Besides being an academically rigorous school which offers the Abitur, the German high school degree, to those who want to go after it (other students take the Costa Rican Bachillerato), Humboldt is known for its profusion of extra-curricular activities (dozens of after-school clubs[5]) and its impressive sports program and facilities that include an Olympic size swimming pool, a full size track and soccer field, and a professional theater, the "Humboldt Auditorium"[6], which operation started in August 2018.