Mission and Values

We strive to inspire curiosity, imagination, resilience, and a lifelong love of learning and prepare students for shaping our common future. Learn more about GISBs mission and values below.

Our Mission

German International School Boston is a bilingual independent school serving students from preschool to grade 12. We offer a bilingual education with an internationally acclaimed German curriculum. As a global community, we strive to instill a love of learning and a sense of responsibility to prepare students for shaping our common future.

GISB’s Principles and Values

International Perspective

  • To educate global citizens to flourish everywhere in the world
  • To challenge students to explore new frontiers
  • To nurture curiosity, tolerance, and global interconnectedness

 Bilingual Education

  • To enable native fluency in English and German for all our students
  • To instill cultural awareness, social confidence, and cognitive flexibility through multilingualism
  • To broaden students’ horizons by learning other world languages

Academic Excellence

  • To inspire curiosity, imagination, resilience, and a lifelong love of learning
  • To ignite each student’s intellectual and creative potential
  • To embolden students to explore the world through interdisciplinary studies
  • To prepare our students to thrive at U.S., German, or international universities

Community Spirit

  • To cultivate a student community that learns together, grows together, and thrives together
  • To engage parents, teachers, and students to celebrate successes and share the burden of challenges
  • To foster the open exchange of ideas, mutual support, and accountability
  • To embrace diversity of individuals, perspectives, and backgrounds
  • To encourage a sense of service to the community and responsibility toward the environment