Ashram College
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Marsdiep 289, Alphen aan den Rijn; Lindelaan 2, Nieuwkoop Netherlands |
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| Type | Catholic school |
| Motto | Home in the world |
| Established | 1929 |
| Principal | Tilly van Wijk |
| Website | ashram |
The Ashram College is a Dutch high school located in Alphen aan den Rijn and Nieuwkoop. It was established in 1929. The school offers VWO excluding or including the classical languages Latin and Greek, HAVO and VMBO-T. Ashram College is a Catholic school.
The Ashram College was established in 1929 as the H. Bonifacius-ulo. Students were taught at VMBO-level. Later, in 1971, the school expended and added a HAVO-level to its education system. In 1972, the school changed its name to Ashram College. In 1973, another expansion added the VWO-level to Ashram College. In 1974 the Ashram College merged with De Nieuwe Cope in Nieuwkoop.
The Ashram College is a school based on catholic values. It aims to give inspiring, personal, creative and concerned education.
In the first phase a student will go to one of the three main levels (there are in total 7 levels but those are made out of the main three). VWO - pre-university secondary education, excluding and including the classical languages Latin and Greek, HAVO - higher general continued education and VMBO- preparatory middle-level vocational educationî. The Ashram College gives the opportunity to choose alternative subjects, for example Chinese. At the gymnasium subjects like philosophy and "Research & Design" are included. The student have to choose an additional course on their own, which they will practise four hours in the week. The choices in Alphen aan den Rijn are ‘ArtClass’, based on theater, art and music, ‘Sportlife’, including many sports, ‘Mondo’, reserved for "curious students" and ‘The Young Researcher’), intended for the inquiring pupil. In Nieuwkoop a student can choose between ‘Beauty & Wellness’, ‘SportLife’, ‘Technique’ and ‘The Theater Factory’).
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