Adress of school:
Kapriole, Oberrieder Str. 20, 79117 Freiburg, Germany, +49-761-7073674, kontakt@kapriole-freiburg.de, www.kapriole-freiburg.de
Number of students and staff; age range:
~150 students aged 6-18; ~18 staff aged 21-59
Describe the location/surroundings:
city with 250.000 inhabitants, university with 30.000 students; lively culture; on the border of the black forrest; much nature (for central europe)
Description of school’s concept:
students learn what, when, where, with whom they want; weekly school meeting (one person=one vote) decides schools rules;
Who decides wheter or not a student can come for exchange:
school assembly
Contact person:
Niklas Gidion: ngidion@eudec.org or Arianna Rehder: arehder@eudec.org
How many students could you host:
depends, please ask
For what duration:
we had guests for up to one year
What age-range would you welcome:
any that would feel comfortable being abroad
Do you have host-families:
yes
What is the main/only language spoken at your school; what other languages are spoken:
mainly German; English readily available; other available languages: French, Italian, Spanish
Would the exchange student have to pay tuition; could tuition be exchanged for a free exchange opportunity for students of your school at the school of your guest?:
tuition could be exchanged for exchange opportunity at sending school
Are there any expenses for staying in the host family:
families should be paid normal living costs (mainly for daily food) ~ about 150€/month
Can you provide basic info on daily expenses (food, transportation) in your city:
have you had previous experiences with student exchanges or hosting a student? what was positive/negative?:
yes we had and we consider them a gift for all involved most of the time
Do you have experience with raising funds for travel expenses?:
sadly no, not really
Can you put down a holiday schedule for your school? are there times when you wouldn’t welcome students:
we don’t like to take many short-time visitors at the end of the school year (June/July)
Are you also interested in staff exchange? what are your ideas for such an exchange?:
definitely yes – let’s do it similar to student exchange (staff keep their old payment and just switch places for some weeks/months)