which school in Wolfsburg should my child visit? Countless Wolfsburg parents are likely to ask these questions these days, their children in this school year finish fourth grade. We give an overview of all secondary schools in Wolfsburg. The high schools are the beginning.
Here you will find all the important information – including the Wolfsburg College, which gives adults the opportunity to catch up on the Abitur on the second educational path. Registrations for all schools in municipal sponsorship are possible between Monday, May 16th and Thursday, May 19th.
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Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium
Martin-Luther-Strasse 23; (05361) 29730; [email protected]; www.thgwob.de
The school: Theodor Heuss High School; 930 students; open all-day school with canteen
Particularities: Bilingual lessons (English) from years 5-10, music classes in years 5 and 6, elective classes to promote talent from year 8, digital equipment: iPads, Apple TVs, W-Lan, training in method and media skills, promotion of special talents , bullying intervention, class management team and sponsored pupils in years 5 and 6, child-friendly break area, school garden
Other offers: Diverse group activities, school trips in years 5, 7 and 10 and in the upper school, student exchanges, “School without Racism”, “Sport-friendly School”, “Environmental School”, “Erasmus+ School”, certificate courses Cambridge and DELF
Partner: NEST, music school, VfL partner school, theatre, Institute for Contemporary History and City Presentation (IZS)
Phoenix-Gymnasium
Carl-Grete-Strasse 37 (Vorsfelde); 05363 944 – 200 210; [email protected]; www.pgwv.de
School management: Sven Krogoll
The school: Partial all-day school with canteen; 1015 students.
Particularities: Talent development through individual focus in compulsory electives for years 8-10 (natural sciences, performing arts, cultural studies, economic education, sports, Italian as a 3rd foreign language, music); Tablet classes in grades 7 to 11 ascending and basic courses in modern information technology in grades 6 to 9; wide range of subjects due to a large high school; bilingual education; Project School N21 – Robonatives
Other offers: MINT school/digital school, robotics technology laboratory, environmental and European school, climate-neutral school, school without racism, fair trade school, high-level competitions in mathematics, natural sciences and languages (e.g. youth research, youth debate…), exchange trips to partner schools in Ballan- Miré (France), San Sebastian (Spain), Shanghai/Beijing (China) and Kikuyu (Kenya), all-day offer with approx. 30 groups, school library
Partner: TU Braunschweig, Theater Wolfsburg, VfL Wolfsburg
Fallersleben Gymnasium
Karl-Heise-Strasse 32; (05362) 963170; [email protected]; www.gyfa.de
School management: Sascha Knetsch
The school: Open all-day school, reliable lessons 5./6. Lesson in Years 5 and 6, 950 students. Part of the school center Fallersleben.
Particularities: Compulsory learning with tablets from year 7 (ascending from school year 22/23), learning management system Itslearning, completely renovated, W-Lan, all rooms with projectors, large modern schoolyard with playgrounds and school garden, training in media and methodological skills, social learning (“ Lions Quest”), bullying intervention, sponsored pupils, media scouts, school dog project, bilingual offer of English from class 7, participation in the environmental school competition, wide range of profiles and examination subjects to choose from in secondary school (also sport at a basic level)
Other offers: Class trips for team building in year 7, exchange trips with France, England, Spain, regular participation in “Jugend forscht”, “Das ist Chemie” and “Jugend debatisiert”, events such as “GyFa goes music”, “Culture evening”, “Musical” (together with the Realschule)
Partner: All-day cooperation with Realschule and Hauptschule in the school center, cooperation with VfL Wolfsburg: “Diversity” project, cooperation with the Hoffman von Fallersleben Society and the Hoffmann von Fallersleben Museum of the city of Wolfsburg
Albert Schweitzer High School
Halberstadter Strasse 30; (05361) 873410; [email protected]; www.asg-wob.de
School management: Thomas Lohmann
The school: General secondary school (school is run by the city of Wolfsburg), approx. 600 pupils, part-time all-day school (compulsory participation in study groups two days a week from Monday to Thursday)
particularities: School motto: “Active, Social, Together”, establishment of small school classes from grades 5 to 10, educational lunch in grade 5, continuous bilingual education (English language) from grades 5 to 13, from August 2023 there is the possibility as part of the IB -Diploma to obtain an international Abitur (grades 12 and 13), constant expansion of the digital infrastructure and thus the use of modern end devices possible, long-standing environmental school with its own school field on the school premises
Other offers: large range of working groups from creative to computer science to sports (serving the diverse interests and inclinations is possible)
Partner: VfL Wolfsburg, DLRG (Baywatch project), TV Jahn, TV 38, Westhagen mothers’ center, students help students from Monday to Thursday, social month (May) including sponsored run, participation in various regional and national competitions – use of the school’s own media scouts for Sensitizing students to the use of smartphones and social media
Partner: Sponsorship with a school in Benin, partner schools in the Netherlands (CGS Calvijn Groene Hart in Barendrecht near Rotterdam) and in Spain (IES “Padre Juan de Mariana” in Talavera de la Reina), use of offers from the Xlab in Göttingen, cooperation with the IZS Wolfsburg
Ratsgymnasium
Pestalozziallee 2; (05361) 281911; [email protected]; www.ratsgymnasium-wolfsburg.de
The school: Gymnasium, 900 pupils, open all-day offer Monday to Thursday until 3.30 p.m
Particularities: European school in Lower Saxony and ambassador school of the European Parliament with an extensive exchange program and a wide range of foreign languages, certified MINT-EC school with a special mathematical, scientific and technical offer including computer science as a subject and robotics working group, school without racism – school with courage, international sustainability school with annual climate action week, special English offer English Fast Forward and bilingual lessons, media education concept for digitization and media education in all subjects including method training for media use from class 5, use of the learning platform Itslearning, separate part of the building including schoolyard and year care for classes 5 and 6, “Light School Bag” Concept
Other offers: Wind instrument classes (no previous knowledge required), teaching subjects of performing arts and philosophy, extensive range of working groups in the areas of play, music and art, science and sport, diverse participation in competitions, systematic study and career orientation, many cultural events throughout the year, extensive travel concept, taster lessons before the election the second foreign language, language certificates Cambridge Certificate, DELE and DELF, prevention concept including nutrition days and gambling addiction prevention
Partner: Phaeno, planetarium, art museum, Scharoun-Theater, Ostfalia, city library, VfL Wolfsburg, in the upper grades the THG Wolfsburg
Eichendorff school
Frauenteichstraße 4a; 05361 29710; [email protected]; www.eichendorffschule.de
School management: Karl-Heinz Müller
The school: Gymnasium independently sponsored by the Diocese of Hildesheim, three classes with 680 students, mission statement: “Live together – learn from one another”
particularities: digital school (iPads, whiteboards, document cameras, Office 365), European school, environmental school, certificates: DELF diploma, Cambridge Certificate, school without racism – school with courage, elite football school, bilingual offer English, language sequence: English, from year 6 French , Spanish, Latin, Sports Profile, Religious Profile, STEM Profile
Other offers: School library, lunch, homework help, afternoon activities, VfL partner school, school forest
Partner: Theater Wolfsburg, IZS Wolfsburg, Planetarium, Autostadt, Music School, VfL Wolfsburg, Helmholtz Institute Braunschweig
Wolfsburg-Kolleg
Stralsund Ring 45; 05361-36658; [email protected]; www.wob-kolleg.de
School management: Wieland Wartchow
The school: Second-chance school, only high school, Abitur/technical college entrance qualification
Particularities: Admission requirements: Minimum age 19 years, high school diploma, completed vocational training or two years of professional experience (parental leave, FSJ, … can be recognized); Funding according to BAföG (independent of parents, non-repayable) is possible in many cases
Other offers: Preparatory course (from February 2023) in order to get access authorization even with a secondary school leaving certificate
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