German Swiss International School
| German Swiss International School Deutsch-Schweizerische Internationale Schule |
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| Secondary: 11 Guildford Road, The Peak Kindergarten/Lower Primary: 162 Pok Fu Lam Road, Pok Fu Lam Business College: 162 Pok Fu Lam Road, Pok Fu Lam |
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| Type | Private, international, kindergarten, primary, secondary, vocational, co-educational. |
| Established | 1969 |
| Principal | Annette Brandt-Dammann |
| Enrollment | approx. 1250 |
| Years | Kindergarten, Klasse 1–12, Years 1–13, Wirtschaftskolleg |
| Website | http://mygsis.gsis.edu.hk/ |
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| Traditional Chinese | 德國瑞士國際學校 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 德国瑞士国际学校 | ||||||||||||
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| German | Deutsch-Schweizerische Internationale Schule | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Déguó Ruìshì Guójì Xuéxiào |
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| Yale Romanization | Dākgwok Seuihsih Gwokjai Hohkhaauh |
| Jyutping | dak1 gwok3 seoi6 si6 gwok3 zai3 hok6 haau6 |
The German Swiss International School (GSIS) is an international school in Hong Kong established in 1969 by German and Swiss families looking for a bilingual German-English education in an international setting. Beginning with 73 students in its inaugural year, GSIS now has approximately 1,250 students from over 30 countries.
The school was established in 1969 by German and Swiss parents.
GSIS enrolls students from kindergarten to secondary in two parallel streams known as the English Stream and the German Stream. It also has a Business College (German Wirtschaftskolleg), which offers Wholesale & Foreign Trade and Transport & Logistics Management training programmes.
The official Primary curriculum of the English Stream offers English/Language, Mathematics( covering geography), General Studies (covering history), Library, Learning Technology, which is known as ICT to students, Music, Physical Education, Science and Religious Studies, although GSIS has no established religion requirement. The German language is taught from Year 2 and remains compulsory until after Year 11. Chinese (Mandarin) is introduced in Year 4 and Science is introduced in Year 5.
The English Stream currently follows the British education system, completing GCSE and I/GCSE examinations at the end of Year 11. Exams will be taken at the end of Year 11. The examining boards are Cambridge and Edexcel, depending on what subject is being taken.
At GCSE/IGCSE level, compulsory subjects include English Language, English Literature, German and Mathematics. Students also choose electives from the following subject pools:
The English Stream adopted the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma programme for Year 12 and 13 in 2013, replacing the GCE A-level programme. Many students also take the SAT I/II or the Sprachdiplom for applications to universities in the United States or Germany respectively.
The same subjects above were available at AS-Level and A-Level, with the exception of English Language and Music, which are only offered at AS-Level. There were no compulsory AS- or A-Level subjects, only that a minimum of three A-Levels were taken.
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