A Bit of History

"Like a tree bears new fruit each year,

So should mankind create new values with each new generation.”

A. Schweitzer

Teaching staff in 1977

The Names of the School

           1926 –    German Humanistic Mid-school

     1945/46 –    Private General Mid-school

                         State General Mid-school and Secondary School

Private General Mid-school

           1964 –    The school is named after Janek Krasicki

 5  VI  1991 –     The school changes its name to K. K. Baczyński

 

  "Important Dates..."

“Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher."

Frederic Chopin

1887 - A German primary school for boys and girls is founded by the Moravian Brothers Community

1926 - The German Humanistic Mid-school moves to the newly-constructed building in Gimnazjalna Street

12 November 1945 - Mieczysław Petri starts the Polish Private General Mid-school at the former Parish School on the corner of Kuśnierska and Kościelna Streets

5  February  1946 - A private Evening Mid-school is created, the headmistress is Maria Strzelecka

16  June  l946 - The school’s seat moves to a former Soviet army hospital in Gimnazjalna Street

5 August 1946 - The school changes its name to State General Mid-school and Secondary School

March  1947 - The first final exams at the Evening Mid-school

May 1948 - The first final exams at the General Secondary School

19 November 1955 - The 10^th jubilee and the first graduate reunion

1960 - The sporting grounds, including tennis courts, are built

1961 - 1963 - A new wing is added to the school, holding classrooms and the auditorium

1  February  1964 - The school adopts the name of Janek Krasicki; the ceremony is attended by his mother

 8 May 1965 - The 20^th jubilee, the second graduate reunion

1969 – 79 - Mr Z. Palczyński starts the school theatre called “Muza”

1971 - Parent teacher association founds the School Standard

1977 - Partnership with the German secondary school in Hoyerswerda is started by Ms G. Pirus

1978 - A visit of the Ambassador of France

22 April 1978 - The 30^th jubilee, the third graduate reunion

11 - 15 April 1988 - Partnership with Carl von Ossietzky Oberschule from Berlin is started; visits of German students from Achim and Cottbus

1990 - Delegates from our school take part in a Euroseminar on Polish – French – German relations. The conferences take place in the cities of Stella Maris , Bocholt, Zielona Góra, Berlin and Hoyerswerda

1992 - Ms M. Stachowiak starts the school theatre called “Za”

1994 - The school, as one of merely 15 schools in Poland, introduces the French curriculum in humanistic classes, enabling our students further education at French universities without having to take entrance exams

1995 - The school, together with the partner schools from Berlin and Hoyerswerda, is awarded the Gustav-Heinemann-Bürgerpreis

1997 – 98  - The great flood affects the school, major renovations follow

2001 - Ms A. Chyżak starts the school theatre called “Avis”

2004 - The school organises the first nation-wide competition on Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, which becomes an annual event

2004 - Partnership with a German school in Senftenberg is started

January 2005 - The Association of the School’s Friends and Graduates is founded