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
Our 4-year-old daughter proclaims every day her love for her friends and teachers.GISB Parent
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