The grammar school in Vysoké Mýto
Geographic coordinates of Vysoké Mýto:
Latitude: 49°57'
Longitude: 16°10'
Elevation above sea-level: 287 m
- The grammar school was founded 1879 by municipal council of Vysoké Mýto.
- New building of the grammar school was opened in 1882.
- 24. 6. 1887 the first leaving examinations (maturity exams - called this way
because the examination is supposed to prove the students' maturity) were proceeded,
51 students passed, from them 15 with award and there were 345 pupils in the whole school.
- In 1895 the grammar school was brought over to the government administration
by decision of Francis Joseph I. This is the end of the first phase of school history.
- During the First World War the school building served as a boarding house for army.
- After fifty years of its existence as a classic grammar school it was transformed to real and
distinguished persons taught there - Otmar Vaňorný, who translated Homer and Vergilius; Rudolf Šetina, musician,
philologist and philosopher - they are only two from many good teachers at the school.
- World War 2 changed destiny of many people associated with the grammar school in Vysoké Mýto.
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Some students published an illegal periodical "Bashful Tones", where their own literary
writings appeared and also an anti-Fascist tone could be felt.
"They tied our wings, they laid a knife on our heart ", wrote student Bohuslav Bárta.
- At the break of years 1939 and 1940 an illegal students' group was created, which tried to make an
active resistance - they gathered various printed matters, underground books,
trained themselves and tried to make antifascist agitation - e.g . propagation of pamphlets by bike.
- After 1945 several changes were done at the school, which reflected the changes in the whole republic.
The structure of subjects, the time and forms of studies were changed, but the
teachers' tendency to get the students ready for their " practical life " continued.
- On 3rd January 1978 a fire burst out at loft of the school. Thanks to quick liquidation and devoted
help of fireguards and Czechoslovak garrison troops nobody was injured, but the educational process had to be continued
in alternative out-of-school premises, and that's why the education became stricken.
- The nineties of the 20th century was a period of many important changes. Perhaps
the most important event was obtaining of legal subjectivity, which made school
possible to make significant changes in education and working of the school.
More individual position of the school appeared in continual equipment of classrooms,
cabinets and the whole school. 4-year and 8-year form of studies evoked extension of
classes to 12, and increased the interest of public about 8-year study at the school, that
is why the number of students increased. In the composition of higher degree of the grammar
school the educational blocks with expressive preferences of courses taught at universities were
created. It makes possible to satisfy the demands
of present society and assists the students, who want to study at universities.
- In 1997 new equipped language classrooms and computer technique classrooms were built in
part of loft, parts of passages were rebuilt to places where students can have a rest during the
breaks and cabinets were continually modernised.
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The grammar school supports few months' stages in foreign countries for talented
students as well, which brings invaluable experience and knowledge from English
and German speaking countries. School attendance in an international education project
Comenius seconded the ideas of international students' cooperation . Active participation
in programme Sokrates helped to get better knowledge of Sweden, Spain and Belgium. Swap
stays of our and foreign students and teachers help to get over language and
cultural differences and make the integration better in present Europe.
- Today so needful computer technique equipment has been extended in our school. Already in
1996 the school was one of the first to be connected to Internet and started the action of Ministry of
Education called "Internet to schools". The students can use two specialized computer
technique classrooms with network connection of all computers and connection to Internet.
On 19th June 2004 the school will celebrate the 125th anniversary from its foundation.