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Open Gate

10/04/2022

Open Gate welcomed 103 primary school pupils and 302 grammar school students to its 18th school year, with a quarter of those at the grammar school awarded scholarships

Open Gate ushered in its eighteenth school year with 302 grammar school students and 103 first-tier primary school pupils. More than a quarter of the grammar school students entered the new school year holding scholarships from The Kellner Family Foundation. Petra Dobešová, previously the managing director of OPEN GATE - gymnázium a základní škola, s.r.o., has been named the Head of Open Gate School. The school has a stable body of teaching staff, just under a third of whom are male and a fifth of whom are native speakers of languages other than Czech. 

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Open Gate

04/09/2021

Studentka Anne-Maria Matejas | Tady mě chápou

Student Anne-Maria Matejas | They understand me here

Open Gate

03/17/2021

Lenka Trpišovská, a student’s mom: I am glad we found the courage eventually


Lenka Trpišovská, a student’s mom: I am glad we found the courage eventually
Václav, Lenka Trpišovská’s son, obtained a grant to attend Open Gate from The Kellner Family Foundation. His mom sent him to school a bit worried. A focused student came back to her for vacations. Read how the entire family felt when 11-year-old Václav left for a boarding school.

Open Gate

02/12/2021

Martin Lněnička, principal of a children’s home: The school gives children from children’s homes a head start


Martin Lněnička, principal of a children’s home: The school gives children from children’s homes a better starting position
Roman and Alica came to Open Gate from the Children’s Home in Prague-Dolní Počernice. Both have obtained grants from The Kellner Family Foundation. Martin Lněnička, the principal of the children’s home, says studying at the school has opened new opportunities for them – opportunities that are available to any gifted child regardless of their socio-economic background. Read more in our interview with the principal.

Open Gate

09/08/2020

Open Gate Grammar School and Primary School begins its 16th academic year with scholarships for 95 students

Open Gate starts its 16th year with 293 grammar school students and 99 pupils in the primary school’s junior years. This year, as every year, a significant number of grammar school students have scholarships from The Kellner Family Foundation set up by Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner. For the current academic year, 95 students, approximately one-third of all students at the grammar school, have been awarded scholarships.

Open Gate

01/03/2020

The first date for applying for an Open Gate grant is approaching

There are two dates for sending applications for need-based grants: by 15 January and by 1 March 2020.

Open Gate

11/12/2019

Uniting international institutions makes a difference

"Thanks to the extraordinary preparation I received at Open Gate, and the support from the school and Drew University, I have been able to achieve one of my big life-long dreams of studying at a highly regarded university in the USA."

Open Gate

09/26/2019

Open Days at Open Gate School

We look forward to seeing you on 14th November 2019 and 23th January 2020.

Open Gate

09/04/2019

The 15th school year at Open Gate: 294 grammar school students and 101 primary school pupils

At Open Gate, 294 students of the eight-year grammar school and 101 primary school pupils have begun the 15th school year together with 108 teachers and other staff members. The family foundation of Mrs Renáta Kellnerová and Mr Petr Kellner has awarded scholarships to 95 grammar school students. In this jubilee school year, the students and pupils can look forward to new classrooms, modernised dormitories, and an improved Counselling Centre. Another new feature is the OG Buddy Programme, under which a ‘mentor’ from the ranks of older students takes care of every newcomer.

Open Gate

01/23/2019

Grant applications | Open Gate Grammar School

We will accept applications for grants for the Open Gate eight-year grammar school again until 1 March this year. We provide social grants, for which future students or their legal representatives may apply, intended for academically gifted children with difficult social backgrounds.

Open Gate

10/30/2018

Open Days | Open Gate School

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 22 November 2018 and on 24 January 2019, or at any other time as you may arrange with us.

Open Gate

09/04/2018

The Open Gate grammar school and primary school open their 14th academic year

On 3 September 2018, the gates of the Open Gate grammar school and primary school were opened to the next academic year for the 14th time. At Open Gate, 378 pupils and students are starting the 2018/19 academic year, 98 of them at the primary school and 280 of them at the eight-year grammar school.

Open Gate

04/12/2018

If not us, who?

A world-wide phenomenon will be coming to the Czech Republic. TED Conferences (Technology, Entertainment, Design) feature well-known people such as former American President Bill Clinton, Bono from U2, top chef Jamie Oliver, and Nobel laureates. On April 21 an independent local community will be hosting a similar conference in the theatre of the Open Gate Primary School and Grammar School in Babice.