History
Round Square is based on the thought of German educator and philosopher Kurt Hahn. Hahn believed that schools should not just prepare pupils for higher education, but should in fact be places to prepare them for life.
In 1966, representatives from six schools based on Hahn's philosophy met in Salem, Germany to celebrate Hahn's eightieth birthday. The meeting was presided over by King Constantine II of Greece, who was to become patron of the conference. The group's next meeting took place in Gordonstoun, and the name "Round Square" is derived from a 17th-century building at Gordonstoun School in Scotland. Built in the 17th century as an estate square to house horses, carriages and equipment for the estate, it had a circular design recalling buildings the designer, Sir Robert Gordon, had seen on his travels in Italy. That led to the oxymoronic name, the "Round Square".
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