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The Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School (Hungarian: ''Deák Ferenc Gimnázium'') is a public, co-educational secondary school in Szeged, Hungary established in 1988. It is the youngest secondary educational institution in the city of Szeged. It is named after Ferenc Deák, a famous 19th-century Hungarian politician who is also known as the ''Sage of the Nation''. From the beginning, language education served as the main focus of the school in addition to its mission to provide a multifunctional place amidst its surroundings of panel housing estates, hence it leases out the Theater Hall—which can be opened together with the Atrium—for various cultural programs. The school has been participating in the debate forum called European Classes since 1997, it is the member of the initiative PUSCH (Schools: Partners of the Future), and that of the DSD program since 2008. The rate of acceptance to higher education is 89-90%. Students within the Hungarian-English bilingual program have a higher number of classes in English. Furthermore, for them, the language of education concerning mathematics, biology, geography and history (both Hungarian and world history) is English. Throughout their four years of learning, these courses are complemented by a special English conversation class with native speakers, and by the same token a so-called civilization class is offered from 11th grade. The school has a wide range of international connections, thus bilingual students (along with those of the special English program) and students of the special German program have the opportunity to participate in exchange programs with Brooks School in North Andover, United States,〔 and with Eleonorenschule in Darmstadt, Germany, respectively. ==History== By the end of the 1980s, the leadership of Szeged had realized the altering tendencies that higher and higher percentages of students ought to be provided secondary education. In the spirit of the aforementioned situation, the Executive Committee of the Municipal Council of Szeged stipulated in 1985 that a new high school be built in the area marked by Anyagod Street and József Attila Boulevard (22,740 yd2),〔 of which István Novák, architect of Csomiterv Ltd. was appointed. He designed a multifunctional school with 24 class-rooms, with abilities to be used for various occasions, and with enrollment capacity of 800-1000 students. On August 1, 1988, the general contractor announced the end of construction, and the faculty started to move in. Three choices were given to the Board of Teachers to decide whom the school should be named after : * Kunó Klebensberg who served as Member of Parliament for Szeged from 1920, Minister of the Interior and later on as Minister of Religion and Culture * Mihály Károlyi, the first Prime Minister then President of the First Republic of Hungary * Ferenc Deák, the so-called Sage of the Nation who orchestrated the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867. Count Kunó Klebensberg was soon declared out of the contest given the difficult pronunciation of his name〔 and it eventually ended in a draw between the two other alternatives. Dr. László Kovács, the first principal (1987–1992), avowed—with the intention to resolve the situation—that his vote counts as two, hence the name Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School came into being.〔 It was a decision that the Municipal Council did not want to accept, therefore the principal applied to Tibor Czibere, the then Minister of Education of the People’s Republic of Hungary for help. Not until this event did the name become official. Given the institution’s focus on foreign languages, it was Mark Palmer, former United States Ambassador to Hungary (1986–1990) who was asked to inaugurate the school.〔 In the year of the opening, Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School and the Embassy of the United States Budapest cooperated on a weekly basis so that even Frank Press, President of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences paid a visit in the school; what is more it was in the same year when the exchange program between Deák and Brooks School in Massachusetts was launched. The school continued to keep its connections to foreign affairs later on as well, hence upon the visit of the German Ambassador to Hungary, every student was provided free visas to the late West-Germany. The first principal, Dr. László Kovács considered equipping the school and filling it with teachers and students to be his prime duty.〔 During his principalship, he procured 64 televisions, two class-rooms of computers, 42 sets of skiing equipment and installed a studio so as to enrich the school.〔 He employed several former teachers from Ságvári High School while the students were from Radnóti Miklós High School, Tömörkény István High School and Ságvári High School. Even though these students started in their old schools, they pursued their education in the new institution.〔 Accordingly, the first two Hungarian-English bilingual classes spent their freshman year in Radnóti; however, under the aegis of Deák’s new Board of Teachers. In those days, there were only three foreign languages besides English which could be learned—Italian, Spanish and German〔—prior to the introduction of French in 1989.〔 In 1991 the school launched its "6-year high school" program〔In the 1990s numerous Hungarian secondary educational institutions started to offer a„6-year high school” program according to which parents were allowed to send their children to high school in 6th grade. For more informations see: Education in Hungary〕 onto which Deák focused more and more attention; moreover, in the very same decade the palette of education was complemented with a new program in which students had a higher number of literature and history lessons and with special language programs. Principal Dr. József Kovács preeminently aimed at maintaining the "6-year high school" program. During his principalship the institute was a nationally noted high school reaching number 13 on the list of best high schools in Hungary and later on as well it was in the best 40.〔 With the financial support of Soros Foundation, Deák was able to furnish its first computer laboratory and in 1995 it established another classroom with an up-to-date network of computers.〔 As a result of Vice-Principal Dr. József Müller’s activities, a connection between Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School and Darmstadt came into existence, due to which the leadership of the German city presented him the annual ''Freundschaft in Frieden und Freiheit'' (Friendship in Peace and Freedom) plaque. Dr. Mihály Révész had been elected principal in 1996, following which he acted for external management, the enhancement of inner artistic freedom and for strengthening the pedagogical program until the end of his tenure in 2001. It was during his principalship that the English Language summer camp was started by the American teacher Arden Campbell. The American pedagogue arrived at Deák in 1991 through ''Educational Services International''; and gave her services for the school throughout the years, former Vice-Principal Dr. József Müller even called her one of the “founders of the school”.〔 In the same year, the list of overseas partner schools was complemented with Covenant School, Virginia. In the academic term of 1998/1999, the new Computing and Informatics Program became available along with the Special German one, which were followed by the Special Spanish Program in 2001 and the Special English program in 2004. Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2008, commemorating which a week-long set of events was organized in Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deák Ferenc Bilingual High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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