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Two Years at the Bremerhaus Youth Welfare Facility

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Time sure flies: It’s been almost exactly two years to the day since our boys from Syria, Afghanistan, and Eritrea arrived here, and they’ve made wonderful progress. We’re proud of you! And a heartfelt thank you to our educational team…

Au revoir, goodbye! The 9th-grade class studied and celebrated with French guests

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After their French exchange students had spent seven days in Marburg, the 9th-grade French class had to say goodbye once again to their exchange partners from Châlons-en-Champagne. For a week, the 20 French students from Steinmühle spent many…

Benefit Concert for the New Building: A Recital with Daniel Sans

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Music lovers, we highly recommend marking this very special date on your calendars right away. Daniel Sans, a music teacher at Steinmühle and an internationally acclaimed concert tenor, together with Matthias Guthier, winner of the national…

Euphoria on the Euphonium: Wind Instrument Class 5 Practices Diligently

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Under the guidance of their teacher, Andreas Jamin, the 5th-grade wind instrument class is eagerly working to coax the first notes out of the instruments they recently received. The 23 girls and boys are tackling this task with great enthusiasm,…

Running Toward the Future: Steinmühle’s Fall Festival Focuses on the New School Building

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This gives the saying “Things are moving along at Steinmühle” a second, very timely meaning: This year’s Steinmühle Fall Festival reached its climax on Saturday with a charity run held near the construction site for the new school building.…

Steinmühle is participating in the “Junior Election for the 2017 Federal Election”

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As part of a nationwide project to promote political education, more than 3,300 schools simulated the federal election under the name “www.juniorwahl.de.” Of the nearly 800,000 second votes cast, 27% went to the CDU, 19.3% to the SPD, 17.9%…

Steinmühlen Soccer Players Take First and Second Place in the City Finals of “Youth Trains for the Olympics”

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Success for the Steinmühlen soccer team in Competition Class II: For the fourth time in a row, the team secured a spot in the district tournament by winning two games at the city championships. The Steinmühlen soccer players first faced the…

Groundbreaking Ceremony for the New Steinmühlen Building

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The project has officially kicked off and the excavators are already hard at work: As soon as possible after the building permit was issued, the School Association’s board member Egon Vaupel and Gerhard Müller, Mayor Dr. Thomas Spies, First…

Bodam Lee Receives the Franz Liszt Prize

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For the 11th time, the Rotary Club organized the Rotary Summer Course at the State Music Academy in Sondershausen, Thuringia. The summer course’s theme is “Music bridges the world,” and it offers selected musicians between the ages of…

Team-building in the city forest for 7th-grade classes

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During the week of August 21–27, the 7th-grade students tackled challenging team tasks as part of the Stadtwald project—and, of course, they did some climbing along the way. The annual team-building days for the 7th-grade classes were clearly…

Hessenhaus Wins Prize in the House Competition!

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Last school year marked the debut of our reward system: The students worked hard to earn points for their respective houses in various areas of boarding school life, which they could use at the end of the school year to plan an outing of their…

Welcome to the Steinmühle!

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The school welcomes its new students The welcome for the students in the three 5th-grade classes was perfectly organized: The 6th-grade students sang excerpts from last year’s musical production, and the two principals, Björn Gemmer and…

Students from Goshen, Indiana, Visit

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We wanted our American exchange students to feel right at home during the welcome ceremony hosted by the school principals. In the American-themed “Route 66” upper-level lounge, Principals Gemmer and Holly welcomed the group from Goshen…

Before the report cards, there were the certificates

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On the last day of school, 123 students were honored At the end of the school year, there was another event at which the most dedicated students received special recognition. Whether in sports, cultural activities, volunteer work, or science…

Health is more than just the opposite of illness

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There was something for everyone in the health projects On June 28, 2017, the first Health Project Day took place at Steinmühle. Students were offered a wide variety of workshops on various topics closely related to health and physical and…

Environmental Awareness at the Steinmühle

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The wonderful trips we’ve recently taken as a boarding school to enjoy nature have once again made it clear to all of us just how much we care about our environment. To ensure that we can continue to enjoy such wonderful excursions and trips…

Boarding School Parents’ and Information Day

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On Saturday, June 24, 2017, the boarding school welcomed several parents to the Parents’ and Information Day at Steinmühle, which was launched in this new format. We were happy to take this opportunity to connect with many of you in person…

2017 High School Graduation Ceremony

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On Saturday, June 10, 2017, the big day finally arrived. We had the pleasure of congratulating all ten of our high school graduates on their success and bidding them farewell. During a farewell dinner with parents, families, and friends, we…

2017 Boarding School Field Trip

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From May 24 to May 30, 23 students and five teachers set out on the traditional trip to Randa, Switzerland. We spent the week enjoying midsummer temperatures and were able to offer a wide variety of hikes. Among the highlights were certainly…

New Highlights in the Boarding School’s Recreational Area

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Since April, several new extracurricular clubs have been offered at Steinmühle; all of them have been well received by the students and are tailored even more specifically to their individual strengths. The soccer team “Bergkamps Jünger,”…

Boarding School Experiential Learning Trips

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In early May 2017, it was time for the annual experiential education field trips. A group of ten set out on a cultural trip to Essen, where they explored the Ruhr region and sampled all kinds of international cuisine. The group enjoyed African,…

Ten students successfully took the DELF exam this year

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Our middle school students—Aline and Chantal Harder, Lea Posingis, Jakob Schümann, Flûte Seifart, Deciel Shongo, and Valeria Valente (not pictured)—were certified at the A2 language level. Upper-level students Arthur Laux, Miriam Ippach,…

Rich Sound and a Full House

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Impressive performances at the 2017 Summer Concert At the summer concert, the stage belongs entirely to our younger students in grades 5–7.   The concert, which was lively from start to finish, kicked off with a performance by…

Our tennis team at the state championship on June 21 in Neu Isenburg

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Once again this year, the school qualified for the state tennis championship in the WK II mixed teams division Our tennis team will qualify for the "Youth Training for the Olympics" program. Unfortunately, however, the successful team from…

The 11th-grade drama class’s production of a remarkable adaptation of Dürrenmatt

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In her DS course, Ms. Müller-Tesseraux succeeded in bringing Dürrenmatt’s *The Visit* not only into the present but also to Marburg, and on June 22 she presented an extremely enthusiastic troupe that provided the applauding audience with…

Theater Workshop at Steinmühle with the entire 7th-grade class

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At both performances of the 7th Grade Theater Workshop 2017 on June 1 and 2, the audience was thrilled by fantastic plays, wonderful visuals, and exceptionally enthusiastic students. The concept of having students work with teachers and actors…

Soccer players at the Hesse Championship in Grünberg

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The top eight teams from schools in Hesse were invited to Grünberg on June 13, and the Steinmühlen team was there and put up a respectable showing. They suffered very close losses to Obertshausen, Darmstadt, and the eventual tournament champion…

2017 School Sports Day at Georg-Gaßmann Stadium

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For many years now, incorporating the “Bundesjugendspiele” into a school sports festival for the lower and middle grades has proven to be a success, and once again it has become clear that Mr. Neirich and his physical education department…

Art and Nature in the Greenhouse

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Opening on June 13, 2017 One of the Steinmühle’s small but delightful events is now the early-summer event “Art and Nature in the Greenhouse.” For this occasion, the greenhouse and the small garden are spruced up, the students’ artwork…

We are saying goodbye to our high school graduates

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Eighty high school graduates earned their general university entrance qualification at Steinmühle this year. During the graduation ceremony on June 10, the speakers paid tribute to this high-achieving class, which had made a positive impact…