Colegio Alemán de Guatemala (German: Deutsche Schule Guatemala) is a German international school in Zone 11, Guatemala City. It serves levels kindergarten through bachillerato (senior high school).
It is categorized as a German school abroad by the Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen. It is one of more than 140 German schools abroad and has the status of an encounter school with a bicultural school goal, i.e. it leads to the German Abitur as well as the national Bachillerato.
History
The school was founded on 1 January 1901 by the Asociación de Educación y Cultura "Alejandro von Humboldt".
At the celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2001, the German School Guatemala was awarded the "Orden del Quetzal en grado de Gran Cruz" by the Guatemalan government for its outstanding educational work.
References
- "Contáctenos Archived 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine"/"Kontakt Archived 2015-03-26 at the Wayback Machine." Colegio Alemán de Guatemala. Retrieved on 15 March 2015. "Dirección: Diagonal 21, 19-20 zona 11 Apartado Postal: 908, Guatemala, C.A."
- "Niveles Archived 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine"/"Schulstufen Archived 2015-03-26 at the Wayback Machine." Colegio Alemán de Guatemala. Retrieved on 15 March 2015.
- "Weltkarte der Auslandsschulen". Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen, Government of Germany. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
- John Catt Guide to International Schools 2011. John Catt Educational Ltd. July 2011. ISBN 978-1-908095-25-1.
- "Quienes Somos Archived 2015-03-21 at the Wayback Machine"/"Über uns Archived 2015-03-26 at the Wayback Machine." Colegio Alemán de Guatemala. Retrieved on 15 March 2015.
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