German School Cali
| German School Cali | |
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| type of school | high school |
| founding | 1935 |
| address |
Av. Gualí Nº 31 |
| place | Cali |
| Department | Valle del Cauca |
| Country | Colombia |
| Coordinates | 3 ° 21 '41 " N , 76 ° 31' 45" W |
| student | 769 |
| Teachers | 79 |
| management | Andreas Irle |
| Website | www.dscali.edu.co |
The German School Cali ( Spanish Colegio Alemán Cali ) is one of four German schools abroad in Colombia . It was founded in Cali in 1935 . The school is located in the green district of Ciudad Jardín in the south of the city on a campus the size of about ten soccer fields.
The German School Cali is a Spanish-speaking school with increased German lessons . The subject German is taught as the first foreign language from preschool , German-language specialist teaching begins in grades nine (biology) and ten (history). At the German School in Cali, the language diploma exams of levels I (grade ten) and II (grade twelve) of the Standing Conference are held. Further language exams are held in English ( Cambridge First Certificate ) and French ( Diplôme d'Etudes en Langue Française ).
history
Beginnings
The establishment of the German School in Cali goes back to the end of the First World War , when a group of Germans who wanted to build a future in the capital of the Valle del Cauca had the idea of founding a school. Your children should receive an education adapted to German customs, language and culture. This idea was given concrete form on July 9, 1935 , which confirmed the founding of the German School Club with a document. School operations began at “Finca Las Ceibas” in the San Fernando district and had twelve children in the kindergarten area .
founding
In 1936 the school received its legal status and in the same year the Club Deutsche Schule decided to buy a 4,000 m² plot of land in Calle 5 with Carrera 24. Today the culture, science and technology center “La Manzana del Saber” is located there. The first seat of the German School in Cali was built here. In 1939 there were already about 80 students. The outbreak of the Second World War caused it to be temporarily closed, which lasted until 1952. During this time, the Colombian national bank Banco de la República took over the administration and rented the seat to the Villegas school. Then the Club Deutsche Schule took over the management again.
New school building
When the school was officially registered with the Department of Education in 1952 , it already had 225 students. From 1954 to 1960, primary and secondary schools were recognized by the state. In the last year, the first class of high school graduates passed. At the end of the 1960s, the Club Deutsche Schule took on its current name: Corporación Cultural Colegio Alemán . Under this new name, the school tried to get financial support from the Foreign Office to buy a new piece of land and to move the school there. The efforts were successful and in 1973 the German Chancellery approved the necessary financial support. It was then possible to acquire a 40,000 m² plot of land belonging to the "Hacienda Cañasgordas", now known as Ciudad Jardín. The current headquarters of the school were built there. After the laying of the foundation stone, the new building was officially inaugurated on April 16, 1977.
In 2001, the “Max and Moritz” day nursery was officially inaugurated in order to better prepare the small children before they go to kindergarten. In the same year, the school also received official recognition of the training by the Department of Education of the Department of Valle del Cauca. In 2002 the International Baccalaureate was introduced, which entitles graduates to study at many universities around the world.
The school sponsor is the Corporación Cultural Colegio Alemán de Cali . A total of 769 students were enrolled in 2016/17.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Student exchange with the German School Cali (Colombia) . humboldteum.com. Retrieved March 28, 2017
- ↑ La Manzana del saber . cali.gov.co. Retrieved March 28, 2017 (Spanish)
- ↑ School directory of the Federal Administration Office . bva.bund.de. Retrieved March 29, 2017