2011-2012 - Bavarian International School

Please feel free to contact us in the health department if you have any questions or require any assistance
regarding your child’s health and safety at school.
Telephone number: 08133/917-163.
INFORMATION ON INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR STUDENTS ON CLASS TRIPS
Safety is always one of our major concerns at school. We would like to draw your attention to the issue of
insurance coverage for students when they are on class trips outside of Germany, and to review the various
types of insurance needed when your child participates on one of these trips.
1. BIS carries statutory accident insurance, (in German: Unfallversicherung) which covers students in the
case of accident related injuries occurring in school, travelling to and from school, as well as while at or
travelling to and from school activities or school trips in and outside Germany. Parents should
consider an additional private accident insurance as only strictly school activities are insured and
insurance will be disclaimed should your child for example deviate from the direct route to or from
school buying an ice cream.
2. All students should have health insurance (in German: Krankenversicherung). This health insurance
coverage is the responsibility of the parents, and is usually provided under a voluntary or statutory
parent or family health insurance policy. This insurance covers necessary medical treatment and
hospital for your child in the event of illness.
3. Medical treatment outside Germany for patients insured by statutory German health insurance requires
a health insurance certificate for abroad. Coverage may not be granted at all or be limited to some
countries under the private insurance policy. If your child’s health insurance does not provide sufficient
coverage you will need to take out an additional health insurance policy for foreign countries (in
German: Auslandskrankenversicherung) to cover them in the case of illness as well as for transportation
costs should your child be treated at home. This is an additional policy that can be obtained from your
health provider for trips abroad at a nominal yearly cost; generally about 9 - 11 euros for children. It
can be quickly and easily arranged by a phone call to your health insurance provider, and your child
must have this coverage for school trips outside of Germany
4. We recommend that you also take out personal third party liability insurance for your child (in German:
Haftpflicht insurance) to cover the costs of any property damages that your child might cause.
To summarise:
• All health related insurance is the responsibility of the parents.
• Before your child goes abroad on a school trip, be sure that they will still be covered by both
health and liability insurance while outside of Germany!
• Parents should consider an additional private accident insurance to cover field trip time
spent outside of strictly school activities when their child goes on a field trip.
LIBRARY/MEDIA CENTRE
The Upper/Middle School Library is located on the second floor between the Schloss and the
Middle School. During the winter of 2011 BIS opened a new library that includes a teaching lab,
outdoor deck facility, and new furnishings. The library has been designed as a pleasant place to
perform research, school work, reading, as well as to accommodate users with varied electronic
educational tools and resources. A full-time teacher- librarian and part-time library assistants
staff the library along with library volunteers.
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