Fall Festival 2022

 

The Fall Festival: for the students of Steinmühle, a well-known and beloved celebration that has been held for decades. On this one day of the year, all former students of Steinmühle School and Boarding School are invited to reminisce and share what they’ve been up to since leaving. “Those were such wonderful times at the boarding school,” you hear people say from all corners.

On the last Saturday in September, the time had finally come: the Fall Festival was able to take place in its usual format. There hadn’t been such a large reunion of former Steinmühle students since 2019.

For weeks beforehand, the boarding school students had been preparing for this big event. Everything was planned down to the last detail, because there was still a lot to do behind the scenes. The students did a fantastic job organizing everything. They selected recipes, scheduled baking times, and supported one another. Working independently and with great enthusiasm, the students immersed themselves in their baking, resulting in the most amazing and delicious variety of cakes. Their goal was not simply to bake the same recipes over and over, but to offer as many different flavors as possible and to let their creativity run wild.

And so it came to pass that Bremerhaus, Stammhaus, Mühle, Hessenhaus, Westfalenhaus, and Biohaus baked nearly a hundred cakes.

Several students also volunteered to help set up. With their handyman skills, they worked diligently to build the huts. At the fall festival itself, the boarding school students had their own tasks: they sold cake, grilled food, and cleared away dishes. All boarding school students carried out these duties until 6 p.m. to ensure that all guests had a wonderful day. From 6:00 p.m. onward, however, everyone became a guest and celebrated the fall festival together. Former and current boarding school students met and exchanged stories about boarding school life then and now.

On Sunday afternoon, a few of us met up again in the dining hall at “SchniPoSa” and talked about what a great festival it had been. We’re already looking forward to the Fall Festival in 2023.