Admissions Cycles for 2025/2026 Academic Year

Welcome to the 25/26 Academic Year Admissions Cycle. We look forward to meeting you!

Regular admissions follows the ISAAGNY calendar. Please aim to submit your applications ahead of the deadlines. This will allow your family ample opportunity to collect the required documents.

1) Early Admissions Priority Cycle*
*Qualifying applicants for Early Admissions are siblings of current or former students, as well as children of current faculty or staff; Grades Preschool 3s through Kindergarten.

Application deadline: December 1, 2024
Acceptance Notification Deadline: December 6, 2024
Family Reply Deadline: December 13, 2024

2) Regular Admissions Cycle

Applications for all grades are due by January 9th, 2025

Preschool
Acceptance Notification Deadline: February 27th, 2025
Family Reply Deadline: March 6th, 2025

Kindergarten
Acceptance Notification Deadline: February 6th, 2025
Family Reply Deadline: February 13th, 2025

Grades 1-8
Acceptance Notification Deadline: February 13th, 2025
Family Reply Deadline: March 3rd, 2025

Open House/School Tour

One of our favorite parts of the admissions process is taking you on a school tour—stepping into classrooms and catching a glimpse of our dynamic dual language program. We offer open houses that provide an in-depth view of our school’s philosophy, approach, curriculum, and community. There will be time for Q&A, to make sure that all of your questions are answered.

Please choose a date that fits your schedule and register via Ravenna.

Email admissions@germanschoolbrooklyn.org if you would like to schedule an individual tour with our Director of Admissions.

Application Process

  • Create an account and find German School Brooklyn on Ravenna.
  • Sign up for and attend an Open House
  • Submit your online application along with the $200 application fee using your Ravenna account
  • Attend an interview (you will be contacted by Admissions for this step)
  • Receive a notice of acceptance
  • Respond by the acceptance notification deadline

Application Requirements

To help us get to know your child, we require the following items during the application process:

  • Teacher Evaluation: We ask for a teacher evaluation for all grade levels, except preschool. This form will be sent to your child’s current teacher through Ravenna. The teacher will receive an email with a secure link to a Teacher Evaluation form which the teacher submits directly to GSB.
  • Transcripts: For Grades K and 1 we require transcripts from the last year (if available). For applicants Grades 2 and up, we require transcripts from the past 2 school years. 
  • Writing sample in English and German: The student essay is required for students applying for grades 6 and higher. Detailed information is provided in Ravenna.
  • Student Interview: All applicants will be required to attend an interview. The session consists of a conversation and activities between your child and a member of our educational team, as well as a conversation between you and a member of school leadership.

We are accepting applications for:

 

2024-2025 School Year:
Preschool 3s through Grade 8

We are accepting applications on a rolling basis as space allows. Please contact admissions@germanschoolbrooklyn.orgfor more information. 

2025-2026 School Year:
Preschool 3s through Grade 8

Upcoming Open House Dates

October 22, 2024
November 12, 2024
December 10, 2024

Sign up on Ravenna.

Parent Testimonials

The school creates a strong sense of community, one in which the kids are excited to belong, curious to learn, and eager to participate. Our son runs to school as if it were a playground.

— Nicholas Blechman, Creative Director, The New Yorker

GSB is what the city and its German community needed – an inclusive school with instruction in German and English, and modern pedagogy.

— Anne & Daniel Kehlmann, award winning author "Measuring the world"

Tuition and Fees 24/25 for New Families

Preschool 5 days $29,700; 4 days $25,300

Lower School: $29,700/year

Middle School: $31,900/year

Financial Assistance