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The school offers after-school activities (AGs) for classes 3–12; choir is available for classes 1–2. AGs cover Aqua-Club (3–4), Choir and Music AG, Reporter AG, Art AG, Art History AG, Theater AG, Chess AG, and Svenska Klubben. Enrollment for AGs is done electronically in Wilma.
The school has a Music School with a modular, student-centered program that starts in kindergarten and continues through high school. Instruction is available in German and Finnish. The program includes classical instruments, singing, and band instruments, with choir and orchestra activities and participation in KiMu and JuMu music competitions. Rental instruments are available, and teaching is conducted after school on site; there are no entrance tests.
Svenska Klubben offers activities in Swedish, such as games, crafts, and socializing in Swedish. Participants can suggest activities; the aim is to socialize in Swedish and meet other Swedish-speaking children. The club is intended for students who speak Swedish at home.
The AGs include Theater (for younger students 3–4 and for older students 5–12), Chess (for 3–4 and 3–6), the Reporter AG for student journalism (4–11), Art AG (3–6), and Art History AG (9–10). Svenska Klubben provides Swedish-language activities. These AGs foster creative expression, teamwork and school-community involvement.
The SV organizes events such as theme days and competitions. Every two years, the UNICEF Run is held by the middle and upper school to raise funds for charitable causes. The SV provides channels for students to share ideas or concerns with the school leadership.
The SV acts as the voice of students in school decisions and runs events to engage the school community. The SV has elected student leaders Ina Schmidtmann (student leader) and Timo Salzwedel (deputy student leader). SV leadership is supported by trusted staff for each school level (Vertrauenslehrkräfte) who liaise with students and the administration.
The school has a multidisciplinary student welfare team that meets regularly to promote student wellbeing. The team includes a deputy head, school nurses, a school psychologist, a counselor, coordinators, and special education teachers, providing confidential support for learning, mental health and social-emotional needs. The welfare team coordinates with teachers and families to ensure appropriate support, and after-school care offers structured activities and supervision.
Deutsche Schule Helsinki is a private, German-Finnish intercultural school in Helsinki offering bilingual education from early years to upper secondary. The curriculum combines German and Finnish systems across three stages: lower grades (1–5), upper grades (6–9), and upper secondary. In early years German is taught as a foreign language with English, with Finnish as mother tongue and second language, plus life stance education and Evangelical religion. In upper grades many subjects have curricula published in German, including Chemistry, Biology, German, Finnish as mother tongue, English, Ethics, Geography, History, Art, Latin (8–12), Swedish, Russian, and Sport, with Economics also offered. The upper secondary culminates in the Deutsches Internationales Abitur (DIA), a dual-qualification with a German university entrance qualification and a Finnish matriculation certificate; exams include written tests in three subjects in January and oral tests in two in March. The school provides a library, a music school, after-school care, and an activity program at Malminkatu 14, 00100 Helsinki.
