Samsøgades School
Samsøgades School Samsøgades Skole | |
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Address | |
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Ny Munkegade 17, 8000 Aarhus C | |
Coordinates | 56°09′44″N 10°12′10″E / 56.1622°N 10.2028°E |
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School type | Primary Public |
Established | 1914 |
School number | (+45) 87 13 88 77 |
Chair | Janus Boye (2015) |
Principal | Preben Stadsgaard (2017) |
Grades | Reception - Year 9 |
Gender | Co-ed |
Age | 6 to 16 |
Enrolment | 480 |
Language | Danish |
Website | Website |
Samsøgades School (Danish: Samsøgades Skole) is a public primary school in the Midtbyen district of Aarhus, Denmark. The school offers reception classes, 0 through 9 grades and after-school activities for some 500 students across 22 classes (2016).[1]
History
In 1909, the paid school system in Aarhus was abolished in favor of a public school system, effectively ending 100 years of polarization in the school system. Teaching was homogenized and standardized so ideally all students had equal opportunity. Combined with rapid population growth the number of students grew and it became necessary to build a number of new schools in the early 20th century. The architect Ludvig Petersen had already built the schools in Ingerslevs Boulevard, Finsensgade and Fjordsgade and he was commissioned for another school project to be situated where the former epidemiological hospital had been situated in the northern section of the city.[2]
The school was a few months old when the
The school initially operated with gender separation and co-ed classes didn't become the norm until 1946. In the 1960s, the number of students in the city started dropping as more people moved their families into the suburbs, resulting in a number of school in the city center closing down. Samsøgade School survived but the neighboring school in Ny Munkegade closed nd the students moved to Samsøgade School. From 1987 to 1988, the number of students rose from 383 to 559. The growth was projected to be lasting so in 1988 the school was expanded for 5.8 million
In 1998, Samsøgade School was one of 22 applicants among 793, and the only one in Aarhus, to be chosen for the
Former students include 2 former Danish prime ministers: Hans Hedtoft and H. C. Hansen
Architecture
Samsøgades School is a monumental 4 story building in the
References
- ^ "Pupil numbers" (in Danish). Samsøgade SKole. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Samsøgade Skole" (in Danish). Aarhus City Archives. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Samsøgade Skole, Aarhus" (in Danish). ArkArk. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "Samsoegades-skole" (in Danish). Dansk Arkitektur Guide. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 March 2016.