Røyken Upper Secondary School

Røyken Upper Secondary School
Location
Røyken, Buskerud Norway
Information
Motto	"Fokus på Framtiden" ("Focus on the future")
Established	1978
Headmaster	Laila J.Handelsby
Deputy Headmaster	Jan Helge Russnes
Website	www.royken.vgs.no

Røyken Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Røyken videregående skole) is an upper secondary school situated in Røyken, Buskerud, Norway.

The school was established in 1978, and the first Headmaster was Olav J. Aadnekvam. The present Headmaster is Ole K. Sageng, and the present Deputy Headmaster is Ellen Watkinson. About 800 pupils attend the school, which offers 7 different programs in the Norwegian upper secondary school system. Røyken videregående skole is an UNESCO-Associated Schools Project school,^[1] and offers several international exchange programs. Catherine Coleman (who became a NASA astronaut)(USA) and Una Tomasevic (Yugoslavia) were exchange students to Røyken videregående skole during the 1978–79 school year.

References

1. "UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network - List of Participating Institutions - 2002" (PDF). UNESCO. Retrieved 27 September 2011.