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The school has a small community of families, teachers, and staff members with a strong sense of belonging, which supports the personalized guidance the institution promotes. Its urban location atop a hill offers a pleasant view of the surrounding cityscape. The school has also demonstrated solid operational capacity through the organization of a recent Summer Camp in Germany, as well as other well-executed events.
However, in practice, the organizational structure more closely resembles that of a national private school, and part of the local teaching staff shows limited genuine engagement with German culture. Additionally, a high level of staff turnover can be observed.
The school successfully implements public relations initiatives in the city through the institutional networks of its leadership. Nonetheless, the occasional visits by its current academic representatives to German schools abroad, presented as opportunities for collaboration, have not yet resulted in formal membership within such networks.
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Please be aware that this institution is not to be confused with a German school abroad (aka Deutsche Auslandsschule). It only offers German as a third language and to date has no international qualifications like the IB, let alone the DSD (German language proficiency certificate). Since the requirements for this unfortunately have never been met since the establishment of the school in 2016.
No modern or even European teaching methods are used as promised. The teaching is very old fashioned and the official language of the school is Spanish. It doesn't really create the intercultural background you would expect as an expat.
The few German teachers are mostly interns who only stay in Panama for a few months. Real German teachers (if any) rarely last a whole academic year.
Facilities are extremely limited: There is neither a proper gym nor an auditorium like in every other norm... read full review
