School history
Since 1962 we have been teaching in the same building on Akacjowa Street, which has grown together with the school for six decades.
How the school began
The school opened in 1962 for children from a new housing estate in the north-western part of the town. In the first year we had 320 students in twelve classes.
The first building had only classrooms and a staff room. The gym, after-school club and canteen with a kitchen were added in 1974. The school has been named after Maria Konopnicka since 1978.
Later came more specialist rooms, sports fields and facilities. We have gathered the most important changes on the timeline below.
Key years
1962
Opening of the school
The first school year: 320 students in twelve classes, lessons in two shifts.
1968
School library
The library opens. Today it has over 14,000 volumes and a reading room.
1974
New wing
We add a gym, an after-school club and a canteen with its own kitchen.
1978
Named after Maria Konopnicka
The school receives its patron's name and a banner. The first School Day is held.
1985
The largest year groups
More than 900 children attend the school. Lessons run in two shifts.
1991
The first computer room
Students begin regular IT lessons.
1997
The music group “Akacje”
The school group is formed, and it still performs at celebrations today.
2004
A warm building
We insulate the walls and replace all the windows.
2007
School newspaper
The first issue of the student-run school newspaper comes out.
2009
Multi-purpose sports field
A sports field with a running track is built where there used to be a dirt pitch.
2012
Fifty years of the school
A jubilee with graduates from five decades. We open our first pre-school class.
2019
A barrier-free school
A lift, a ramp at the entrance and an accessible toilet on every floor.
2022
Sixty years and new specialist rooms
For the jubilee we modernise the computer room and add new equipment to the subject rooms.
2024
A new canteen
We renovate the canteen and kitchen.
2026
School garden
Students and parents create garden beds and a wildflower meadow behind the sports field.
From the school chronicle
Graduates
Over more than sixty years, several thousand students have graduated from our school. Many of them now send their own children here.
Every June we invite graduates to meet the eighth-graders. They talk about further education, work and what they took away from school.
My best memory is the drama club. Thanks to it, I stopped being afraid of speaking in front of people.
My son learns in the classroom where I once sat at a desk myself. The building has a lift and new windows, but I still remember the corridors.
I spent every break in the library. I still read two books a month.
School chronicle
We have kept the chronicle continuously since 1962. Today it fills twelve volumes kept in the school library. It can be viewed on site by arrangement with the school librarian.
Help us complete our history
We are still collecting materials for the school's history. We would welcome photos, documents and memories from your time at our school.
We scan the originals and return them to the owner. We are most short of materials from the 1980s and 1990s.
Materials for the school's history – school office
Monday – Friday, 7:30–15:30. Scans can be sent by e-mail; please write “School history” in the subject line.