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
World Book Day at the Elementary School
The Day of the Book will be celebrated at the Elementary School (School Entry Level through Grade 4) on Thursday, June 1, 2023. We invited the well-known children's book author Jennifer O’Connell who will be reading from her book and sign it afterwards.
The title of her book is “Elephants Remember” and it tells the remarkable and moving true story of a herd of wild elephants and the man they came to trust. If you are interested in purchasing a copy of the book and have the author later sign it, please purchase one through the many venues available.
In connection with the Day of the Book we will also have activities and a book flea market. Discarded and surplus children’s books from the library will be sold during this event. Please give your child small change to purchase some of the books which are priced $ 0.25 and $0.50.
We appreciate and thank for the financial support by the Friends of the German International School Washington D.C.
The book team
Ursula Eberhard and Ingrid Wrausmann
