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In January 2005 the educational authorities officially acknowledged the German School Temperley as the first trilingual school in Argentina, with the language combination Spanish- German- English. From class 4 to class 12 school lessons are specialized in these three languages and complemented in class 10 with German economy and business English. These subjects are relevant for the promotion of all the students.

Apart from the Argentine trilingual final certification in one of the two main branches- Humanities and Social Sciences- students can obtain their German and English language certificates and, of course, the Deutsche Sprachdiplom issued by the German Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs- KMK, levels I and II, and the Goethe Institute certificate in German economy, as well as the First Certificate Cambridge and the Business Certificate in English Cambridge. Moreover, the Temperley- School offers in the area of the new technologies the final exam of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional- UTN and the programme "Homo Videns" for the upper levels in Argentina.

About 600 students attend the Temperley- School, which consists of three buildings that accomodate the kindergarden, the primary school and the high school. The German School Society Temperley is affiliated to the study group of the German schools in Argentina.

Every year 120 adults and teenagers attend the language courses that take place at the Language Academy of the Temperley- School ( Language Centre of the Goethe Institute).

As after its foundation the number of students increased very quickly, a member of the board bought a building for the school, that at first was called "Graf-Zeppelin-Schule" and that later changed its name to "Mozart- Schule" until 1945. On December 17th 1945 the Argentine government, on account of political principles, closed all the German schools in the country. All the students at the German Temperley School, at the time under the name "Escuela Argentina Modelo", completed the following school year, until in February 1947 the school building and its belonging lands were officially expropriated.

It is true that at first it looked as if everything was lost. However, in 1952 German lessons could be resumed. In this way, the children descendants from German families, and consequently their mother tongue, could be preserved. The language courses took place at the German Gymnastics Club Lomas de Zamora, which had been set up in 1943 by former students and board members of the Mozart- Schule.

The second period of the Temperley- School began in November 1959, when a group of former students and members of the school board acquired a piece of land and put up the new school building in a record time of three months. Then, on March 28th 1960, teaching at the Temperley- School could be resumed.

Some adjacent land was bought with parents' and benefactors' money and resources, as well as with the compensational payment for the loss of ownership during the Second World War, as result of which the school can still grow and develop up to the present day.

In 1983 the kindergarden "Brothers Grimm" was set up in one of the nextdoor properties. At the same time it was decided to found the high school. Teaching at the high school under the name "German School Temperley" started in 1985, after the appropriate approval from the Argentine educational authorities. Due to lack of suitable room, the library "Biblioteca Ricardo Gutierrez" in Lomas de Zamora was so kind as to offer its facilities for the 24 students attending the first high school course. By the end of 1989 the Temperley- School, that in the meantime had been expanded and reformed, could say goodbye to the first age group that finished their studies there.

The meeting of bilingual schools of the Province Buenos Aires took place at the Temperley School on September 16th 2005. It was the first time that a German school organized this kind of meeting. Among the participants there were not only 450 headteachers, but also representatives of the German, British, French and Italian embassies and the provincial government.

Throughout the years 2003- 2005 the country Conference of German Schools in Argentina and their "Fine Arts Meetings" took place at the Temperley- School.

The Temperly- School is not bound to any denomination and it offers different cultural and social activities, such as intercultural meetings ( The Lantern Celebration, The October Festival), aloud reading competitions, competitions in "Science and Technology", sport perfomances, school exchange with four German schools, study trips to Peninsula Valdés, holiday camping at the country home "Verónica", German film evenings, choir music, stage plays, teacher development in three languages, training for students trainee from the Teaching College in Ludwigsburg and parents guidance. Moreover, the school encourages soccer-, hockey- and volleyball teams, parents' teams inclusive.

The number of students at the Temperley School increases yearly. Every year specialists give the teaching staff (German programme teachers plus local teachers) further training, in Germany or in Argentina. There is also a community of parents that largely support the school work.