Curriculum

The Rilke Schule German School of Arts and Sciences will follow the Anchorage School District prescribed curriculum and the Alaska State Standards in most subjects except German and Math. The standards for German are based on the National Foreign Language Standards, which include the Alaska and ASD world language standards.

Assessment and Grading

Each student’s math and language arts skills will be assessed to determine proper academic individualization within the program. To determine placement, assessments provided by the publishers of textbooks and specially developed for Language Arts for the Rilke Schule will be used. Academic boot camp will be available after school in English and German subjects for students who need help. Students will be assessed regularly, using both oral and written assessment tools. Standardized tests will be administered as per ASD requirements. The staff and the APC will review the overall results of both the standardized tests and the German assessments to determine how the program can be improved.
The kindergarten report cards will be narrative style from both the German and English instructors. All other grades will receive report cards with the the German grading system (the cards will also show the American equivalents).

German Grade English Equivalent Percentage

Rilke Schule also participates in all Anchorage School District standardized testing. Testing dates can be found on the Anchorage School District website.