St Stanislas College, Delft

When the college was founded, it was one of seven Jesuit schools in the Netherlands. The others were: St Willibrord College in Katwijk, which became Catholic Comprehensive School, Breul; Ignatius Gymnasium in Amsterdam; Maartenscollege, Groningen; Aloysius College, The Hague; and Canisius College, Nijmegen. The group had the acronym 'WIMACS'. In the 1980s and 1990s, with the exception of St Stanislas College, control of the schools was transferred to the local government, and because of mergers with other conglomerates, eventually those other schools lost their affiliation with the Jesuits. ==Locations==

The conglomerate has seven schools: • Westplantsoen in Delft is the main location where Saint Stanislas College was founded by the Jesuits. Lessons there are taught at the Hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs (HAVO) and Voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs (VWO) levels. It has about 1800 students. • Reinier de Graafpad teaches the Voorbereidend middelbaar beroepsonderwijs (VMBO) and the HAVO for the first three years. After taking the HAVO, students can transfer to another secondary school. It has approximately 750 students. • Krakeelpolderweg teaches the VMBO and has about 440 students. • Pijnacker teaches the VMBO, HAVO, and VWO and has about 1250 students. • Lodewijk Makeblijde College in Rijswijk has been part of the organization since 2008. ==Chapel==

St Stanislas Chapel () is outside the front entrance to the college. The foundation stone was laid on 21 June 1955. It was consecrated on 13 November 1956, the anniversary of St Stanislas, by the Bishop of Rotterdam, Martinus Jansen. The architect of the chapel, which was designed in the style of the Bossche School, was Jan van der Laan. ==Notable alumni==

• Hans van Heijningen (graduated 1972), Socialist Party politician • Peter Tetteroo (graduated 1981), journalist • Theo Verbey (graduated 1977), composer • Jessie Jazz Vuijk (graduated 2011), model ==Gallery==

File:Stanislas.JPG|Statue of Stanislaus Kostka by File:Stanislascollege in Delft, with statue of Cyrano Bergerac.jpg|Statue of Cyrano Bergerac by Arie Teeuwisse File:Stanislas6.JPG|Chapel near the Stanislascollege File:Stanislas7.JPG|Sculpture above the entrance of the college chapel File:Sint Josef Standbeeld.JPG|Statue of St Joseph in the college chapel File:Stanislascollege-courtyard.jpg|The courtyard ==See also==