Grunnskoli Seltjarnarness, Iceland     Print   PDF

	Enlarge Image Students from three classes in grade 5. (Margret Sigurgeirsdottir)
	Enlarge Image Seltjarnarnes is an Icelandic township located within theGreater Reykjavík area. (Public domain)

Grunnskoli Seltjarnarness

Elementary Public School of Seltjarnarnes Community, Iceland

Grunnskoli Seltjarnarnes is a public school for children in Seltjarnarnes community of age 6-16. There are a total of about 640 pupils. The school is located in two buildings 500 meters apart, which worked as two separate schools from 1974-2004.

The first school in Seltjarnarnes community, Myrarhusaskoli, was established in 1875. In 1974, a new school was built for the oldest children, the teenagers, in Myrarhusaskoli and the school got a new name, Valhusaskoli, which operated in a new building. Valhusaskoli was an independent school for 30 years, from 1974-2004, until it was united to Myrarhusaskoli again and together again they got the new name, GRUNNSKOLI SELTJARNARNESS. There are 80 teachers and 50 other staff.

Principal: Guðlaug Sturlaugsdóttir