Gordonstoun House

Gordonstoun (originally in full, the British Salem School^{[citation needed]} in Gordonstoun) is a Scottish co-educational independent school. It is sometimes referred to as a public school, although strictly speaking, this is an English term. Image File history File links Gordonstoun_House. ... Image File history File links Gordonstoun_House. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... A public school, in current English, Welsh and Northern Ireland usage, is a (usually) prestigious independent school, for children usually between the ages of 11 or 13 and 18, which charges fees and is not financed by the state. ...

History

Located in a 17th century house near Elgin, Moray, in Scotland - next to RAF Lossiemouth - it was founded as an international school in 1934 by the German educator Dr. Kurt Hahn. It was named after the first school established by Hahn, Schule Schloss Salem (School of the Castle of Salem) in Southern Germany. Although a fierce German patriot, Dr. Hahn had to leave Germany after the Nazis gained power, mainly on account of his Jewish background and critical stance towards national socialism. (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Elgin (Scottish Gaelic: ) is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. ... Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots2 Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - UK Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I 843  Area    - Total 78,772 km... RAF Lossiemouth is a Royal Air Force station in Moray, Scotland. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kurt Hahn Kurt Martin Hahn (5 June, 1886 - 14 December, 1974) was a German educator who founded projects such as the Schule Schloss Salem in Germany, Gordonstoun in Scotland, Atlantic College in Wales, the United World Colleges movement, and the Outward Bound schools. ... Salem Castle Spetzgart and Härlen Schule Schloss Salem (Anglicisation: School of Salem Castle, Salem Castle School) is a boarding school with campuses in Salem and Ãœberlingen in Baden-Württemberg, Southern Germany. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination...

Ethos

Hahn blended a traditional private school ethos with a philosophy derived, at least in part, from that of ancient Greece. This is most notable in the title "Guardian", denoting the head boy and girl, which Hahn took from Plato's Republic; the adoption of a Greek trireme as the school's emblem; and, most notably, a routine that could be described as spartan. He placed a high emphasis on militaristic discipline and physical education, particularly outdoor activities such as sailing and hill walking. It is therefore appropriate that the school's motto should be "Plus est en vous" (More is in you). The school formerly had a (possibly undeserved) reputation for harsh conditions, with cold showers and morning runs as a matter of routine and physical punishments, known as "penalty drill" or PD, in the form of long runs through the Moray countryside. The Temple to Athena, the Parthenon Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around three thousand years. ... For other uses, see Plato (disambiguation). ... A Greek trireme. ... For the songs, see Sailing (song). ... Hillwalking or fellwalking is the recreational practice of hiking in mountainous terrain. ...

During World War II, the school temporarily moved to Llandinam in Wales. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Llandinam is village in central Wales between Newtown and Llanidloes. ... This article is about the country. ...

It is best-known as the school attended during the 1960s by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, on the recommendation of his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who had himself been one of the first students to attend Gordonstoun having previously been educated at Salem in Germany. Princes Andrew and Edward eventually followed in their father's and elder brother's footsteps. Of the four princes, three (Philip, Charles and Edward) were appointed Guardian (head boy) during their time at the school. Princess Anne, the Queen's only other remaining child, was not educated at Gordonstoun, which at that time was boys only. However, she did send her own two children there and also served for some time on the school's board of governors. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... For other people known as Charles, Prince of Wales, see Charles, Prince of Wales (disambiguation) His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales KG, KT,GCB, OM,AK,QSO, PC, ADC, M.A., B.A. (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Windsor), styled HRH The Prince Charles, Duke... The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, but... Princess Anne may refer to more than one person: Anne, Princess Royal (born 15 August 1950), daughter of Elizabeth II of the UK Anne, Princess of Orange (1709‑1759), daughter of George II of Great Britain Anne (1637‑1759), daughter of Charles I of England Princess Anne may refer to...

The school has changed since Prince Charles's time there. It had been a means tested school with boys from varied backgrounds, the rich paying far more than the poorer families. It had not been a popular school and was not really on the list of schools to which the wealthy wanted to send their boys. However after Charles's sojourn there it became fashionable. It later became, and remains, a co-educational school.

William Boyd has written in detail about his time there in Protobiography, although he never mentions the school by name. William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952 in Accra, Ghana) is a contemporary Scottish novelist and screenwriter. ...

Alumni

• British Royal Family members
  • Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  • Charles, Prince of Wales
  • Prince Andrew, Duke of York
  • Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex,
  • Peter Phillips,
  • Zara Phillips.
• 'Nasty' Nick (Channel 4's Big Brother)
• William Boyd (1952-), novelist and screenwriter, winner of the Whitbread Book Award and nominated for Booker Prize.
• Christian Castle, leading music and technology attorney, legal author and Fellow of the World Technology Network
• Jason Connery, actor and son of Sir Sean Connery.^[1]
• Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere Chairman of Associated Newspapers.^{[citation needed]}
• Dick Heckstall-Smith, a legendary British jazz and bluesmusician.
• Aleksandar Karađorđević, crown prince of Serbia.
• Charles Kennedy (economist)
• Luca Prodan, Italian-Argentinian singer, leader of Sumo
• Sarah Rachel Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood and Dirleton, Lady of Morpeth Castle
• Christina Rau, political scientist and wife of the former President of Germany, Johannes Rau
• Roy Williamson of the Corries, and writer of Scotland's national anthem, Flower of Scotland
• Roger "Henry" Inker, Oracle DBA

The fictional Lara Croft is also claimed to have attended the school. This may have been inspired by James Bond's "attendance" of Fettes College. Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a shared royal family. ... The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned those titles to serve in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, but... The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor; born Windsor, 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... The Prince Andrew, Duke of York KG, KCVO, ADC(P) (Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor; born Windsor, 19 February 1960), is a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Duke of York since 1986. ... The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, KG, KCVO (Edward Antony Richard Louis Mountbatten-Windsor; born 10 March 1964) is a member of the British Royal Family, the youngest child and third son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Earl of Wessex since 1999. ... Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is a member of the British Royal Family, the only son of The Princess Anne, the Princess Royal and her first husband, Mark Phillips. ... Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips MBE (born 15 May 1981) is the only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. ... Nick Bateman (born 5 November 1967 in London, England) is a British television personality who found fame as a contestant on the first series of the British version of Big Brother. ... It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast on Channel 4, and S4C in Wales, in which a number of contestants live in isolation from the outside world in a custom built house trying to avoid being evicted by the public with the aim of winning a large cash prize... William Boyd, CBE (born 7 March 1952 in Accra, Ghana) is a contemporary Scottish novelist and screenwriter. ... The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ... The Booker Prize for Fiction is awarded each year for the best novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland. ... Christian Castle is a digital music lawyer in Los Angeles, California. ... Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963 in London) is an actor. ... Harold Jonathan Esmond Vere Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere (born December 3, 1967) succeeded as his father as the 4th Viscount Rothermere in 1998. ... Associated Newspapers is a subsidiary of Daily Mail and General Trust and publishes five major UK newspaper titles; Daily Mail Mail on Sunday Evening Standard Ireland on Sunday Metro External links ANP Home ... Dick Heckstall-Smith (September 16, 1934 – December 17, 2004) was a British jazz and blues saxophonist. ... Alexander Karageorgevitch (Aleksandar KaraÄ‘orÄ‘ević, born July 17, 1945) is the current pretender to the abolished thrones of Yugoslavia and Serbia. ... Anthem: Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city)  Belgrade Official languages Serbian written with the Cyrillic alphabet1 Government Parliamentary republic  - President Boris Tadić  - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  - Formation 8th century   - Independence c. ... See Charles Kennedy (disambiguation) for other people of the same name. ... Luca Prodan ( Roma17 May 1953 — -Buenos Aires 22 December 1987) was an Italian- Argentine musician. ... Sumo was a 1980s rock and reggae band from Argentina. ... The President of Germany (German: Bundespräsident, formerly Reichspräsident) is Germanys head of state. ... Johannes Rau (January 16, 1931 – January 27, 2006) was the President of Germany from July 1, 1999 until June 30, 2004. ... The Corries were a Scottish folk group which emerged from the Scottish folk revival of the early 1960s. ... Flower of Scotland (The technically correct, but rarely used, title of the song is The Flower of Scotland[citation needed]) (Flùir na h-Alba in Gaelic) is an unofficial national anthem of Scotland, a role for which it competes against the older Scotland the Brave. ... Lara Croft is an English video game character and the heroine of the Tomb Raider series of video games, movies and comic books. ... The James Bond 007 gun logo James Bond 007 is a fictional British agent[1] created in 1952 by writer Ian Fleming, featured in several novels and short stories. ... Fettes College is a Scottish independent boarding and day school situated in Edinburgh. ...

Boarding Houses

There are nine boarding houses at Gordonstoun School:^[2] A boarding house can also be called a Rooming house or a Lodging house. It is a house (often a family home) in which holiday-makers (people on vacation in American English) or lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of...

Female:

• Hopeman House
• Plewlands House
• Windmill House

Male

• Bruce House
• Cumming House
• Duffus House
• Gordonstoun House
• Round Square

Co-ed

• Altyre House

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Aberlour House

Main article: Aberlour House

Aberlour House, the preparatory school for Gordonstoun, was relocated to Gordonstoun's grounds from Aberlour in 2004.^[3] A preparatory school, or prep school in the United Kingdom, and previously in the British Empire and the Commonwealth in current English usage, is an independent school designed to prepare a student for fee-paying, secondary independent school. ... Aberlour, also known as Charlestown of Aberlour after its founder, is a town in Moray, Scotland, 12 miles south of Elgin. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Gordonstoun School website
• Round Square website
• Gordonstoun School at the isbi.com website

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