Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen
The Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen (German, High school of the City of Kerpen) is a Gymnasium in Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
| Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen | |
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| Address | |
Philipp-Schneider-Straße 50171 Kerpen | |
| Coordinates | 50°52′42.39″N 6°41′21.58″E |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Gymnasium |
| Founded | 1968 |
| School number | 166741[1] |
| Head of school | Tatjana Strucken |
| Grades | 5–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Language | Economy English, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish |
| Slogan | Gemeinsam lernen und leben – grenzüberschreitend denken und handeln |
| Newspaper | Gymnasium aktuell and Educat |
| Website | www.gymnasiumkerpen.eu |
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The school was founded in 1968. In 2001, it was certified as a "Europaschule" (de) (English: Europa School) by the Ministry of Schools of North Rhine-Westphalia.[nb 1]
Facilities
The school has at its disposal an auditorium, a cafeteria, a refectory, two triple gyms,[2] a library with more than 33,000 books and CD-ROMs, band practice rooms[2] and different school yards.
Bilingual education
A peculiarity at the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen is the bilingual education. Since the 1995/1996 school year, a bilingual German-English branch is offered. In grades 5 and 6, students who choose the bilingual branch have seven lessons in English a week instead of five. Geography is taught in English from grade 7, politics from grade 8 and history from grade 9.
Sixth form
In the sixth form (formerly grades 11 to 13, now grades 10 to 12) the curriculum is divided up into “social sciences”, “Mathematics and natural sciences”, “languages” and “other subjects”. Special subjects at the sixth form of the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen are pedagogy, psychology, social sciences, nutrition science, technology, foreign language correspondence English respective economy English, Italian and literature.
Vocational education foreign language correspondence
In the sixth form the students can take a vocational education as foreign language correspondent. Students who pass get, in addition to their Abitur, a finished apprenticeship/vocational education.
Activities in groups
A lot of group activities are offered, taking place on Mondays and Wednesdays. The activities on Mondays take place from 2:35 p.m. until 4:05 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 1:50 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. The number of activities on Mondays in the first half-school-year amounted to 16 and on Wednesdays 25. Worth mentioning of these 41 group activities are, for example, the vocational education as sport leader, gliding and the carnival.
Student exchange programs
The students at the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen have the opportunity to take part in student exchange programs. The partner-schools are located in Argentina,[2] Bolivia,[2] China, France, Italy, Nicaragua, Poland, Russia, Spain (Gran Canaria and Tenerife), Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States (Pennsylvania and Texas).
Notes
- Not to be confused with the accredited status awarded by the international organisation, The European Schools.