Colegio Pestalozzi is a school

School

A school is an institution designed for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is commonly compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools...

 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

Argentina

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. Colegio Pestalozzi offers elementary and secondary education as well as a "initial level" for children from two to five years.

It was founded on 1 March 1934 by Dr. Ernesto Alemann

Ernesto Alemann

Ernesto Alemann was the son of Swiss immigrants to Argentina. For several decades he was the editor-in-chief and publisher of the family newspaper Argentinisches Tageblatt, printed in German, in Buenos Aires...

, an Argentine of Swiss origin. The aim was to create a place for free and humanistic education in accordance with the thoughts of the Swiss Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach....

, where the values of the central European culture and the German language could be upheld.