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The 4th Advent is the last Sunday before Christmas. Now it’s time to quickly get the last gifts and wrap them! Soon it will be school break in all federal states and the children are longing for snow and sleigh rides! Let’s keep our fingers crossed for them that it works out.

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The DIS Doha School Management wishes the members, friends and family of the school a relaxing vacation and to all of us a Happy New Year! The first day of school after the break will be January 9, 2022.

Where would we be without them? Yesterday it was time for a big thank you! Head of administration Kristina Friessleben and acting principal Diana Guthmann surprised school nurses Erica Gaspar and Ofelia Schreher with bouquets of flowers to thank them for their great work during the pandemic. With tireless efforts, many overtime hours – even […]

During the Advent season in many regions of Germany the “Wichteln” is custom. One gets together particularly in groups and with colleagues, draws a slip of paper from a pot with the name of a group member, for whom one then secretly buys a gift.  On a fixed date Secret Santa gifts are distributed anonymously. […]

On December 6, St. Nicholas comes to the children in Germany during the night. The shoes are polished the night before and placed outside the door. The next morning they have been filled with candy, apples, nuts and small gifts!

Baking cookies Now is the hot phase of cookie baking and buying. Vanilla crescents, black and white pastries, coconut macaroons and butter cookies – Christmas is feasting time!

On November 24, students of class 6 had the wonderful opportunity to look behind the scenes of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra. Together with their teachers Daliah Chahin, André Reichel and Tamás Szabó, they were allowed to attend the rehearsal of the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra zu schauen! Everyone was thrilled and the kids even had the opportunity […]

Just in time for the 1st advent the main hall of our school was decorated. On Sunday, November 28, 2021, the first candle was lit on the large advent wreath. Thank you to the helping hands of our staff.

I walk with my lantern and my lantern with me. … 🎶 This and many other songs rang out at our wonderful lantern festival on November 15 and 16. Enjoy the film compilation of this atmospheric evening at our school! Video: Rafael Eberhardt You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the […]

The Christmas season begins on the 1st of four Sundays before December 24. This is the “First Advent” in Germany. Everyone is looking forward to the big and small outdoor markets, which hopefully will be able to take place this year. The most beautiful thing is to stroll through the stalls in the icy cold […]

For the pessimist, the glass is half empty, for the optimist it is half full. See you again very soon! Best wishes and a speedy recovery to the quarantined from your DIS Doha!

Dear School Community, Once again, a year is coming to an end. For many members of our school family, the advent season begins, the preparation for Christmas. How wonderful that we, as a multicultural community, share in each other’s celebrations and customs. In these turbulent times, let us wish each other all that makes us […]

Coffee and cake, questions and answers – that’s how the first Principal’s Café can be summed up. In a very pleasant atmosphere (thanks to the hard-working school team in the background!) my guests asked questions and with the active support of Daliah Chahin, the representative for intercultural communication, who translated into Arabic, I was able […]

In Germany, on November 11, it is a tradition in some regions to eat the so-called “Weckmännchen”. It looks pretty, doesn’t it? And is it’s tasty too! It is baked from sweet dough in the shape of a gingerbread man with raisin eyes and a white clay pipe. The Weckmännchen can be bought in most […]

Ask, praise, criticize, help, get to know … so we can become even better for you! Sign up for the first meeting on 11/11/2021 at 1:30pm via office@ds-doha.de. More meetings will follow. There are 20 available seats for each meeting*. We look forward to seeing you! *Monthly date will be announced in due time. For […]

School will start again after the break on 31.10. See you tomorrow – we are looking forward to having you back!

We wish everyone happy fall holidays and happy preparations for Halloween … And don’t forget: Starting from 31.10. the clocks in Germany will go differently again: Then there will be a 2 hour time difference! First day back to school: 31.10.2021

This week we welcome Lene Müller from the Thuringian Special High School for Languages. In Schnepfenthal, Lene is learning Latin and Arabic as well as English and Spanish. Now she has the opportunity to use what she has learned with us. We wish you a great stay!

Many projects, activities and games were organized this year revolving around the German national holiday and Germany: writing letters, hunting QR codes, theater and much more … Here is a small sample – compiled on film by Tamás Pragay-Szabó. You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the […]

We send our warmest greetings on the occasion of the “Day of German Unity”, the German national holiday, which will also be celebrated here at our school on October 3rd – of course under Corona conditions and thus, unfortunately, not with as many guests as we would have wished. Therefore, for all those who cannot […]

“You never win alone. The day you believe otherwise, you start losing.” (Team Mika Häkkinen) Movie morning at the DIS Doha. Many hadn’t had the chance to see it yet: On September 12th, we showed classes 3-7 the two shows “1,2 oder 3” from 2019 and 2021, where our school teams won in the well-known […]

The overview now available for download Dear interested parties, the updated Parent Handbook is available for download on our website. You will find all information and direct links to kindergarten and school in English and German. With clickable table of contents! Download > Parents-school-kiga-handbook

A very special appointment awaited us on 5 September: Together with the chairman of the school board Oliver Moritz, Diana Guthmann (acting principal, DIS Doha) and Tabea Thomaschke (head of kindergarten, DIS Doha) welcomed Nihada Hodzic and Bing Han, directors of the German kindergarten Villa Kinderwelt to our school. The idea is to jointly offer […]

Please note: Most of our job offers are in the German Language, because they require German language knowledge OLK mit naturwissenschaftlichen Fächern, vorrangig Chemie Die Deutsche Internationale Schule Doha wurde im Jahr 2008 als deutsche Privatschule gegründet. Die akademische Qualität sowie ihr multikulturelles Profil machen sie zu einer der herausragenden Bildungseinrichtungen des Landes Katar. Die […]

Today in the interview: Diana Guthmann, acting principal of the German International School Doha in Qatar, incl. Kindergarten We give you insights into the school life of the German International School Doha with individual videos and interviews. Get to know and become part of this great school community! You can find more information on our […]

The school year 21/22 starts tomorrow and we are looking forward to seeing old and new faces at our school! A · W A R M · W E L C O M E ! You will receive all information about procedures, hygiene rules, lessons etc. due to the current situation directly via the parent […]

But of course there is! Even though our students are still on holiday, the teachers, the school management and administration team as well as the caretaker and cleaning staff are already at the school and preparing the coming school year and the school building for you! We are looking forward to starting again soon! See […]

Do you remember? As an international quiz team, DIS Doha students Richard, Ioanna and Elisa competed for Qatar in the well-known quiz show with Elton against Austria and Germany to prove their skills and knowledge on the topic of “meadows”. Last night, the recording was shown on German television for the first time – and […]

The first day of school is approaching – quite exciting for the children and also for the parents. What else needs to be considered for starting school and the first days? Which notebooks do you need and what actually belongs in a gym bag? Many questions which are answered in the following film by our […]

Eid Mubarak to you and your loved ones!

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We wish you and your family a relaxing summer break! First day back to school is August 24th, 2021. All information on starting school and the first days will be sent to you via the parents e-mail.

I wish the DIS Doha school community continued success! Yours, Dirk Dillschneider

Dear students, dear parents, In the following you’ll find a number of links to websites, which contain exercises of different grades and subjects. The processing of such tasks is voluntary, they serve the practice and deepening during the long summer holidays (;-) Please note: DIS Doha is not responsible for theese websites and their contents. […]

Moving and ”moving“ pictures … Thank you, Tamás Prágay-Szabó, for these great memories! You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. More Information Unblock content Accept required service and unblock content

Sung greetings from the preschoolers of the DIS Doha to all who will start school in the summer! You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers. More Information Unblock content Accept required service and […]

Take a look! Today in the interview: Amina Aldubouni, Arabic and English Teacher at the German International School Doha. We give you insights into the school life of the German International School Doha with individual videos and interviews. Get to know and become part of this great school community! You can find more information on […]

We are pleased to present the new yearbook school year 20/21 here! Enjoy reading the many articles and browsing through the pictures that illustrate a challenging year. This year’s yearbook will be published digitally only. If you are interested in individual pictures of the classes and kindergarten groups, please contact the school administration. You are […]

With an unusual handover ceremony, the class 10th graduation certificates were presented on June 3rd! Due to the current circumstances, the graduates received their certificates again this year via drive-in in the school parking lot. Congratulations to the students on their success!  

At the beginning of the 2020/21 school year, the students of Secondary 1, together with music teacher André Reichel, ventured into a “Beethoven Body Percussion” project as part of the Beethoven Year. With the help of tutorial videos by renowned body percussionist Richard Filz, grades 5 through 8 rehearsed the performance and later recorded it. […]

Exactly one year ago, in June 2020, three students from our school were once again supposed to take part in the well-known German television show “1,2 oder 3” in Munich on behalf of their class. Unfortunately, the recording had to be cancelled due to corona. At the beginning of May, we received the long-awaited news […]