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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know specifics but I would suggest you get a German au pair and try online language tutoring now so when you apply the language base is stronger and the child can get reinforcement at home.

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It’s a German school that happens to be based in the US. This means that they will not teach your child the language especially if they enter this late. The assumption is that they speak and write it when they arrive. I would not recommend it unless your kid is fluent and one parent can support at hone. How in earth do you expect your student to write the equivalent of AP Lit essays in German?

They will not tell you this, but I’ve seen quite a few American families in your situation fall for the marketing and then leave again after a couple of years. 
Note that they have been stretched financially for years and would have folded a long time ago if it were not for the steady stream of embassy funds and diplomat kids.

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What marketing? Would the school misinform a family that they are appropriate for an elementary school child with minimal German skills on entry? That’s very bad if so[/

It started being marketed as an international school about 7-8 years ago when there was a cut in funding. Tuition rose significantly, a lot of local bilingual families left, and embassy folks with younger kids started preferring their public elementaries so that their kids could become fluent in English. There was then a wave of non- German speakers that enrolled at the school, which had predictable results. Those kids never learned German properly as the unofficial language begann tilting towards English. The curriculum more or less stayed the same, so I have no idea how those kids actually understood anything. Most of them left after a few years once grades started to matter, but there’s been a steady stream of newcomers every year to repeat the cycle. Not surprisingly, standards are significantly lower compared schools in Germany, which has driven German families - expats and locals - from the school. It’s a mess.

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