St Stanislas College () is a conglomerate of

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s located in

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, and

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, in the province of

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, in the

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. Saint Stanislas College itself was founded in Delft as a Gymnasium in 1948 by the

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. When other surrounding schools needed to work together to secure funding they joined to form a conglomerate. In 2007, there were 4,253 students. It is the third largest school in Delft, after the Christian Lyceum Delft and Grotius College. The College is part of the international network of Jesuit schools.

History

When the college was founded, it was one of seven Jesuit schools in the Netherlands. The others were: St Willibrord College in Katwijk, which became Catholic Comprehensive School, Breul;

Ignatius Gymnasium Saint Ignatius Gymnasium () is one of the five categorial ''gymnasia'' (a type of school) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Together with the Vossius Gymnasium, the Barlaeus Gymnasium and Cygnus Gymnasium it is among the most prestigious schools in A ...

in Amsterdam; Maartenscollege, Groningen; Aloysius College, The Hague; and Canisius College, Nijmegen. The group had the acronym 'WIMACS'. In the 1980s and 1990s, with the exception of St Stanislas College, control of the schools was transferred to the local government, and because of mergers with other conglomerates, eventually those other schools lost their affiliation with the Jesuits.

Locations

The conglomerate has seven schools: * ''Westplantsoen'' in

is the main location where Saint Stanislas College was founded by the

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. Lessons there are taught at the Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (HAVO) and Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (VWO) levels. It has about 1800 students. * ''Reinier de Graafpad'' teaches the Voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (VMBO) and the HAVO for the first three years. After taking the HAVO, students can transfer to another secondary school. It has approximately 750 students. * ''Krakeelpolderweg'' teaches the VMBO and has about 440 students. * ''Pijnacker'' teaches the VMBO, HAVO, and VWO and has about 1250 students. * ''Lodewijk Makeblijde College'' in

has been part of the organization since 2008.Index
from StanislasCollege.nl, retrieved 14 September 2013

Chapel

St Stanislas Chapel () is outside the front entrance to the college. The foundation stone was laid on 21 June 1955. It was consecrated on 13 November 1956, the anniversary of St Stanislas, by the

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, Martinus Jansen. The architect of the chapel, which was designed in the style of the Bossche School, was Jan van der Laan.

Notable alumni

* Hans van Heijningen (graduated 1972),

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politician * Peter Tetteroo (graduated 1981), journalist *

Theo Verbey Theo Verbey (5 July 1959 – 13 October 2019) was a Dutch people, Dutch composer. His style could be considered to be associated with Postmodern music. Verbey was also orchestrated Alban Berg's Piano Sonata (Berg), Piano Sonata, Op. 1 in 1984 w ...

(graduated 1977), composer *

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Gallery

File:Stanislas.JPG, Statue of

Stanislaus Kostka Stanisław Kostka, S.J. (28 October 1550 – 15 August 1568) was a Polish novice in the Society of Jesus. He was born at Rostkowo, Przasnysz County, Poland, on 28 October 1550, and died in Rome during the night of 14–15 August 1568. He is sai ...

by File:Stanislascollege in Delft, with statue of Cyrano Bergerac.jpg, Statue of Cyrano Bergerac by Arie Teeuwisse File:Stanislas6.JPG, Chapel near the Stanislascollege File:Stanislas7.JPG, Sculpture above the entrance of the college chapel File:Sint Josef Standbeeld.JPG, Statue of St Joseph in the college chapel File:Stanislascollege-courtyard.jpg, The courtyard

References

External links

St Stanislas College site
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