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Gdynia Bilingual High School No. 3 is located on Legionów Street in Wzgórze Św. Maksymiliana district. In 1993, the International Baccalaureate School (IBO) No. 0704 was established at the school. "Gdyńska trójka", as locals call it, a school with more than sixty years of tradition, has been at the top of the high school rankings for years.

Full name: Gdynia High School No. 3 named after the Polish Navy PRL (with bilingual units IBO 0704)

History of the school
was established in 1950 as the Primary and Secondary School of the Society of Friends of Children in Gdynia. For the first period of its existence the school was located at 47 Sambora Street in Gdynia-Grabówek. In 1963 classes with English as the language of instruction were established at the school, and in October of the same year the secondary school was moved to its current premises at what was then 27 Dzierżyńskiego Street (now 27 Legionów Street). In that year the school was also named after the Polish Navy.

Calendar
1 September 1950: Establishment of the school (Gdynia-Grabówek, 47 Sambora St.) as the Primary and High School of the Society of Friends of Children in Gdynia.

June 1952: The first matriculation exam in the school's history, taken by twelve graduates.

1953: Eusebiusz Szeffel becomes the headmaster of the school (he managed the school from 1953 to 1958).

February 1961: First reunion of the school's alumni and naming of the school: III Stefan Żeromski High School in Gdynia.

1962: Division of the school into a high school and primary school - which moved to another building and took over the name of Stefan Żeromski. Vocational Technical High School for Refrigeration, relocated from Gdańsk, occupies part of the building on Sambora Street.

September 1963: Kazimierz Pawlak becomes principal of the high school (1963-1973). Establishment of classes with English as the language of instruction. The classes are supervised by Danuta Szewczyk - the author of the core curriculum for units with the lessons conducted in English. October: Relocation of the high school to a building at 27 Dzierżyńskiego Street (currently and prior to 1939 - Legionów Street) on the north-western slopes of Nowotki Hill (prior to 1939 - Focha Hill, currently St Maximilian Hill) and giving the school (a boarding school - with a dormitory) the name: III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej PRL w Gdyni (Gdynia High School No. 3 named after the Polish Navy PRL).

1966: Major reform of the education system - introduction of 8-year primary schools (instead of 7-year) and consequent lack of enrolment of pupils in 4-year high school.

1972: First prize-winning title of a national subject olympiad won by Jolanta Mackiewicz, a student from the 3rd High School (teacher - Wanda Dworaczek) in the 2nd Polish Literature and Language Olympiad.

1973: Konstanty Janowski becomes headmaster of the school (1973–1978).

1982: April: First national triumph in a subject Olympiad - Anna Bokina wins the 6th National English Olympiad. June: First gold medal in an international subject Olympiad - Michal Kiełkowski in the 13th International Physics Olympiad. September: Roman Gadomski becomes headmaster (1982-1990).

1990: September: First democratic and direct (from among the teachers) election of the principal. 1 October: Wieslaw Kosakowski (the current head of the school) takes over the position of school principal. November: Commencement of work on the author's programme of teaching and education at the Third High School (among other things, new teaching profiles, including the "International Baccalaureate"). Change of school name to: III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP in Gdynia.

1 September 1991: Introduction of an original curriculum developed by the teachers of the 3rd High School (pedagogical innovation). Establishment of university "mathematics and computer science" classes (class "M" - mathematics teacher Wojciech Tomalczyk).

1993: Title of the best school in Poland in a ranking compiled by "Polityka" magazine (the first ranking of schools in the Polish press). 1 September: Establishment of the first International Baccalaureate classes in Poland, parallel to XXXIII LO in Warsaw, with an International Baccalaureate profile with English as the language of instruction (IB programme coordinator - Beata Gilis). The full name of the high school is henceforth: III Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Marynarki Wojennej RP in Gdynia Gdynia International Baccalaureate School No. 0704.

1995: May: First International Baccalaureate exams in the history of Polish education. October: Establishment of the Batory Foundation Training Centre at the school: applied economics, entrepreneurship, school debates, student companies (coordinator: Waldemar Kotowski).

1996: Gold medal at the International Informatics Olympiad won by Jakub Pawlewicz from class IV M. The title of SUPERLICEUM in the high school ranking of "Polityka" magazine. September: Visit to the school of Mrs Jolanta Kwaśniewska, wife of the President of the Republic of Poland.

February 1997: the Gdynia City Council awarded the school the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Medal for outstanding contribution to Gdynia. Gold medal at the International Philosophy Olympiad - Leszek A. Kołodziejczyk. He also achieved the best result in the IB Baccalaureate in the world (IB Programme Coordinator - Peter Senn).

1998: First place of III LO in the ranking of schools prepared by the Polish Committee for UNESCO. April: Visit to the school by Mirosław Handke - Minister of National Education. Gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad - Marcin Stefaniak from class IV M. Best result at the IB Baccalaureate in the world - Iga Korneta. Gold medal at the international philosophical Olympiad - Piotr Labenz from class IV IB. l September: Visit to the high school by the Prime Minister of the Poland Jerzy Buzek. Signing of a cooperation agreement with the University of Gdańsk.

1999: April: During the Jubilee XXV National Geography Olympiad the school was visited by the Marshal of the Polish Sejm - Maciej Płażyński and the Commander of the Polish Navy - Admiral of the fleet Ryszard Łukasik. May: Michał Miąskiewicz from Grade III IB was elected President of the European Youth Council at a ceremonial meeting of representatives of young people from the Council of Europe countries in Strasbourg. l September: visit to the high school by the German President, Johannes Rau, and the Polish President, Aleksander Kwaśniewski. Both presidents were accompanied by their spouses.

2000: January: First place of III LO in the ranking of the Polish Committee for UNESCO (the school's "Olympic" achievements over the last five years). Largest number (16) of winners of the finals of national subject Olympiads in the school's history. l September: Establishment of the Gdynia Academic Gymnasium at the Third High School. 19 September: Visit of Prince Andrew the Duke of York.

2001: Outstanding results were again achieved by the students of the Third High School at the International Baccalaureate examination. The maximum number of points, i.e. 45 out of 45, was obtained by three students: Marta Bala - winner of many subject olympiads, including the Literature and Polish Language Olympiads, MEN scholarship holder; Weronika Kloc - winner of many subject olympiads, including the Nautology Olympiad, the Geography Olympiad, the Knowledge of Poland and the Modern World Olympiad, MEN scholarship holder; and Monika Witkowska. Two persons obtained 44/45 p.: Agnieszka Rafalska, Tomasz Widłak. A total of 15 people from the Third High School in Gdynia scored 40 or more points. A congratulatory letter was sent in this connection by the Minister of National Education, Edmund Wittbrodt.

Principals in the history of the school

 * 1950–1951 – Władysław Makać
 * 1951–1952 – Teodor Delong
 * 1952–1953 – Stefan Lipowski
 * 1953–1958 – Euzebiusz Szeffel
 * 1958–1963 – Roman Czarnecki
 * 1963–1974 – Kazimierz Pawlak
 * 1974–1978 – Konstanty Janowski
 * 1978–1982 – Krystyna Czarniak
 * 1982–1990 – Roman Gadomski
 * as from 1 September 1990 – Wiesław Kosakowski



Patron of the school
The relocation of Gdynia High School No. 3 to the new building at 27 Legionów Street took place with the great commitment of the Polish Navy, which has been the school's patron since 1963. In its honour, 28 November (the anniversary of the establishment of the Polish Navy in 1918 by the Head of the Polish State, Marshall Józef Piłsudski) is celebrated as a school holiday.

Rankings
In recent years, "Gdyńska Trójka" in the „Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)” and „Perspektywy” rankings was recognised as elite and achieved the following results: Although they are not taken into account by the rankings, the students of the Third High School in Gdynia have been scoring very high in the International Baccalaureate programme for years. In 2017, Gdynia's graduates received an average of 38.12 out of a possible 45 points, while a year later they received 38.2 out of a possible 45 points (the same score or better was achieved by only 13% of high school graduates worldwide; 37 points, on the other hand, is sufficient to apply to universities such as Oxford University or Cambridge University). In 2017 and 2018, the highest score was 44 points.

Well-known graduates

 * prof. Krzysztof Skóra – founder and director of the Marine Station of the Institute of Oceanography of the University of Gdansk on Hel, winner of the Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award 2008, in 2009 received the Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski Medal "for outstanding contributions to Gdynia" (d. 2016).
 * Edward Stachura – poet and writer (d. 1979)
 * prof. Olgierd Wyszomirski – director of the Management Board of Public Transport in Gdynia and researcher at Gdansk University.
 * kontradm. Antoni Komorowski – for many years the commandant-rector of the Polish Naval Academy in Gdynia,
 * Jędrzej Kodymowski – musician, leader of the band Apteka
 * Tymon Tymański – composer and musician
 * Michał Guć – vice-president of Gdynia
 * Krzysztof Turzyński
 * Wiesław Mering – Diocese of Kruszwica
 * Maciej Stanisław Zięba – historian of oriental philosophies, Polish consul in Paris and Montreal
 * Daria Widawska – Polish actress, known for the series Magda M.
 * prof. Joanna Senyszyn – leftist political activist (Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)), Member of the Sejm (2001-2009), deputy to the European Parliament (since 2009)
 * Filip Wolski – computer scientist, winner of the 2006 International Computer Olympiad in Mexico, winner of the 2007 World Academic Team Programming Championships in Tokyo
 * Marcin Hakiel –dancer, winner of the 2nd edition of Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami
 * Elżbieta Regulska-Chlebowska – ethnographer, opposition activist in Polish People's Republic.
 * Piotr Chrapkowski – pinch hitter
 * Jakub Pachocki – programmer, 2nd place at the 2012 World Academic Championships in Team Programming in Warsaw, winner of the international Google Code Jam 2012 competition
 * Przemysław Wipler – politician, member of parliament of the 7th parliamentary term
 * Tomasz Śliwiński – director of the Oscar-nominated film Our Curse
 * Małgorzata Tusk – wife of former Prime Minister and President of the European Council Donald Tusk.
 * Mateusz Mach – Programmer, creator of the Five App communicator for the deaf community. Finalist in the Forbes 30 Under 30 ranking
 * Marcin Horała – politician, member of the Polish Parliament
 * Natalia Malek – poet, translator, curator
 * Beata Maciejewska – political and social activist, publicist