CJD Christophorusschule Königswinter

The CJD Christophorusschule Winter King is a nationally recognized, private alternative school in the Rhein- Sieg-Kreis (North Rhine -Westphalia, on the border with Rhineland -Palatinate ), whose carrier is the Christian Youth Village in Germany ( CJD). It consists of a secondary school and a secondary school, which are equivalent to the corresponding state schools. The school has about 1400 students Christopher (including junior high school: 400), who are taught by about 105 teachers. It also has a boarding school for students in grades 5 to 12, a continuous branch for gifted students, a center of excellence Gifted and school psychological counseling with a psychologist.

There are student exchange programs with schools in the U.S. (Milford ( Ohio)), France (Avignon, cognac and Sangatte ), Spain ( Boadilla del Monte), Sweden ( Kungsbacka ), Bolivia (Santa Cruz ) and an additional trips to Japan.

History

The St. Christopher School was founded in 1992 on behalf of CJD by Hans -Joachim Gardyan, with the College at the beginning consisted of about twenty teachers, seven of which up to that point, as Gardyan themselves had also taught at the CJD Braunschweig. In 1992 the school with a total of 360 students from grades 5-8 of secondary school and grades 5-11 at the Gymnasium. The first classroom building was built from 1969 to 1971 after a design by the architect Ernst van Dorp construction of the school was closed in 1991 predecessor Peter Berg Gymnasium ( today: A building with AK- tract). Later, with increasing number of students arrived the premises of 1995 closed after the expiry of the Municipal Junior High School at the Peter Berg ( today: B- building with BF tract ) loan, which had made the Peter Berg Gymnasium school center. Prior to the school's foundation, there were in the city of King Winter Council a heated argument about the future of vacant school building, which delayed the originally scheduled for 1991 start of school for one year. Alternatively, the establishment of an (urban) comprehensive school was planned. 1995 Christophorusschule had the first Abiturjahrgang and the first Graduation year of secondary school. In 2000, the boarding school was ( with outdoor housing groups in the former rectory of St. Remigius and a neighboring building about 70 seats) opened. Since 2004, the Christophorus school also organizes full-time care ( OGS) on the adjacent Johann- Lemmerz Elementary School.

In September 2005, with support from the German Telekom Foundation and its president Klaus Kinkel started a junior engineer academies in the differentiation of the high school field, which modifies the Baden- Württemberg Student Engineering Academy for middle school. In January 2006, the largely financed with funds from the Bonn -Berlin- balancing creative house was opened, which is also the other schools in the region. Hans -Joachim Gardyan was the school from 1992 to 2006 before as a youth village and school leaders. His successor came Reinhard Koglin (Director ), John Heath ( school management school) and Jörg Möller ( school management junior high school, until 2009, succeeded by Andreas Breitenstein ) in August 2006. Since the school year 2009/2010 shall be informed with 60-minute hours and extended breaks. These extended breaks also allow the building to change since then rented rooms, 500 meters away workers' center king winter in which takes place some of the teaching of high school age group. In November 2009, the self-learning center was opened, a building into which the expanded library was moved in the style of creative house. In July 2010, construction started for the enlarged cafeteria in the area between the auditorium and light rail station, which was taken at the beginning of the school year 2011/ 2012. Since August 1, 2012, the kindergarten Rauschendorf for CJD King Winter belongs.

Location

The St. Christopher School is located near the Königswinterer old town, about 200 meters from the River Rhine. Immediately adjacent are the boarding school, the church of Mary, Queen of Peace, an outdoor sports court, sports hall and the Königswinterer Paul- Lemmerz indoor pool. The school includes an auditorium with 700 seats, which is used for school events and occupies a central position within the school complex by a characteristic roof shape and the location in the middle of the higher courtyard.

In June 2005, the directly adjacent stop Longenburg the seven mountain railway ( tram line 66) of students of various art classes and courses has been redesigned. Stadtwerke Bonn thereupon the name of the stop since the end of 2005 extended to " Longenburg - CJD King Winter".

Special

In addition to the classes for high school students ( two classes per level, since 2010 every two years, an additional technique class from grade 5 ) and Rule - school students (three to four classes per level ) are available in the lower secondary one class per grade level, approximately, depending on the composed half of highly talented students and high school students are particularly powerful ( so-called integration class). In the school year 2006/2007 the specialist research was here, starting with the class 6, is introduced. Since 2012 there is a bilingual class 5 ( English ).

Since 2012 there is a bilingual class ( English ).

In upper secondary schools there are in each stage of a class of highly gifted students. They have both inclusive, as well as separate courses in the advanced course in the area and occupy three advanced courses (instead of two as in the control branch of the upper level), which are taught in part as a so-called excellence courses at a higher level. The actual teaching time is in the first and second year of high school shortened in these gifted classes for subsequent in-depth and project phase.

The school offers an extensive extra-curricular education with about 90 working groups, including a junior company, an apiary, a sanitary AG and a Japanese -AG. Japanese is taught as a subject at sixth form and can be chosen as Abitur.

All students of the introductory year of the high school ( class 10) make at the end of the first half of a three-week social internship. Religion is a compulsory subject until graduation. Students with reading and spelling difficulties can be supported by a specialist in a course at school.

Since 2004 it is possible to obtain the internationally recognized DELF diploma (French), since 2005, the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency ( English ). Since 2007, the acquisition of the DELE (Spanish) is possible.

A school affiliated music school ENABLES learning different instruments. Furthermore, there was until 2012 a renowned band called tinnitus.

Award

On 26 April 2010, the CJD Winter King was awarded at the award of the First School Prize of North Rhine -Westphalia for the Gifted with second place.

Since September 2011, the CJD King Winter is MINT - friendly school.

Famous graduates

• Axel Bellinghausen, football player
• Sophie Moser, musician (violin)
• Kurt Tallert, musicians ( Retrogott and Hulk Hodn )

Motto

• No one may be lost!
• Everyone has their chance!
• Not the same for everyone, but the best for everyone!