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- Welcome to GISSV
  The German International School of Silicon Valley is an independent, nonprofit preschool–grade 12 school with two locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Learning in German and English
  Our high-quality dual-immersion education helps students reach their full potential in a stimulating environment that fosters critical and imaginative thinking, a passion for lifelong learning and an appreciation for cultural diversity.
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- Meeting Students’ Needs From Preschool Through High School
  GISSV welcomes students of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds. We serve students from two to eighteen years old.
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  The enrollment period begins during the months of January and February of each year for the upcoming school year. We also accept new students throughout the school year based on availability. Knowledge of the German language is required for all children who enroll after 1st grade (See also our German Fast Track Program).
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  Our well-balanced program provides rich project-based and differentiated learning experiences, fostering interests across all subject areas as well as social-emotional competency, critical thinking, artistic expression and physical motor skills.
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  We provide highly qualified teachers, small class sizes and an excellent student-to-teacher ratio. Our engaging and ambitious curriculum is enhanced by comprehensive science and technology resources.
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  GISSV has a vibrant international school community thanks to our small class sizes, cohesive, dynamic preschool–12 structure and enriching events that involve all our students, teachers and parents.
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- Serving Families Across the Bay Area
  GISSV has campuses in Mountain View and San Francisco. We also connect our students to their local environment by exploring the cultural, natural, academic and entrepreneurial destinations the Bay Area has to offer.
- Two Campuses, One School
  All GISSV programs are bilingual and based on the German curriculum of the state of Thuringia, which is known and respected for its well-rounded educational approach
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Innovative GISSV Students Develop Carpool Platform

Innovative GISSV Students Develop Carpool Platform

Innovative GISSV Students Develop Carpool Platform

Congratulations to our GISSV students, Nicolas and Julian, on their launch of their carpool setup platform called "Shlingl"

Over the past year, two GISSV 12th graders, Nicolas Schapeler and Julian Bouchard, have been working on a solution to ease the parking and commute problems often encountered by so many schools in the area.

The students created their own carpool setup platform called "Shlingl".

"We came up with it through an adaption of the German phrase 'Sich durch den Verkehr schlängeln (sounding like schlingeln in some dialects)', meaning sliding through traffic in English, which is what we hope to empower people to do with our solution," explains Julian.

The platform works by displaying other Shlingl-registered families that live near you and attend the same school. The idea is to offer otherwise unknown carpool and ride sharing options. It can be accessed at https://shlingl.com/ and registration is only open to persons with a special access code in order to keep user information private. The code can be requested by sending a simple email to shlinglcompany@gmail.com (code will follow after verification of school relationship). The platform is now available to students and parents of the GISSV Mountain View Campus.

"We hope that this platform will be helpful in reducing traffic, helping the environment, and making the commute experience more enjoyable" states Nicolas.

We at GISSV are proud of our innovative students!

PS: In November 2017 researchers from the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research visited GISSV Mountain View to collect data for a larger GlobalDAS research project. In this context, the students were interviewed about their startup:

**The Carpool App Shlingl is not affiliated with or endorsed by GISSV. GISSV has no responsibility for its content and use.

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