German School of Barranquilla

[1] It is a German School of excellence abroad, that is officially sponsored by the Federal Republic of Germany.

[2] The institution offers a 3-6 month exchange program in Germany (when students reach Grade 10),[4] and Summer Camps to improve language immersion.

[8] The school originally used German as the language of instruction,[6] and it used a German-Spanish bilingual program.

[9] In 1940 the pre-World War II school reached its peak student population of 253.

[8] It closed in 1942 due to political reasons stemming from World War II,[8] it did not reopen until 1956.

In October 1961 the National Ministry of Education officially acknowledged the German School of Barranquilla.

[10] German is used as a medium of instruction in some electives, Biology and History and advanced Math classes.