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Ecuador, Guayaquil
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Founded in the late 1950s, the Colegio Alemán Humboldt de Guayaquil began when German teacher Renate Collmann de Lembke ran a bilingual kindergarten (Spanish-English). After Fritz Witte proposed the project, the bilingual program transitioned to German and a preschool-through-primary school was established to foster cultural exchange, mutual understanding, and friendship between Ecuador and Germany. After Germany granted permission to Mr. Witte, lengthy negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lasted nearly two years; Witte died before the project was realized, and Claus Riemann, joined by Paul Klein and Richard Zeller, and a growing group of German and Ecuadorian supporters, continued the initiative. In 1964 the school moved to its own facilities in Los Ceibos, far from the city at that time but with strong growth potential. In 1972, with the leadership of Dr. Ernst Seebas, a scholarship program was created to enable families with fewer resources to access quality education.
The Humboldt Association sponsors the Colegio Alemán Humboldt de Guayaquil and conducts governance in line with Auslandsschulqualitätsmanagement (AQM), the quality framework required by the German central office for overseas schools (ZfA). This work involves three areas: the Executive Council, the General Rectorate, and the Financial Administrative Direction. Members of the Executive Council administer the school from the administrative sphere in conjunction with the General Rectorate and the Financial Administrative Direction.
The Central Committee of Parents (CCDPF) conducts activities ad honorem, with its board elected annually by the presidents of each grade of the school. The CCDPF organizes the annual Day of Field (Familienfest), a family-themed event in which CAH families participate. The CCDPF is responsible for generating and managing resources for the CAH Study Subsidy Fund, which ensures studies through graduation for students in the morning section in the event of a parent's death. Access to the CAH Subsidy Fund requires: staying current with the annual Fund fee, having paid fees for the last four years, and purchasing six tickets for Day of Field in the final year. Statutes of the Parents Committee and Regulations for the Subsidy Fund are available.
Colegio Alemán Humboldt de Guayaquil is a German international school offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma alongside a German curriculum and a bespoke program. The school is part of Germany's network of 135 excellence schools abroad, recognized by the German government, and it emphasizes multilingualism and intercultural study. German is taught through immersion across many subjects, with five weekly German classes in secondary and two additional German-taught subjects from 8th grade to support IB requirements; students pursue the Deutsches Sprachdiplom I through an international benchmarking process in 8th grade. English begins in grade five with immersion, with aims for high language proficiency. Facilities include specialized science laboratories, a robotics lab, a Lernwerkstatt and a learning environment supported by itsLearning and Office 365. The IB program features Mini-CAS, a bilingual library, internships in Germany, and university visits, complemented by exchanges, events like Noche IB and Intercambiales, and a group 4 project week.
