Summer Break Announcement
Office Hours Summer Break:
Monday through Friday: 10 am to 3 pm
Campus Tours:
Campus tours will resume once the new school year begins on August 20. We would be delighted to welcome you for a private tour. Please contact admissions@giswashington.org to schedule your visit.
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
Campusführungen:
Campusführungen sind ab Beginn des neuen Schuljahres am 20. August wieder möglich. Gerne begrüßen wir Sie zu einer persönlichen Schulführung. Bitte kontaktieren Sie admissions@giswashington.org, um einen individuellen Termin zu vereinbaren.
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
Picture Day - October 7, 2016
SECOND PICTURE DAY IS COMING UP SOON:
ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016, 8:15am to 2:30pm
Pictures will be taken of:
- Preschool, individual pictures,
- Preschool, group pictures,
- SEL and Elementary School, group pictures,
- ALL students, teachers and staff members of the German School who did not have their picture taken on the first Picture Day OR need to have another picture taken. In this case, we would like to ask parents to remind their children and to supply them with their first picture. A picture can only be retaken in exchange for the original. Students of the Elementary School (SEL through grade 4) will be brought to the photographer by a teacher.
NEW: For the first time, Preschool pictures and group pictures can only be ordered online, flyers explaining how to do that have been distributed to the students.
If you have any questions, please contact Sabine Tscherner at s.tscherner@dswash.org.
