“It’s as if I never left”: Life Returns to Steinmühle Boarding School

After taking care of the final formalities with our administrative team—our new boarding students were already off with our teachers to their living groups and settling into their rooms! We’re thrilled to have welcomed so many new faces to our Steinmühle boarding school yesterday and could hardly wait for all our returning boarding students to arrive shortly afterward. — After six weeks of summer break, our campus is bustling with life again!

A seamless transition from home

While the children and teenagers were getting accustomed to their—in some cases—new “second home” or had returned to their usual place of residence and school, the parents made themselves comfortable with coffee, cake, fruit, and soft drinks, chatted with boarding school director Anke Muszynski and school principal Björn Gemmer, and were delighted to see how smoothly the transition from home to the Steinmühle Marburg boarding school had gone for the new 2024–25 school year. “It feels like I never even left,” said a high school boarding student happily upon his arrival.

Delighted with a Great Start

Our photos show (from left) our licensed nurse, Mandy Mönke, with our boarding school administration team—consisting of Sandra Werner, Ina Block, and Maike Friauf, the boarding school’s accountant and executive assistant—along with boarding school director Anke Muszynski.

The fact that the weather cooperated on Welcome Day is evident in the photo showing our seating areas with sun umbrellas, where the parents of our new boarding students took their seats.

You could tell they were thrilled about the great start, as this snapshot taken at a parents’ table shows.