Kungsholmens Gymnasium

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The school building on Hantverkargatan in Stockholm

Kungsholmens gymnasium (alternatively Kungsholmen's Gymnasium if following English grammar rules) is a high school located on the island of Kungsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden. The school is divided into a Swedish Section, an English-speaking International Section, and a Music Section which uses the name Stockholms Musikgymnasium.

1 History
2 Study Programs
3 Gender Unbalance
4 Student Democracy
5 School Officials
6 External links

[edit] History

The school traces its roots to "Kungsholmens Allmänna Läroverk" which began in 1902 in private accommodations on S:t Eriksgatan (St. Erik's Street), but then in 1907 moved into a new building on Hantverkargatan. The school has remained in that building since. In 1984, Stockholms Musikgymnasium (Stockholm's Music School) moved into the same building, and maintains a level of autonomy as a separate section of the school but within the same building. In 1987, the International Section moved out of Norra Real, another upper-secondary school in Stockholm, and joined Kungsholmens Gymnasium.

[edit] Study Programs

Kungsholmens Gymnasium offers several different programs in their different sections. The International Section offers three programs of study: the social science program (samhällsvetenskapliga programmet), the natural science program (naturvetenskapliga programmet), and the International Baccalaureate program. The Swedish Section includes the Social and Natural Science programs, and beginning in the 2006-07 school year began offering a Nursing Program (omvårdnadsprogrammet). The music section teaches specialized versions of the social and natural science programs, modified to include their choral courses.

[edit] Gender Unbalance

Like many of the inner-city schools in Stockholm, Kungsholmens Gymnasium has a heavy unbalance between male and female students. As of 2005, the school had a female to male ratio of over 60:40. This divide is particularly large in the music section, and in music section's social science classes the unbalance is sometimes greater than 75:25.

[edit] Student Democracy

One of the goals of the school is to strive to impress upon their students the importance of democracy, along with its advantages and disadvantages. As part of this effort, the school possesses a Student Council (Elevrådet) which, despite the schools administration's veto power, still manages to be rather influential in the school.