School No. 1535, Moscow

School № 1535 is a secondary school for students of years 7-11 in the Khamovniki District of Moscow, Russia.

School № 1535
Address
Map
Usacheva str, 50; Maly Savvinsky per., 8.

Moscow

Russia
Coordinates55°43′34″N 37°33′54″E / 55.7261°N 37.5649°E / 55.7261; 37.5649
Information
TypeSecondary school
Established1991 (1991)
DirectorS.S. Sekhin
Years offered7-11
LanguageEnglish, German, French, Chinese
Slogan«The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving» Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Websitewww.lyc1535.mskobr.ru

History

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Pre-lyceum period

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The school building was built in 1929 according to the project by architect M.Motylev.[1][2]

Since 1930, the school was called Frunzensky District Secondary School №2 named after K.E.Voroshilov.[3] In 1937, the school was renamed into Secondary School № 23 named after K.E.Voroshilov. The school building hosted military hospital during the WW-II.

Since 1956, old school building hosted Secondary Boarding School № 14 with classes with Chinese language specialization.[4] Oriental languages have been studied in addition to English, German, or French.

Lyceum

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In 1991, experimental Lyceum with oriental specialization was opened. The Lyceum initially had 350 students. In 2004-2005, the school has been closed for renovation with two new buildings being added to the complex.

After merger with the School № 35  of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) (since 2010 – Sechenov Lyceum within Lyceum № 1535). The number of students reached 900.[5]

In August 2017, all Moscow gymnasiums and Lyceums have been formally transferred to Schools,[6] hence the renaming to current name – School № 1535.

Management

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Directors:

  • 1936 — I.P. Kazantsev, director of Secondary School № 2 named after K.E.Voroshilov.
  • 1948 — Schepakin, director of Secondary School № 23 named after K.E.Voroshilov 1956 — Utenkov, Petr Arkadievich, director of Boarding School № 14.[7]
  • 1991 — Mokrinsky, Mikhail Gennadievich. Head of Education Department of Central District of Moscow since 2012.[8] Since 2016, in the Letovo School.
  • 2012 — Vorobyova, Tatiana Vasilievna, former director of Boarding School № 14.[9]
  • 2017 — Sekhin, Sergey Sergeevich, former director of School № 1210 of North-West District of Moscow.[10]

Modern school

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Admission is based on entrance exams. Average class is about 30 students.

Students of Years 7-9 specialize in the following areas:

  • mathematics
  • humanitarian
  • bio-medical

Students of Years 10-11 choose one of the following specializations:

  • social-humanitarian (with emphasis on history)
  • social-humanitarian (with emphasis on mathematics)
  • history & philology
  • economics & mathematics
  • physics & mathematics
  • IT & technology
  • biology & medicine (including Latin language)
  • medicine and mathematics (on top of Russian, chemistry, and biology there is additional focus on mathematics)
  • psychology
  • socio-psychology

In school rankings

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  • 2006 — in the Moscow secondary schools ranking of Izvestia newspaper, the Lyceum got tied in 7th/8th place with Moscow Lyceum №1525 Vorobyevy Gory; the Lyceum №1525 was ranked firstamong schools for teaching French language and second for teaching English.[11]
  • 2008 — included by «Big City» magazine in the list of the “Most interesting schools in Moscow».[12]
  • 2010 — ranked 6th in Moscow for overall results in schools subjects’ Olympiads, and 4th for results of Unified State Examination (USE).[5]
  • 2011 — ranked 1st in Top-10 Best Schools in Moscow by Moscow city administration based on USE and Olympiads results,[13] and ranked 1st in Best Secondary Schools in Economics by Moscow State University based on Open Schools Championship in Economics in 2011.[14] Next year Lyceum №1535 again took the lead in the top Moscow schools ranking by the Moscow city Department of Education and remained undisputed leader of the Moscow ranking by 2016.[15]
  • 2013 — ranked 1st (tie with the Moscow Center for Continuous Mathematical Education) in top-500 Best Schools in Russia based on overall results of USE and all-Russian and international Olympiads.[16]
  • 2017 — ranked 4th in Top-500 Best Secondary Schools in Russia[17]

References

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  1. ^ Новая жизнь старого лицея // ООО «Проектный институт» № 2. 2005.
  2. ^ Московское наследие. Выпуск № 36.
  3. ^ Фрунзенский район, Средние школы //Вся Москва: Cправочник на 1936 год.
  4. ^ "Московский лицей № 1535 при Институте стран Азии и Африки (МГУ)". Институт научной информации по общественным наукам РАН. Archived from the original on 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2013-05-14.
  5. ^ a b Евгений Насыров. (26 May 2011). ""Красным директором остаться не удастся"". Московские новости. Archived from the original on 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  6. ^ Столичные гимназии и лицеи перевели в статус обычных школ // Педсовет. Август. 2017/
  7. ^ "Москва, школа № 23, 1930-2007 гг. Поиск архива школы". Фотографии, документы и книги.
  8. ^ Мокринский Михаил Геннадиевич на сайте Департамента образования Москвы
  9. ^ Директор лицея Татьяна Воробьева — об идеальном учителе и электронной школе // Официальный сайт Мэра Москвы. 1 сентября 2017.
  10. ^ В Щукине появился новый образовательный комплекс: В Северо-Западном округе столицы продолжается объединение школ // Окружная газета СЗАО Москвы. 2017.
  11. ^ Наталья Иванова-Гладильщикова, Петр Образцов, Владимир Умнов. (21 March 2006). "Лучшие школы Москвы-2006". Известия. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2011-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Александр Шарапов. (3 June 2008). "Самые интересные школы Москвы-3". Большой город. Archived from the original on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  13. ^ "Рейтинг городских школ Москвы". Московские новости. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
  14. ^ "Рейтинг общеобразовательных школ по экономике 2011 г." 9 December 2011.
  15. ^ Артур Пугач. (25 August 2016). "Рейтинг лучших школ Москвы: cамый крутой — лицей № 1535". Комсомольская правда. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  16. ^ Ирина Ивойлова. (17 September 2013). "Хочу в высший класс". Российская газета. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  17. ^ "Петербургский лицей возглавил рейтинг лучших школ России 2017 года". ТАСС. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2017-10-05.