The Sint-Lodewijkscollege is a Catholic high school (subsidized free school) in the centre of

Lokeren Lokeren () is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Belgian Provinces of Belgium, province of East Flanders, and belongs to the Waasland, also called ''Land van Waas'', of which it is the second ...

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History

The historic

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building was built in 1714 for the family Van Kersschaever. The facade is a classified

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site and protected monument. The actual school was established in 1850 by the

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, Louis-Joseph Delebecque. In earlier times, there was also elementary education and a

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, which closed in 1971. In 1969, it was one of the first schools which abolished

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. Since the 1990s, the number of students remained stable around 1000.''Stemmen op schrift: Een halve eeuw Sint-Lodewijkscollege Lokeren in getuigenissen 1940-1990'', Alain Debbaut en Joost Van den Branden, 2006-2007.

Education

Students follow three cycles during 6 years of education. The school offers only ASO-education, which is a normal type of education that prepares the students for

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and

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. Subjects include

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, Human science, Classical languages,

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and

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. The school educates its students from a Catholic point of view. School principals (Dutch ''directeur''): *Principal: Caroline De Ridder

Trivia

*Graduating students give a yearly

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-performance, '' Avond van de Zesdes''.

Notable students

Anne Van Lancker Anne Edward Marie Van Lancker (born 4 March 1954) is a Belgian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament (until 2009) for Belgium with the Socialistische Partij Anders (sp.a), part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European P ...

* Lieven Scheire * Jonas Geirnaert *

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Chris Van den Durpel Chris Van den Durpel (born 7 October 1960) is a Belgian impressionist and actor. He became known for his parody of (Paul Schampers) and Herman Le Compte and self-made characters such as , Jimmy B.,, Ronny King and . He is also famous as an imita ...

* Bram Willems * Stijn Vlaminck

External links

Official website

References

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