School News and Updates

2 days ago

New Teachers S.Y. 2020/21

Welcome the new faculty members of School Year 2020/21

2 days ago

Early Years' Early Start

Things might not be ideal, but that didn't stop our Early Years team from starting the school year right.

2 days ago

Ju hu, endlich wieder im KiGa!

It's back to school for our German Kindergarten kids. Check out what they were up to this week.

2 days ago

German Primary welcomes new students

Jun 23

The Parents' Council's ANNUAL REPORT 2019/20

Here's a (school)year-end report from our Parents' Advisory Council (GEB).

Jun 18

PYP Schoolers Move Up!

Our PYP kids move up! Relive the Moving Up Ceremony here.

Jun 18

Eine Talentshow in der Vorschule wie nie zuvor | A Never-Before-Seen Preschool Talent Show

The German section preschoolers had a year-end talent show unlike anything ever seen at the school before.

Jun 18

Grade 1 Family Trees

Some of our first-graders share their own ancestry with these finely illustrated family trees.

Jun 18

Early Years' Farewell: A Mixed Bag of Emotions

The Early Years International Section classes were all filled with mixed emotions as they said goodbye to School Year 2019-2020.

Jun 18

"Landeskunde": Meals, Maps & Memes

German learners take a deep dive into German life and living.

Jun 18

"Es ist vollbracht!" Abschiedsfeier des Kindergartens | German Kindergarten's Farewell Party

The German Kindergarten threw a virtual farewell party for everyone! Check out the photos!

Jun 18

Die 5D-Schüler in Coronazeiten | The Grade 5D kids in the time of COVID-19

Here's a video featuring the 5th grade pupils of our German section doing what they do during the pandemic.

Jun 18

How Reading Books Helped My Son Enjoy the First Grade (Before and During Pandemic)

GESM mother Jenn Grünewald shares how her son was introduced to reading and writing, and the enthrallment for learning that came with it.

Jun 18

An Amazing Speech in Deutsch

Anju barely spoke any German when she started the school year. By June, she was able to deliver a speech -- auf Deutsch!

Jun 5

PYP Exhibition 2019-2020

A culmination of an 8-week process, the International Section 5th graders finally have their Primary Years Programme Exhibition ready!

Jun 5

Kindergarten and Early Years' Student-Led Conference

Despite the distances, our Kindergarten and Early Years classes pushed through and succeeded in having their Student-Led Conference.

Jun 5

"How to survive and not go crazy" and other Quarantine Ideas

We gotta give up it for our 10th graders. They came up with some of the most imaginative ways to deal with getting stuck in quarantine.

Jun 5

9th Grader's Piano Recital

9th grader Cassandre Masserey performs Sonatina Op. 36 No. 3 by Clementi Spiritoso as part of her IGCSE coursework in piano.

Jun 5

1st Graders Tackle Dinosaurs

After finishing all the planned lessons for the school year, our German section 1st graders decided to do a topic of their choice: Dinosaurs

Jun 5

IGCSE Students Perform Bach's "Air on the G-String"

Watch some of our IGCSE students perform their coursework with Music Deparment Head Sunshine Ferrandon!

Jun 5

"Meet & Greet" with Illustrator Írisz Agócs

Some of our 2nd graders got a chance to "meet" the illustrator of the very book they read on the last day the school was open.

Jun 5

Would-be 1st Graders create their own "Schultüte"

Young pupils soon to move up to Primary School tried their hands at creating their own Schultüte at home!

Jun 5

Wer sagt, dass wir nicht reisen dürfen? | Who says we can't travel?

After so many weeks in the apartment, some of our German section Kindergarten kids decided to do a trip around the world.

Jun 5

Ein Brief an die Familie | A Letter to the Family

Some of our International Section 2nd graders wrote touching illustrated letters to family members... with a twist: They wrote it in German.

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Read up on what's been going on at the school! Here you can find updates and news on school events, field trips, interesting class projects, as well as literary works penned by GESM teachers and students.