Bonaventure College (Netherlands)

Bonaventura College
Location
Leiden and Roelofarendsveen Netherlands
Coordinates	52°09′18″N 4°30′29″E / 52.15496°N 4.5081°E / 52.15496; 4.5081
Information
Type	gymnasium, atheneum, HAVO, VMBO
Denomination	Catholic
Established	1927; 97 years ago (1927)
School board	Leiden Confessional Education Foundation
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	2618 (school year 2009–2010)
Website	www.bonaventuracollege.nl

Bonaventura College is a Catholic secondary school in Leiden, Netherlands. The school offers education in gymnasium, atheneum, HAVO, and VMBO. It has three branches in Leiden. Together with Visser 't Hooft Lyceum, it is part of the Leiden Confessional Education Foundation. It was preceded by the Jesuit St. Willibrord College of 1831 which moved to The Hague in 1927, leading to the founding in Leiden of St. Bonaventure by the Franciscans.

Locations

Burggravenlaan

Bonaventura College Burggravenlaan provides gymnasium, atheneum, HAVO, and VMBO programmes. In 2010–2011 the school had 1057 pupils. It is housed in the Dudok building built in 1915, on the corner of Burggravenlaan and Hoge Rijndijk.^{[1][third-party source needed]}

Boerhaavelaan

The Boerhaavelaan branch offers education at all VMBO levels. It offers third- and fourth-year students the choice between four professions: administration, engineering, electrical engineering and electronics. In 2009–2010 the school had 375 students.^{[2][third-party source needed]}

Mariënpoelstraat

The Mariënpoelstraat branch offers gymnasium, atheneum, and HAVO educational programmes. It is housed in the former Franciscan monastery in Mariënpoelstraat. In 2015–2016 it had 1000 students.^{[3][third-party source needed]}

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  Mariënpoelstraat
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  Memorial plaque
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  Statue

Roelofarendsveen

The Roelofarendsveen branch offers gymnasium, atheneum, HAVO, VMBO theoretical (MAVO) and middle-management vocational programmes. After their third year, gymnasium, atheneum, and HAVO students continue their education at the Mariënpoelstraat branch in Leiden. In 2009–2010 the school had 285 students.^{[4][third-party source needed]}.

This location was permanently shut down after the 2018–2019 school year.^{[citation needed]}

Alumni

• Boudewijn Büch poet, writer, television presenter, collector^[5]
• Femke Heemskerk swimmer, European and Olympic champion in 2008^[6]
• Carel Stolker professor and rector, Leiden University.^[7]
• Bettine Vriesekoop table tennis player, European champion in 1982 and 1992^{[8][circular reference]}

See also

• List of Jesuit sites

References

Literature

• Van Woerden, HAJM, "Bonaventura, memorial book at the fiftieth anniversary" (1977);
• Heruer, LMM (ed.), "Van Griffel tot Muis. 150 Years Catholic Education in Leiden 1846–1996 (1996

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