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Sandefjord Upper Secondary School
Summary
Sandefjord Upper Secondary School (Sandefjord videregående skole, often abbreviated to SVGS) is a public upper secondary school in Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway. It is the largest secondary school in Norway.
It is housed in two-story facilities which are located at Krokemoa near the Bugårds Park. It is an International Baccalaureate World School, but it also offers general academics (the college preparatory studiespesialisering of the Norwegian school system), as well as elite sports, vocational education, and more.
It is located across the road from a Meny supermarket, and is few meters from Bugårdsparken. The school is home to several student-run businesses, including a bakery, hair salon and an eatery known as Restaurant Barden. The school has about 2,000 students and 350 employees.
Sandefjord Upper Secondary School was established in 1997 when four schools merged to become SVGS:
Sandefjord Gymnas (established as Sandefjord Høyere Allmennskole in 1885, renamed Sandefjord Gymnas in 1964)
Sandar Videregående Skole (established as Sandar Yrkesskole in 1941)
Sandefjord Kokk og Stuertskole (est. 1893)
Sandefjord Handelsgymnas (est. 1917)
With over 2,000 students and nine branches of study, Sandefjord Upper Secondary School is very large by national standards. It is situated 120 km (74.5 mi.) southwest of Oslo at the Krokemoa area of Sandefjord, Vestfold County. An early challenge was to unify the different schools under a single identity and to provide adapted learning for all students. The school offers general and vocational studies, and students of all branches are subject to the same organizational and administrative structure. From its beginning, it was realized that the new school may have problems with dealing with such a large and broad student body. The difficulty was aggravated by the need for new structures, each having specialized, course-related functions. The need for a social communal space was met with the construction of The Forum, a meeting place which consists of a dining area, bakery, cantina, bookstore, and a nearby library.
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