A professional teaching staff, most of whom are native German speakers, provide three contact hours on each of thirty Saturdays during the traditional September – May school year.
Classes are held on two campuses:[1] Stamford and West Hartford, for ages ranging from preschool to high school as well as adults.
In 1982, it was the first German-language school in the United States to be selected by the German Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs and Central Agency for Schools Abroad (Zentralstelle für das Auslandsschulwesen)[2] to administer the official Sprachdiplom I examination, and the following year added the Sprachdiplom II.
[6] Many students and graduates of German School of Connecticut realize the advantage of studying one of Europe's leading languages.
Certain high school students have the opportunity to take a special German-language exam, the "Sprachdiplom", which fulfills the language requirements for direct entry at a German university.