Coming from the average suburban school, my jaw dropped when I saw Stadium HS in Tacoma (near Seattle). It was built on a high bluff overlooking the bay. Originally built in the early 1900s as an exclusive French chateau-inspired hotel, the company got bankrupt and the school district bought it. Today, it's a historical landmark in the city. And yes, this is the school where "10 things I hate about you" was filmed.

1800 students in grades 9 - 12. The school is currently going ahead with a $80 million dollar renovation. THe school has 4 floors, and 3 (i think) basement floors where the cafeteria is. The gym and pool is under the courtyard I think. You can find the floorplans at http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/schools/hs/stadium/

Feel free to add photos of your favorite school.

Here are some pics of SHS:

My favorite pic: the school overlooking the bay.

http://www.tribnet.com/ips_rich_content/881-lady_washington.jpg

The Stadium Bowl:

http://www.lloydsilver.com/Stadium%20Bowl2.jpg

Entrance:

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20011115/Stadium10.jpg

http://www.larisa.com/attic/cs/bigimages/stadium_high.jpg

Ah cool. You yanks have the best high schools!! So modern (I know that one wasnt). I wanna see the modern ones. Do you prefer the old english style then? The only modern educational buildings in the UK are colleges probably. The rest are all old brick buildings. Totally off thing to think when watching something like this but..I thought the columbine school looked really cool, tons of windows and loads of land and car parks! wicked.

The only modern educational buildings in the UK are colleges probably. The rest are all old brick buildings.

What on Earth are you talking about? There are thousands of modern school buildings in the UK - most of them hideous.

There are also loads and loads of beautiful old schools though.

Here's my former school...nothing special, probably your typical Canadian high school


http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/forum_caf_chapel/11.JPG

http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/forum_caf_chapel/13.JPG

http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/new/MVC-2004F.JPG

http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/forum_caf_chapel/19.JPG

You yanks have the best high schools!! So modern (I know that one wasnt). I wanna see the modern ones.

Here's a brand new modern school for ya.

I visited the offices of the architects that designed it (www.blrb.com)

This is Skyline High School located in the affluent suburbs of Seattle. It cost 30 million to build in 1997 - which is kinda cheap compared to the newer 80 million dollar schools being built around here. Skyline is also rated as one of the best schools (academically) in Washington. pics are from blrb.com

Entrance:

http://www.blrb.com/images/skl4.gif

Commons (cafeteria):

http://www.blrb.com/images/skl1.gif

Auditorium:

http://www.blrb.com/images/skl5.gif

Jelgava Agricultural Academy in Barocco style 18th century palace, Latvia. Could not be considered a real highschool building as it was not intended to be... but cool anyway. Quite rundown though but it will improve for sure...
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v236/lecekte/Jelgava/Jelgavas-pils-prieksas-fas2.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v236/lecekte/Jelgava/Jelgavas-pils-upes-fas-23ma.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v236/lecekte/Jelgava/Jelgavas-pils-pari-Lielupe2.jpg

Nearby - the building which in 18th century was meant to be highschool... but is museum today - Academia Petrina
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v236/lecekte/Jelgava/Academia-Petrina-23mai04.jpg

My former High School (Cité Scolaire Internationale de Lyon)

http://www.lyon.fr/static/vdl/contenu/vie_democratique/equipements/z_lyceeinter.jpg
http://www.agibat-ingenierie.com/img/cite_scolaire2.jpg
http://www.agibat-ingenierie.com/img/cite_scolaire1.jpg
http://www2.ac-lyon.fr/etab/lycees/lyc-69/csi/icon/film1.gif
http://www2.ac-lyon.fr/etab/lycees/lyc-69/csi/icon/film1.gif
http://membres.lycos.fr/supersoso/images/csi3.jpg
http://www.multimania.com/supersoso/images/csi1.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/supersoso/fotos_site/csi5_copie.jpg
http://membres.lycos.fr/supersoso/images/csi4.jpg
http://photoscsicomm.ifrance.com/photoscsicomm/photos/agrandissement/CSI2/DSCN2915.JPG
http://img57.exs.cx/img57/1939/lyce1.jpg
http://photoscsicomm.ifrance.com/photoscsicomm/photos/agrandissement/CSI2/DSCN2969.JPG
http://photoscsicomm.ifrance.com/photoscsicomm/photos/agrandissement/CSI3/DSCN3017.JPG
http://photoscsicomm.ifrance.com/photoscsicomm/photos/agrandissement/CSI2/DSCN2952.JPG
http://photoscsicomm.ifrance.com/photoscsicomm/photos/agrandissement/CSI1/DSCN2981.JPG
http://photoscsicomm.ifrance.com/photoscsicomm/photos/agrandissement/CSI5/DSCN3266.JPG
http://img45.exs.cx/img45/7373/lyce5.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/crazy/csi/vuecsi.JPG
http://www.kbs-koeln.de/europaschule/prades/fotos/csi3.jpg

Some modern schools look great. The modern ones in Britain are built to a strict budget and as a result have no flair whatsoever. They are bland, uninspring and faceless building that, in the most part, do absolutely nothing to inspire creativity and learning. We do have some beautiful old schools but today they are often a bit rundown or have been converted into flats or something. Architecture should really be used more in schools I feel, Well designed buildings could surely have a positive impact on students.

Totally agree with Prestonian, a school is a very important building, of which students grow up in, well 5 years or more if you go sixth form. But I nominated Norm Foster to design all the new ones in England! :)
http://www.havering-sfc.ac.uk/2004/school6.jpg
Thats a pic of the college I went to. Havering Sixth Form.It was opened in 1991 and is the second biggest college in Essex, so i was told. I'd show you more but their website sucks and lacks in pictures, you would of thought a big college with so many ict students and teachers would of put together a cooler site.The cafeteria is quite big and busy, but because its so close to the town centre everyone would hang out there. http://www.blrb.com/images/skl4.gif
Now thats a school! I theres a lot of things missing from my college to that school, one of them is a flag. Colleges in England or schools never have flags because they say it affends "non english people" but how come america can do it! They dont get this in their country, its unfair, plus it looks really classy.
Go ahead and quote me, i know you will

some in Montréal

Notre-Dame
http://lequebec.free.fr/montreal/automne/images/college_notre_dame.jpg

Brébeuf
http://www.acemile.ca/photo/photogallery/brebeuf-front.JPG

Villa-Maria
http://www.villamaria.qc.ca/ib-main/school.jpg

Sainte-Anne
http://www.soeursdesainte-anne.qc.ca/images/college.gif

de Montréal
http://www.sulpc.org/gsm1.jpg

Trisuno- Your school looks ultra modern and REALLY big. Almost impersonal. It looks like a cross between a modern office complex and a mall. It almost looks like a university's school of business or science.

I really like that brebeuf school in Montreal. Even though it is kinda bland, the columns always get me. I guess I'm more into those traditional classical looking buildings (eg Stadium HS). I took a little bit of French and doesn't 'beuf' mean meat or steak? brebeuf= T-bone high school?

What is a 6th form? I think that's the equivelant of the 11th or 12th grade, right? I read an explanation but that just confused me even more. Like England's public schools are America's private schools? and vice versa. And then they talked about a GSCE or something. So GSCE is like a diploma? and it's after a 6th form?

would love to attend schools like those

My school's new building is underconstruction now.

Bauhaus-like style. :cool:

Foster did design a school in Britain actually. It's the Bexley Business Academy and is one of those new fangled City-Accademy type things. It was opened in 2003 I=by the PM. It's quite a nice building but still not amazing. I'm afraid I can't realy find many decent pics, although there are some on the F&P website. I think it won an award from RIBA too so it must be good.

http://www.architecture.com/imageLibrary/jpeg330/5877.jpg

http://www.cabe.org.uk/library/images/header_images/Bexley13.jpg

http://www.cabe.org.uk/library/images/header_images/Bexley4.jpg

http://www.floornature.com/worldaround/img_news/news198_popup.jpg

http://www.tba.jazgen.com/tba/
http://www.cabe.org.uk/library/casestudy.asp?id=265&show=analysis&PARAMS

University of Chicago GSB Asia Campus:

http://www.streetdirectory.com.sg/buildings/238466_right.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=102959

that campus looks very traditional! i like it :)

What is a 6th form? I think that's the equivelant of the 11th or 12th grade, right? I read an explanation but that just confused me even more. Like England's public schools are America's private schools? and vice versa. And then they talked about a GSCE or something. So GSCE is like a diploma? and it's after a 6th form?

"Public schools" are fee-paying. The term applies mainly to boys schools for 13-18 year olds, especially boarding schools. The terms "independent schools", "fee-paying schools" and indeed "private schools" refer to all types of fee paying schools collectively. A "prep" school is for 7-13 year olds or 9-13 year olds. Non-fee paying schools are usually referred to as "state schools".

Sixth form is the last two years of school.

GCSEs are single subject exams taken at age the end of the eqivalent of Tenth Grade (until recently called the Fifth form, now called Year 11 (year 1 is the equivalent of the last year of kindergarden). Pupils take about ten of them. Further single subject exams called A levels are taken at the end of the sixth form (now also known as Years 12 and 13). There are no high school diplomas and no SATs.

Colleges in England or schools never have flags because they say it affends "non english people" but how come america can do it

I think Americans can do it because we don't think it would offend anyone...I mean, if you live in America, you're an American, right? I mean, America was started by immigrants seeking religious freedom from England, right? I guess we're more open with immigration. Plus our flag symbolizes America in general---including the whole "pursuit of happiness".

That reminds me, my history teacher once told us that in the UK, you were expected to stay in the social class you were born in. Is this true? That made my class go mad! We're not greedy or selfish. We just grew up with everyone telling us that if we worked hard, we could be whatever we want to be. Didn't mean to go off topic...

That reminds me, my history teacher once told us that in the UK, you were expected to stay in the social class you were born in. Is this true? That made my class go mad! We're not greedy or selfish. We just grew up with everyone telling us that if we worked hard, we could be whatever we want to be. Didn't mean to go off topic...

Nah, in fairness to your history teacher thats absolute rubbish. In the old days the classes were more rigid, it wasn't enforced it was just that the oppurtunities were lacking (education, etc). Today we are generally a meritocratic society and with better education for all nobody has to stay where they are if they work hard. We don't have that concept drummed into us though, its just accepted.

Will you set your teacher straight for me? I don't want generations of American pupils to think of us as some sort of archaic and oppressive society ;)

I think Americans can do it because we don't think it would offend anyone...I mean, if you live in America, you're an American, right? I mean, America was started by immigrants seeking religious freedom from England, right?

The Pilgrim Fathers didn't want religious freedom. They just wanted to be free to have a different religious dictatorship!

I guess we're more open with immigration. Plus our flag symbolizes America in general---including the whole "pursuit of happiness".

Hmm, some Mexican illegals may disagree with this, have you listened to Woor20 and some of the other Americans on these forums?

I don't think that having a flag or singing the national anthem has much to do with education though. We should be educating young people to have open and inquiring minds not telling them that everything their country does and stands for is great and to think otherwise is wrong.

This would be more appropriate to the Soviet Union rather than a democracy.

That reminds me, my history teacher once told us that in the UK, you were expected to stay in the social class you were born in. Is this true? That made my class go mad! We're not greedy or selfish. We just grew up with everyone telling us that if we worked hard, we could be whatever we want to be. Didn't mean to go off topic...

Absolute rubbish, was your teacher talking about the nineteenth century? If he/she was then fair enough but if he was talking about modern Britain then very wrong I'm afraid. It's always more difficult if you are born poor (in the US too) but that's about as far as it goes.

Back to the point though, modern schools in Britain do tend to be pretty bland with the odd exception.

I read that British Public (ie Private) schools were so called because originally (hundreds of years ago) schools were run by the church for the children of clergy while wealthy aristocrats were educated by tutors at home and the masses didn't go to school at all.

Somebody came up with the idea of starting a school for people that couldn't afford tutors but wanted an education. Anybody could go (if they could afford it) not just clergy so they were called Public schools. By the time the government got around to providing free schools for everyone the name 'Public schools' had stuck and so Government schools here were called 'State schools'

Classes are no longer relevent. People can really go from the worst possible scenario to the best. For example, Wayne Rooney was brought up on a notorious Liverpool coucil estate, he is now Britain's richest football player.

Yes...because footballers are noted for their academic performance and IQ

This is "The higher school of Trade and Right im.Ryszarda Łazarskiego in Warsaw" this is my school :okay:

http://www.republika.pl/wship/foto/bud9.jpg

http://www.republika.pl/wship/foto/bud10.jpg

http://www.republika.pl/wship/foto/parking.jpg

http://www.republika.pl/wship/foto/bud6.jpg

http://www.republika.pl/wship/foto/hol2.jpg

http://www.republika.pl/wship/foto/bar.jpg

Here's my former school...nothing special, probably your typical Canadian high school


http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/forum_caf_chapel/11.JPG

http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/forum_caf_chapel/13.JPG

http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/new/MVC-2004F.JPG

http://www.spcss.ca/schoolinfo/schoolmap/schoolpictures/forum_caf_chapel/19.JPG

If that's typical then it's better than the soul-less concrete dungeon I attended in suburban Sydney, Australia.

Nah, in fairness to your history teacher thats absolute rubbish. In the old days the classes were more rigid, it wasn't enforced it was just that the oppurtunities were lacking (education, etc). Today we are generally a meritocratic society and with better education for all nobody has to stay where they are if they work hard. We don't have that concept drummed into us though, its just accepted.

Will you set your teacher straight for me? I don't want generations of American pupils to think of us as some sort of archaic and oppressive society ;)

I believe that America actually has a marginally more rigid class system than Britain now. It has substantially higher income inequality, and more unequal funding of schools in different districts. There is a lot more open prejudice against disadvantaged people (providing they are white), ie "rednecks" and "trailer trash", and you have things like "alumni preference" for universities that would be regarded as scandalous over here.

America has a patrician president, who wouldn't stand a chance of becoming prime minister here, because it is so obvious that he has only had the chance to reach the top due to privilege and family connections. Britain hasn't had an upper class prime minister for forty years, and there is virtually no chance that it will have another.

I've been trying to find a pic of a pair of former Grammar schools in a place called Lytham. Queen Mary's and King Edwards. The pic below shows one of them at the top of the pic. It's actually the worst of the two because it has had all sorts of horrible extensions. This building is due for rennovation soon as the other building (the better one) is being sold off for converiosn into flats. They look really good next to each other but i can't find any better pics, plus this one has some more cool things in it :D

http://www.airpower.at/news04/0901_warton/DP017410.jpg

Now you know why I really wanted to post the pic. I'm not lying about that being the school though ;)

more at:
http://www.airpower.at/news04/0901_warton/index.html

Wow Prestonian, those planes rock! The school next to the waterfront doesn't look bad----I was just amazed that the land next to the coast wasn't developed yet--that makes the school look like it's in the middle of nowhere. I'm assuming the coastal property is probably a park or nature preserve.

Yeah that particular stretch of the coastline isn't built up. Either side of this it does get a little more dense but even then the land on the near side of the road isn't very suitable because a lot of it is simply sand dunes covered in costal grasses so not strong enough for development.

I'm lovin those planes too :)

cool planes

Coming from the average suburban school, my jaw dropped when I saw Stadium HS in Tacoma (near Seattle). It was built on a high bluff overlooking the bay. Originally built in the early 1900s as an exclusive French chateau-inspired hotel, the company got bankrupt and the school district bought it. Today, it's a historical landmark in the city. And yes, this is the school where "10 things I hate about you" was filmed.

1800 students in grades 9 - 12. The school is currently going ahead with a $80 million dollar renovation. THe school has 4 floors, and 3 (i think) basement floors where the cafeteria is. The gym and pool is under the courtyard I think. You can find the floorplans at http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/schools/hs/stadium/

Feel free to add photos of your favorite school.

Here are some pics of SHS:

My favorite pic: the school overlooking the bay.

http://www.tribnet.com/ips_rich_content/881-lady_washington.jpg

The Stadium Bowl:

http://www.lloydsilver.com/Stadium%20Bowl2.jpg

Entrance:

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20011115/Stadium10.jpg

http://www.larisa.com/attic/cs/bigimages/stadium_high.jpg

Wow ... and I thought I went to a decent looking school! :eek2:

I will search for a good pic of my own high school...right now another local High School will have to suffice...

Spain Park High School - Hoover, AL - 134,600 sq. ft.
http://www.cecoconcrete.com/New%20Orleans/hoover%20high.gif
http://www.spainpark.org/images/sphs.jpg

WOW all these pictures of the schools look really nice. All your schools are big buildings, In most of Australia they not like this....

Our School though being in the city was on many acres of bushland, it was common to see koalas and blue tongue lizards and fill neck lizards everywhere. Our school was all seperate buildings for instance the science block was a 1 level block which was connected by open walkways to the Maths block etc....

Also our school and most in Australia dont have cafeterias, we bring lunch to school or go to the canteen, which is not like your cafeterias. Some of those pics looked just like a shopping mall, i thought jesus christ they look nice.

My former school (I graduated this year) was crappy compared to all these american school pictures. We also had to wear school uniform.

I would kill to go to any of the highschools posted. The one I go to is a bland, and well terrible highschool in rural Ontario built in the 50s. We don't even have an audtiorium. :evil:

Most of our High Schools look like the above...except the inner city 20s era schools that tend to be more vertical. The 60s-70s era high schools are also more vertical becuase they have become landlocked...

My school looks like a 1960 era bomb shelter.

Melbourne High School:

http://www.doi.vic.gov.au/doi/hvolr.nsf/LUDL/H1636/$file/1_melbourne_boys_high_school_alexandra_avenue_south_yarra_front_view_nov1984.jpg

Wow, those are some niiicceee highschools... Specially Stadium High... very classy... We'll here's my entry, Mercersburg Academy. Its a boarding school set in 'Scenic' (read: cow-filled middle of nowhere) south central Pennsylvania. We have about 450 students and are the cheif supplier of the town's jobs and the largest orderer of Chinese Food, Subs and Pizza from the various delivery places in town.

http://mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/irvine.jpg
This is a picture of our main academic building. On the first and second floors are labs and other science class rooms. Third floor holds the Mathematics and Language departments (German, French, Latin, Spanish, Chinese, Greek, and starting next year Japanese). On the fourth floor holds the Arts classrooms. They will be transfered to the new Burgin Center for the Arts when it is completed in the summer of 2006. Construction is underway now. The triangular structure in front contains an art gallery on the first floor, the deans office, on the third, and communications office on the fourth.



http://www.eduexpress.co.kr/wwwb/data/DATA/mercersburg%20and%20hill%20053.jpg
This is the Lenfest Library. The majority of fund used to build this were donated by Gerry Lenfest, former owner of Suburban Cable, which ran through most of PA and MD, and was later bought out by Comcast for a not so paltry sum of a little over 1 billion USD. The building houses our History, Tech, and College Counseling departments.

http://www.mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/keilwinter.jpg
That is a picture of Keil Hall. Built in the early 1900's, it served as the dining hall until Ford Hall was built in the late '60s. Currently the first floor is being used as a dance studio and a black box theatre for use by Stonny Batter the school's theatre group (of which I am a part). The top three floors are a boy's dormitory. Attatched to Keil Hall is...

http://www.mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/rutledge.jpg
Rutledge hall. Built originally as the kitchen for the dining hall, when Ford was built, it was converted into a library. Upon completion of Lenfest Hall in 1992, It was converted into the home of the English department. Renovations were completed in 1998.

http://www.mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/chapel.jpg
This is the Academy Chapel. While we are a nondenominational school, we have not always been. The Chapel was built in 1926 and houses a 48 bell carillon in the tower. It is the tallest building in Mercersburg, and has beautiful Tiffany stained glass windows. The inside is truly awe inspiring. I'll post interior pictures in the future.

http://www.mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/nolde_gym.jpg
This is a quite flattering picture of the Nolde Gymnasium. Being the 'Historical' school that we are, we refuse to demolish our old buildings in favor of adding sprawling and horrible looking additions. Visible to the right are the enclosed basketball courts. Not pictured, to the left is the swimming pool (looks pretty much the same as the b-ball courts) And the newest addition to the gym is...

http://www.mercersburg.edu/media/sp/pictureday/Squash_exterior.jpg
This is the Davenport Squash Center. Dedicated just the past December, it includes 10 international regulation squash courts, and an open welcoming feel. It is currently the only part of the gym that I would be willing to be in if it were dark and empty.

http://www.mercersburg.edu/media/sp/pictureday/boone_partial_down.jpg
This is... er was our performing arts center. Its name was Boone Hall, and it contained the music, dance, and theatre departments. Its auditorium could seat nearly six hundered people, and had many inherint design flaws. It is being replaced by...

http://www.polshek.com/images/MERCER%7E2.jpg
The Burgin Center for the Arts. Designed to last for many years to come, the Burgin building is a complete 180 from what Boone Hall was. It is open and airy, and hopefully it won't have as many problems as the old building had. The building was designed by the Polshek Partnership in New York City. They also designed the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock Arkansas, and the Museum of Natural History's Rose Planitarium in New York. It should be completed by 2006.

http://www.polshek.com/images/MERCER%7E1.jpg
And another side view. The round structure is a black box theatre with configurable seating etc., etc.,

http://mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/main_hall.jpg
This is Main Hall. Originally built in 1880... the original burnt down.... So they built another one! And that one built down... And So they built a third one! And that one stayed up! Containing five floors, only four of them are actually occupied. 5th floor is not in use due to fire restrictions... Main Hall is the symbol of the academy and the rotunda/flagpole on top are part of Mercersburgs insignia. Did I mention that I live in this dorm? Remodeled and wired for internet and telephone in 1997

http://mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/Fowle_common.jpg
Fowle Hall, largest dormitory on campus housing 93 students (Don't ask me how they get an odd number with two people to a room). Recently remodeled , it is quite nice except for the cinderblock walls and cold linoleum floors in the rooms. Recently remodeled in 2000

http://mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/swank.jpg
Originally an annex of the first Main Hall, Swank was first a dining hall, then an academic building, then an assembly hall, then a library, a boys dorm, and finally it has found its place as a girls dormitory. Boasting some of the smallest rooms on campus, lord only knows why it is the most popular... Renovations complted in 1999.

http://mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/south.jpg
This is South Cottage, one of the three original buildings of Marshall College (now part of Franklin and Marshall College) which originally occupied the site. It is a small dorm housing about 30 students. Was used as a hospital for wounded soldiers from the Battle of Gettysburg. Renovations completed in 1998

http://mercersburg.edu/media/sp/campus/tippetts.jpg
Built in the 1960s, Tippets hall is the largest girls dorm on campus. It boasts such ammenities as a crazy german dorm dean, carpet in the rooms, and a collection of three classic Harley Davidson's in it's basement, as well as your assorted ghoststories, secret passages, and broken pool tables. Renovations/faculty housing added in 1999

Well this is my school in an uber huge/mutated nutshell... Its a nice place. Very rural indeed... In comparison to the other American college prep schools, we are the liberal arts school...

We have about 450 students

450! How can a student body of 450 support that huge campus! the campus is like a mini city! Either the school has very generous benefactors or the tuition is astronomical. Would it be rude of me to ask how much tuition to that school is?

No not at all. For me it costs absolutely nothing :-) The endowment we recieved from Mr. Lenfest also provided for a scholarship program in his name. He pays for my entire way through College, the best part is I can get a new computer every two years if I want to! I love being smart sometimes...

And yes, we have many generous benefactors.. our endowment is about 140 million dollars, so basically even if we get only 2 or 3 percent interest, thats a LOT of money... Thats nothing compared to Phillips Exeter or Andover... now those people are rich.... Even compared to Hill, Lawranceville, or Peddie, Mercersburg's campus pales...

Fettes Edinburgh Scotland (Tony Blair's School)

http://www.fettes.com/tour/images/school.jpg

That school in Lyon is INCREDIBLE! God....

These are some images of my old high-school, founded in 1565 it is Highgate School in N.London:
http://www.brianmicklethwait.com/education/archives/highgate.jpg
http://www.isbi.com/isbiimages/p3479.jpg

The UK has thousands of public (private) and grammer schools which are ofen housed in magnificent buildings. The best of these schools are usually members of the Headmasters and Headmistress Confrence (HMC) or Independent Girls Schools Association. Many of these schools date back to beyond the 14th Century and some even date back as far as the 9th Century when they were monastic institutions.

Here's a good website offering a list of UK Private Institutions and their website, unfortunately most of the 240 HMC Schools and top schools are not listed but there are still some beautiful schools amongst them.

http://privateschools.co.uk/private_schools_uk/uk_%20private_schools_a.htm

A High School stands between the mountains in the Northern Pakistani city of Gilgit. Enjoy the landscape from your class room! :D

http://www.urbanpakistan.com/images/completed_projects/akes_high1.gif

More Photos:

http://www.urbanpakistan.com/images/completed_projects/akes_high2.gif>>>>http://www.urbanpakistan.com/images/completed_projects/akes_high3.gif

Another shot:

http://www.urbanpakistan.com/images/completed_projects/akes_high4.gif

Maybe someone else can post pictures, but there's a high school in Tacoma, WA that is in a building that looks like a castle, right on Puget Sound. The building is featured in all its glory in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You."

Maybe someone else can post pictures, but there's a high school in Tacoma, WA that is in a building that looks like a castle, right on Puget Sound. The building is featured in all its glory in the movie "10 Things I Hate About You."


see the very first post

Here are pics from my high school. I went to Stuyvesant High School, a magnet school in New York City that you have to test into. About 20,000 people take the Specialized Science High School Test, and the top 800 scorers are admitted into Stuyvesant.

What I think makes Stuy so unique is that because it is built in the middle of Manhattan, on landfill from the excavation of the foundation of the World Trade Center site, there was very little room to build horizontally. So, they built vertically and we have a unique 10 story public high school! How many high schools have escalators in them?!

http://www.gruzensamton.com/images/project_pops/Stuyvesant_Exterior_p.jpg

http://www.gruzensamton.com/images/project_pops/Stuyvesant_Interior_Auditorium_p.jpg

http://www.batteryparkcity.org/images/stuyvesanths.jpg

Ampleforth School Yorkshire England

http://www.hull.ac.uk/cathchap/SHAC/Panoramic.jpg

Stowe School Buckinghamshire England

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweRearFrontage.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweRearView.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweFrontView.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweMarbleHall.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/Reception2.jpg

Abingdon School England

http://www.oxfordcelloschool.freeserve.co.uk/abschool.jpg

Wellington School

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/wellingtoncareers/index.1.gif

Taunton School

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/tspics/ts-front-021005.jpg

Ratcliffe

http://www.ratcliffe-college.co.uk/images/fp.gif

Stonyhurst

http://media.lancashiretourism.com/dbimgs/thumb/85Stonyhurst_College72.jpg

Roedean Girls School

http://www.duncanmcneill.com/brightonsarchitecturea/display/65.jpg

The Royal Hospital School Suffolk

http://www.freud.org.uk/school.jpg

Christ's Hospital School

http://www.christs-hospital.lincs.sch.uk/assets/images/Cloisters_-_from_front__winter.jpg

Marlborough

http://www.skyeyephotography.com/assets/marlboroughcollege.JPG

Westminster School

http://www.dialogueaustralasia.org/WebWestminsterSchool.jpg

Rugby School

http://www.gamesinathens.com/media/d/de/rugschool_700.jpg

Eton

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/escarboucle-bleue/london04/windsor/JPC-Eton111.JPG

Winchester

http://www.scw-bi.org.uk/Images/Winchester%20College.JPG

Millfield House Millfield School

http://www.mpwc.co.uk/images/gallery/highres/millfield_house.jpg

Harrow School London England

http://www.tracyanddale.50megs.com/England/London/Harrow.jpg

Some UK School Uniforms

Christ's Hospital School

http://www.dg28.com/sep01/christshospital94.jpg

http://www.shraps.co.uk/images/School/Me_CH.JPG

Royal Hospital School

http://www.archivist.f2s.com/bsu/Military/greenwich/Rhs4a.jpg

http://www.edertalschule.de/edertalschule/Projekte/EAustausch/Bilder/EngAust_1b.JPG

Eton

http://www.archivist.f2s.com/bsu/Miscellany/eton/en2.JPG

Harrow

http://www.archivist.f2s.com/bsu/boater/btr2.JPG

Durham Choristers School

http://www.thechoristerschool.com/images/photos/choristers4.jpg

King's School Cambridge

http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/chapel/images/choristers1.jpg

The most beautiful/multifunction school in Thailand as ever...!!
The Thai National Curriculum provides the foundation and structure for the teaching at all levels and ensures students may transfer successfully to and from Thai Schools and Universities. The high standard of Maths and Science teaching in Thailand adds strength to the Curriculum.

Satit bilingual school (grade1-12)



http://www.sbs.ac.th/admin/uploads/6EA_TIVE01.jpg

http://www.sbs.ac.th/admin/uploads/C14_elevation.jpg

http://www.sbs.ac.th/admin/uploads/Resize_of_bird.jpg

http://www.sbs.ac.th/about/about1.jpg

Now nearly finish!

Malaysia - The Taylor :sleepy: :)

http://www.pbase.com/lcloh/image/33367102.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lcloh/image/33367104.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lcloh/image/33367109.jpg

Gordonstoun School Scotland

http://northtonight.grampiantv.co.uk/content/mediaassets/images/Gordonstoun_school_small.jpg

http://www.internationalchallenge.org/images/roundsq.jpg

chicago has some great old high schools

here is Schurz

http://www.aiachicago.org/special_features/1997_Design_Awards/DBA/Awards/Winners/171A.JPEG

http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/images/landmarks/s/schurzB1.gif

New Trier
http://www.wttw.com/northshore/images/25psd.jpg

Lane Tech
http://www.lanehs.com/lane3.jpg

Lincoln Park High
http://ns1.lincolnpark.cps.k12.il.us/about/1899Waller.jpg

Senn High
http://savesenn.org/images/school_photo.jpg

Cool Schools

Little Rock Central High School

Little Rock Central High School was at the center of a fierce desegregation batte in 1957.
http://www.arkansas.com/images/photos/lr_centralhs_004_m.jpg
http://www.travelin-tigers.com/photos/oz13chs2.jpg
http://www.nps.gov/chsc/lrchs.gif

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Stadium High School, Tacoma, Washington.

http://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/tacoma/stadium_exterior.jpg

http://www.northshorepier.com/stadium/stadiumhill.JPG

http://www.dragonwyck.net/images/stadium.jpg

Coming from the average suburban school, my jaw dropped when I saw Stadium HS in Tacoma (near Seattle). It was built on a high bluff overlooking the bay. Originally built in the early 1900s as an exclusive French chateau-inspired hotel, the company got bankrupt and the school district bought it. Today, it's a historical landmark in the city. And yes, this is the school where "10 things I hate about you" was filmed.

1800 students in grades 9 - 12. The school is currently going ahead with a $80 million dollar renovation. THe school has 4 floors, and 3 (i think) basement floors where the cafeteria is. The gym and pool is under the courtyard I think. You can find the floorplans at http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/schools/hs/stadium/

Feel free to add photos of your favorite school.

Here are some pics of SHS:

My favorite pic: the school overlooking the bay.

http://www.tribnet.com/ips_rich_content/881-lady_washington.jpg

The Stadium Bowl:

http://www.lloydsilver.com/Stadium%20Bowl2.jpg

Entrance:

http://www.djc.com/stories/images/20011115/Stadium10.jpg

http://www.larisa.com/attic/cs/bigimages/stadium_high.jpg


That's a cool school along with the one in lyon. Other schools shown are cool too. I first recognized it cause of the movie, but hey, it's got an amazing setting.

Victoria school - Singapore

http://img186.exs.cx/img186/4548/sg4oq.jpg

hey i remeber that place from that movie (the first one)..where they played some song on the roof...It looks alot like Beaty Middle School in Warren PA (bout an hour east of erie) sees if i can find a pic. nope

http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/history/schoolpics/gw_entrance.jpg
http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/gw_pics/Tower.jpg
http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/gw_pics/aud1.jpg
http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/gw_pics/audstage1.jpg
http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/gw_pics/sgarden.jpg
http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/gw_pics/fountain.jpg
http://www.glenbard.net/glenbard_west/pages/music/pages/gw_pics/Music_Wing.jpg
http://www.gepark.org/assets/photos/Lake-Ellyn.jpg
http://209.68.15.164/glenellyn/11lake_park20o.jpg

I thought my former school was cool, but after seeing Stadium HS, I'm in no position to argue.

is Stadium HS public or private?

Boise High School
http://www.fiberpipe.net/~bhs56/photos/06-11-00%20-%20Boise%20High%20School.jpg
http://www.ahjengineers.com/portfolio/boiseh1.jpg

not most beauitiful but one of modern schools
http://www.egyptarch.net/egyptarchitect2/ahmadabdeen/nefertaryschool/main.htm

wow, all of these schools are cools! the high school that i'm gonna be going to next year is old and nothing special about it at all! the cafeteria is crap (and small) but that's the only part i've seen (only in 8th grade right now).

is Stadium HS public or private?

It's a public high school. It's going under renovation so the school will be closed for 2 years. It's remodelling the entire interior, plus adding a new performing arts center across the street.

If anybody is interested in school architecture, i found this website www.schooldesigns.com and it has a huge list of school projects with pictures, costs, plans, info etc. However, most of them are those huge modern American suburban schools. cool nonetheless.

That victoria school looks massive...boise and stowe schools look cool too

And yes, this is the school where "10 things I hate about you" was filmed.

Here are some pics of SHS:

My favorite pic: the school overlooking the bay.

http://www.tribnet.com/ips_rich_content/881-lady_washington.jpg



oh goody, this is so not fair, i also want to attend such a school, my school is so bl**dy ugly

i just googled stadium HS, because i just watched "10 things i hate about you", and when i see what great schools you have over there, it really makes me regret that i didn't take part in an exchange program... *sniff*

Avon Old Farms Schools
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http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/881/dsc024205pi.jpg
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http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/742/dsc024239ie.jpg
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http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/981/dsc024251hp.jpg
http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/2240/dsc024288sx.jpg
http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/5003/dsc024296id.jpg
http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/6718/dsc024374js.jpg
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its a prep school with most of the students boarding. the tuition for boarding students is around $34000 USD. THe school has 1000 acres and is ABSOLUTELY beautiful!!

Waite High School in Toledo, Ohio

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y297/Decker9999/WaiteHS.jpg

Wow! All your guyses high schools are like castles. Anyway, mine is a piece of crap!

http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/Evanh/images/frontschool.jpg

^That picture is extra bad because of the angle.

I was going to go to this high school. But well, i felt more comfortable with the one i go to now. :)

http://www.westcountryphoto.com/gallery/images/St.%20Joseph's%20High%20School,%20Saskatoon%20SK.jpg




But next year I'll be transfering to a brand new school. Here are the floorplans if your interested... http://www.sbe.saskatoon.sk.ca/files/Homepage/CentennialCollegiate.pdf

trisuna's school is amazing
wow
can you go on the grass on the rooftop?

Stowe School Buckinghamshire England

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweRearFrontage.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweRearView.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweFrontView.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/StoweMarbleHall.jpg

http://www.reaphear.demon.co.uk/Wedding/Pictures/Reception2.jpg


This is unbelievable!!! :eek2:
Like a palace!!!!

the school i go to, wiarton District High School has less than half an acre of property, with less than 400 students, but it will closing in november, and we will be moving into the new jk-12 Peninsula Shores District School

Hunter School at 94th St and Park Ave in NYC takes a castle-like design after the armory that once stood there.

http://www.thecityreview.com/hunters.jpg

Luubock High School in West Texas, Buddy Holly went to school here

http://www.rootsweb.com/~txpstcrd/Towns/Lubbock/Lubbock1952HS.jpg

Prva Gimnazija Highschool, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina:
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3355/sarajevo209si.jpg

This one is very cool:

Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, 163m, 1936
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3984/col9md.jpg

In the beginning of July, I saw the Pazmany Peter Catholic University in Piliscsaba (Hungary):

http://www.con-bau.co.yu/sr/eskur.html

In the Netherlands it's impossible to have big high schools like you find in the USA. In contrary to the American system, the Dutch system has their high schools divided into 5 categories, fitting the intelectual level of the student.

1. Gymnasium
2. Atheneum
3. HAVO
4. MAVO
5 VMBO

For example if you are a student of a gymnasium, you learn 6 languages (Dutch, English, French, German, Latin, Ancient Greek) and the education lasts 6 years. If you're a student of VMBO, the lowest, you learn 2 or maybe 3 languages and it lasts only 4 years.

Because of that we don't have massive schools with thousands of people. I went to a highschool with 1500 people, and that's pretty large for Dutch standards.

The school I love is the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines. Even though the facilities aren't that impressive, we are taught to learn for life not for grades.

Brent School, Manila

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/jafhoy/BrentSchoolManila.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/jafhoy/bgHome06.gif

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/jafhoy/bgHome10.gif

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/jafhoy/bgHome17.gif

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y215/jafhoy/BrentManilaBasketball.gif

This one is very cool:

Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, 163m, 1936
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/3984/col9md.jpg

In the beginning of July, I saw the Pazmany Peter Catholic University in Piliscsaba (Hungary):

http://www.con-bau.co.yu/sr/eskur.html

Colossal :eek: monsterous :eek:

International Schools :)

BINA NUSANTARA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (BINUS HIGH), JAKARTA, INDONESIA

THIS IS MY SCHOOL.

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/1599/p10018432fa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/6893/p10018441aw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Pleasantville HS takes after a southern plantation.

http://www.homesny.com/images/mtplschool.jpg

Fettes in edinburgh again ... love this school, so many mates went there and now a good mate is a teacher there

http://www.fettes.com/tour/images/building.jpg

^^ that looks like Hogwarts! :lol

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ljewrW8Rm88/S3kHG1AnhKI/AAAAAAAAEA0/ibtCY7jf8lU/s400/lyc%C3%A9e.JPG


Voici mon Lycée de l'année dernière. Il a aussi été le Lycée de Christine Lagarde (directrice du FMI).

Here is my High school of the last year. It was also Christine Lagarde's high school (director of the IMF).


Lycée François Ier, Le Havre, France

http://imagesduhavre.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/lycee-francois-ier2.jpghttp://imagesduhavre.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/lycee-francois-ier21.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Monument_aux_morts_F1.jpg/220px-Monument_aux_morts_F1.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3389/3332871709_60b4986a12.jpghttp://www.hautenormandie.fr/var/rhn/storage/images/mediatheque/jeunesse-formation/lycees/images/francois-1er/349769-1-fre-FR/Francois-1er_lightbox.jpghttp://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/francois1/p/f/IMG/entree.jpg
http://images.imagehotel.net/rknxuj46cv.jpghttp://images.imagehotel.net/a3bqj0twt6.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ljewrW8Rm88/SraAQQ3mFLI/AAAAAAAADVw/Kw8gqBtlIwA/s400/P1020449.JPGhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ljewrW8Rm88/SraAQzFJRxI/AAAAAAAADV4/Hh330xe_qm4/s400/P1020451.JPGhttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ljewrW8Rm88/SrZ-M-JgQcI/AAAAAAAADVg/K_KQCLc4vk0/s400/P1020443.JPGhttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ljewrW8Rm88/SrZ-MWtD6SI/AAAAAAAADVY/-r2ip1cmBHc/s400/P1020441.JPGhttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ljewrW8Rm88/SrZ-L2t6LxI/AAAAAAAADVQ/Vx9u7FsN5UE/s400/P1020439.JPGhttp://lycees.ac-rouen.fr/francois1/p/f/IMG/jpg/CDIesc.jpg

Mais il est aujourd'hui en restructuration pour agrandir la bibliothèque ainsi que les salles de classe préparatoire.

But it is in restructuring today to enlarge the library as well as the rooms of preparatory class.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nZGQdKcr9Bw/TqVdeAUjekI/AAAAAAAAE4c/oxUzYN4U3pE/s1600/IMG_4298.JPG




wikipédia : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ois-Ier_(Le_Havre)

Eton College, just outside London and opposite Windsor Castle, residence of the Queen.

It costs $52,400 per year to enrol your child, or if you're especially gifted, free with a scholarship:

http://www.solentevents.biz/show_imgs/147.jpg

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2011/1/31/1296500102585/Eton--007.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2011/5/20/1305925740841/Eton-school-boys-make-the-007.jpg

http://www.etoncollege.com/UserFiles/Image/1257_eton.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/4363748386_7238934db8.jpg

uniform. In the 1990s the top hat was no longer a prerequisite whenever the boys went out

http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/lowres-picturecabinet.com/43/main/13/92721.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3399/3421465860_13e72bc1ba.jpg

violent but traditional ball game

http://www.postaprint.co.uk/ilnimages/G761112.jpg

http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000I_q_01TO.3o/s/500/500/Eton-College-Scool-Windsor-England-The-Wall-Game.jpg http://www.susiebrown.co.uk/ancient_traditions/big/4_Eton_Wall_Game_a.jpg

alot less violent rowing ceremony (the boys have to stand as they pass the Queen, pull up their oars, then take their hats -full of flowers - off without falling in).

http://www.etoncollege.com/UserFiles/Image/Small%20Getty%20Images/Eton_28-05-08-0045.jpg http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000fvm8Navse2E/s/500/500/Eton-College-schoolboys-4th-of-June-celebrations-rowing-tradition-Uk-1980s-pg-64.jpg


http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02022/Eton-College_2022399c.jpg

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http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000oc.GCnq1yuc/s/500/500/Eton-College-Scool-Windsor-England-004.jpg http://ianbone.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/1.jpg

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/02/56/025670_8f95da34.jpg

world class rowing programme and starting point for many Olympian medals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/48725000/jpg/_48725375_103281855.jpg http://www.st-georges-college.co.uk/assets/Image/news/sgc-news/summer-term-2011/June_2011/P10400291.jpg

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Wow cool! where can i see more pics and details of this school? :)

Dawson College is a CEGEP. CEGEPS are schools that students attend before they go to university and are exclusive to the province of Quebec. So it's half way between a high school and a university.

Dawson, Montreal

http://www.indexers.ca/Dawson.jpg

http://dolls.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/html/Library3.jpg

Jarvis Collegiate, Toronto: This is a high school around the corner from me. It's been used for a number of movies and television shows like Queer As Folk.

http://torontohistory.org/Graphics/Jarvis_Collegiate_Institute.jpg



Malvern Collegiate, Toronto: Malvern alumi include Norman Jewison (he directed Agnes of God, Moonstruck, etc.), Alex Trebek, Kiefer Sutherland, and Keanu Reeves. The movie 'Mean Girls' was filmed here.

http://www.padj.biz/malvern/statue/malvern1980.jpg

Northern Secondary, Toronto: Resident Evil and Billy Madison were filmed here.

http://torontoist.com/attachments/toronto_davidf/2010_08_24westerntech-rear.jpg