German School Geneva

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German School Geneva
German School Geneva
type of school German school abroad
founding 1975
address

Chemin de Champ-Claude 6
CH-1214 Vernier

place Vernier , Geneva
Canton Geneva
Country Switzerland
Coordinates 495 741  /  119424 coordinates: 46 ° 13 '5 "  N , 6 ° 5' 15"  O ; CH1903:  four hundred ninety-five thousand seven hundred and forty-one  /  119424
carrier Association for German School Education
management Anne Andereya
Website www.dsgenf.ch

The German School Geneva / École Allemande de Genève (DSG) is a school abroad recognized and funded by the Federal Republic of Germany . It was founded in 1975. The school is run by the Association for German School Education . It is the only German school abroad in Switzerland .

About 350 students attend the school. Children aged three and over can attend kindergarten. The children then go to preschool and then to elementary school for four years . The high school branch begins in the fifth grade and leads to the Abitur via the secondary school leaving certificate. The conversion to the twelve-year school system was completed in 2012. In some subjects, such as history, geography or politics, lessons are partly in English or French in order to prepare students for studying in different countries. The lessons are based on the Baden-Württemberg curriculum . The German School Geneva is open to all nationalities. German courses are offered at the school in annual and intensive courses for French-speaking children. The school is an examination center recognized by the Goethe Institute .

In 2007 the students moved to the new school building in Vernier , the kindergarten followed in 2011. Since 2013, another building has been available for the upper school. A gym, a gym and a small sports area are available. The building received the Swiss Minergie label in 2008 and the architects received the "best architects 2010 (other buildings)" award for this project. The large auditorium offers space for school events, literature days, theater and music events for the German representations and the German cultural associations in the region.

In April 2010, following a successful federal-state inspection (BLI), the school was awarded the seal of excellent German school abroad , which was confirmed in the second BLI in 2016.

The school is close to the airport and the motorway. It can be reached with several public bus lines from the main train station .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Project "German School Geneva" . Website of competitionline Verlags GmbH, accessed July 24, 2014.