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Students at Steinmühlen School Collect Backpacks for Their Romanian Sister City

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Many of our new 5th-grade students received new, “cooler” backpacks for their first day of school. As in previous years, Principal Bernd Holly asked for donations of the old backpacks, which are almost always still in very good condition.…

Steinmühle Has Been Newly Certified as an Environmental School

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Steinmühle has once again been certified as an “Environmental School.” “Environmental School—Learning and Acting for Our Future” is an award presented by the Hessian Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture, and…

Students at Steinmühlen Help Older Adults Use Their Smartphones

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Some students at our school are currently helping seniors take their first steps with smartphones. As chairman of the “Aktive Bürger Cappel” association, Heinz Wahlers had approached school principal Bernd Holly and asked for help in teaching…

A Varied Vacation at the Waldhaus for International Boarding School Students

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“Get out of the usual four walls”—that’s the motto during the holidays for the international boarding school students as well—even though they aren’t going home but are staying right here in Marburg. They spend their free time at…

WU Research, the Chemistry Honors Class, and Class 6c enrich the Fall Festival with exciting hands-on experiments

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What exactly is a non-Newtonian fluid? How are “slime worms” made from alginates? And how can you silver-plate bottles? Exciting experiments drew numerous visitors to the booth, which was staffed by students from various courses. Posters…

About 2,500 visitors are celebrating the latest developments in stone mills

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It may have been all the news surrounding Steinmühle that made this year’s Fall Festival such a special crowd-pleaser: The new middle school building nearing completion, the building permit for the renovation of the main building, approval…

WU Film in Conversation with Director Thomas Rösser

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It’s not every day that students get the chance to meet a “real” film director. The 8th- and 9th-grade students in teacher Ines Vielhaben’s elective film class recently had that good fortune—and to top it off, he was a former Steinmühlen…

An exciting moment: The 5th-grade wind instrument class received their instruments

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The new 5th-grade wind instrument class proudly received their instruments at the Steinmühle Forum. The students were immediately captivated by the trumpet, trombone, clarinet, flute, saxophone, tuba, and euphonium. As always, the young aspiring…

Steinmühle Boarding School: Many Hands Made the Fall Festival a Success

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Just in time for Steinmühle’s traditional fall festival, the scaffolding had been removed from the main building, and the historic half-timbered structure shone in new splendor—renovated inside and out! The event held at the end of every…

Building permit for the school building renovation is all set!

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Now, as our new building nears completion, the extensive renovation and expansion work on the school’s main building can begin. To the delight of principals Björn Gemmer and Bernd Holly and Managing Director Dirk Konnertz, construction manager…

Gold for Team 3: Steinmühlen Soccer Tournament with a New Format

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This year's Steinmühle Soccer Tournament was held for the first time under a new format at the Steinmühle outdoor sports facilities. School sports coordinator Michael Neirich reports: The six participating teams from the day school (grades…

Sustainability Day: Steinmühle Takes a Stand Against the Throwaway Culture

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Steinmühle participated in the 5th Hessian Sustainability Day with two projects. Led by Friedhelm Wagler, the first group set out to determine how much packaging waste is generated when shopping at various grocery stores in Marburg. They investigated…

Steinmühlen Soccer Team Finishes as Runner-Up Twice in “Youth Training for the Olympics”

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Over the past five years, the Steinmühlen soccer teams in Competition Class II of the “Youth Trains for the Olympics” program have advanced at least to the regional round—but this year, the journey ended at the city level for the players…

Hiking with Alpacas – A Special Event

  During the boarding school weekend, eight female students from Steinmühle Boarding School set out on an alpaca hike. In Sterzhausen, near Marburg, there is an alpaca farm that now has 27 animals; seven foals were born there this year…

Steinmühle Boarding School: New Furniture in the Westfalenhaus Boosts the Sense of Well-Being

  The Steinmühle Boarding School uses the school vacation period for renovations and refurbishments—especially in the summer. That’s when major projects are tackled that aren’t possible during “day-to-day operations”—for example,…

The Forest House as a New Weekend Home

Enrollment at the Steinmühle boarding school has risen significantly. As a result, a regular residential group has been established in the Biohaus, which had previously been used as a weekend cottage. A solution had to be found for the international…

Lena Tengler joins the teaching staff at Steinmühle Boarding School

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  Lena Tengler is a new addition to the teaching staff at Steinmühle Boarding School. The 29-year-old, who hails from the town of Linsengericht in southern Hesse—a place with a melodious name—already brings a wealth of experience…

Young gang members wow the audience at the Erwin-Piscator-Haus

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"Tom Herfert, Talea Funk, Fynn Konnertz, Samuel Ruff, and Marit Winterstein were the extra splash of lemon in the band's cocktail, making the music sound just a little fresher." That’s how the Oberhessische Presse raved after the magnificent…

Joint Efforts in Chemistry and Biology Have Bearing Fruit

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"Jugend Forscht" School Award Presented in Braunschweig Thanks to the commitment of the school, the parent-teacher association, and donations from Roche, Steinmühle has had a student laboratory since the spring of 2015. There, interest-driven…

High Level of Language Proficiency: DELF Certificate for Students

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For many years now, students at Steinmühle have been able to earn the DELF certificate—the DELF is an internationally recognized certificate for French as a foreign language issued by the French Ministry of National Education, Higher Education,…

Ready for the Future: Steinmühle Connects to the High-Speed Network

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Steinmühle has connected to the high-speed network. In cooperation with Marburg’s municipal utilities, the school and boarding school have been equipped with a state-of-the-art, high-performance fiber-optic connection. “This step ensures…

Field trips organized by the residential groups provide opportunities for their first shared experiences

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At the start of each school year, on the first weekend after summer break, the individual house groups at Steinmühle Boarding School travel to different destinations to get to know each other better away from their everyday routines. The residential…

Cambridge Certificate for 18 participants

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Congratulations to the successful graduates of Nicole Hohm’s Cambridge Business English course: The students performed exceptionally well, as they were all certified at the B2 level—a level typically expected only by the time students take…

Eagerly Anticipated: Arrival Day at Steinmühle Boarding School

    There was an emotional atmosphere on the Steinmühlen campus on Sunday, one day before school started: new boarding students arrived with their parents; from now on, the boys and girls are part of the Steinmühlen community.…
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Students from Steinmühlen Boarding School Get a Taste of the Mountain Air in Randa, Switzerland

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While the graduating class is taking its oral exams, the rest of the students at Steinmühle Boarding School are enjoying a relatively relaxed time. This is especially true for those boarding school students who are currently in Randa, a village…

The first Stone Mill Day featured music, singing, and a touch of excitement

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With cheerful music and singing, Steinmühle welcomed the students of the new fifth-grade classes to the Forum. The sixth-grade class showed a lot of enthusiasm. A year ago, these girls and boys stood in this very spot, waiting to find out their…

Beate Schridde, riding instructor and trainer at Steinmühlen: Her passion for horses began at birth

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That intense passion may eventually fade. Most parents of teenage girls sense this coming when their daughters don’t want to leave the riding stable at all. Knowing full well that interests can change over time, they still encourage their…
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The Steinmühlen Jazz Ensemble will perform with world-renowned artists on August 25 at the Erwin-Piscator-Haus

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Swing and jazz fans should mark this date on their calendars: On Saturday, August 25, at 7 p.m., the "Swinging Wodka Lemon Gang"—well-known in the region—will be performing a concert at the Erwin-Piscator-Haus (Stadthalle) in Marburg. The…
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Awards for Extracurricular Activities

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Before the report cards are handed out, certificates are awarded first. That was the case at Steinmühle this time as well, “because we believe that dedication should be recognized even when it takes place outside of class,” says Principal…
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Saving Lives: Eighth-Graders Keep Pushing Until the Doctor Arrives

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"The worst thing you can do is nothing at all."—With these words, which were both a warning and an encouragement, Prof. Dr. Hinnerk Wulf, Director of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the University Hospital of…
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Steinmühle Welcomes New Colleagues and Bids Farewell to “Dance Guru” Fido Wagler

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Nothing stays the same—not even at Steinmühle. So the school administration and Steffen Ullwer, a member of the teaching staff, took the opportunity of the end-of-school-year barbecue to announce some personnel changes at the school. When…