The
Ukrainian Academic Gymnasium was founded in 1784. This event was proceeded by long years
of competitive work of the Ukrainian community as well as many other teachers patriots and
public figures, such as Metropolitan Yakumovych and Ambassador and priest Hryhoriy
Shashkevych.
Founded by Ausro-Hungurian state
more then 200 years ago for the educational needs of Halician Ukrainians, the glorious
gymnasium was ranked the first of Ukraine contemporary secondary school of classical type
with the native language of teaching, introduced in 1874.
The first Ukrainian headmaster,
Reverend Vasyl Ilnytskyi, the honourable patriot who took much interest and care in
religious education and national upbringing in the gymnasium deserved the most.
Such honourable teachers and public
figures as Ivan Boberskyi, Olexander Tysovskyi, Stepan Shach, Bogdan Makarushka, Yosyp
Zastrots, R. Prokopovych-Orlenko, Yulian Opelskyi, Ya. Rudnytskyi and others worked in the
gymnasium.
The first national school of
enslaved peoples, preserving the status of state education, cherished a great number of
honest, intelegent and courageous citizens for our motherland and the world, who
contributed their knowledge, talent and life in the name of dreamed freadom.
Among its pupils were Mykola
Ustiyanovych, the pioneer of national and cultural revival, professor Omelian Ohonovskyi,
composer Stanislav Ludkevych, colonel Yevhen Konovalets and general Roman Shuchevych -
Chuprynka.
The Academic Gymnasium resumed its
activities with the revival of our state in 1992. The Lviv Academic Gymnasium invites
gifted and talented children for studying. The principle aim of the gymnasium is to
educate and bring up scientific and self-conscious elite of the Ukrainian nation. The
pupils are admilted to the Gymnasium on the basis of competetive tests.
In grades 1-4 pupils obtain
intensive knoledge in the Ukrainian language, mathematics and English. The pupils are
given a choice to study the second foreign languages.
Introducing and practising new
methods of teaching, the gymnasium creates intellectual personalities.
The number of pupils in the
gymnasium is 636. There are 78 teachers, among them 5 Philosophy Doctors, 1 honoured
Teacher of Ukraine, 4 Teachers-Methodologists, 5 Senior Teachers, 1 Soros Teacher, 35 High
Category Teachers.
For the fifth year a new gymnasium
replenishment takes an oath during the traditional ceremony which takes place on May 6 on
St.Yuriy's Day, who is the patron of the gymnasium.
On St. Yuriy's Day the gymnasium has
a grand academy when the results summed up and the best pupils, the winners of local,all
Ukrainian and world contests are awarded. There are many students the gymnasium is proud
of.
The first maturity exemination took
place in 1878. 1998 - is the year of the first gymnasium graduates.
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