St.-Pius-Gymnasium
St.-Pius-Gymnasium is a private Gymnasium (high school) in Coesfeld near Münster, Germany. As of 2005 it has approximately 690 pupils.
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| Dates (schoolyear 2008/2009) | |
|---|---|
| foundation: | 1953 1964 as Gymnasium |
| teachers and students | |
| teachers: | 52 |
| students: | 791 |
| contact: | |
| school address: | Gerlever Weg 48653 Coesfeld |
| internet: | http://www.piuscoe.de/ |
| director | |
| chief director: | Dr. Norbert Just |
| second director: | Dr. Thomas Wenning |
It is named after Pope Pius X. The school is associated with the Lycée Notre-Dame in Guingamp, Brittany, France and a high school in Poole, Yorkshire, England.
The school has its own chapel and an auditorium. The whole school is a non-smoking area.
History
It was founded in 1953 by Bishop Michael Keller as an Internat (all-boys boarding school), in order to educate about 100 students for the priesthood. It had a fee of 100 Marks.
In April 1964 it was changed to a high school. In 1965 the school building at Gerlever Weg was built. Girls were admitted starting in 1969, and in the same year a building was erected for up to 300 students. In 1976 it became a Gymnasium. In 1979, the last of the boarding students left, and the following year a major expansion to the buildings was made.