Summer Break Announcement
Hours for walk-in traffic during Summer Break:
Monday through Friday: 10 am to 3 pm
First Day of School:
For School Entry Level (5-year-olds) and Grade 2 through 12: Thursday, August 20th, 2026
For Preschool and first Grade: Monday, August 24th, 2026
Öffnungszeiten für Besucher ohne Termin während der Sommerferien:
Montag bis Freitag: 10:00 bis 15:00 Uhr
Erster Schultag:
Für die Schuleingangsstufe (5-Jährige) sowie die Klassen 2 bis 12: Donnerstag, 20. August 2026
Für den Kindergarten und die erste Klasse: Montag, 24. August 2026
Online Library Catalogs at the German International School Washington D.C.
Great news from the GISW Libraries: The Library holdings for ALL of our libraries can now be searched by title, author or keyword in our Online Catalogs. You may also reserve materials or renew already loaned ones.
Kindergarten Library: https://giswashington-kindergarten.webopac.at/search
If you like to log into the preschool Online Catalog, please send an E-mail to Ms. Voss to ask for the User ID and Password. E-Mail: mvoss@giswashington.org
Elementary School Library: https://giswashington-grundschule.webopac.at/search
Elementary school students can also reserve books. Please ask Frau Eberhard in the Elementary School Library for your User ID and Password.
Upper School Library: https://giswashington.webopac.at/search
Upper School students can reserve books as well through the Online Catalog. Please ask Frau Deschler in the Upper School Library for your User ID and Password, or send an email to: librarygy@giswashington.org.
Happy Browsing!
Martina Voss, Ursula Eberhard, and Kathryn Deschler
Librarians of the GISW
