Summer Break Announcement
Hours for walk-in traffic during Summer Break:
Monday through Friday: 10 am to 3 pm
First Day of School:
For School Entry Level (5-year-olds) and Grade 2 through 12: Thursday, August 20th, 2026
For Preschool and first Grade: Monday, August 24th, 2026
脰ffnungszeiten f眉r Besucher ohne Termin w盲hrend der Sommerferien:
Montag bis Freitag: 10:00 bis 15:00 Uhr
Erster Schultag:
F眉r die Schuleingangsstufe (5-J盲hrige) sowie die Klassen 2 bis 12: Donnerstag, 20. August 2026
F眉r den Kindergarten und die erste Klasse: Montag, 24. August 2026
School Bus
In Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. students age four and up are permitted to ride a school bus. GISW offers school bus service in the morning, and at both 3:10 pm and 4:45 pm dismissals. PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO BUS SERVICE AT ANY OTHER TIME, EXCEPT ON EARLY RELEASE DAYS when dismissal is at 12:15pm.
Bus routes are adjusted each summer for the upcoming school year, depending on student addresses and interest in bus service. You can review the current bus routes below. Based upon interest the school tries to accommodate everyone鈥檚 needs. Bus routes will be posted here before the first day of classes in August. In case adjustments are made during the school year, updated lists are distributed by email to all bus families and posted on the school鈥檚 website.
Please refer to the Tuition & Fee Schedule for cost information on bus service.
Questions? Please contact Karen Kinsler at kkinsler@giswashington.org or 301-767-3843.
Bus Routes for the 2025/26 School Year
Please come to your bus stop 10 minutes BEFORE the time listed here. Please see effective dates in the files.
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Single Bus Tickets
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Bus Rules & FAQs
With questions please contact Karen Kinsler at kkinsler@giswashington.org.
Eight Bus Routes in the morning and at 3:20pm:
Six bus routes on the late afternoon bus:
At 4:55 pm there are 6 bus routes on a condensed scheduled.