Building Bridges

Building Bridges

Building Bridges

Building Bridges

Building Bridges

Building Bridges

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Welcome to GISA

We welcome you to a virtual visit of our school. Founded in 1966, GISA is West Africa’s only officially recognized German school abroad. Located in Accra, Ghana, GISA offers a bilingual, holistic education from nursery to secondary level. It combines the Thuringian curriculum with Cambridge standards, emphasizing academic excellence, creativity, and intercultural learning. Around 130 students from 20+ nations are guided by a diverse international team. GISA promotes inc…

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Newsletter 02.10.2026

02 October 2026

An eventful week lies behind us: encounters with special guests, newly elected student and parent representatives, creative projects, exciting classroom experiences and many opportunities to take responsibility and learn from one another. Whether through football and financial education, programmi…

Faces of Football: Playing, Learning and Growing Together

02 October 2026

On 29 September 2026, GISA was all about football, teamwork and financial education. During the third edition of “Faces of Football”, girls from the German International School Accra, Chance for Children and the Universal Wonderful Street Academy came together for a special day of learning and acti…

In Search of Poetry

02 October 2026

In the German Club, a slightly different kind of German-as-a-Foreign-Language lesson for our Grade 9 learners, we also explore the beauty of words. Under the motto “Everything That Matters”, we collected words and reflected together on what is truly important to us. When reading our words aloud at…

Celebrating Unity, Building Bridges – GISA at the German Unity Day Reception in Accra

01 October 2026

On 30 September, German Unity Day was celebrated in Accra with a festive reception at the residence of German Ambassador Frederik Landshöft. The German International School Accra was represented by Administrative Director Katrin Krüger, Deputy Headmaster Haitham Albeiruty and Head of Primary School…

Lantern Light and Community: Our Lantern Festival 2026

30 September 2026

In November it is time once again for one of our most atmospheric celebrations: On Thursday, 12 November 2026, the Deutsche Internationale Schule Accra warmly invites you to this year’s Lantern Festival. We will begin at 5 p.m. with coffee and cake in a relaxed atmosphere. At 5:30 p.m., our guests…

Lunch North Ridge Cafe

30 September 2026

We’re happy to announce that the October lunch menu from North Ridge Café is now available!

A Reunion Full of Memories

30 September 2026

Today brought a very special reunion to the German International School Accra: we were delighted to welcome back our former colleague Anna Fischer-Krayer, who worked at our school from 2016 to 2020 and served as Head of Kindergarten during that time. She was accompanied on her visit by her husband…

New Parent Representatives Elected

29 September 2026

At today’s meeting of the parent representatives, Monika Althaus and Thorsten van Honk were elected as the new parent representatives of the German International School Accra. We warmly congratulate them and look forward to continuing our close and constructive cooperation. The meeting focused on…

Have a Say. Help Shape Our School. Take Responsibility.

29 September 2026

Our new student representatives have started their work with plenty of ideas: Rudatu Dawda Jaward and Matt Alfa-Traoré from Grade 9 want to play an active role in shaping school life at the German International School Accra and ensure that student perspectives are heard even more strongly. Their i…

From Accra to Bonn: New Experiences and New Perspectives 🇬🇭🇩🇪

28 September 2026

Our colleague Bernard Boateng is currently taking part in a special professional development programme in Germany. From 20 September to 10 October 2026, Bernard Boateng is participating in the three-week programme “Classroom Observation with Professional Development Components for Local Teachers at…