The German American School of
Portland, Oregon
Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...
, offers a dual language program in German and English for preschool to
5th grade
Fifth grade (called Grade 5 in some regions) is a year of education in many nations, and some other regions call it Year 5. In the United States, the fifth grade is the fifth and last year of elementary school in most schools. In other schools, it ...
. It is one of the six schools in the United States accredited by the Federal Republic of Germany's ''
Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen The German Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (german: Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen, ZfA) is an agency of the Federal Office of Administration, itself an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, that operates and manages sc ...
'',
Federal Office of Administration
The Federal Office of Administration (german: Bundesverwaltungsamt, BVA) is an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, headquartered in Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western s ...
. 170 students from 25 nations attend school each day. The school offers full day and half day options for preschool, before-school care, extended care, after school programs, and music lessons on site. It is located at 3900 SW Murray Blvd.,
Beaverton, Oregon.
Preschoolers and kindergartners are introduced to the German language as a part of creative and playful activities, so that they are comfortable with
bilingual instruction as they enter the first grade. Classes are also offered for adults. Upon completion of the fifth grade, students are eligible to attend a partner school, Gilkey International Middle School, of the French American International School, which offers German-language instruction in language arts and social studies.
On Saturdays, the school rents out its facility to a German Immersion Saturday school that is named for
Sophie Scholl
Sophia Magdalena Scholl (9 May 1921 – 22 February 1943) was a German student and anti-Nazi political activist, active within the White Rose non-violent resistance group in Nazi Germany.
She was convicted of high treason after having bee ...
, a young woman who resisted the Nazis.
In 2006, the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders of the German American School were among 100 winning schools in a poetry contest, and were awarded a free trip to Europe their German poems about
soccer.
In 2011, the German-American School opened its SolarLab and
solar panel displays to the public.
See also
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German language in the United States
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Bonn International School
Bonn International School (BIS) is a private international school based in Bonn, Germany. It is a non-profit organization, and is managed by a board of trustees. Members of the board include BIS faculty, as well as parents of students studying at ...
, an Anglo-American school in Bonn formed by the merger of two American schools and one British school
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German American
References
External links
German American School Portland
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Schools in Portland, Oregon
German-American culture in Portland, Oregon
German-language schools
Bilingual schools in the United States
International schools in Oregon
German international schools in the United States