St. George's Austrian High School
St. George's Austrian High School | |
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coeducational gymnasium | |
Established | 1882 |
Principal | Gernot Grabher |
Faculty | 45 Austrian 25 Turkish |
Grades | Prep, 9 – 12 |
Enrollment | ca. 620 |
Campus | Urban |
Color(s) | Red, White |
Website | http://www.sg.k12.tr |
Stairs connecting the former boys' and girls' courtyards |
St. George's Austrian High School (
Today, the school is subject to regulation by the Turkish
History
Sankt Georg was founded in 1882 by Austrian
Curriculum
The school combines both the Austrian and the Turkish curricula to prepare its students for the Turkish and Austrian school leaving examinations and to enrich their general knowledge. Under the current curriculum, students at Sankt Georg can learn up to three foreign languages. German and English are the two compulsory foreign languages taught at Sankt Georg. Aside from these two languages, students can choose either Latin or French as their third foreign language. Most subjects (including math, sciences, philosophy and arts) are taught in German by Austrian teachers, but subjects related to Turkish culture and language (such as Turkish literature, history and geography) are taught in Turkish by Turkish teachers. Students learn German in a compulsory one-year preparatory program.
School-leaving qualifications offered
- Turkish high school diploma (Lise diploması)
- Austrian Matura: Students wishing to pursue their tertiary education at universities in Austria, or in the European Union, have the right to sit the Austrian Reifeprüfung examination at Sankt Georg. Once students pass the examination, they obtain the Matura certificate, which is equivalent to International Baccalaureate (IB).
School library
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The current school library opened in 1988, after 2 small libraries within the school building were brought together. As of 2020, it contains more than 26,000 books, 20 periodicals/magazines in Turkish, German and English, and CDs/DVDs.
Alumni
Alumni of Sankt Georg gather every year in the last week of April at a re-union called "Strudeltag". Another annual re-union is organised around May in Vienna, which is intended for the graduates of Sankt Georg living/studying in Austria or in other European countries.
Notable alumni
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List sorted in alphabetical order of surnames:
- Ian F. Akyildiz, Ken Byers Chair Professor in Telecommunications, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- Aret Güzel Aleksanyan, founder of Vienna Interkul Theater (Wiener Interkul Theater), 2008 Vienna City Gold Medal for Outstanding Service
- Zerrin Arbaş, actress and Best Model of Turkey 1965
- Defne Ayas, Museum Director, Renowned Curator
- Cenk Aydin, Young Global Leader, Banker and Entrepreneur
- Rutkay Aziz, actor and director
- Zeyno Baran, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute
- Enis Berberoğlu, Chief editor of the Hürriyet daily
- Gültekin Çizgen, photography artist
- Cansu Demirci, actress
- Kenan Ece, actor
- Burak Elmas, president of the sports club Galatasaray S.K.
- Ufuk Esin, archaeologist
- Leyla Gediz, painter, arts exhibition curator
- Ömer Göksel, composer, jazz musician
- Meral Güneyman, musician and pianist
- Mehmet Gürel, writer, singer
- Zeynep Damla Gürel, Special advisor to the head of state in European affairs; former deputy of Republican People's Party (CHP)
- Tunç Hamarat, World Correspondence Chess Champion 1999-2004
- Ediz Hun, actor and MP
- Mustafa Iscel, ÖVP MP
- Mine Ayşe Karamehmet, founder of the art schools; Atölyedans and Atölyemüzik
- Mustafa Koç, businessman
- Alev Korun, the first Turkish MP in the Austrian Parliament
- Petros Markaris, Greek-Armenian author
- Mehmetcan Mincinozlu, actor
- Ulaş Moğultay, Board Member at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Group
- İlber Ortaylı, historian
- Fatih Ozguven, author, literary translator and columnist
- Tezer Özlü, translator and writer
- Murat Ses, musician and keyboard player, founding member of Moğollar
- Nijad Sirel, writer
- Ahmet Tulgar, writer and journalist
- Merva Ulusoy, program editor and presenter for the show Headquarters on CNN Türk news channel
- Mesut Yılmaz, former prime minister of Turkey