The Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasium Dresden (MANOS) is a selective high school (gymnasium) in Dresden, Germany, with a special focus on mathematics and sciences. It was formerly the school for radio mechanics in the GDR. It is named after the Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø.
The current head of school is Mr. Holm Wieczoreck.[1]
History
1903 Creation of classes for secondary education at the Bürgerschule Blasewitz
1904 Planning for own school building
1907 Start of the construction
1908 Inauguration of the new school building as Realgymnasium Blasewitz on April 30, 1908
1945 Resumption of classes on October 1, 1945 as the Oberschule Dresden-Ost, housed in various buildings, with separate classes for boys and girls
1947 First mixed classes on September 1, 1947
1949 Complete co-education
1954 Renaming to Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Oberschule
1963 School for radio mechanics
1964 School for electronics industry
1969 Inauguration of the Martin Andersen Nexö Memorial on June 26, 1969
1986 Selective school for mathematics and sciences
1992 Foundation of Gymnasium Dresden-Blasewitz in Seidnitz (in the former 94th Polytechnic Secondary School) with a branch campus for advanced mathematics and science courses in the Kretschmerstraße
1998 The building in the Kretschmerstraße becomes the main campus of the Gymnasium Dresden-Blasewitz
2001 The school officially regains the name Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Gymnasium Dresden
2008 The school moves to the facilities of the former Joseph-Haydn-Gymnasium in Dresden-Striesen.
Profile
The school focuses early on a more advanced education in mathematics and sciences. An entrance examination is required for admission to the school. With more classes than normal in mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and informatics, the students from grade 7 on learn more about STEM than students in a regular high school.
The school also has a contract with the Dresden University of Technology under which students in grades 7 and 8 spend a week there doing a project. In addition, 11th-grade students in the intensive program are required to carry out a scientific study. Students also take three subjects, rather than the normal two, at a higher level.
The school's alumni includes the research mathematician Lisa Sauermann, who received acclaim for her results at the International Mathematical Olympiad.[2]