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
Regional Professional Development at GISW
We are starting the new school year with a new process facilitator in the North American region of the network of German Schools abroad. After a successful handover by Mr. Torsten Steininger, we warmly welcome Dr. Alexandra Blank to the GISW site and look forward to a successful collaboration.
The first 3-day Regional Professional Development (ReFo) on "Language Sensitive Teaching -DFU: Reflection of Established Practices and Further Development" was very successful. Speakers Tim Sonnenwald from AvH Montreal and Lisa Kranzler from German International School Silicon Valley reflected with teachers of German-language subjects on the current state of language-sensitive teaching practices in our region. In the process, they reviewed and added to regional support mechanisms in this realm, built important actionable knowledge for themselves and their subject teams, and picked up ideas for further development at their schools.
The weather also cooperated, so that everyone was able to enjoy the city of Washington D.C. and the surrounding area to the fullest during their stay.
