, rest: 20
enrollment	856
ratio	8.6
newspaper	Mirabile Lectu
website

The Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem or the Latin School of Haarlem is a secondary school in Haarlem, Netherlands. The school was founded in 1389 and is therefore one of the oldest schools in the world. The school offers voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (preparatory scientific education) exclusively and is an independent gymnasium enrolling 822 students and 95 teachers, for a teacher/student ratio of 8.6.

History

Expansion realized in 1923 by architect [[Jan Buijs

Peace temple in the hortus, built in 1648

Romantic view of the Hortus from the school's front door in 1688 by [[Romeyn de Hooghe]] for the Haarlem city map made to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the [[siege of Haarlem]]. On the right is the peace temple. The whole map is on display in the [[St. Bavochurch]].

In 1389 a Latin school was begun north of the St. Bavochurch in the Schoolsteeg. After the Siege of Haarlem when the city council seized all Catholic possessions, the school moved in 1592 to the quarters of the old Dominican Order monastery located behind the City Hall. The current school is still located there on the Prinsenhof, that can be reached via the Jacobijnestraat. It still offers a classical curriculum, including studies in Latin and Greek.

The first rector recorded is Meester Gheraerde de scoelmeester in 1301. In 1389 the city was given the privilege of appointing the rector together with the pastor of the Bavo. He almost lost his job when the council decided to start a collegie or university there, but perhaps because Leiden had already been founded, this never happened. He did complete a major reorganization of the school that was then placed in the hands of his successor, Theodorus Schrevelius.

During the years 1864–1875 and again from 1925–1933, the school merged with the Hogere Burger School, due to a decrease in enrollment.

Notable alumni

Amir Sjarifoeddin – second Prime Minister of the Indonesian Republic
Thierry Baudet – politician, academic and journalist
Hadrianus Junius (1550–1552)
Theodorus Schrevelius – humanist, writer and poet
Job Cohen – former Mayor of Amsterdam and in 2010 leader of the Labour Party (Netherlands)
Jessica Durlacher – writer
Hamengkubuwono IX – ninth Sultan of Yogyakarta
Ed Spanjaard – conductor
L.H. Wiener – writer
Jan Kops – Baptist preacher and professor of agronomy at the University of Utrecht
Edward Brongersma – Dutch politician, lawyer, jurist and criminologist
Christianus Cornelis Uhlenbeck – Dutch linguist, anthropologist and writer
Jan Kruseman – Dutch jurist and president of the Court of Amsterdam
Guido van Rossum – Dutch computer programmer
Martijn Bolkestein – Dutch politician

References

"Onze school".
schoolgids 2018-2019 Stedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem, download on https://www.sghaarlem.nl/
''Deugd boven geweld, Een geschiedenis van Haarlem, 1245-1995'', edited by Gineke van der Ree-Scholtens, 1995, {{ISBN. 90-6550-504-0, p88
The rector was paid by the fees paid by students. He also took in students from outside the city and received extra fees for room and board. From his income, he paid the teachers ({{Lang. nl. nl. Heilige Geest, a religious institution formerly located at what is now the [[Hofje van Oorschot]], they had a fund from 1502 to 1577 (the {{Lang. nl
(2006-07-14). "Article in Dutch on North Holland Archives website". Noord-hollandsarchief.nl.

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