German Schools in the Area
German American School Association of Southern California (GASA)
GASA offers German language programs for children ages 4-17 at 10 Saturday School campuses and at Kinderland Schools for ages 3-5. Saturday classes are held from 9 am-12:00 noon, Sept. - May. The Kinderland Schools offer twice-weekly sessions, morning or afternoon. The Encino school also offers Adult conversational German, levels beginning to intermediate, Saturday mornings from 9 am - 12 noon.
Foreign Language Academy German
Foreign Language Academy German (FLAG) offers a bilingual/bicultural immersion program as part of the Glendale Unified School district. Students will take all required California exams, as well as high-level German exams. The focus will be culturally inclusive, multilingual education. Absolutely no previous knowledge of German required.
Kindergarten LA - Language Immersion Preschool
Kindergarten LA offers a language immersion program for children ages 3 - 5. Target languages at present are German and Spanish. Morning and full-day sessions are available. The school is located in Santa Monica on the Westside of Los Angeles.
Goethe International Charter School (GICS)
Goethe International Charter School provides a tuition-free English-German immersion education following the International Baccalaureate curriculum. At present, the school has eight classes from K-4th grade and will add classes as students advance.
Albert Einstein Academies in San Diego
Albert Einstein Academy offers a German-English two-way or dual immersion program with an international, multicultural focus including Spanish language instruction.
International School of Arizona (ISA)
ISA offers German language summer camps, as well as Saturday and after-school classes.
International School of Tucson
The International School of Tucson (IST) offers an internationally-based and internationally-grounded bilingual program of instruction in French/English, German/English and Spanish/English. IST is open at the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten levels with full-immersion German, French and Spanish.
The German-Speaking Family Club and Playgroup
The club regularly meets in Brea, Fullerton, La Habra, La Mirada and Whittier, California. It conducts playgroups, hosts family events and is a valuable resource for German-speaking families in Southern California. Membership is free though there must be at least one German-speaking parent in the family to qualify.