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GSM is child-centered and international, fostering a joyful learning environment and shaping learners to be knowledgeable, caring, and responsible global citizens. GSM cultivates a culture of empathy and open-mindedness and promotes cultural diversity and critical thinking within a safe learning community. Students are encouraged to take mindful actions as part of their education. The language departments collaborate to support socio-emotional well-being as an essential element of the bilingual learning experience.
GSM uses dual immersion with content-based instruction in German and English. It welcomes students with no prior German knowledge and integrates English Language Arts with the German curriculum. The school aligns instruction with international standards through its bilingual model.
GSM emphasizes socio-emotional well-being as part of its mission and approach. It promotes empathy, open-mindedness, and a safe learning community where students are encouraged to act mindfully. The bilingual program supports well-being through collaborative teaching and a focus on student welfare.
GSM published a reopening plan for 2020 detailing safety, health monitoring, social distancing, PPE, and a sick policy to protect students and staff. The plan describes health monitoring, enhanced cleaning, and communication with families, with remote learning options if needed.
German-American School Manhattan (GSM) is a bilingual IB World School serving Preschool through Grade 5 across two Tribeca campuses. At 85 Warren Street is the Kita Preschool & Kindergarten, and at 74 Warren Street is the Dual Immersion Elementary School. The program educates children ages 2 to 11 in a 50/50 bilingual model, delivering a German-language curriculum alongside New York State standards. The school is authorized to offer the IB Primary Years Programme and blends German grade-level competencies with US standards within an inquiry-based, transdisciplinary framework. In grades 1–5, instruction is split evenly between German and English, with native German teachers guiding German reading, writing, math, social studies and ethics, and native English teachers guiding English reading, writing, science, social studies and math. Art, music, and movement are taught in both languages; Spanish begins in Grade 3. Class sizes are small, up to 20 students, supporting learning, collaboration, and reflection.
