Gymnasium Haganum

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Gymnasium Haganum
Location
The Hague, The Netherlands
Information
Rector	G. P. Th. Kloeg
Students	Approx. 650 (in 2005)
Type	Gymnasium
Established	1394
Homepage	http://www.haganum.nl

The Gymnasium Haganum is one of the oldest public schools in The Netherlands, located in the city of The Hague.

The name gymnasium refers to the type of school, the Dutch gymnasium. This type of secondary school is comparable to English grammar schools and U.S. college prep schools. In The Netherlands the gymnasium consists of six years in which pupils study the usual school subjects, with the addition of compulsory Ancient Greek and Latin, plus extra emphasis on academic and artistic skills.

The school was founded in 1394. The school is currently housed in a monumental neoclassical building, built in 1907.

In 2005 the school had around 650 students. The school is one of the top schools in the country, according to a yearly survey by Dutch Elsevier magazine.^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni include film director Paul Verhoeven and writer Ferdinand Bordewijk.

[edit] See also

• List of the oldest schools in the world

[edit] References

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