German-American School

GERMAN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
For Children and Adults

Main Office
70-01 Freshpond Road
Ridgewood, NY 11385

(718) 456-8706

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About Us

German-American School is a private, not-for-profit German language school. It has no religious or political affiliation.

In the past:

German-American School has been teaching German to children since l892. In the late l9th century the school’s students came from German immigrant community and the school’s purpose was to teach German literature, history, and culture (in German) to the children of German immigrants.

German-American School was incorporated in l9ll by the Regents of the University of the State of New York. Therefore, our German-language program is recognized by NY State and the language program of German-American School is designed to lead the students toward successful completion of the New York State Three-Year Comprehensive Regents in German. Our students take the exam at the conclusion of our program (after eight years). Once the Regents Exam is passed the student can be awarded three language credits from the students’ High School.

German Language Class

German-American School today:

The focus of today’s German-American School is to teach the German language to children from all backgrounds - our school attracts education-oriented parents who believe that studying a second or third foreign language can only benefit their child.

The German-language program prepares the students for the Three-Year Comprehensive Regents exam (NY). But for those students who want to continue with the language program until they enter College we can offer German language and conversation classes to prepare them for the following exams:

Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdsprache
Sprachdiplom I
AATG Level 2 or 3 exams

About our classes:

German-American Language School offers an after school language program at locations in the New York City area. We meet once a week for l 3/4 hours. In Manhattan our classes are on Monday, in Ridgewood they are either on Wednesday or Thursday, in Garden City on Tuesday, and in Franklin Square on Friday. We do not offer Saturday classes.

German-American School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational and/or administrative policies.