Gymnasium RheindahlenGymnasium Rheindahlen

Location of the school

Geusenstraße 29,41179 Mönchengladbach, Germany

City of Mönchengladbach

Facts: About 250.000 inhabitants Situated in the far western part of Germany Made of 3 towns in 1975:

Mönchengladbach Rheydt Wickrath

Old industrial town founded in the early middle ages Famous football club :

“Borussia Mönchengladbach”

City of Mönchengladbach

Our school is situated in a residential area called Rheindahlen, which used to be independent untill the beginning of the 20th century.

Facts about our school

Quiet city location Easily accessible from the

centre and surrounding areas Good bus service City Library in the building Sport centre and swimming

pool connected directly Partner school of competitive

sports and elite school of football

Pupils of our school

About 650 students

Aged from 10 to 18

Abitur (Baccalauréat in Germany)

Classes from ca. 24 to 34 students

School days start at 8:10am and finish at 1:30pm

Subjects at our school

Mathematics German English French Latin Spanish Geography History Politics/Economy Education Religion

(catholic/protestant)

Philosophy European Citizenship Biology Physics Chemistry Informatics Music Art Sports Literature and Drama

Special events

school festivals charity walks school church services theatre performances and concerts art exhibitions alumni meeting Karneval celebrations partner programme with sports club

Our teaching staff

Mr. Kühn Principal

Ms. PiepersVice principal

Our working group

At the beginning, we had 3 working groups (comic and two groups building volcanos)

Workshops take place after school on Mondays every 2 weeks

Coordinating teacher: Mr Kinnen About 20 members About 8 students participate to the workshops