School History

School history starts on 29th May when Feliks Fabiani got the permission to open a private boarding school for boys. It was rearranged many times from a two-class to a five-class school. After the death of the founder of the school ? Feliks Fabiani in 1904, A. Żyliński was in charge of the school. In 1908 the school was reorganized again and it became a government junior high school divided into four classes. In 1921 the school graduates initiated the foundation of ?Public Junior High School for Boys? named after Feliks Fabiani. It was created from public funds. At first the school had only four classes but later on it was widen into eight units. In 1934 the school was divided into a junior high school with four classes and a senior high school with two classes. First graduates took the national leaving exam (matura exam) in 1939.

Between 1921 and 1938 school was situated in a one-story building on the corner of Narutowicza Street and Staszica Street (present Bugaj street). In 1939 thanks to the local authorities and the school headmaster- Kluczyński, the school got a new building situated next to the old one. The second World War stopped the educational activity of the school but some lessons took place until November 1939. A lot of students and teachers started to cooperate with the Secret Teaching Organisation, when the occupation authorities banned teaching in schools and in the school building the Germans opened their own school. Just when the war was coming to the end, in January 1945, former teachers and students tried to reopen the school as soon as it was possible. They were joined by teachers from other schools and soon they began teaching again.

?First Junior High School and Senior High School for Boys? in Radomsko was situated in the pre-war building. Z. Kluczyński became the headmaster of the school. There were employed most of the teachers who had worked there before the war. The first years were very hard, there was lack of everything: books, notebooks and other things. The other problem was the mixed ability classes and students. Fortunately, the school slowly overcame the difficulties and in July 1945 first students took the school-leaving exam. Twenty one new teachers were employed and also number of students, who wanted to learn, was increasing.

In 1947 there were opened 10 classes with 434 students, and in 1950, 741 students were studying in 20 units. In 1951 the school was moved into a new building in Waryńskiego Street (present Piłsudskiego Street).In the same place there was a primary school. Because of that, the school was reorganized so the primary students could continue education in the senior high school. In the 50?s the school got the official name: First High School in Radomsko (I Liceum Ogólnokształcące w Radomsku). A very important moment for the school community was the year 1965, because on 2nd September the school officially received the new building in Górna Street, present Armii Krajowej Street, where it is still today. The teaching conditions got better, students got twelve new spacious classrooms and teachers new labs and equipment.

Until the end of 70?s number of classrooms increased. There was a record number of students at that time, for example, 723 students in 1972. A lot of students came from outside Radomsko. They could stay in the new- built dormitory. A new school pitch and a tennis court were built in 1969.

The headmasters of the school:

• S. Brzozowski
• Jaworski
• Z. Kluczyński
• J. Słowiński
• W. Stec
• R. Szwed
• E. Zawadzka
• G. Kaczmarek
• A.Styczyńska-Dryja

Opracowanie: Andrzej Tatara
Tłumaczenie: Elżbieta Ozga