following the munich treaty in november 1938, the name of the school was changed to "slovak real high school" (). in connection with the events of munich, the beginning of the 1938-39 school year the school was occupied by the army (mobilization). teaching was suspended from 24 september 1938 to 10 october 1938. after the first vienna award the new students came from schools from the hungarian territories, (mainly uzhhorod).