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2014 High School Graduation Ceremony
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The artwork by graffiti artist Hagen Fisbeck in the entrance area of the Steinmühle now has some artistic company: colorful posts along the sidewalk in front of the Forum and a ceramic installation mounted on the Forum’s entrance wall. The posts are related to the current State Garden Show in Gießen. The commission to design the wall had been left by architect Oesterle in 2006, who had placed a seemingly functionless concrete block next to the Forum.
Both projects were developed over the past few months by the artist and art teacher Ms. Vielhaben, together with students in grades 5, 7, and 11. The ceramic works received active support from Ms. Schmitz, the director of the Pottery and Mosaic Club.
For quite some time, Steinmühle had been looking for a way to set up an exchange program with a school in the British Isles in addition to its U.S. exchange program. Now, St. Augustine’s, a school comparable in size to ours in Dungarvan (a small town of about 10,000 residents on the southeastern coast of Ireland)!
For the first time, a two-week exchange is taking place, involving 10 Irish and 10 German 10th-grade students. The Irish students are currently visiting and are doing their very best to put their German language skills (acquired over five years of study) into practice. The return visit to Dungarvan will take place before or during the fall break. We hope that many more exchanges like this will follow! CE’AD MILE FAILTE!
It’s great when you can play an instrument or sing well and enjoy doing so. But it’s often only really fun when you can make music with others and have an audience every now and then. You could see just how much fun our students have doing this not only at the Musical Evening in mid-May, but once again in a special way at Bands on Stage.
Once again, the rock band from grades 8 and 9—Lena Schlegel, Linda Balser, and Hannah Boßhammer—as well as the StoneMill House Band performed with cool confidence, professionalism, and enthusiasm. But the big surprise of the evening was the band club from grades 5 and 6, led by frontwoman Talea Funk. Talea and her band performed on stage with a confidence and musicality that first astonished the audience and then drew enthusiastic applause.
The ZFC Inventors’ Lab has been in existence for 15 years now. It is organized by the Center for Chemistry in Bensheim, Merck in Darmstadt, the Chemical Industry Fund (FCI), and the Technical University of Darmstadt, and is supported by the Hessian state government. Lisa Kemena qualified for this event from among nearly two hundred applicants.
Together with her research group, Lisa was tasked with “semiconductor synthesis via chain growth reactions and testing an organic light-emitting diode.” Under the guidance of chemists from Darmstadt University of Technology, the group had just under a week to complete the task, which included designing an OLED (organic LED).
At the end of the week (May 16, 2014), the young scientists—as guests of Merck—presented their findings to a large audience of experts. For the sixteen participants in the Inventors’ Lab, there were no winners or losers, but rather detailed feedback from mentors, who were consistently impressed.
In the end, Lisa Kemena was still able to celebrate being awarded one of four W. von Hohenheim Special Prizes.
At this year’s Pangea Mathematics Competition, held under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, six 7th-grade students distinguished themselves with above-average performance.
Adrian Hamel was also successful as the school champion in the Mathematics Competition E for schools in Hesse. Congratulations!
In the top photo (from left): Svenja Winter (7b), Carolin Mauersberger (7b), Justus Schneider (7a), Adrian Hamel (10c), Christian Eifert (7a), Lasse C. Zimmer (7a), and Johannes M. Korn (7a).
The six students in 7th grade not only successfully participated in the Pangea competition, but also qualified for the intermediate round in Gießen.
Based on the results from the preliminary round,
In total, 6 students from Steinmühle ranked among the top 20 in all of Hesse.
On Saturday, May 10, all students took part in the intermediate round in Giessen. Unlike the preliminary round, they had to solve 10 tricky problems here. Caroline, Justus, and Christian solved 9 problems correctly and have therefore been invited to the awards ceremony on June 22 at the Kongresshalle in Giessen.
(They missed the finals solely because of the competition format, since points are deducted for incorrect answers but not for failing to answer a question.)
Students from our school also achieved excellent results in the Kangaroo Competition:
Jakob Schul from Class 5c won first prize (with a score of 95), while Evelyn Damer (5b), Deciel Shongo (6a), Marie Unsicker (6c), and Alexander Schlitzer (8a) each received third prize. Marie Unsicker also made the longest “kangaroo jump” (the most consecutive correctly solved problems) and won a T-shirt as a result.
That was the one thing still missing from the otherwise superbly equipped Centrum: a drinking fountain. The Marburg Rotary Club and the Friends of the School Association made it possible for students in grades 5 and 6 to enjoy a water fountain that not only meets the highest design standards but also guarantees germ-free water at all times thanks to its Hygiene Solution System.
On May 15, 2014, Ms. Leimbach, president of the Rotary Club of Marburg, and Ms. Weidenbach from the Steinmühle Support Association presented the fountain to the students, who immediately expressed their gratitude with a well-done presentation on the topic of water. This made it clear once again: Water isn’t just for drinking.
The wide range of musical talent was once again on display at the Steinmühle’s traditional Musical Evening, and everyone gave it their all: from the young brass players in grades 5 to the experienced teachers in the music department.
Ten ensembles and soloists presented a varied program—featuring plenty of wind instruments, string instruments, harps, piano, percussion, guitar, and many singers in various choirs.
Do you have questions about the school?
School Administration & Management
Björn Gemmer & Dirk Konnertz
Phone: 06421 408-20
Do you have questions about the boarding school?
Boarding School Administration & Management
Anke Muszynski & Dirk Konnertz
Phone: 06421 408-0
Do you have questions about the school?
School Administration & Management
Björn Gemmer & Dirk Konnertz
Phone: 06421 408-20
Do you have questions about the boarding school?
Boarding School Administration & Management
Anke Muszynski & Dirk Konnertz
Phone: 06421 408-0
