Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The German International School of Silicon Valley (GISSV) is a school educating children from pre-school to grade 12 using bilingual full immersion at sites in Mountain View, Berkeley and San Francisco in California. Students graduate the school with both the German International Abitur as well as the California High School Diploma. The school is accrediated with the Western Association of Schools (WASC) as well as by the German government, thus allowing graduates to study in either the USA or Europe.The school was founded in November 1999, with teaching beginning in February 2000, originally at a conference center in Redwood City. In July 2000 the school moved to the site of the former Whisman Elementary School in Mountain View.Currently, the GISSV has close to 500 enrolled students at three locations - with graduates who qualify for both European and American Universities. Primary languages spoken at home by GISSV students include English, German, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Korean, and Chinese. The school offers an academically rigorous, bilingual program with quality instructors and small class sizes and is unique in that it is one of only five recognized German foreign schools in the United States and the only one offering a High School Diploma on the West Coast. Advantages of being accredited as a German foreign school include report cards recognized in Germany, accredited diplomas (Abitur and High School Diploma,) and ongoing support from the German government. The GISSV is a California non-profit corporation governed by a board of directors composed of both German and American volunteers and operated in accordance with the California non-profit corporation code and the GISSV bylaws.. }
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- German_International_School_of_Silicon_Valley abstract "The German International School of Silicon Valley (GISSV) is a school educating children from pre-school to grade 12 using bilingual full immersion at sites in Mountain View, Berkeley and San Francisco in California. Students graduate the school with both the German International Abitur as well as the California High School Diploma. The school is accrediated with the Western Association of Schools (WASC) as well as by the German government, thus allowing graduates to study in either the USA or Europe.The school was founded in November 1999, with teaching beginning in February 2000, originally at a conference center in Redwood City. In July 2000 the school moved to the site of the former Whisman Elementary School in Mountain View.Currently, the GISSV has close to 500 enrolled students at three locations - with graduates who qualify for both European and American Universities. Primary languages spoken at home by GISSV students include English, German, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Korean, and Chinese. The school offers an academically rigorous, bilingual program with quality instructors and small class sizes and is unique in that it is one of only five recognized German foreign schools in the United States and the only one offering a High School Diploma on the West Coast. Advantages of being accredited as a German foreign school include report cards recognized in Germany, accredited diplomas (Abitur and High School Diploma,) and ongoing support from the German government. The GISSV is a California non-profit corporation governed by a board of directors composed of both German and American volunteers and operated in accordance with the California non-profit corporation code and the GISSV bylaws.".