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Sports project days provided an opportunity to try out their favorite sports

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Just before summer break, things really picked up again at Steinmühle. During the sports project days on June 20 and 21, students had the chance to try out a sport they’d always wanted to learn. Project descriptions helped them choose the…
gruppenfoto von schülerinnen und schülern aus dem internat landschulheim steinmühle in marburg, hessen

Graduation Ceremony for Our High School Seniors

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The goal has been achieved; the high school diplomas are being handed out. Great joy dominates this day, but there’s always a touch of wistfulness as well. This year was no exception: A total of 74 high school graduates earned their general…
Glückliche Schülerin aus der Schule & Internat Steinmühle auf dem Schulhof in Marburg, Hessen

There were T-shirts and music at the reception for the new fifth graders

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Steinmühle welcomed the new students of the future 5th-grade classes with coffee and cake. The afternoon, spent together with parents and some members of the Steinmühle school community, provided an opportunity for everyone to get to know…

Second Place for Dustin Brömer at the U17 German Championships in Cologne

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He did a great job again: At the German U17 Youth Championships in Cologne this weekend, Steinmühlen’s up-and-coming talent Dustin Brömer took second place in the B final! RuS coach Martin “Stromi” Strohmenger commented: “He skated…

Marburg Night Marathon: Steinmühle Back at the Starting Line with Five Relay Teams

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Despite it being vacation season, Steinmühle—competing for the sixth consecutive year—was able to field five relay teams at this year’s Marburg Night Marathon. Temperatures of a good 30 degrees made running conditions difficult, especially…

“Houston, we’ve graduated from high school!”

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Report Card Ceremony at Steinmühle Boarding School / Social Service Award for Leon Sauer A total of 12 students from Steinmühle Boarding School took their Abitur exams this year. This marked the successful conclusion of an exciting and, at…

Summer Concert Featuring Brass, Bagpipes, Chamber Music, and More

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In keeping with the event’s title, students from Steinmühlen kicked off their summer concert amid warm temperatures and before a packed audience. It was a good thing that the school’s auditorium allows the side windows to be opened. This…

An entertaining theater evening presented by grades 5/6 and 11

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That’s what theater performances at Steinmühle are known for: well-rehearsed plays featuring students from various grade levels, all highly entertaining! The Theater Club from grades 5 and 6, as well as DS Courses 1 and 2 from the E-phase,…

Sound Meets Image: When Hearing and Seeing Work Together

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MusikKunst—this project combining the subjects of art and music, featuring a presentation by classes 10b and 10a under the direction of Ines Vielhaben, focused on a contemporary interplay of hearing and seeing. Whether from television, music…

Holiday riding courses at the Steinmühle Riding School under professional instruction

Want to learn to ride? Feel more confident in the saddle? Earn your riding badge? — The Steinmühle Riding School offers the perfect opportunity to do just that during summer vacation. Our riding school has been certified by the German Equestrian…

Things got heated on Mount Olympus: The 5th-grade class’s musical “Olympic Games of the Gods”

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“Wisdom is more important than beauty,” says Athena. But is that really true? Or is the one who knows how to party the best—like Dionysus, the party hero—actually better off? In the household of Zeus, the father of the gods, every child…

Opening Reception in the Greenhouse: Relief Faces and Upcycling

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This year’s opening reception, “Art and Nature in the Greenhouse,” focused on architecture. With Nina Kvachko, the 6th-grade classes designed their dream rooms—some of which even included an indoor soccer field. Class 8c, working with…

Topping-out ceremony for the new building: Broken pieces of glass bring good luck!

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Another milestone in the construction of our new building: In the presence of many invited guests, carpenter Benjamin Gudde recited the traditional topping-out speech. The shot glass, thrown from the top of the scaffolding to conclude the ceremony,…

Grade 7 Rowing Event: What Counted Here Was the Performance of the Entire Class

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Physical education teacher Gisela Opper helped organize the rowing event for 7th graders and documented the day with a report and photos: In conjunction with the school sports day, the 7th-grade “rowing event” took place at the boathouse…

Network and Have Fun at Parents’ Day at Steinmühle Boarding School

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For the second time, Steinmühle Boarding School hosted its “Parents’ Day.” Parents of all boarding school students were invited on Saturday to spend a few relaxing and enjoyable hours on the Steinmühle campus together with their children…

Steinmühlen Sports Day: From Track and Field to Dodgeball

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On Tuesday, the entire lower secondary school celebrated a sports festival filled with fun and great performances. While the 7th-grade classes organized a rowing event featuring a triathlon (rowing on the water and on the ergometer, as well…

Reading Contest: Nela Haeberle Among Hesse’s Top Two

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Last Thursday at 2 p.m., Hesse’s top eight readers gathered in the heart of Frankfurt, in the Europaviertel near Sparda Bank, for the state finals of the nationwide reading competition. Nela Haeberle (center) from Gymnasium Steinmühle unfortunately…

Dustin Brömer Is Getting a Taste for Medals

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The Cologne Junior Regatta was a huge success for RuS junior rower Dustin Brömer, thanks to fantastic weather conditions. He won the heat in the lightweight Junior B single sculls, claiming his first gold medal of the competition. Due to the…

Kangaroo and Pangea Competitions: Honors for Young Math Champions

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On Kangaroo Day, the third Thursday in March, more than 6 million children and teenagers from over 70 countries around the world took part in the Kangaroo Math Competition, including more than 910,000 in Germany. At Steinmühle, 73 students…

“Saloon Stories,” “Peter Pan,” and “Train to Happiness”: Theater Workshop for 7th-Grade Classes

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A bar in the Midwest. You can feel the heat on people’s faces. The bartender is standing at the bar, cleaning glasses. Class 7c drew the audience into exciting stories that took place in the saloon and around town. Class 7a showed what…

Guests from the U.S. at Our School

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We are delighted to welcome 10 students and their two accompanying teachers to Steinmühle! They are from our partner school, Castle View High School in Castle Rock, Colorado. Until June 10, they will be staying with host families in Steinmühle…

Renovation of the boarding school buildings continues

Extensive Renovations Underway at the Main Building / New Interior Design Creates a Comfortable Atmosphere It’s no secret that a comfortable atmosphere is key to a good learning environment. It’s simply easier to live and learn in a pleasant…

Canoeing, Hiking, Camping, Film Studio: Steinmühle Boarding School’s Experiential Education Weekend Teaches Students How to Cope with the Unfamiliar

For one student, spending the night in a tent is a real treat. Another student has always dreamed of visiting the Babelsberg film studio. - The “Experiential Education Weekend,” held annually at the Steinmühle boarding school, once again…

Growth and Digitalization: Field Trip to Viessmann

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This year’s educational field trip organized by the Steinmühlenkollegium took participants to Allendorf/Eder to visit Viessmann, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heating systems. A tour of the Infocenter, Galeria, production…

He’s already on the district championship team: For Jan Audretsch, the goal now is to win the state championship

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Mathematics is his specialty—and Jan Audretsch has now impressively demonstrated this in yet another competition following his qualification for the National Mathematics Olympiad. As one of seven remaining students from the local area who…

Tennis: Steinmühle Finishes in a Solid 3rd Place at the JtfO Regional Finals

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The Steinmühlen tennis team, competing in Competition Class II for mixed teams, took home a solid third-place finish at the regional finals of the “Youth Trains for the Olympics” competition in Wetzlar. In the group stage, the Steinmühle…
Schüler, Schülerin und Lehrerin aus dem Sportinternat Steinmühle reiten auf dem Reitgelände der Schule in Marburg, Hessen

Sports Project Days 2018

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The following files contain information about this year’s Steinmühle Sports Project Days: Letter to Parents and Students: Dial-In 2018 Project Description 2018 (all) Overview of SpoPro 2018 Projects

Grades 5a and 6a were the fastest classes in the spring run

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The sun was shining as the 5th and 6th graders competed for the best times during this year's spring run. In the individual 1,300-meter races around the boathouse, Franka Louise Preising (5c) and Josephine Schmölz (6a) proved to be the fastest…

NaUnt’s Course as a Climate Scientist

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Malte Klimczak, a biology teacher at Steinmühle and a staff member at the University of Marburg’s student laboratory in the Botanical Garden, was looking for volunteers for an international climate project. A large portion of Jutta Töhl-Borsdorf’s…

Selected for the 25th Inventors’ Lab: Sam Tadjiky presents his research findings to invited guests

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The 25th Inventors’ Lab, organized by the “Center for Chemistry” (ZFC) association based in Lorsch, South Hesse, held its finals at the Darmstadt-based chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck. Among the approximately 200 applicants from…

Dustin Brömer: Back to the Lahn from Mannheim with “Gold”

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Great results to start the season for Dustin Brömer: The 16-year-old rower from Steinmühlen brought home a gold medal from the U17 General Regatta in Mannheim. “Overall, the start of the season in Mannheim was very successful,” said Joshua…