Notre Dame des Anges, usually called the Notre Dame, is a secondary education school in the

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. The school is located in

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(near the city of

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), in the

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. It is the only secondary school in the Netherlands that only offers higher general continued education (

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: ''havo''). Notre Dame des Anges is named after the

Chapel of Notre Dame des Anges The Chapel of Notre Dame des Anges (french: Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges) is a Roman Catholic church located near Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. The chapel is a miraculous shrine and place of pilgrimage. It is in the Gothic and Romanesq ...

near Lurs, in the

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; this chapel was supposed to be miraculous.

History

Notre Dame des Anges was founded in 1903 by French

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. At the time it was a

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for Catholic girls. The nuns lived in 'Ter Meer': a

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located near

, in the woodlands on the flank of the

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between

and

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(part of the Lower Rhine Heights). Between 1910 and 1926, the institution was expanded with large

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, a

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, a

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, a chapel and a

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where the support staff lived. Until 1968, Notre Dame des Anges functioned as an all-girls secondary school. The institution continued as a secondary education school for only higher general continued education (

: ''havo''). In 1973, a new building for Notre Dame des Anges was built at the foot of the push moraine. The old building complex of the institution was sold to a textile manufacturer. He named it 'De Refter'. Ubbergen, de Notre Dame des Anges foto4 2010-05-05 08

Ubbergen, de Notre Dame des Anges foto4 2010-05-05 08

Around 2010 it was found that the second school building of Notre Dame des Anges was outdated. Therefore, it was demolished in 2011. During the same year, the school moved to a new school building, which was built right next to the school's outdated building.

Awards

The list below lists the awards the school has received. * ''KlASSe'' Award – 2009 * Spatial Quality Award of Gelderland (

: ''Gelderse Prijs voor Ruimtelijke Kwaliteit'') – 2014

Notable graduates

The list below includes notable people who graduated at Notre Dame des Anges. * Olly van Abbe (1935–2017), well-known

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in the Netherlands * Floriske van Leeuwen (1971), former member of the

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and former party chairwoman of the Party for the Animals * Marthe Weijers (1989), well-known

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r and

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in the Netherlands

Notable former teachers

The list below lists notable people who have worked as a teacher at Notre Dame des Anges. *

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(1912–1986), former KVP politician and the first female minister of the Netherlands (worked as

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teacher) * Bart Welten (1922–1970), famous sculptor in the Netherlands (worked as

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teacher) * Lia Roefs (1955), former member of the

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on behalf of the Labour Party (worked as

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teacher)

Gallery

Notre Dame (Dutch highschool).jpg, Entrance of the current school building Havo NDdA.jpg, Interior design of the school building REFTER-luchtfoto.png, Aerial photo of the original location Pad door het Bronnenbos.jpg, Carr around the school

Trivia

* On 2 February 2010,

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and human rights activist

Timuel Black Timuel Dixon Black Jr. (December 7, 1918 – October 13, 2021) was an American educator, civil rights activist, historian and author. A native of Alabama, Black was raised in Chicago, Illinois and studied the city's African American history. He w ...

visited the school during his visit to the Netherlands.

External links

Notre Dame
– Official website (in Dutch)
De Refter
– Official website of De Refter (in Dutch)

– Eponymous chapel in France (in French)

References

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