| German School New York Deutsche Schule New York |
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Tua res agitur
It concerns you |
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| White Plains, New York, United States | |
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| Type | Private, College/University Preparatory |
| Established | 1980 |
| Founder | Siegfried A. Kessler |
| Head of School | Wolfgang Dietrich |
| Grades | Pre-K through 12 |
| Accreditation(s) | Permanent Conference of the Department of Education of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) |
| Website | www.dsny.org |
The German School New York (also known as GSNY, Deutsche Schule New York or DSNY) is an independent, co-educational and bilingual (German/English) school with around 370 students enrolled in grades Pre-K through 12.[1] The School is located in White Plains, New York, approximately 25 miles north of New York City.
The students at GSNY are typically citizens of German-speaking countries. The German School New York is accredited by the Permanent Conference of the Department of Education of the Federal Republic of Germany[2](German: Ständige Konferenz der Kultusminister der Länder in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), a member of the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS);[3] and a New York non-public Elementary and Secondary School[4]. The GSNY is a partner school of the German initiative "Schulen: Partner der Zukunft"[5] and was awarded the title of "excellent foreign school" by the German Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) in August 2009.[6][7]
The elementary school includes grades K - 4 and the secondary school includes grades 5 - 12.
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The German School New York was founded in 1980 with a student enrollment of 64 by Siegfried A. Kessler in response to a growing corporate demand of a school taught in German in the New York area. German parents feared that by taking foreign assignments, their children would be inadequately prepared and might even fail examinations upon their return to Europe. In 1978, Mr. Kessler, former president of Carl Zeiss AG, founded a non-profit organization called the "German Forum".[8] The organization's prime goal was to found a school offering German-speaking children an education that would be recognized in their home countries. Kessler's hope, was that the institution would be "one that would contribute to improving relations between nations."[9]
The school officially opened on September 8, 1980 and produced its first graduating class on May 15, 1989.[6]
Over 70 percent of GSNY students are German, 9 percent Swiss, 7 percent Austrian and 12 percent from other countries.[10]
Subjects are taught primarily in the German language, and the curriculum follows that of Germany. Students are challenged to take advantage of the rigorous academic instruction with its emphasis on critical thinking, as well as the multilingual, cross-cultural setting, to grow into socially and environmentally aware global citizens.[11] The school offers the German Abitur (Allgemeine Hochschulreife) and the New York State high school diploma, both after grade 12. The program leading to the Abitur at GSNY includes the following subjects[12]:
For over 20 years the GSNY has been home to the German Language School (German: Deutsche Sprachschule), giving students outside the GSNY the opportunity to learn and practice their German language skills in a cultural and international environment. The German Language School offers a number of exams including[13]: