Göteborgs Högre Samskola
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| Established | 1901 |
| Type | Private |
| Rector | Alar Randsalu |
| Location | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Nickname | Sam, Samskolan |
| Website | www.samskolan.se |
Göteborgs Högre Samskolan is a private school in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Now (2006) the school has around 1350 students. The school has students from the lowest ages of 5 up to 18 and has a Förskola, a Grundskola and a Gymnasium. The school consists of a series of buildings for the younger grades 1 through 6 and a building for the older grades 7 to 9 and the 3 Gymansie grades. The school for the children grade 1-6 is situated in central Gothenburg on Föreningsgatan 12-17 and is known as Lilla Sam. The other part consists of two large buildings situated on Stampgatan. These buildings are known as Stora Sam. The current rector, Alar Randsalu, is set to retire in the spring of 2007 and is to be succeeded by Peter Järvsén, currently the rector of Frölunda gymnasiet.
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The school was established year 1901, and was one of the first schools in Gothenburg where both girls and boys went in the same classes, and the first where they went in the same classes in the Gymnasium.[1] Samskolan is known for being a prestigious school but it is sometimes believed to have a upper class profile. This is most probably because the school used to have a school fee, and it is often believed that this fee still exists today. Such fees are otherwise extremely rare in Sweden due to the fact that in 1992 the Swedish government introduced a school voucher system where the government pays for each student. Regardless if they attend a public school or a private school.[2]
Notable people who have attended the school are among others:
- Pehr G Gyllenhammar
- Pelle Pettersson
- Håkan Hellström
- Ebba von Sydow
- Dan Sten Olsson
- Peter Hjörne
- Clara Mannheimer
- Henrik Berggren
- Ingemar Allén
- Micael Bindefeld
- Catharina Svanborg
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The school was recently mentioned in an article in the Swedish Metro newspaper on the cover page, saying that Göteborgs Högre Samskola was the best Grundskola school in Gothenburg. The average graduation points that were achieved by the schools students were 263,4 out of 320 possible. Comparing this with the closest communal school which had around 240, Samskolan gives considerably higher grades.[3]
Lilla Sam follows the teachings of Maria Montessori. Stora Sam gives its students the choice to decide for themselves what to do during SA for the Grundskola students or EA for the Gymnasie students. You get a logbook where you attain signatures for each SA or EA pass you go to, to make sure that you do not skip lessons. Lilla Sam utilizes a similar system but where the same teacher is always present.
Samskolan has an English speaking section, where students that are exceptionally good at English can study. The classes, often giving the ending with an e or an E (example 4e, 5e, 6E) currently only have a 5th grade. The section was originally meant as an experiment and it is not known if the section will continue to exist.
Stora Sam is currently undergoing extensional building, the school building itself is owned by Gothenburg City and the city will not sell the whole school yard. If Samskolan was to buy part that was for sale the city would build a preschool on Samskolan's school yard. Due to this the school decided not to buy the main building but to extend in the building where the Gymansium resides.
[edit] References
- ^ Omskolan. Official Site.. Samskolan. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
- ^ Private, Profile (December 07, 2006). Education in Sweden. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 2006-07-12.
- ^ Bästa, det. (December 07, 2006). Hurray, vi go to the best school.. Metro International. Retrieved on 2006-12-09.
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