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Students experience daily the joys and challenges of a broad, internationally oriented education. The school provides a continuum of learning from early childhood to secondary level with a strong emphasis on multilingualism and intercultural understanding. Students graduate with two diplomas: the German International Abitur (DIA) and the Italian maturità. Five languages are developed to a high level: Italian, German, English, French, and Latin.
The school offers a comprehensive program for theatre, music, and visual arts, including groups and workshops. In primary school, art and music are taught and afternoon elective courses are available. In secondary school, students can deepen their arts disciplines and may choose them for the Abitur exams. Extracurricular arts activities include a theatre group, a circus group, a children's choir, a journalism editorial team, and private music lessons.
Language development is central to the DS Rom. The school provides bilingual instruction from age two and develops multilingualism across the entire school. Five languages are taught at a high level: Italian, German, English, French, and Latin. The school prepares students for language certifications through morning or afternoon courses, including Deutsches Sprachdiplom (DSD I), Cambridge certificates, DELF, and CertIT (Italian as a second language).
In addition to academic subjects, students have access to cultural and social activities. The arts program includes theatre, circus, and choir groups, with rehearsals after school, and students can take private music courses with professional musicians. An editorial team writes articles in multiple languages and publishes a school newspaper online and in print. The afternoon program also supports language development and various clubs and groups.
Participation and volunteering are core to the school community. The Saint Martin festival centers on solidarity, and parents participate in the school library, school celebrations, and numerous events, including sponsor runs and service-learning activities. Students learn to take responsibility for the community from an early age through the Student Parliament.
Leadership is fostered through the Student Council (SMV) and the Junior-SV for classes 5–8. Student representatives are elected at the start of each school year, with an adult supervisor guiding the work. The SMV represents student interests to other school committees and promotes student involvement in school governance and civic engagement.
The sport program promotes well-being, knowledge, self-confidence, social skills, fair play and enjoyment. Physical education runs from kindergarten through primary and secondary, introducing team sports, healthy habits, and personal development. The school features a 25-meter indoor swimming pool with seven lanes, enabling regular swim lessons and water-based activities.
Deutsche Schule Rom is a German international K–12 school in Rome serving ages 2 to 18. The curriculum follows a continuous program from Nursery through Grundschule to Gymnasium, with a bespoke, European framework supervised by KMK. A core feature is Mehrsprachigkeit: German and Italian are integrated from the early years, with German-language instruction in Kindergarten and a multilingual approach in Grundschule that links the two languages. The Gymnasium culminates in the Deutsche Internationale Abitur (DIA), earned alongside the Italian maturità. The curriculum covers Deutsch, Italienisch, Englisch, Französisch, Latein, Mathematik, Biologie, Chemie, Physik, Informatik; Economics is taught in English; Philosophy/Filosofia is bilingual (Italian–German, Years 10–11); Italian History is offered. Students graduate with two diplomas and are prepared for university admission across Europe. The campus features digital classrooms, science laboratories, a 25‑meter indoor pool, an auditorium, music and art rooms, libraries, and outdoor facilities. After-school clubs and language certifications complement the academic program.
