German School of Silicon Valley

 

With campuses in Mountain View, San Francisco and Berkeley, we serve the broad needs of students from preschool through high school. We welcome families from all cultural backgrounds and are committed to helping students reach their full potential in a stimulating environment that fosters critical and imaginative thinking as well as an appreciation for cultural diversity. Our programs focus on dual-immersion language education and its application in science and social studies as well as in arts and sports. Our highly qualified international faculty uses innovative and differentiated teaching methods that encourage independent thinking and a passion for lifelong learning.

Our curriculum provides rich project-based learning experiences that foster holistic and individual development. We feature small class sizes, an excellent student-teacher ratio, and a safe and stimulating learning environment. For students with little or no knowledge of either German or English, we offer strong language learning support. We also move and think beyond the classroom by exploring the cultural, natural, academic and entrepreneurial destinations the Bay Area has to offer.

GISSV is a model school for bilingual learning and unites Germany’s traditions, know-how and culture with U.S. dynamics, innovation and ambition. We are part of the worldwide network of German schools abroad, a system that is supervised by the German Federal Foreign Office and provides children from various countries and cultural backgrounds the opportunity to meet and engage in dialogue. We are the only elementary and secondary school in the Western United States that meets the accreditation requirements of the German government.