Romania, Bucharest
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Regular access to counselors from the Guidance Department provides ongoing support and keeps families informed. The school tailors instruction to each student's needs and supports diverse learning styles, with emphasis on empathy, inclusion and social responsibility through projects and daily practice.
Kindergarten: maximum exposure to German; English is introduced as children move to the higher group. Primary school: maximum exposure to German and Romanian, with progressive exposure to English; Cambridge tests begin in the third grade. Middle school and high school: maximum exposure to German, Romanian and English; DSD and Cambridge examinations. Ab initio languages (French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, etc.) are offered. All high school students who sat the Deutschen Sprachdiplom (DSD) exam in recent years have obtained C1 in German, and all high school students scored B2 to C2 in English at the Cambridge exams.
Counselors from the Guidance Department provide regular emotional support and maintain ongoing communication with families. Guidance is tailored to each student's needs and supports academic, emotional and career planning.
Hermann Oberth International German School is a private K–12 institution founded in 2006 with a German–Romanian ethos. It offers kindergarten through high school education, blending the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (as a candidate IB World School) with the Canadian curriculum. The multilingual language portfolio includes German (verified by language exams), English (Cambridge), French, Spanish and Romanian, with a strong emphasis on science and information technology, entrepreneurship, ethics, and psychology integrated across the curriculum. Class sizes are small to allow individualized attention, and teaching emphasizes interculturality and democratic citizenship across all levels. The school is accredited by the Romanian Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports and ARACIP. Facilities include on-site medical care, psychopedagogical support, a canteen with locally sourced meals, sport courts and two gyms, plus IT/Robotics labs and a Smart Digital Lab. Extracurriculars cover academic, arts and language clubs and cross-disciplinary projects, including Olympiads.