Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun Lukio

Finnish Co-educational Lycée of Oulu
Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun Lukio
Address
Maunonkatu 1
Oulu, 90100
Finland
Coordinates 65°00′37″N 025°27′36″E / 65.01028°N 25.46000°E / 65.01028; 25.46000Coordinates: 65°00′37″N 025°27′36″E / 65.01028°N 25.46000°E / 65.01028; 25.46000
Information
School type Public school (since 1920)[1], Upper secondary school
Opened 1902 (1902)[1]
Principal Riitta-Mari Punkki-Heikkinen[2]
Teaching staff ca. 40[2]
Number of students ca. 620[3]
Publication Pyramentti
Website www.osyk.fi

Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun Lukio (abbr. OSYK, English: Finnish Co-educational Lycée of Oulu) is a Finnish-language upper secondary school in Oulu, Finland. The school is located in the Kuusiluoto neighbourhood in the Vanhatulli district in the central Oulu.

There are about 40 teachers[2] and about 620 students[3] in OSYK. The school is arts and culture oriented, and it is part of the UNESCO Associated Schools Network.[3]

History

The school has survived the bombings in 1944.

Oulun Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu was established and opened in 1902 as a private Finnish-language lycée. It was the first co-educational upper secondary school in Oulu.[4] At the time Finland was a Grand Duchy of the Russian Empire. The first principal of the school, Mauri Rosendal was an independence activist, who was sent to exile in 1903. He returned from exile in 1905. The first years the school operated in rented premises, the own school building was built in 1907–1908. The school was changed to a state-owned public school in 1920. During the World War II school work was disrupted at times. The military needed premises and the Soviet Union bombed the Kuusiluoto neighbourhood. In 1944 a bomb fell into the girls' gymnasium, but did not explode.[1] In the 1974 national education reform Oulun Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu was turned over to the city government, and at the time it was renamed and divided into the Kuusiluoto secondary school (Kuusiluodon yläaste) and the Kuusiluoto upper secondary school (Kuusiluodon lukio). In 2004 Kuusiluodon lukio was made a central upper secondary school and the lower classes were merged into other schools. The original name of the school was restored in 2006.[5][6]

School building

The school building of the Oulun Suomalainen Yhteiskoulu was built in 1907-1908 in Art Nouveau style influenced by national romanticism. The four-storey stone building was designed by architect Victor Sucksdorff. The building has been extended in 1955 with an extension that was adapted to the original building and in 1960 with a modern extension.[7] The last major restoration work was completed in the autumn of 2006.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Juntunen, Jukka (2002). "Tapahtumia sadan vuoden ajalta". In Tuulos, Harri. Ruusuikkunan takaa [Behind a Rose Window] (in Finnish). Oulu, Finland: Oulun yhteislyseon seniorit ry. pp. 12–20. ISBN 952-91-5103-9.
  2. 1 2 3 "Henkilökunta". Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun lukio. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulu lukio". Ouluun lukioon 2015-2016 (in Finnish) (City of Oulu). 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  4. ↑ "Oulun suomalainen yhteiskoulu 1902-1920" (in Finnish). Yksityiskoulujen Liitto. 2005. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  5. ↑ "Historia". Oulun Suomalaisen Yhteiskoulun lukio. 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  6. ↑ Valtanen, Juha (2004-01-24). "Kuusiluodon lukio keskuslukiona" [Kuusiluoto Upper Secondary School as a central school]. Kaleva (in Finnish) (Oulu). Retrieved 2015-05-20.
  7. ↑ Pohjois-Pohjanmaan kulttuurihistoriallisesti merkittävät kohteet Osa 1 (in Finnish). Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Seutukaavalaiitto. 1993. p. 42. ISBN 951-9328-53-X.

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