Het Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest (informally RLO) is a

secondary school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' secondary education, lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) ...

in the town of

Oegstgeest Oegstgeest () is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the western Netherlands. Its population was in . Etymology The portion ''geest'' in the name refers to the geest lands, which were excavated in the seventeenth cent ...

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, founded in 1956. Het Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest is part of the

Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation Stichting The Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation ( nl, Stichting Het Rijnlands Lyceum) is an educational foundation in the Netherlands encompassing nine different schools; three offering primary education and six offering secondary education. The Found ...

, which also contains other schools in the region, including the

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and the

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, and formerly the Rijnlands Lyceum Dubai. The school building was designed by Rudi Bleeker, and the newly built wing from 2004 was designed by . RLO

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include many significant Dutch political or public figures (Including

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minister

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and current

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Curricula

The Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest offers two streams of Dutch secondary education: "higher general continued education" (

HAVO ''Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs'' (havo, meaning "higher general continued education" in Dutch) is a stream in the secondary educational system of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Suriname. It has five grades and is generally attended at ...

), and "preparatory scientific education" ( VWO). The school also offers

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(TTO), in English and Dutch. In addition, the Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest has an international department offering the

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(IB MYP) and

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(IB DP).

Notable former students

Rudy Andeweg Rudolf Bastiaan "Rudy" Andeweg (born 28 February 1952) is a former Professor of Empirical Political Science at Leiden University. He has written on political psychology, voting behavior, political elites, political leadership, comparative politic ...

(Dutch Political Scientist) *

(Dutch Politician: Secretary of State for Health, Welfare, and Sport; Minister of Education, Culture, and Science) *Maarten Fontein (CEO & Managing Director of

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) *

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(CEO of

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) * (Linguist, Journalist, and Author) * (Dutch Actress) *

(Dutch Politician:

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;

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;

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) *

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(Member of the

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) *

Gerard Spong Gerard Spong (born 9 June 1946) is a Dutch lawyer of Surinamese descent. Biography Spong was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. He is a cousin of film director Pim de la Parra. In 1962, he moved to Oegstgeest in the Netherlands. From 1967 to 1973, h ...

(Dutch Lawyer) *

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(Dutch Social Psychologist: Known for his

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) * (Dutch Comedian and Screenwriter) *

Erik-Jan Zürcher Erik-Jan Zürcher (born 1953) is a Dutch Turkologist. He is a professor of Turkish studies at Leiden University since 1997. From 2008 to 2012 he served as director of the International Institute of Social History. His book ''Turkey: a Modern Histor ...

(Dutch

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)

Notable faculty

* (Dutch Journalist and Political Scientist - Taught

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in the 1970s) * (Member of the

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- Taught Social Studies between 1996 and 1980) * Simone Haak (Dutch Visual Artist - Taught Arts in the 1990s and 2000s)Trudy van der Wees,
Simone Haak
," at ''verhalenwiki.nl,'' last updated 22 July 2018. * Gerwin van der Werf - (Dutch Author and Songwriter - Currently teaches Music)

References

External links

RLO Dutch Department ISRLO International Department
{{International schools in South Holland Schools in South Holland International Baccalaureate schools in the Netherlands International schools in the Netherlands Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation

Curricula

Notable former students

Notable faculty

See also

References

External links