Göteborgs Högre Samskola

Göteborgs Högre Samskola
Location
Gothenburg Sweden
Coordinates	57°42′41.15″N11°59′26.38″E
Information
Type	Independent
Established	1901
Rector	Egil Gry
Nickname	Sam, Samskolan
Website	samskolan.se

Göteborgs Högre Samskolais an independent school inGothenburg,Sweden.

Information

In 2006 the school had about 1350 students. The school has students aged 5 through 19 and has aFörskola,aGrundskolaand aGymnasium.The school consists of a series of buildings for the younger grades 1 through 6 and a separate building for middle school and high school students. The school for the children in grade 1–6 is situated in central Gothenburg on Föreningsgatan 12-17 and is known as Lilla Sam. The other part consists of two large buildings situated on Stampgatan. These buildings are known as Stora Sam. The longtimerector,Alar Randsalu, retired in the spring of 2007 and was succeeded by Peter Järvsén, formerly rector of Frölundagymnasiet.

History

The school's interior

Overlooking one of the parking lots.

The school was established in 1901,and was one of the first coeducation schools in Gothenburg, and the first one with mixed classes in High school.It was non-denominational, so many Jewish families sent their children to the school.

Samskolanis a prestigious school and is also believed to have anupper classprofile. This is most likely because the school used to have a school fee, and this fee is mistakenly believed to be in existence to this day. Such fees are otherwise extremely rare in Sweden since in 1992 the Swedish government introduced aschool vouchersystem where the government pays for each student, regardless of whether he attends a public school or a private school.

Notable people who have attended the school include:

• Henrik Berggren ofBroder Daniel
• Arne Beurling
• Micael Bindefeld
• Rick Falkvinge
• Kelly Gale
• Pehr G. Gyllenhammar
• Håkan Hellström
• Felix Kjellberg (PewDiePie)
• Mikaela Parmlid
• Pelle Pettersson
• Timo Räisänen
• Ebba von Sydow

Current

The school was mentioned in an article in the SwedishMetronewspaper on the cover page, saying thatGöteborgs Högre Samskolawas the bestGrundskolaschool inGothenburg.The average graduation score achieved by the school's students was263.4out of320possible. Comparing this with the closest communal school which had around240,the students that are attendingSamskolanachieve higher grades than the average.

Lilla Samfollows the teachings ofMaria Montessori.Stora Samgives its students the choice to decide for themselves what to do duringSAfor theGrundskolastudents orEAfor theGymnasiestudents. You get a logbook where you attain signatures for eachSAorEApass you attend, to make sure that you do not skip lessons. Typically during an EA pass you do your home work, whereas during SA hours you might prepare small projects (such as reading a novel and then do a write-up on it to be presented to a teacher of your choice).Lilla Samutilizes a similar system but where the same teacher is always present.

Samskolanhas an English speaking section, where students that are exceptionally good at English can study. The classes, often given an ending of an e or an E (e.g. 4e, 5e, 6e) currently only have a 5th grade. The section was originally meant as an experiment and it is not known if the section will continue to exist.

Stora Samis currently undergoing extensive refurbishment; the school building itself is owned byGothenburg Cityand the city will not sell the whole school yard. IfSamskolanwas to buy part that was for sale the city would build apreschoolonSamskolan'sschool yard. Due to this the school decided not to buy the main building but to extend in the building where theGymnasiumresides.

Additional images

• 
  Samskolan seen fromSvingeln.
• 
  Göteborgs högre samskola in Göteborg

External links

• The school's official website(in Swedish)
• The school's official Facebook Page(in Swedish)