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Canada, Toronto
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The school requires wearing the school uniform for all students. In kindergarten, uniforms are worn for special occasions and once a week; the dress code lists the uniform items and uniforms can be ordered online from InSchoolwear.
Twice a week students may order a meal through the Lunch Lady Program. There is also a Pizza Day once a week; on all other days, parents provide lunch.
The school is a not-for-profit corporation under Ontario law; the Board of Trustees is the main governing body. It oversees fiscal matters, assets, and strategic direction, while day-to-day operations are managed by the Principal and the School Management Team; board directors are elected for two-year terms, with a maximum of nine directors.
German International School Toronto (GIST) is an international school for ages 3 to 17 that delivers a trilingual program in German, English and French. The curriculum blends the Thuringian German curriculum with the Ontario Canadian curriculum and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for upper grades. Primary instruction is mainly German, with English increasing to about a 50/50 split from Grade 5, and French beginning in kindergarten and becoming integral from Grade 3. Students can follow a bilingual English/French or English/German Diploma track as part of the high school IB programme, preparing for global university access. GIST has a Germany–Canada affiliation and has earned the STEAM_MINT profile and a Seal of Excellence from the Federal President of Germany for its science-authored program. A Three Step German Program (GermanFasttrack, GermanPlus, GermanPro) supports language development, with free language support in German, English and French. The 25 Burnhamthorpe Rd campus provides PreK–Grade 12 education with a strong emphasis on multilingualism, science education and community engagement.
