Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków

Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków

Infobox school
name = Jan III Sobieski High School
in Kraków


motto =
(la) "Si Deus nobiscum, quis contra nos?" [http://www.sobieski.krakow.pl/index.php?sobieski=oszkole4]
(pl) "Jeśli Bóg jest znami,
któż jest przeciwko nam?"
(en) "If God be with us, who is against us?"
established = 1883
type = Liceum ogólnokształcące
principal = Mr Marek Stępski
vice principal = Mrs Małgorzata Baran
Mr Leszek Lupa

city = Kraków
state = Małopolska
country = Poland
campus =
enrolment = Approx. 300
colours = white and green
picture =
homepage = [http://www.sobieski.krakow.pl sobieski.krakow.pl]

The Jan III Sobieski High School in Kraków - high school in Kraków, Poland founded in 1883.

History

The school was founded as a tribute to king Jan III Sobieski and his victory at battle of Vienna. The new building, which is still the location of "Jan III Sobieski High School" was completed in 1887. The students took part in both World Wars, fighting for the independence of Poland.

During the Nazi occupation of Poland the Germans made an office building of the school and destroyed all the book collection. After the leaving Kraków by Wehrmacht the school was the first in the city that started educating again.

Since 1969 the school has been an organizer of theatrical contest "Festiwal Małych Form Teatralnych" (en. "Small Theatrical Forms Festival"), were many famous Polish actors started their careers.

A student of Sobieski High School, Przemysław Mazur, was awarded a gold medal at International Mathematical Olympiad in 2006 [http://www.om.edu.pl/mom47.pdf] , 2007 [http://www.om.edu.pl/mom48.pdf] and 2008 [http://www.om.edu.pl/mom49.pdf] .

Famous Alumni

* Jan Stanisław Bystroń - sociologist and ethnographer
* Leon Chwistek - painter, philosopher
* Zdzisław Krygowski - mathematician
* Franciszek Macharski - archibishop of Kraków
* Bronisław Malinowski - anthropologist
* Tadeusz Peiper - poet
* Edward Raczyński - president of Poland in exile
* Jan Marcin Szancer - illustrator
* Tomasz Szczypiński - politician
* Jan Sztaudynger - poet, satirist
* Jerzy Turowicz - journalist

Famous Tutors

* Leon Chwistek, also an alumni
* Władysław Czapliński

ee also

* Nowodworek

References

External links

* [http://www.sobieski.krakow.pl Oficial Website]


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