Ashram College


The Ashram College is a Dutch high school located in Alphen [aan den Rijn] and Nieuwkoop. It was established in 1929. The school offers VWO excluding or including the classical languages Latin and Greek, HAVO and VMBO-T. Ashram College is a Catholic school.

History

The Ashram College was established in 1929 as the H. Bonifacius-ulo. Students were taught at VMBO-level. Later, in 1971, the school expended and added a HAVO-level to its education system. In 1972, the school changed its name to Ashram College. In 1973, another expansion added the VWO-level to Ashram College. In 1974 the Ashram College merged with De Nieuwe Cope in Nieuwkoop.

Subjects

In the first phase a student will go to one of the three main levels, intended for the inquiring pupil. In Nieuwkoop a student can choose between ‘Beauty & Wellness’, ‘SportLife’, ‘Technique’ and ‘The Theater Factory’).
In the second phase a student can choose a 'profile' of his choice, which offers most of the subjects the student is interested in, or suit his capacities. The following profiles can be selected:
Beside this profile, a student can also choose another subject of his choice: music, Spanish, visual arts, informatics, economy, philosophy, French, German and acting.
Exceptional VWO students are able to choose an extra subject, but they are only permitted to do that if they have great marks for that specific subject.

Name

The name Ashram refers to the Indian ashrams, places where everyone could come to. The particular reason that makes an ashram unique was that origin, religion, study, skin color, etc. do not matter. This is exactly what is predicated in the school, that everyone in this world is equal to each other and that a school should support every individual in their talent. Due to this fact, the motto of the school is ‘Thuis in de wereld’, literally ‘Home in the world’.

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