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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current bilingual family here. We’re happy with the academic level and [b]have not noticed behavior problems or just „anyone being accepted“ as the PP mentioned. [/b]It is certainly self selective and the vast majority of kids in later elementary are bilingual or German households. Unless you are very highly motivated and are willing to employ a German Aupair and/or near daily tutor to help with German I would not advise the school. They have numerous extra classes to help kids with their German but it is not meant for total beginners. The few non German households I see in our kids classes struggle. There are of course exceptions. The German families who leave the school are typically leaving because they want their kids to be immersed in English and not because of the academic level of GISW. All classes at GISW except for English are taught in German. [/quote]

I am that PP.  You wouldn't have noticed because we were great with smoke and mirrors talk and presentation to parents.  Sorry, but it's true.  We didn't have chair-throwers, just a lot of low level SEN that went unsupported, as well as American kids whose parents believed their children were fluent in German, and altogether this resulted in a fairly non-rigorous experience for all.  I'm back in Germany now, and the difference between kids who went to German school in Germany and those from the German International School where I taught in the US is significant.  I feel bad for German expat kids who had to spend formative years at the German International School and then returned to Germany to realise they were behind their peers.

Believe what you want.  I have no reason now to lie.  But when I was teaching at the German International School, most parents were easily fleeced by our charismatic principal.  It wasn't an excellent education for anyone.[/quote]

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