🏮 Invitation to the GISA Lantern Festival on November 12, 2026

 The GISA warmly invites you to this year's Lantern Festival on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

Look forward to a magical evening filled with lights, joyful encounters and shared experiences. Our Kindergarten has prepared an exciting program and is looking forward to celebrating this special occasion together with the entire school community.

Our Nursery, Kindergarten and Primary School children are especially excited and can hardly wait to proudly light up their handmade lanterns during the traditional lantern walk.

We look forward to seeing lots of happy children's faces, beautiful glowing lanterns and enjoying a lovely evening together with families, friends and guests.

✨ Here's what you can look forward to:

• From 5:00 p.m.: Lantern Festival begins on the basketball court, with coffee and cake
• 5:30 p.m.: Short stage program presented by the Kindergarten
• 6:00 p.m.: Joint lantern walk
• From 6:30 p.m.: Dinner and a relaxed get-together

🏮 Information about the Lanterns

We will have a number of extra lanterns available for children who are visiting the festival and do not have their own lantern. Parents and children who need one are welcome to contact our Kindergarten Team.

All children will receive a lantern stick and an LED candle light to illuminate their lanterns during the parade. In the interest of sustainability, we kindly ask you to return both the lantern sticks and LED candle lights to the Kindergarten staff after the event. This will allow us to reuse them at future celebrations. Thank you for your support!

🚶 Information about the Lantern Walk

Our lantern walk will take us on a walk around the block. Our security staff will accompany us and ensure that we can safely make our way through the streets.

Please note that parents are responsible for supervising their children throughout the entire lantern walk. We kindly ask you to accompany and supervise your children during the walk.

🍽️ Dinner and a Relaxed Get-Together

Following the Lantern Walk, there will be an opportunity to enjoy dinner together from 6:30 p.m. and round off the evening in a relaxed atmosphere.

Our Parent Representatives are organizing a communal dinner.

The following food options will be available for pre-order:

• Large pasta salad with Frankfurter sausage
• Small pasta salad with Frankfurter sausage
• Large pasta salad with boiled egg
• Small pasta salad with boiled egg
• Meat pie
• Vegetable sticks in a cup

The prices for the individual food options will be announced beginning of next week.

Food Orders and Payment:

Food can be pre-ordered and paid for from Tuesday, November 3, until Friday, November 6, 2026, between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon at the reception desk in the Administration Building with Amanda Farouk. Please note that payment is cash only. The deadline for all food orders is Friday, November 6, 2026.

Friends and guests of the GISA school community who are attending the Lantern Festival but are unable to visit the reception desk in person can also place their food orders by emailing Olivia Habtezghi via:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by latest November 6, 2026

Whether you are a Kindergarten child, a Primary or Secondary School student, a parent, family member or friend – everyone is warmly welcome!

Let's enjoy the magical atmosphere together, light up our beautiful lanterns and share a wonderful evening as one community.

We look forward to welcoming many of you and celebrating a truly memorable Lantern Festival with the entire GISA school community!

We look forward to seeing you there!