St Stanislas College, Delft

St Stanislas College (Dutch, Stanislascollege) is a conglomerate of High schools in Delft, Pijnacker and Rijswijk. Saint Stanislas college itself was founded in Delft as a Gymnasium in 1948 by the Society of Jesus in the Netherlands.^[1] When other surrounding schools needed to work together to secure funding they joined to form a conglomerate. In 2007, there were 4253 students. It is the largest school in Delft, after the Christian Lyceum Delft and the Grotius College.

Locations

The conglomerate has seven schools:

• Westplantsoen in Delft is the main location where Saint Stanislas College was founded by the Jesuits. Lessons there are taught at the Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (HAVO) and Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (VWO) levels. It has about 1800 students.
• Reinier de Graafpad teaches the Voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (VMBO) and the HAVO for the first three years. After the taking the HAVO, students can transfer to another secondary school. It has approximately 750 students.
• Krakeelpolderweg teaches the VMBO and has about 440 students.
• Pijnacker teaches the VMBO, HAVO and VWO and has about 1250 students.
• Lodewijk Makeblijde College in Rijswijk has been part of the organization since 2008.^[2]

Chapel

St Stanislas Chapel (Dutch, Sint Stanislaskapel), is outside the front entrance to the college. The foundation stone was laid on 21 June 1955. It was consecrated on 13 November 1956, the anniversary of St Stanislas, by the Bishop of Rotterdam, Martinus Jansen. The architect of the chapel, which was designed in the style of the Bossche School, was Jan van der Laan.

Alumni

• Gregor Bak (graduated 1979), television presenter and pianist
• Hans van Heijningen (graduated 1972), Socialist Party politician
• Peter Tetteroo (graduated 1981), journalist
• Theo Verbey (graduated 1977), composer

Gallery

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  Statue of Stanislaus Kostka by Albert Termote

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  Statue of Cyrano Bergerac by Arie Teeuwisse

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  Chapel near the Stanislascollege

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  Sculpture above the entrance of the college chapel

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  Statue of St Joseph in the college chapel

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  Jesuit community plaque

See also

• Society of Jesus
• Education in the Netherlands
• Delft

References

1. ↑ The Reunion from Katholieke Radio Omroep retrieved 14 September 2013
2. ↑ Index from StanislasCollege.nl, retrieved 14 September 2013

External links

• St Stanislas College site

The Society of Jesus in the Netherlands Education St Stanislas College, Delft Berchmanianum, Nijmegen Spirituality Ignatius House, Amsterdam Churches De Krijtberg, Amsterdam St Stanislas Chapel, Delft St Francis Xavier Church, Enkhuizen St Peter Canisius Church, Nijmegen

Coordinates: 52°00′31″N 4°20′43″E / 52.008575°N 4.345414°E / 52.008575; 4.345414