School News and Updates

Jun 18

PYP Schoolers Move Up!

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

Jun 18

Grade 1 Family Trees

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

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

"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

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.

May 22

Students conduct notable interviews for PYP Exhibition

Some grade 5 students who are in the process of completing their PYP Exhibition conducted interviews with some notable personalities.

May 22

Hilarious Hybrid Animals

Have you ever heard of a "Vogelrrafe", a "Schmetterfin", a "Cydra" or a "Storchodil"? Find out what these odd-sounding creatures are!

May 22

Making Mango Floats to Apply Science Lessons

3rd-graders had to do a practical application of what they were learning in Math and Science. How? By making their own mango float!

May 7

Students Write Letters to the N-Corona Virus

Our students take their turn in writing letters to the corona virus -- complete with illustrations!

Apr 17

The "German Challenge"

Some primary German students spent their Easter holidays taking on the first ever "German Challenge" of their life.

Apr 3

Young language learners summarize German fairy tale

Language learning at the GESM clearly doesn't stop with distance learning. Here's some proof.

Apr 3

Our Young Scientists in Action!

Shifting to distance learning has not diminished our teachers' ability to spark our students' curiosity.

Apr 3

Recreating the Classroom at Home

4th graders replicate an element of their classroom at home: the "Word Walls" (learning walls)

Mar 6

SPORTTAGE an der DESM | Sports Days at the GESM

Our primary and secondary students competed in the annual Sports Days from March 5 to 6. Here are some photos.

Mar 6

Deutschsprachige Ecke -- the German-Speaking Corner

So we set up a German language corner in school and here's what our young German learners have displayed there.

Feb 21

Kinderfasching an der DESM

Our primary kids got a taste of what Fasching is like. With their colorful costumes and cute little get-ups, they paraded through the campus

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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.