Het Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest (informally RLO) is a

secondary school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., b ...

in the town of

Oegstgeest Oegstgeest () is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Its population was in . Etymology The portion ''geest'' in the name refers to the Geest, geest lands, which were excavated in the seventeent ...

South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

, founded in 1956. Het Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest is part of the

Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation Stichting The Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation () is an educational foundation in the Netherlands encompassing nine different schools; three offering primary education and six offering secondary education. The Foundation, established in 1936, is bas ...

, which also contains other schools in the region, including the

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and the European School of the Hague, and formerly the Rijnlands Lyceum Dubai. The school building was designed by Rudi Bleeker, and the newly built wing from 2004 was designed by . RLO

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include many significant Dutch political or public figures (Including

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minister

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and current

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Kajsa Ollongren Jkvr. Karin Hildur "Kajsa" Ollongren (; ; born 28 May 1967) is a Dutch-Swedish politician who served as Minister of Defence from 10 January 2022 to 2 July 2024. A member of the Democrats 66 (D66), she previously served as Minister of the Inter ...

Curricula

The Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest offers two streams of Dutch secondary education: "higher general continued education" ( HAVO), and "preparatory scientific education" ( VWO). The school also offers

bilingual education In bilingual education, students are taught in two (or more) languages. It is distinct from learning a second language as a subject because both languages are used for instruction in different content areas like math, science, and history. The t ...

(TTO), in English and Dutch. In addition, the Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest has an international department offering the

International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) is an educational programme for students between the ages of 11 and 16 around the world as part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum. The Middle Years Programme is intended ...

(IB MYP) and

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(IB DP).

Notable former students

* Rudy Andeweg (Dutch political scientist) *

(Dutch politician: Secretary of State for Health, Welfare, and Sport; Minister of Education, Culture, and Science) *Maarten Fontein (CEO and managing director of

AFC Ajax Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (), also known as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam, or commonly Ajax, is a Dutch professional Association football, football Football team, club based in Amsterdam, that plays in the , the top tier in Dutch football. ...

) * Harold Goddijn (CEO of TomTom) * (linguist, journalist, and author) * (Dutch actress) *

(Dutch politician:

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; Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations;

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) * Princess Anita of Orange-Nassau (member of the

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) * Gerard Spong (Dutch lawyer) *

Diederik Stapel Diederik Alexander Stapel (born 19 October 1966) is a Dutch former professor of social psychology at Tilburg University. In 2011 Tilburg University suspended Stapel for fabricating and manipulating data for his research publications. This scient ...

(Dutch social psychologist: known for his

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) * (Dutch comedian and screenwriter) *

Erik-Jan Zürcher Erik-Jan Zürcher (born 1953) is a Dutch Turkologist. He is a professor of Turkish studies at Leiden University since 1997. From 2008 to 2012 he served as director of the International Institute of Social History. His book ''Turkey: a Modern Histo ...

(Dutch

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)

Notable faculty

* (Dutch journalist and political scientist – taught

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

in the 1970s) * (member of the

Dutch Council of State The Council of State () is a constitutionally established advisory body in the Netherlands to the government and States General that officially consists of members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members generally having political, comm ...

– taught social studies between 1996 and 1980) * Simone Haak (Dutch visual artist – taught arts in the 1990s and 2000s)Trudy van der Wees,
Simone Haak
," at ''verhalenwiki.nl,'' last updated 22 July 2018. * Gerwin van der Werf – (Dutch author and songwriter – currently teaches music)

References

External links

RLO Dutch Department ISRLO International Department
{{International schools in South Holland Schools in South Holland International Baccalaureate schools in the Netherlands International schools in the Netherlands Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation

Curricula

Notable former students

Notable faculty

See also

References

External links