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DSTY provides social and emotional learning (SEL) support through a Prevention and Counseling service that includes crisis intervention, conflict mediation, and individual counseling, with pastoral care provided by pastors from two German-speaking churches; a school psychologist offers confidential counseling appointments and assists students in accessing therapy.
DSTY operates a Förderbereich (inclusion and special education support) with an interdisciplinary child-protection team, an Inklusions-AG, and related activities such as an Inklusions-AG Elterncafe; the school also advertises internships in the Förderbereich for training in inclusive education.
Deutsch als Zweitsprache (DaZ) is provided from Kindergarten to Abitur to support non-native German speakers, with DaZ instruction including early integration in Kindergarten and DaZ in Sekundarstufe I; English is taught as a first foreign language from class 2, and there is no publicly disclosed dedicated English as an Additional Language (EAL) program.
Mental wellbeing is supported through the DSTY School Psychology service, which offers psychological consultations for students in crisis, and pastoral care by staff from German-speaking churches; speech therapy is also available in individual or small-group settings to support communication and wellbeing.
DSTY has a safeguarding concept (Schutzkonzept) with an interdisciplinary child-protection team, a staff and student behaviour code, a reporting pathway for suspected cases, safeguarding trainings for staff, age-appropriate child-protection training for students, and multilingual safeguarding materials.
Deutsche Schule Tokyo Yokohama (DSTY) is a German international school in Yokohama, founded in 1904. It teaches according to German curricula and awards German qualifications up to the Deutsches Internationales Abitur (Grade 12). The language of instruction is German, and the school offers Japanese learning for both native speakers and students learning Japanese as a foreign language. English and French are also part of the programme, and students can earn the Latinum. Beyond lessons, DSTY runs a coordinated cocurricular afternoon programme (open all-day school) with care options and activities, as well as sports teams in football, volleyball and basketball. A distinctive feature is the on-campus BVB Evonik Football Academy, providing football training from kindergarten through upper school.
