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Reformation as a Celebration?

Reformation as a Celebration?

​All of the German federal republics have officially declared the 31st of October a special State Holiday. You would be very mistaken, if you ascribed it to Halloween. It is the culmination of a year commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

Friday news

Friday news

As an introduction, let me wish us all especially a lot of health, which is enough for satisfaction and happiness. And if there’s a little bit of luck and some work and personal successes, it certainly wouldn’t hurt either.

Friday News

Friday News

The campus was covered with snow, snowflakes floated in the air—what more could we wish for in the last advent week?

​Wo sind die Weihnachtsmärkte?

​Wo sind die Weihnachtsmärkte?

The Dresden Christmas markets are a well-known and popular fair which is annually visited by thousands of people. Hence we, the German students accompanied by Mrs. Barnes and Mr.Udatný, started out on an excursion to Dresden on Wednesday, December 14.

Friday News

Friday News

This year’s 15th Friday greetings are here to inform you about another five work days and not just in Babice

Open Gate Science Fair

Open Gate Science Fair

We would like to invite you to our first Open Gate Science Fair

Pospisil’s Sexta English RFE/RL

Pospisil’s Sexta English RFE/RL

​On the 30th of November 2017, 15 sexta students and their English teacher, Mrs. Pospíšil, took a field trip to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague.The excursion included a brief history of the radio, a tour and an interview with some of the journalists working there.

Friday news

Friday news

In the past two weeks, reports about our school and interviews with Mrs. Kožnarová, the Director of OG, have appeared in the media. If you missed them, you can read about them below.

Friday news

Friday news

With another Friday there comes the next OG newsletter. The weather this week, damp and dark, is ideal for sitting with a blanket at the fireplace, but at Open Gate we were definitely not that inactive.

Friday news

Friday news

This time on Friday as usual, after an extremely demanding week, filled with many events, the traditional newsletter is here again.

​The Best School Magazine of 2017 Awards, or why not bring extra suitcase next time

​The Best School Magazine of 2017 Awards, or why not bring extra suitcase next time

For the past two years, our collective school newspapers - The OG Chronicle, OG NOTes and Krognika - have been recognized for top national prizes in the Best School Magazine in the Czech Republic contest. Because there is no alternative at present, we enroll our school newspaper into this "magazine" competition, but this hasn’t prevented us from taking the top positions in many categories. Our newspaper was awared 1st Place in Graphics, 1st Place in the Other Languages category, 2nd place in Content, and 4th Place overall. We couldn’t be prouder of our efforts!

Friday news

Friday news

To begin with, let’s return to Friday’s quarterly pedagogical meeting, at which besides much more we named students who will be awarded in the form of a certificate for their outstanding results and achievements so far.

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