Colegio Alemán Nicaragüense

An Association Pro Escuela was formed on October 18, 1934, and the school was registered and recognized by Nicaraguan authorities. In 1936, the Reich government recognized the small German School of Managua, and the Foreign Ministry granted a one-time subsidy of 2,000 Reichsmarks for the 1936 budget year. The project was revived on December 1, 1967, and the Colegio Alemán Nicaragüense began operations in August 1968, including a German kindergarten, with initial facilities rented near Kilometer 13.5 on the Carretera Sur. In 1972, new facilities began to be constructed, and the earthquake on December 23, 1972 did not damage the new buildings, with the school among the first to reopen after the quake. The first graduating class of the secondary program occurred in 1981, and today the school has produced more than 900 graduates across more than 40 cohorts.

The Centro Cultural Alemán (CCA) is a non-profit association that promotes and expands cultural and social relations between Germany and Nicaragua. The CCA runs the German Club; every Tuesday and Friday from 6 p.m. a German restaurant is open to all, and the pool and sports facilities are available to non-CCA members on those days, and cultural and sports events are held on the school grounds. Its most significant project is the Colegio Alemán-Nicaragüense, a German-Nicaraguan school offering pre-school through secondary education in Managua, and its upkeep is central to the association's mission. The Colegio provides schooling based on German educational objectives and diplomas, follows MINED guidelines, promotes the German language and culture, and fosters understanding between Nicaraguans and Germans through school and extracurricular activities; ICAN offers German courses for adults and children.

APF stands for Asociación de Padres de Familia. Its objectives include serving as a channel of communication between parents, the school authorities, and teachers, and organizing activities and initiatives to reinforce the work that teachers perform daily in the classrooms. All parents and guardians of Colegio Alemán Nicaragüense students are APF members and are represented in an Annual General Assembly by classroom representatives elected at the start of each school year. The Annual General Assembly of APF annually elects a President, Vice-President, Secretary of Minutes and Agreements, and a Treasurer, who together with the coordinators of the commissions form the APF Board. The commissions are responsible for initiatives in academics, sports, culture, events, safety, and communications, and classroom representatives maintain close contact with the parents in their classrooms to inform them of decisions and plans, and to convey concerns to the Assembly. If you are interested in APF work, write to: apf@coalnic.edu.ni.