Rīgas starptautiksā vācu privātskola

General information

The Deutsche Schule Riga was founded in the Summer of 2015. The goal of the school is to provide its students with a German international education meeting the highest standards. The school is open to residents of Latvia as well as to international students whose parents stay in Latvia temporarily. The education is exclusively provided in the German language by qualified educators who speak German as their native language. At the pre-school and kindergarten levels the primary teaching staff is supported by local German speaking teaching assistants who also understand Latvian and Russian.

The focus of the academic and pedagogic curricula at the pre-school and kindergarten levels is on the acquisition of the German language by non-native speaking students, so they will have a smooth start into 1st grade. 1st grade students will study a second language for 4 hours per week and can choose between Latvian or Russian. English is offered as a 3rd language for two hours per week. Steps are underway to accredit the school in the Latvian school system, allowing students to switch into a Latvian school later any time. For the current school year 2015/16 the school accepts children ages 1.5-6 (children born 2009-2014). Regular daily course hours are from 08:30 till 15:30, but the school doors are open from 08:00-18:30. After 15:30 the school offers optional afternoon activities as well as supervised after hour child care until 18:30.