High school in the city of Kerpen

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High school in the city of Kerpen
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type of school high school
School number 166741
founding 1968
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Philipp-Schneider-Strasse

place Kerpen
country North Rhine-Westphalia
Country Germany
Coordinates 50 ° 52 '42 "  N , 6 ° 41' 22"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 52 '42 "  N , 6 ° 41' 22"  E
carrier City of Kerpen
student 2173 (Oct. 15, 2015)
Teachers 165 (Oct 15, 2015)
management Tatjana Strucken
Website www.gymnasium-kerpen.eu
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The school building

The grammar school in the city of Kerpen is a grammar school and a European school in the form of a half-day and full-day school in Kerpen , North Rhine-Westphalia , founded in 1968. Since 2001, the grammar school has been officially named European school . 176 teachers teach 2249 students. The high school in the city of Kerpen was the largest school in Germany in 2008.

Furnishing

The school has an auditorium , cafeteria , cafeteria , two triple sports halls , a library with over 33,000 books and CD-ROMs , rehearsal rooms in the basement, various playgrounds and a swimming pool.

Bilingual classes

A special feature of the Kerpen high school is the bilingual teaching . The bilingual German-English train has been offered since the 1995/1996 school year . In grades five and six, students who choose the bilingual train have seven instead of five lessons of English . The school subject Geography is from the seventh grade, policy from the eighth and history taught from the ninth grade in English. Since the introduction of the Abitur after the twelfth grade (G8), history lessons are taught in English from the eighth grade.

Upper school

The subjects in the school (G8: grades 10-12) are divided into the categories of social sciences , mathematics and natural sciences , languages and more subjects . The special subjects offered in the upper level include pedagogy , social sciences , nutrition , technology , foreign language correspondence in English and business English , Italian and literature . Another special feature is that some subjects are offered as advanced courses that can only be made a focus at very few schools in North Rhine-Westphalia: advanced courses in nutrition and social sciences. In addition to English lessons in the upper level, pupils can complete further training to become foreign language correspondents (see Further training in foreign language correspondence ).

Further education in foreign language correspondence

In the differentiated upper level (G9: grades 11–13; G8: 10–12) the students have the opportunity to prepare for the further training examination of certified foreign language correspondent of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) in Cologne . The pupils who successfully pass this advanced training test thus acquire an additional professional qualification in addition to the Abitur . To obtain the examination requirements, the course Business English, English as a high-level subject, a (basic or high-level) course in social sciences (focus on economics ) and a recognized typing course, which is completed through the Bergheim Adult Education Center, include the course in Business English .

Working groups

At the grammar school there are many working groups (AG) that take place on two days (Mondays and Thursdays) a week. The working groups on Mondays take place from 2:35 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. and those on Thursdays from 1:50 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. In the second half of the 2018/2019 school year, the number of working groups was 14 on Monday and the number on Thursday 22.

Student exchanges

The students of the high school of the city of Kerpen have the opportunity to take part in student exchanges . The partner schools are located in Argentina , Bolivia , China , France , Lithuania , Great Britain , Italy , Nicaragua , Poland , Russia , Sweden , Spain ( Gran Canaria and Tenerife ) and in the United States ( Pennsylvania and Texas ).

MINT profile

The high school in the city of Kerpen has been certified as a MINT- friendly school since 2013 and has been a member of the MINT-EC school network since 2019 . This gives students the opportunity to acquire the MINT-EC certificate and take part in MINT-EC camps.

principal

  • 1968–1993: Heinz Brunkhorst
  • 1993–2014: Bernhard Ripp
  • since 2014: Tatjana Strucken

Former students

  • Dominik Hees , graduated from high school in 2008, actor and musical performer
  • Oliver Morschel, Abitur 2005, actor and musical performer; Winner of the 2011 National Singing Competition
  • Ulrich Kortenkamp , graduated from high school in 1989, mathematics teacher

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Probably the largest school in Germany (ksta.de January 13, 2008, accessed February 24, 2016)
  2. ↑ a b c d European School Gymnasium of the city of Kerpen. (No longer available online.) Ksta.de/ksta.tv (Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger), archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; Retrieved May 27, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / ksta.stadtmenschen.de
  3. ↑ Certified foreign language correspondent, IHK Cologne . Website of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.schlossbote.de/rag-vsw-sb/docs/820208