| Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen | |
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| Philipp-Schneider-Straße 50171 Kerpen Rhein-Erft-Kreis North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| School type | Public Gymnasium |
| Founded | 1968 |
| School number | 166741[1] |
| Head of school | Bernhard Ripp |
| Grades | 5–13 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Number of students | 2,266 (September 10, 2008) |
| Language | Economy English, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Russian, Spanish |
| Slogan | Gemeinsam lernen und leben – grenzüberschreitend denken und handeln |
| Newspaper | 'Gymnasium aktuell and Educat' |
| Website | www.gymnasium-kerpen.eu |
The Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen (German, High school of city Kerpen) is a Gymnasium and a Europe school (Europaschule) in Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
The school was founded in 1968. Since 2001 the additional name Europaschule (europe school) has been officially used. The school has 165 teachers and 2,266 students (September 10, 2008).
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The school has at its disposal an auditorium, a cafeteria, a refectory, two triple gyms[2], a library with more than 33,000 books and CD-ROMs, band practice rooms[2] and different school yards.
A peculiarity at the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen is the bilingual education. Since the 1995/1996 school year, a bilingual German-English branch is offered. In grades 5 and 6 students who choose the bilingual branch have seven lessons in English a week instead of five. Geography is taught in English from grade 7, politics from grade 8 and history from grade 9.
In the sixth form (formerly grades 11 to 13, now grades 10 to 12) the curriculum is divided up into “social sciences”, “Mathematics and natural sciences”, “languages” and “other subjects”. Special subjects at the sixth form of the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen are pedagogy, psychology, social sciences, nutrition science, technology, foreign language correspondence English respective economy English, Italian and literature.
In the sixth form the students can take a vocational education as foreign language correspondent. Students who pass get, in addition to their Abitur, a finished apprenticeship/vocational education.
A lot of group activities are offered, taking place on Mondays and Wednesdays. The activities on Mondays take place from 2:35 p.m. until 4:05 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 1:50 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. The number of activities on Mondays in the first half-school-year amounted to 16 and on Wednesdays 25. Worth mentioning of these 41 group activities are, for example, the vocational education as sport leader, gliding and the carnival.
The students at the Gymnasium der Stadt Kerpen have the opportunity to take part in student exchange programs. The partner-schools are located in Argentina[2], Bolivia[2], China, France, Italy, Nicaragua, Poland, Russia, Spain (Gran Canaria and Tenerife), Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States (Pennsylvania and Texas).