Porin Lyseo

Porin Lyseo (Pori Lyceum) is a school in Pori, Finland, consisting of the upper part of primary school and gymnasium. The school was founded in 1879 as the successor of 1640 established Pori Trivial School. The main building was originally constructed 1857 by the design of architect Georg Theodor von Chiewitz. It was expanded in 1895, the wing with art classes and gym was built 1995.

Notable alumni

Pori Trivial School Discantus partbooks

1725 copied Pori Trivial School Discantus partbooks were found in the Pori Lyceum's library in 1908. They include polyphonic church music of the 16th and 17th century by composers like Melchior Vulpius, Gallus Dressler, Jacobus Gallus, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Hans Leo Hassler and Daniel Friderici. Music of the books was recorded in 2008 by early music group Sonus Borealis.

1918 massacre

During the 1918 Finnish Civil War 11 members of White Guards were shot at the Pori Lyceum schoolyard by Red Guard soldiers. The execution was led by Jan Tuckman who was an Estonian seaman in the Imperial Russian Navy.

Oulun Lyseon Lukio

Oulun Lyseon Lukio (Oulu Lyseo Upper Secondary School) is a Finnish school in the city of Oulu in northern Finland. There are about 50 teachers and about 500 students in the high school and 150 in the IB-study programme (2005).

Oulun Lyseon Lukio has been offering IB-study programme in English starting 1992. There are also some distance education programmes for small towns of Ylikiiminki and Tyrnävä.

History

In the autumn of 1874, Oulun lyseo started as a private Lyceum and it adopted Finnish as the official academical language. During the 1880s the school was admitted state aid and gradually the schools ownership was changed as state owned. In 1891 the first graduates were graduated from the state owned Oulun Lyseo.

Building

Oulun Lyseo moved to the current school building in 1890. The building representing neoclassical style was designed by architect Carl Ludvig Engel and built in 1831 as a Trivial school, which was the first school in the northern Finland that lead to university studies. Descendant of this old school nowadays is the University Teacher Training School (Oulun Normaalikoulun lukio). The building has been extended several times during its history.