Valjevo Gymnasium
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| Valjevo Gymnasium | |
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Ваљевска гимназија Valjevska gimnazija | |
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Vuka Karadzica 3 14000 Valjevo | |
| Information | |
Principal | dekibmw |
| Faculty | 62 |
| Enrollment | 760 |
| Website | http://www.valjevskagimnazija.edu.rs |
Valjevo Gymnasium (Serbian: Ваљевска гимназија, romanized: Valjevska gimnazija) is a high school located in Valjevo, Serbia. It is also known as Valjevo High School. [citation needed]
History
[edit]Valijevo Gymnasium was founded in 1870. For the first two years, it had only two grades. It’s had seven grades since 1907.
Today, about 760 students attend the institution.
Timeline
[edit]Timeline of important years in Valjevo Gymnasium’s history:
- 1870 – founded
- 1874 – added 3rd grade
- 1875 – added 4th grade
- 1893 – added 5th grade
- 1894 – added 6th grade
- 1898 – 5th and 6th grades ceased to exist
- 1903 – 5th grade operating again
- 1904 – 6th grade introduced
- 1907 – 7th grade introduced
- 1913 – Valjevo Gymnasium becomes fully eight grades school
- 1914 – Introduces 1st secondary education exam, then The World War I started and Gymnasium worked only in 1918
- 1940 – Split into First and Second Gymnasium
- 1942 – During World War II First Gymnasium became Boys' Gymnasium and Second Gymnasium became Girls' Gymnasium
- 1952 – High Gymnasium was introduced taking middle education grades from both First and Second Gymnasium, and those two had merged into one Gymnasium again
- 1966 – Moving back to the original building
- 1970 – Celebrating one century since founding
- 1989 – Teaching staff agreed to call the school Valjevo Gymnasium since it carried the name of Lenin from 1970
Notable Students and Faculty
[edit]- Vladimir Pecikoza (1977-present), archaeologist, former student at Valijevo Gymnasium