{"id":43295,"date":"2015-12-23T19:03:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T18:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/students-sent-off-on-christmas-break\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:46:13","slug":"students-sent-off-on-christmas-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/students-sent-off-on-christmas-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Sent Off on Christmas Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because their teachers were attending a professional development workshop on December 21 and 22, the students were dismissed for winter break on December 18. Most classes and courses had held Christmas parties\u2014with or without <i>Secret Santa<\/i> \u2014during the last week of school, but on the final day of classes, everyone got into the Christmas spirit one last time:   <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>While the 5th and 6th-grade classes watched the Hessian State Theater\u2019s \u201cChristmas play,<i> \u201d *Beauty and the Beast*<\/i>, the middle and upper school classes gathered in the Forum during the third period for a Christmas celebration.  <u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>In their brief remarks, the principals once again highlighted the highlights and special moments of the past few months and looked forward with optimism to the coming year, 2016. 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