Why Join the Förderkreis?

A bilingual school is more than lessons in two languages. Children need many moments throughout the day in which English and German feel natural, useful and alive: in class, in the library, during lunch break, on trips, in clubs, in games, in conversations and in everyday school life.

This is exactly where the Förderkreis makes a difference.

The Dickens Förderkreis zur zweisprachigen Erziehung e.V. was founded by parents to support bilingual education at our school. Our aim is simple: to give children more opportunities to hear, speak, read and enjoy English alongside German throughout their primary school years.

Although the Staatliche Europa-Schule Berlin is a public school model, the additional bilingual support that makes our school day richer is not fully funded by the state. Many of the offers that families value at Charles Dickens are only possible because parents contribute through membership fees and donations.

With this support, the Förderkreis helps finance and organize:

These offers benefit children from Years 1 to 6, in both the Europe school branch and the German regular branch. They create extra spaces for learning, playing, reading and meeting others. Most importantly, they help children grow more confident and comfortable in both languages.

The Förderkreis is run by parents on a voluntary basis. It is built on a simple idea of solidarity: when many families contribute, all children benefit. Membership is therefore not just a financial contribution. It is a way of helping to preserve and strengthen the bilingual life of our school.

By joining the Förderkreis, you support more language, more books, more creativity, more movement and more shared experiences for all our children.

We warmly invite you to become a member of the Förderkreis and help us keep Charles Dickens a lively bilingual school for all children.