Kungsholmens gymnasium
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| Established | 1902 |
Kungsholmens gymnasium (Kungsholmen Upper Secondary School in English) is a high school located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which uses the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium.
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[edit] History
The school traces its roots to "Kungsholmens Allmänna Läroverk" which began in 1902 in private accommodations on S:t Eriksgatan (St. Erik's Street), but moved into a new building on Hantverkargatan in 1907. The school has remained in that building ever since. In 1984, Stockholms Musikgymnasium (Stockholm Music School) moved into the same building and maintains a level of autonomy as a separate section of the school but within the same building. In 1987, the International Section moved out of Norra Real, another upper-secondary school in Stockholm, and joined Kungsholmens Gymnasium.
[edit] Study programs
Kungsholmens Gymnasium offers several different programs through its different sections. The International Section offers three programs of study: the social science program (samhällsvetenskapliga programmet), the natural science program (naturvetenskapliga programmet), and the International Baccalaureate program.The Swedish Section includes the Social and Natural Science programs, and in the 2006-07 school year began offering a Nursing Program (omvårdnadsprogrammet). The admission to Kungsholmens Gymnasium is consistently one of the hardest in Stockholm area. In 2012, the merit points to Nature Science in Swedish section is 315 out of 320, the highest merit points requirement in Stockholm, and 310 points in Social Science of Swedish section and Natural Science in International section, the second-highest of admission standard. The school is known for its students who has been admitted to top universities around the world, including Ivy league universities in US, KTH, Karaolinska Institue,Oxford and Cambridge. The music section teaches specialized versions of the social and natural science programs, modified to include their choral courses.
[edit] Gender imbalance
Like many of the inner-city schools in Stockholm, Kungsholmens Gymnasium has an imbalance between male and female students. As of 2005, the school had a female to male ratio of over 60:40. This divide is particularly marked in the music section, where the social science classes sometimes have an imbalance in excess of 75:25.
[edit] Student democracy
One of the goals of the school is to strive to impress upon students the importance of democracy, along with its advantages and disadvantages. As part of this effort, the school has a Student Union (Elevkåren) which, despite the schools administration's veto power, still carries a degree of influence.
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Coordinates: 59°19′49″N 18°02′00″E / 59.33028°N 18.0333333°E
