Gerrit Rietveld College

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The Gerrit Rietveld College is a high school in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Around 1.250 students are educated at the school. The school is named after the Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. The following Dutch education levels are offered at the school: Gymnasium,[1] atheneum,[2] havo[3] and mavo.[4]

Gerrit Rietveld College

Gerrit rietveld college feb2016
General
Location  | Eykmanlaan 1200, 3571 KH, Utrecht (Tuindorp)
Founded  | 2005
Type  | vwo havo mavo technasium
Denomination  | rk/pc
Authorised supervision  | Willibrord Stichting
People
Head Master  | Mevr. Y. Petermeijer
Co-Head Master  | Dhr. T. M. Kragten
Students  | 1.180
Additional
Abbreviation  | GRC
Website  | http://www.gerritrietveldcollege.nl
| Portal | Education

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## History

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The Gerrit Rietveld College is the product of a merge between College De Klop and College Blaucapel in 2005. The school building from College De Klop was demolished and a new neighbourhood was built on the area.

The new merged school was housed in the building of College Blaucapel for 10 years. A new school building was constructed in the backyard of the old building. The school moved to the new building during the Christmas holidays in 2014/2015.

## Education

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The students in the building have their own classroom spaces, so called 'domains'. As opposed to most schooling in the Netherlands, the teacher comes to the students instead of the other way around. This way the students have their own place in the school building.

The school is the only school in Utrecht offering Technasium[5] education. In this education trajectory students get an additional subject called Research & Development (R&D). The goal is to introduce students to technical professions.

## Architecture and Art

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Decoration in the old building by Dick Elffers.

The old building that the school left in the end of 2014 has been built in 1964–1965 to a design of the architect Kees Elffers.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Gymnasium | Vwo – voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs - Gerrit Rietveld College". Gerrit Rietveld College (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-11-07.
2. ^ "Atheneum | Vwo – voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs - Gerrit Rietveld College". Gerrit Rietveld College (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-11-07.
3. ^ "Havo - hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs - Gerrit Rietveld College". Gerrit Rietveld College (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-11-07.
4. ^ "Mavo - middelbaar algemeen voortgezet onderwijs - Gerrit Rietveld College". Gerrit Rietveld College (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-11-07.
5. ^ "GRC+ Technasium - Gerrit Rietveld College". Gerrit Rietveld College (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-11-07.
6. ^ "Verdwenen Bouwwerken Referentielijst". verdwenengebouwen.nl. Retrieved 2018-11-07.

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