Europagymnasium Kerpen

The Europagymnasium Kerpen (German, European high school Kerpen) is a Gymnasium in Kerpen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Europagymnasium Kerpen
Address
Philipp-Schneider-Straße 50171 Kerpen Rhein-Erft-Kreis Kerpen , North Rhine-Westphalia , 50171 Germany
Coordinates	50°52′42.39″N 6°41′21.58″E
Information
School type	Public Gymnasium
Founded	1968
School number	166741[1]
Head of school	Wendel Hennen
Grades	5–12
Gender	Coeducational
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.gymnasiumkerpen.eu

Old logo

The building

The school was founded in 1968. In 2001, it was certified as a Europaschule (de) by the Ministry of Schools of North Rhine-Westphalia.^{[nb 1]}

Facilities

The school has 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.

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.

Sixth form

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 are pedagogy, psychology, social sciences, nutrition science, technology, foreign language correspondence English respective economy English, Italian and literature.

Vocational education foreign language correspondence

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.

Student exchange programs

Students have the opportunity to take part in student exchange programs with partner-schools 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).

Notes

1. Not to be confused with the accredited status awarded by the international organisation, The European Schools.