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Located in the heart of Riga's city center, the school is conveniently reachable on foot for residents of the Quiet Center. The school day runs from 8:30 to 15:30, with an after-school program available until 18:30 including homework support, tutoring, additional elective subjects, and supervision. For the 2025/26 school year, the school accepts children aged 15 months to 15 years (born 2009–2024), starting September 1, 2025. A Sommer language course runs from July 14 to August 15, 2025. The school is open to residents of Latvia as well as international students whose parents stay in Latvia temporarily. The youngest students receive daily English activities in addition to German instruction, with formal English lessons beginning in kindergarten.
Students in elementary school learn German, English, and a third language; in middle school a fourth language is added. All languages are taught exclusively by native-speaking teachers. Preschool and kindergarten staff from Germany are supported by local German-speaking teaching assistants who also understand Latvian, Russian, and English. The focus of the preschool and kindergarten curricula is the acquisition of the German language by non-native speaking students to provide a smooth start into first grade, with daily English play sessions and formal English lessons beginning in kindergarten. The GIB-Abschluss is an extended version of the International Baccalaureate developed for German Auslandsschulen.
The after-school program includes homework support or individual tutoring, additional elective subjects, and supervision until 18:30. A summer language course runs from July 14 to August 15, 2025.
Deutsche Internationale Schule Riga is a German international school located in Riga. Founded in 2015 as a kindergarten, it has expanded to elementary and secondary levels, with the oldest students in grade 9. Serving about 300 children from 25 countries, the school offers the IB Diploma Programme (DP) alongside a bespoke curriculum for German Auslandsschulen, including the GIB-Abschluss, an extended IB variant. The curriculum emphasizes language learning from early childhood: preschool and kindergarten are taught by German teachers with native-speaking capabilities, supported by German-speaking assistants who also understand Latvian, Russian and English; in elementary, students study German, English and a third language, with a fourth language added in middle school. English instruction starts in kindergarten and a Sommer language course runs in summer. Classes run 8:30–15:30, with an after-school program until 18:30 offering homework support, tutoring, electives and supervision. The school welcomes residents and international families on stays in Latvia.
