The Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium is a coeducational gymnasium in Heusenstamm, Germany, established in 1966. It has about 1400 pupils from age 10 to 18.
History
Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium opened on 1 December 1966, which was the beginning of a shortened school year because of a change-over from Easter to Summer as the beginning of the school year. In 1970, the school building was completed, so that provisional accommodation was no longer used. In 1973, the school began student exchanges with the Judd School, and later extended them to Tonbridge Grammar School for Girls, which has since changed its name to Tonbridge Grammar School.
Subjects
Languages
All in all there are five languages which are taught at Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium in Heusenstamm: German as native language, English, French, Spanish and Latin as foreign languages.
German is of course a core subject and it is taught from year 5 to year 12. Thus, the school has many German teachers.
English is also a very important language, so it is mostly from year 5 that English is taught as a core subject. In year 9 an exchange trip to the partner school in Tonbridge is organized. In year 11 pupils are also able to do a one-week internship at a business in Tonbridge.
At the school you can choose French either as a first, second or third language. In year 7 it is also possible to do the Delf-examination. This enables the students to study in France.
Spanish can be chosen either as a second or third language. In year 11 there is an exchange with ARG´s partner school I.E.S. Santa Eulalia in Mérida.
Since the founding of the school Latin has been an integral part of the foreign language program. Latin can be chosen as a second or third language.
Religious Education
At the Adolf-Reichwein-School you can choose between catholic or protestant religious education or ethics. Worship takes place at the Maria-Himmelskron-church after each holiday. Pupils can choose to join in.
Music and Art
There are many music rooms with lots of instruments like pianos, flutes, kettle drums, recorders and xylophones. Pupils have to study music theory too. Songs have to be learned by heart and performed on stage. Every student that wants to learn an instrument like the piano, recorder or flute can do so with the Big Band. The arts department have their own building at school, the K-building. There are many options to display drawings and paintings.
Science
At the Adolf-Reichwein-School there are five computer rooms and notebook carts. Pupils have five lessons of Maths each week. At the school they have got two lessons of chemistry each week. Chemistry starts for all students in year 7. In the C-building you have many chemistry rooms with fire extinguishers and other safety measures. Physics is a subject which comes into the curriculum in year 6. Like chemistry you have two lessons per week. Biology starts in year 5. Like the chemistry rooms the biology rooms are in the C-building. Pupils have 2 or 3 lessons per week. Geography is a subject which pupils start on entry to the school. Each week pupils have got two lessons of geography.
Extracurricular activities
The orchestra is a club where many musicians can play their instrument. There are two of them at the ARG, one is for the musicians, who can’t play very well and the other one is for the better ones. In the second orchestra the more talented musicians play but most of them aren’t at the school anymore.
Campus
The ARG-Campus has a gym and four buildings for classrooms named A-, B-, C- and K-buildings.
The A-Building was built in 1970. It has four floors and 88 rooms. Also the offices and the library are lodged in the A-Building. A computer room is also on the first floor. In the cellar there are additional classrooms. Languages, history, politics, religious education and geography are taught here.
In the B-building there are eight rooms separated on two floors. The B-building is for upper classes.
In the C-building there are 20 rooms. There are three floors. On the ground floor there are three rooms for music and a cafeteria, too. On the first floor there are eight rooms for physics and computing. On the second floor there are eight rooms for biology and chemistry. It also can be called the Science Building.
The K-Building has ten rooms and an observatory. The K-Building is for the arts. The ARG has an afternoon club for the observatory. The observatory is also in the school´s emblem. The K-Building has got a ground floor and a first floor. The observatory is on the second floor. In the basement of the A- building there are some art materials. The K-building is tall and large.
The school has its own gym, built in 2007, with six cabins, showers and toilets. The gym has three sections so three classes can simultaneously use it. A climbing wall is also installed, and there are three equipment rooms, one in each section.
Staff
The current staff of Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium Since September 2009 the Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium has a new head teacher, Siegfried Ritter, who had been deputy headmaster of a sixth form before. He teaches Political science, history and French. Dirk Bittner is the assisting head teacher at the ARG. As an assistant head teacher he has to create the timetables and organize the supply teaching. There are three school secretaries. Former staff of Adolf-Reichwein-Gymnasium Before Bittner was appointed as assisting head teacher Hans Köhring worked from 2000 to 2017 as an assisting head teacher at the ARG. Before Köhring got this job he already had been at this school for 23 years. He was a teacher and a student at that time. He taught history, German, computing and political science. When he was a student he liked to work at the ARG. Mr. Krech worked at the ARG for more than 20 years. He was responsible for all technical questions.
