Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium
Ninth Belgrade Grammar School | |
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IX Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas", | |
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New Belgrade, Serbia | |
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Type | Gymnasium |
Established | 1961 |
Enrollment | approx. 1000 |
The IX Grammar School "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" (Serbian: Deveta gimnazija "Mihailo Petrović-Alas; Девета гимназија "Михајло Петровић-Алас") is a high school located in New Belgrade, Serbia. Founded in 1961, the school is named after the Serbian mathematician Mihailo Petrović-Alas.
The school has a reputation of being very academically demanding, with high entry standards: for example, in 2005, an applicant needed a score of at least 96 out of 100 points on the Serbian High school examination to enroll in the school , the highest score of any high school in Belgrade that year.
Notable alumni
- Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia 2001-2003
- Dragan Đilas, Mayor of Belgrade
- Čedomir Jovanović, Serbian politician; started his high-school career in the IXth gymnasium, but then transferred to Treća ekonomska school
- Verica Rakocević, Serbian fashion designer
- Neda Arnerić, Serbian actress
- Igor Rakočević, Serbian basketball player
- Stefan Arsenijević, Film director
- Saša M.Savić, Serbian Artist
- Vojislav R. Stamenkovic, Scientist in the United States
- Milos R. Popovic, Scientist in Canada
Trivia
The legend passed from generation to generation of incoming students is that the school building served as a women's prison before being converted to a school. The legend was perpetuated by graffiti on the school building, saying "Stavite nam turpiju u lebac!" ("Put a file in our bread!"), as well as the fact that some buildings' ground-floor windows have bars.
"The New Belgrade School of Philosophy"
An article from 2000 titled "The Political beginning of Zoran Đinđić," claims that it was Dr. Milan Kovačević, a professor of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. The article states that the IXth gymnasium was notorious in communist Yugoslavia for its liberal atmosphere[1]
Photographs
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas"
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Courtyard II
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Smk Corner
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Courtyard
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Hall
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Stairs
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Corridor
- Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium "Mihailo Petrović-Alas" Classroom
See also
References
External links
- Official site
- Forum (Serbian)