Sparkasse Marburg-Biedenkopf Donates 12,500 Euros to Support the Construction of the New Steinmühlen Building

Sparkasse Marburg-Biedenkopf is supporting the construction of the new middle school building at Steinmühle with a donation of 12,500 euros. CEO Andreas Bartsch presented a check for that amount to Dirk Konnertz, executive director of the Steinmühle Support Association, in the presence of school principals Björn Gemmer and Bernd Holly. The largest construction project in Steinmühle’s history is now in its final stages of completion. “We’re currently putting the finishing touches on a few areas of the interior,” Konnertz reports.

According to Steinmühle, the Sparkasse’s donation will go toward equipping Group Rooms 1 and 2, located on the ground floor. The building is designed to meet all the requirements for digital learning. With its generous donation, the Sparkasse is helping to provide students with a modern learning environment. Andreas Bartsch: “Today’s students are tomorrow’s skilled workers and decision-makers; they are our future. Sparkasse views this donation as an investment in society—something from which everyone can benefit. Nothing can replace education.”

In collaboration with the boarding school, the school had the entire Steinmühle campus equipped with high-speed internet via a fiber-optic connection this summer. The next step is to introduce tablet-based instruction in select grade levels, with a partnership with Philipps University of Marburg providing academic support. As a new branch of the school, the Steinmühle Bilingual Elementary School will open on the Steinmühle campus in the Cappel district of Marburg at the start of the 2019–20 school year.

The new middle school building, which was completed entirely on schedule and within budget, will be ready for occupancy at the start of the second semester in February 2019. As a privately run school, Steinmühle cannot automatically rely on public funding.