Goethe School Buenos Aires
| Goethe School Buenos Aires | |
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| type of school | German school abroad (kindergarten to upper secondary school) |
| founding | 1897 |
| address |
Eliseo Reclus 2250 |
| place | Boulogne |
| province | Buenos Aires Province |
| Country | Argentina |
| Coordinates | 34 ° 28 ′ 55 ″ S , 58 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ W |
| carrier | Private |
| student | about 1500 |
| management | Philipp Wehmann (Headmaster) |
| Website | www.goethe.edu.ar/de/ |
The Goethe School Buenos Aires is part of the Asociación Escolar Goethe, a non-profit association that is supported by the parents of the students and supported by the Federal Republic of Germany as the official German school abroad . It is a recognized meeting school with the aim of teaching the German language. The school is located in the city of Boulogne, which belongs to the province of Buenos Aires , Argentina , approx. 20 km north of the center of Buenos Aires and consists of three departments with a kindergarten, elementary school (Primaria, grades 1-6) and secondary school (Secundaria, grades) 7-12). The school has a little over 1500 students in total. There is also the fourth department, the Humboldt Academy, an educational institution that focuses on teaching foreign languages, mainly German, for adults and children outside of regular school lessons.
Meeting of cultures
degrees
As an encounter school, the Goethe School contributes to supplementing and expanding the educational offerings in Argentina with German offers. This applies to the teaching of the German language and culture in the form of language lessons as well as German-language specialist lessons and regional studies as well as German qualifications. The school was defined by the Central Office for Schools Abroad and adapted over the years by the school management and board members with regard to these ideas and the local conditions.
The Goethe School offers the German International Abitur (DIA) course as well as three different profiles (scientific, humanistic or economic) that lead to the Argentine university entrance qualification and are selected after the end of grade 9. The students who choose the DIA course must also meet the conditions for the Argentine university entrance qualification. Both degrees are earned at the end of grade 12. "The German contribution will primarily consist of modern and effective German lessons as well as demanding German-language specialist instruction and German studies." In this way, the German technical college entrance qualification can also be acquired.
In addition, the German language diploma at levels I (10th grade) and II (12th grade) is the central language test . Since the Goethe School defines itself as a trilingual school, the classes of which take place in three languages - German, Spanish and English - the exams for the Cambridge Certificate are also carried out, whereby the knowledge of this language is proven in an internationally recognized form; Considerations are currently underway to also accept the Diploma de Español como Lengua Extranjera (DELE) and thus enable students who do not have Spanish as their mother tongue to also obtain a diploma in the third of the three teaching languages.
Educational concept
In accordance with its mission statement, the Goethe School represents a concept of openness and holistic education in which values such as respect and solidarity, tolerance and justice are conveyed. The pupils should stand in the center in their diversity and be educated to be critical, responsible and independent. In academic, artistic and sporting terms, there should be a comprehensive education that particularly focuses on the biculturalism of the students and educates them in three languages - German, Spanish and English. The central projects that the Goethe-Schule designs and implements for all three departments from kindergarten to the completion of upper secondary level are the DIA2029 (increase in the number of students with the double degree of Argentine Bachillerato and German International Abitur through increased German support from Kindergarten to Upper School), immersion (with the aim of bringing the children in kindergarten and in the first three years of primary school even better than before to the German language), open learning (with the aim of being comprehensively educated, on the The necessities of the 21st century to guide prepared students to their qualifications) as well as the learning documentation (with the aim that the students as well as the teachers reflect on their own learning and thereby further optimize their learning processes). With these central projects, to which a number of other projects can be assigned, the school plans its future in its Latin American environment in accordance with its strategic plan and with a view to the next 10 years.
Contacts to Germany
The Goethe School maintains a number of contacts with Germany and measures that aim to intensify this contact. A first visit to Germany takes place in the 6th grade of primary school. The children's camp takes the students to southern Germany for two weeks. As part of a voluntary two-month student exchange at the transition from grade 10 to 11 as well as a 14-day study trip in grade 12, the students a. offered the opportunity to get to know a large number of German universities and colleges on site. In order to promote talented students, applicants from grade 11 are regularly suggested for participation in the TU9-ING week, which takes place at a TU9 university in Germany. Participation in the Deutsche SchülerAkademie , which offers various locations in Germany, is open to students in grades 11 and 12. A special focus is also on lectures by official representatives from colleges and universities, German interns and ex-alumni studying in Germany. The latter form a broad network in a large number of German cities.
Studied in Germany
Access to German colleges and universities is open to students at the Goethe School in various ways. While the acquisition of the general higher education entrance qualification enables direct access to German universities, the national degree in connection with the C1 certificate of the German language diploma (DSD II) offers the opportunity to study in Germany by attending a preparatory college, which is usually one year . There are special collaborations with the Mainz preparatory college, which offers a five-month course, and with the University of Applied Sciences in Frankfurt. Even after one year of relevant studies at an accredited Argentine university, it is possible to start studying in Germany. Graduates of the national branches also occasionally take a detour via the vocational training center (BBZ) in Buenos Aires to study in Germany or pursue a professional career with a German company.
Further information
Well-known graduates
- Susana Moncayo von Hase (graduation year 1977): international soprano, soloist at the Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, at the Scala in Milan, at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, at the Grand Teatre de Geneve and at the Hebbel Theater in Berlin;
- Jorge Oscar Ramirez (Graduated from 1978): Vice-President of Grupo Supervielle (Bank);
- Cornelia Schmidt-Liermann (graduation year 1981): lawyer, currently member of the Argentine parliament for the city of Buenos Aires;
- Corinne Wasmuht (Abitur class 1981): Visual artist in Germany, Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2014.
- Rogelio Frigerio (born 1987): Economist and politician, currently Minister for the Interior, Public Works and Housing;
- Demis Volpi (Abitur class 2003): Internationally highly recognized German-Argentinian choreographer and opera director, Premio Erik Bruhn 2011, Premio a la Mejor Obra del Año del Círculo de Críticos de Arte de Chile 2012 and German Dance Prize 2014;
Special prizes and awards
Excellent German school abroad
The Goethe-Schule has already successfully passed the Federal-State Inspection (BLI) twice and acquired the “ Excellent German School Abroad ” seal of approval , most recently in 2017. The title it acquired means that the Goethe-Schule meets the extensive catalog of requirements which the ZfA provides to all German schools abroad.
IHK competition for German schools abroad
Students at the Goethe School in Buenos Aires have critically reviewed the history of their own school, which was shaped by National Socialism, and thus won a highly endowed second place in the 6th IHK competition for German schools abroad in 2017/18. With an innovative approach, they showed courage and great commitment and shot a bilingual, bicultural documentary with Argentinian and German interview partners. This form of school processing of a very sensitive historical topic is described as exemplary for other schools abroad.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Foreign cultural policy in schools, documentation from the Foreign Office
- ↑ Press release of the DIHK