Huishoud en Industrieschool (Haarlem)
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The Haarlemse Huishoud en Industrieschool is a former huishoud school on the Voorhelmstraat, Haarlem
, The Netherlands. It is the oldest public day school for girls in Haarlem, built in 1901, which was renovated in 1935. It is currently rented as separate units for small businesses.
(leerplicht) was passed in 1900 for children aged 6-12, this school for girls was opened in 1901, just around the corner from the Ambachtsschool for boys on the Kamperstraat. It was called the "Eerste Haarlemsche Huishoud- en Industrieschool", or "Household School".
The Huishoud school offered a three-year education and "extra classes". Some of the "extra class" names in the Household school were ‘nat en droogwaschen’ (wet and dry-cleaning), ‘strijken’ (ironing), ‘tafeldienen’ (waiting tables), ‘naaien van lijfgoed’ (sewing underwear) and ‘koken' (cooking) for workmans' wives. The extra classes were paid separately. For example the cooking class for children cost 1 guilder and fifty cents, but the meal could be eaten afterwards.
According to an article written by :nl:Johannes Bernardus van Loghem in the Architectural weekly "Architectura", the school had been quite dark and depressing with its old northern entrance with little light, and it serviced 1000 girls in 1935, when it was renovated by the architect Dick Greiner. It also contained several small "family kitchen" rooms for cooking classes, and washing nooks for laundry.
In 2010 the school and its history was one of the subjects at the Historisch Museum Haarlem
's exhibition "Leren voor het Leven" (learning for life), a compilation of materials from various vocational schools
in the Haarlem area.
Haarlem
Haarlem is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland, the northern half of Holland, which at one time was the most powerful of the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic...
, The Netherlands. It is the oldest public day school for girls in Haarlem, built in 1901, which was renovated in 1935. It is currently rented as separate units for small businesses.
History
When the law for compulsory educationCompulsory education
Compulsory education refers to a period of education that is required of all persons.-Antiquity to Medieval Era:Although Plato's The Republic is credited with having popularized the concept of compulsory education in Western intellectual thought, every parent in Judea since Moses's Covenant with...
(leerplicht) was passed in 1900 for children aged 6-12, this school for girls was opened in 1901, just around the corner from the Ambachtsschool for boys on the Kamperstraat. It was called the "Eerste Haarlemsche Huishoud- en Industrieschool", or "Household School".
The Huishoud school offered a three-year education and "extra classes". Some of the "extra class" names in the Household school were ‘nat en droogwaschen’ (wet and dry-cleaning), ‘strijken’ (ironing), ‘tafeldienen’ (waiting tables), ‘naaien van lijfgoed’ (sewing underwear) and ‘koken' (cooking) for workmans' wives. The extra classes were paid separately. For example the cooking class for children cost 1 guilder and fifty cents, but the meal could be eaten afterwards.
According to an article written by :nl:Johannes Bernardus van Loghem in the Architectural weekly "Architectura", the school had been quite dark and depressing with its old northern entrance with little light, and it serviced 1000 girls in 1935, when it was renovated by the architect Dick Greiner. It also contained several small "family kitchen" rooms for cooking classes, and washing nooks for laundry.
In 2010 the school and its history was one of the subjects at the Historisch Museum Haarlem
Historisch Museum Haarlem
Historisch Museum Haarlem is a city museum located in the center of Haarlem on the Groot Heiligland 47, across from the Frans Hals Museum. It shares the front door with the ABC Architectuurcentrum Haarlem, which is located next door, and with Spaarnestad Photo, located on the upper floor...
's exhibition "Leren voor het Leven" (learning for life), a compilation of materials from various vocational schools
Vocational school (Haarlem)
Vocational School, Vakschool, Huishoudschool, or Ambachtsschool in Haarlem refers to set of Haarlem schools that conformed to a type of Dutch Junior High School based on practical training with the aim of obtaining employment...
in the Haarlem area.