- Gymnasium Haganum
Infobox school
name=Gymnasium Haganum
type=Gymnasium
location=The Hague ,The Netherlands
established=1394
rector=G. P. Th. Kloeg
students=Approx. 650 (in 2005)
motto=
website=http://www.haganum.nlThe Gymnasium Haganum is one of the oldest
public school s inThe Netherlands , located in the city ofThe Hague .The name "gymnasium" refers to the type of school, the Dutch gymnasium. This type of secondary school is comparable to English grammar schools and U.S. college prep schools. In The Netherlands the gymnasium consists of six years in which pupils study the usual school subjects, with the addition of compulsory
Ancient Greek andLatin , plus extra emphasis on academic and artistic skills.The school was founded in 1394. The school is currently housed in a monumental
neoclassical building, built in 1907.In 2005 the school had around 650 students. The school is one of the top schools in the country, according to a yearly survey by Dutch
Elsevier magazine.Fact|date=December 2007Notable alumni include film director
Paul Verhoeven and writerFerdinand Bordewijk .ee also
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List of the oldest schools in the world References
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