To learn about the local school your child will attend, you can connect to the local web site from the DoDDS-Europe site. The DoDDS and DoDEA system have a set of curriculum standards for each subject area which form the basis of instruction in every classroom. The fact that the same standards and text materials are used system-wide is of great benefit to the mobile military child. In addition to a sound curriculum based on standards of instruction, the DoDDS-Europe system offers many additional opportunities for students. Europe Additionally, DoDDS works cooperatively with YS to provide swimming, softball, baseball, judo, and karate and many other specialty programs for youth.
Districts also sponsor a variety of activities to celebrate learning.
Individual schools also sponsor different activities. Among the possibilities are School Newspaper Clubs, School Yearbook Clubs, National Spelling Bee, National Geography Bee, Math Olympiads, Accelerated Reader and Reading Counts Programs, School Chorus and Band, Computer Clubs, Student Governments and Student Councils, National Current Events League, and Odyssey of the Mind activities, to name a few. DoDDS-Europe offers a variety of ways to extend the classroom into Europe and the Host Nation. Trips to the theater in London, trips to Paris, Russia, and other European cities and nations are among the wonderful experiences high school students can take advantage of. Additionally, elementary children are often taken on study trips to local sites of interest in the Host Nation in conjunction with their curriculum standards and the study of the host nation and the culture.