
Anniversary Program
When I Grow Up - Participatory Installation
In our hallway, we invite passersby to question themselves once again, what or who they want to be when they grow up.

The GIST of Growing Up - with Maren Bödeker
An event that visits you. Spend an evening with a violinist, an artist or an entrepreneur from the GIST community in your home with your friends and get inspired by their insights of growing up.

The GIST of Growing Up - with Michael Schwanzer
An event that visits you. Spend an evening with a violinist, an artist or an entrepreneur from the GIST community in your home with your friends and get inspired by their insights of growing up.

The Principal’s Conference
A dialogue between 5 principals of GIST about growing up as a school.

Goethe KidsKino @ GIST
The Goethe-Institut’s KidsKino is coming to the German International School Toronto! Enjoy a special afternoon of cinema with Lene und die Geister des Waldes (ages 4+) and Cleo (ages 9+), two heartwarming and award-winning films about growing up. A perfect outing for families in the west of Toronto!

The GIST of Growing Up - with a young violinist
An event that visits you. Spend an evening with a violinist, an artist or an entrepreneur from the GIST community in your home with your friends and get inspired by their insights of growing up.

25 Year Fest
The German International School Toronto is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a big schoolfest, and we invite you to mark this special occasion with us.
Stories of
Growing Up
Throughout the year, our anniversary blog will feature reflections from students, alumni, former staff members, and our community partners. Through these narratives, we trace our school’s journey the experiences that have shaped it and look toward the future.
Thank you to our anniversary partners and sponsors
When you grow up, who do you want to be?
Do you remember who you dreamed of becoming when you were a child? It’s a question you’ve likely been asked countless times. And now, as parents, educators, or mentors, you might find yourself asking the same of the children in your life: Who do you want to become when you grow up?
For our 25th year anniversary we chose the theme “Growing Up” to guide our celebration. During this special year in our history we will reflect on who we are as a school, where we have come from and where we aspire to go.
On this page you will find an overview of our events and stories about “Growing Up” for our 25 year anniversary. We want to invite each and everyone of you to join virtually and in person and ask yourselves once again: When you grow up, who do you want to be?