Școala Centrală National College
| Școala Centrală National College Colegiul Național Școala Centrală | |
|---|---|
Școala Centrală in April 2023 | |
| Address | |
Strada Icoanei 3-5 Sector 2 | |
| Coordinates | 44°26′37″N 26°06′19″E / 44.4436°N 26.1053°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | Public |
| Established | 19 March 1851 |
| Status | Open |
| Category | Primary school and high school |
| Principal | Octavian-Lucian Popa (since 2021) |
| Grades | 0 to 12 |
| Gender | Coeducation |
| Age range | 6–19 |
| Enrolment | 1,462 (as of 2020) |
| Average class size | 25 |
| Language | Romanian, bilingual teaching in French and intensively in English |
| Hours in school day | 5–7 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Nickname | CNȘC (formerly Zoia) |
| Alumni | Violeta Andrei, Agatha Bârsescu, Annie Bentoiu, Floria Capsali, Maria Cuțarida-Crătunescu, Cecilia Cuțescu-Storck, Carmen Dan, Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, Monica Ghiuță, Aurora Gruescu, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Maia Morgenstern, Andrei Păunescu, Oana Pellea, Olga Tudorache |
| Website | cnscb |
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Școala Centrală National College (Romanian: Colegiul Național Școala Centrală; literally Central School, formerly Zoia Kosmodemianskaia or just Zoia) is an institution of pre-primary, primary, lower secondary, and upper secondary public education located at 3-5 Icoanei Street, Sector 2, Bucharest, Romania. It functioned along the passing of time under many other names, most notably Pensionatul Domnesc de Fete (i.e., 'The Royal Girls' Boarding School/Pension'). It serves schooling for the classes 0 to 12th grade, that is, from pre-primary school up to high school.
During the communist period, Școala Centrală was known as Zoia Kosmodemianskaia, a name which was ascribed to this educational institution for political reasons. After the Romanian Revolution of 1989, more specifically in 1994, the school's name was changed to Școala Centrală and bilingual French education was introduced for the classes with both humanist and exact sciences profiles pertaining to high school.
The school building, completed in 1890, is listed as a historic monument by Romania's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. It was designed by Romanian architect Ion Mincu, renowned for developing the Romanian revival style (Romanian: Stilul Neo-Brâncovenesc).