History

The beginning of our school was detected in the 17th century, when in 1681 the town council decided to base the school across the river Daugava with subject –  German language. The name of our school was changed many times,  it became Agenskalna State Gymnasium in 1996 .

Facts

 Now in our school there are studying 797 students and work 65 highly qualified teachers, many of them are authors of the textbooks, that are used in many schools in Latvia. Children from many regions of Latvia are learning in 29 classes. Recently the school was renovated and now students have the opportunity to live in the hostel with all amenities.

Subjects

Latvian, literature, English, French, German, Russian, math, geometry, sport, music, economics, informatics, biology, chemistry, physics, history, geography, technical drawing, history of art, philosophy and psychology, social sciences.

Programs

In gymnasium it is offered to acquire math and natural sciences’ program with three subprograms, as well as general program with more profound studies in literature, history, French and English.

Science

Every year students  are working on projects in history, sciences, art and other subjects.

11 th grade students from gymnasium are preparing  research works and presenting them  to  schoolmates and teachers, but the  best works are presented in the city and the state conferences.Since 2000 Agenskalna State Gymnasium has been one of the top ten schools in Latvia. The students of our school are achieving success in science contests in state and even World.    

Sports

There are such free time activities as basketball, volley-ball, floor-ball, frisbee and aerobics.

We have School’s  Sport Day every spring and autumn.

The school has an aerobics hobby group where  Students from pro-gymnasium and  gymnasium are participating. Aerobics festivals are held every year.

Our school’s floor-ball team takes the first positions in Riga’s championships

Culture

The school has 2 mixed choirs, chamber choir “Mūžīgais strauts” and the ensemble.

They are in leading positions between school choirs in Latvia, singing in many shows in Riga and in other parts of Latvia. They also have visited Germany, Finland, Norway,  Lithuania and other countries.

Also the folk- dancing group “Vainags” were taking part in dance festivals in Poland, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey and others.

Every 4 years they are participating in the Students Sing and Dance festival.