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Stanislaw Staszic High School in Warsaw - a high school in Ochota, Warsaw, Poland, founded in 1906 and named after Stanisław Staszic, Polish priest, philosopher, writer and statesman living in 18th and 19th century. The school specialises in teaching mathematics and natural sciences. Best known for its “matex” (mathematical experimental) curriculum which is highly focused on mathematics and physics.

History
The school was founded in 1906 as Szkoła Realna imienia Stanisława Staszica(Stanisław Staszic “Real School”, “szkoła realna” being at the time a type of high school focused on teaching mathematics and sciences) due to the initiative of the Association of Technicians in Warsaw. Jan Zydler, A mathematician and author of geometry textbooks, became its first headmaster. During the German occupation in 1940s the secret classes were held in the school which more than 200 students graduated. In 1950 the school was liquidated by the Minister of Education. It was not until forty years later that Stanisław Staszic High School reappeared when teachers and students of the 14th High School in Warsaw (named after Klement Gottwald, Czechoslovian president, decided to change the school’s patron to Stanisław Staszic and continue the pre-war tradition. Currently the school is among the leaders of rankings in both Warsaw and Poland and focuses on the same subjects it has before 1950 and later, as Klemens Gottwald High School.

History of the school’s banner
The banner of Stanisław Staszic High School in Warsaw has a white eagle on red field subscribed with “Ojczyzna nauka cnota” (“Homeland education virtue”) on the obverse and light blue field with a pile of books and an owl below the school’s name on the reverse. It was founded in 1922 and designed by professor Feliks Roliński. In 1939, after German invasion of Poland and seizure of Warsaw, the banner was hidden in the school building’s cellar and remained there for five years, until the Warsaw Uprising and recapture of the street by Polish soldiers, when the banner was retrieved from its shelter. Later it was used as national symbol during more important holidays and celebrations, due to the depiction of white eagle on red field, similarly to polish coat of arms. On capitulation after the uprising it was handed to wounded lieutenant Władysław Olejniczak, who was then transported to prisoner-of-war camp in Zaitheim, Saxony, where the banner continued serving during ceremonies. In 1964, after renovation, the banner was returned to Stanisław Staszic High School graduates. Since the school was non-existent at the time, it was entrusted to Stanisław Staszic Primary School in Warsaw, and after its liquidation, to Historical Museum of Warsaw. On 13th October 1990 the Klement Gottwald High School in Warsaw was officially renamed to Stanislaw Staszic High School and the banner was regained.

Famous graduates
A possibly non-complete list of well-known (whose Wikipedia articles exist) Stanisław Staszic graduates. Years in which they obtained their matura diplomas are shown in brackets.


 * Łukasz Abgarowicz (1967) – a Polish politician
 * Tomek Bartoszyński (1976) – a Polish-American mathematician working in set theory
 * Marek Borowski (1963) – a Polish politician
 * Karol Borsuk (1923) – a Polish mathematician, topologist
 * Wiesław Chrzanowski – a Polish politician
 * Adolf Ciborowski (1937) – a Polish architect
 * August Dehnel (1922) – a Polish zoologist
 * Wacław Gluth-Nowowiejski (1944 – underground education) – a Polish Publicist, participant of the Warsaw Uprising
 * Bronisław Kaper (1919) – a Polish film composer
 * Ryszard Kapuściński (1950) – a Polish reporter, journalist
 * Krzysztof Kowalewski – a Polish actor
 * Andrzej Krasicki (1937) – a Polish theatre actor and theatre diretor
 * Henryk Magnuski (1926) -  a Polish telecommunications engineer
 * Maciej Małecki – a Polish composer and pianist
 * Janusz Meissner – a Polish author and journalist, pilot of Polish Air Force
 * Jerzy Mierzejewski (1937) – a Polish painter
 * Karol Modzelewski (1954) – a Polish historian, writer and politician
 * Joanna Pajkowska (1977) – a Polish sailor, completed a solo trip around the world
 * Bohdan Pniewski (1914) – a Polish modernist architect, profesor at the Warsaw University of Technology
 * Leszek Serafinowicz (Jan Lechoń) – a Polish poet, co-founder of the Scamander literary movement
 * Andrzej Smirnow – a Polish politician
 * Allan Starski – a Polish production designer and set decorator
 * Tomasz Szarota – a Polish historian and publicist
 * Magda Umer (1967) –a Polish singer
 * Janusz Weiss (1966) – a Polish journalist
 * Jan Włodarkiewicz – a Polish soldier, and an officer of the Polish Army
 * Witold Woyda - a Polish fencer, Olympic medalist
 * Michał Zalewski – a "white hat" hacker, computer security expert from Poland