Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro

Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro
Main entrance of the school, also called "Portão D" (Gate D)
Address
Rua Floriano Peixoto Santos, 55 Sudeste Region São Paulo, São Paulo state, 05658-080 Brazil
Information
Founded	September 22, 1878
Opened	January 7, 1879
Founder	Karl Messenberg, Bernhard Staudigel, Victor Nothmann, Ludwig Bamberg and Emil Preiss
Superintendent	Thomas Polisaitis
President	Alfried K. Plöger
Dean	Sonia Maria Bittencourt de Oliveira
Principal	Maria Celina da S. Cattini
Age range	3-18
Enrollment	4.280
Average class size	ca. 81m²
Language	Portuguese, German, English, Spanish
Hours in school day	12 hours
Classrooms	ca. 90
Campus size	100.591 m²
Campus type	Urban
School colour(s)	White and navy blue
Slogan	"Um só colégio em 6 unidades" (A 6-unity School)
Song	Hino ao Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro (Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro’s Anthem)
Athletics	Soccer, volleyball, basketball, handball, ping-pong, badminton, swimming, artistic gymnastics, athletics.
Nickname	Porto (Seguro)
Yearbook	Anuário
Website	portoseguro.org.br

Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro (often referred to as "Porto Seguro" or "CVPS", formerly named "Deutsche Schule" (German School)) is a private bilingual school located in the neighborhood of Morumbi, in São Paulo, Brazil. The school was founded in 1878 by German immigrants, who wished a school in which their children could learn about German culture, without losing the connection with Brazil. It was elected by Veja magazine as the best school of São Paulo. Nowadays, the school has several other related units. Its main unit had the 149th best national performance at the 2014 ENEM in a ranking of 15640; the Panamby unit was ranked at 236 and the Valinhos unit had the 67th best performance.

The school was founded on September 22, 1878, as "Deutsche Schule", located in a rented building at Florêncio de Abreu Street, in downtown São Paulo. D. Pedro II visited the school in 1886. In 1913, the school moved to its own building at the Olinda Street, present day Praça Roosevelt. As the demand for school enrollment grew, two new units were built, one in Consolação, and the other in Barra Funda. In 1943, due to the Second World War, it changed its name to "Ginásio Brasileiro Alemão" (German-Brazilian Elementary School), and later to Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro, after Francisco de Vahrnhagen, German-Brazilian historian.

In 1974, the school moved to its current location, in Morumbi, with its main entrance in Clementinne Brenne Street. Famous German musician Karl Richter was hired to direct the Colégio Porto Seguro Choir (Coral do Colégio Porto Seguro). Later on, in 1982, Karl Carstens, president of West Germany, became another notable visitor.

In 1982, the Valinhos branch was founded. Valinhos was, at the time, a major residence for German immigrants, who had come to work for companies located in the region. In 1997, the Panamby unit was founded in order to answer to the high demand for room at the original Morumbi branch. The inauguration of the new branch had the Vice Chancellor of Germany Joschka Fischer as a guest.