The ceremony marking National Education Day was held on 18 October in the assembly hall of I Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Bolesławiec. The ceremony was combined with the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Helena and Wincenty Tyrankiewicz Scholarship. This year, the school’s highest distinction was awarded to two graduates (Magdalena Kwiatkowska and Martyna Woźnica) and two current third-year students – Katarzyna Kłopotek and Robert Mroz (who was also awarded the Prime Minister’s scholarship). In addition, the headmaster of I LO informed everyone present that Maciej Cierniak, a student of class IIIa, had received a scholarship from the Minister of National Education.
This year’s ceremony had a special character. Its guests of honour included former scholarship recipients (including Krzysztof Brzuzan, a three-time recipient of the Helena and Wincenty Tyrankiewicz distinction), former headmasters, retired teachers and people associated with the school. The ceremony was attended by attorney Bogdan Czyżewski, the author and executor of Helena Tyrankiewicz’s will. “I am proud of this scholarship fund,” Czyżewski told the IstotneInformacje.pl portal. “This money went to the right people,” he added.
During the ceremony, headmaster Cezary Czernatowicz honoured eight of his employees: Jolanta Kawula, Zuzanna Mróz, Małgorzata Naglik, Anna Ostaszewska, Barbara Stępień, Katarzyna Żak, Edward Florkow (recipient of an award from the Lower Silesian Superintendent of Education) and Andrzej Idzik (recipient of an award from the Bolesławiec County Board).
The 40th anniversary of the Tyrankiewicz Scholarships was an opportunity to recall the school’s first teachers and the founders of the distinction. “For us, the Tyrankiewicz family were not ordinary professors. They were an institution,” said Władysław Wieczorek, a 1951 graduate, during Saturday’s ceremony. “Every lesson was prepared down to the smallest detail. They were wonderful teachers, educators, pedagogues and also great patriots,” he added.
“They were extraordinary people,” Jeanette Brevka said in a conversation with the IstotneInformacje.pl portal. – “They did not teach us only particular subjects, but also how to conduct ourselves and how to view the world. They taught us how to live.”
(information ii)