Choose your track
My son made many new friends and had a fun summer in Denmark
Parent of student, 2024
The summerschool is amazing, I really want to come back next year!
Student at The Summer School, 2024
Do you want to join The Danish Summer School?
The activity coordinators
Many of the activity coordinators have professional credentials in teaching sports, music, or design. They arrange the activities offered in the afternoons, evenings, and weekends: Sports and outdoor activities, cooking, theatre, games café, and design workshops.
Meet Summer School activity coordinator Kasper in this video.
How we make the youngest students feel at home
When you choose to send your child to the Danish Summer School, you should feel comfortable from start to finish.
Here you can see how we take special care to ensure the well-being of our youngest students.
Arrival
If you are unable to drop your child off at the school, your child can take our bus that leaves from Copenhagen Central Station on the first day of the Summer School. A teacher from each school and the head of the Summer School will be ready to greet you and make sure your child gets on the right bus. On the bus will be a representative from the school your child will be attending.
Get in touch
During the Summer School it will be possible to get in touch with your child every day. There are phone hours at all our schools, so children can call home or you can call them. It’s also always possible to get in touch with the schools’ heads of department and the Summer School leader.
Main teacher of contact
The children stay in corridors with around 20 other children. Each corridor has two adult contact teachers, who are the children’s contact teachers. In the contact group, the children can safely share all their worries, questions, joys and whatever else they may have. The contact teachers make sure that everyone feels happy.
Departure
Children who are not picked up by their parents can take our bus, which first goes to Copenhagen Airport and then to Copenhagen Central Station. A representative from the Summer School will be on board and will be present until the last child is picked up.
Do you want to join The Danish Summer School?
What if my child is not thriving?
We hold interviews at the end of the first week to make sure that all students thrive at the Summer School. We take great care to ensure that everyone makes friends quickly and is not excluded from the group.
At the same time, all students are assigned a primary adult who always has an eye on the student and who the student can always go to.
My child has special needs – can he or she still attend Summer School?
To the extent it is feasible, we welcome students with special needs.
Please feel free to contact us if you would like to know more.
My child speaks neither Danish nor English. Is that a hindrance?
We are unable to take on the responsibility for the safety of a student who cannot understand or communicate basic messages of emergency or symptoms of illness. Similarly, during excursions students must be able to understand traffic directions given to the group.
Additionally, it is our experience that students unable to speak Danish and/or English feel excluded from the community of other students.
Is the student supposed to bring a laptop or tablet?
Students are required to bring a computer or iPad, and they are responsible for arranging to have the device stored under lock and key so that it is not left out in the dorm room.
We recommend that the device have a Danish keyboard with the letters Æ, Ø, and Å.
What about food?
Students and staff take their meals together, and we make sure to provide a healthy and varied meal plan.
Meals may be tailored to the needs of students who avoid peanuts, nuts, gluten, lactose, pork, or meat in general. However, we are not able to accommodate requests for special food such as a vegan diet.
Is there a policy for tobacco and alcohol?
It is strictly forbidden to use or possess alcohol and substances such as marijuana. At all three venues, the use of tobacco products is banned.
Summer School staff enforce the rules. We stress that any violation of these rules may cause immediate dismissal. Any such dismissal wil be arranged with the student’s parents or contact persons. The cost of travel from the venue is the responsibility of the student.
Dismissal from Summer School will be a factor in a student’s opportunity to attend future Summer Schools.
Registration and payment
You can find information about registration and payment for the Summer School on this page
What if a student leaves prematurely?
A student may depart prematurely due to illness, homesickness, or violation of the rules.
Once Summer School has started, refunds are not possible because we are unable to offer the space to anyone else and because our expenses for premises and staff do not decrease.
You are always welcome to contact us
They loved it and asked if they could attend again next year!
Parent of student, 2024
The Danes Worldwide Summer School is a separate legal entity (a commercial foundation) to which the Danes Worldwide Secretariat provides administrative services.