On 8 March 2025, the playground of the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS) primary school was buzzing with activity – but this time, it wasn’t the usual learners. Instead, pre-school children and their parents were the day’s special guests.During the DHPS Primary School Open Day, the school provided enrolment information,...

Exciting times lie ahead for 48 athletic and talented learners of the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS) and their 6 teachers: From 13 to 20 March, the 19th Sports Olympiad of the German Schools in Southern Africa will take place! This year, the Deutsche Internationale Schule Kapstadt (DSK) is hosting the event and the...

The Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS) is expanding its international network! Starting in September 2025, two young people from Germany will have the chance to complete an Internationalen Jugendfreiwilligendienst (International Youth Volunteer Service (IJFD)) internship at the school. This opportunity comes from a new partnership with the Internationaler Bund (IB), one of Germany’s leading organisations...

On 19 and 20 February 2025, learners from grades 9 to 12 were able to take part in a simulation of the German Bundestag elections. This gives them the opportunity to experience and understand democracy firsthand. Learners get a sense of what it means to actively participate in a democracy. The youngest participants in the...

On Friday, 31 January 2025, German Ambassador Dr Hutter, the political studies class from the senior secondary section and some grade 9 learners gathered for a political exchange in the DHPS auditorium. The opportunity for the discussion was the upcoming Bundestag elections and the situation in Germany following the vote of confidence in Chancellor Olaf...

Packing the school bag for the first time, putting on the new school uniform for the first time, hearing the school song for the first time and, above all, carrying their own school cone for the first time:For 53 curious, excited, and impatient children, 22 January 2025, marked a real...

Every year, our German as a foreign language-learners take the written DSD exams (Deutsches Sprachdiplom, German Language Diploma) at the end of August and the oral exams at the beginning of September. The DSD, developed and managed by the Kultusministerkonferenz (KMK) and the Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (Zentralstelle...

The DHPS was strongly represented with over 70 athletes consisting of learners, teachers, and parents at the FNB Sandman Triathlon in Swakopmund on 15 December 2024.Triathlon means swimming, cycling, and running. You can either do all three in succession or be part of a team where each member does one...

Our DHPS teachers, Christian Oeser and Laura Voss, rode 401 km through the Namib Desert in the Nedbank Desert Dash on 6 December 2024. For both, it was one of the greatest challenges they had faced. Oeser started and rode the first 174 km uphill with 2500 meters of ascent....

In July 2024, I, Tobias Rannersmann, flew to Houston, Texas, USA, to participate in the United Space School (USS). USS is an annual program that brings together 50 students from around the world to plan a mission to Mars. 25 countries are involved, each receiving a number of spots, including...