UPDATE: Earlier Release
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Liebe Eltern und Erziehungsberechtigte,
aufgrund der aktuellen Wetterwarnung in unserer Region und im Interesse der Sicherheit aller Schülerinnen und Schüler sowie Mitarbeitenden beenden wir den Unterricht und das Kindergartenprogramm heute vorzeitig um 12:55 Uhr. Die Schulbusse werden das Schulgelände um 13:05 Uhr verlassen.
Um eine ungefähre Ankunftszeit an Ihrer Haltestelle zu ermitteln, bitten wir Sie, sich an den Zeiten der regulären Busroute zu orientieren.
Wenn Ihr Kind nicht mit dem Bus fährt, holen Sie es bitte um 12:55 Uhr ab.
Sollte sich die Wettersituation so entwickeln, dass es erforderlich ist, werden wir selbstverständlich alle Schülerinnen und Schüler sicher in den Gebäuden behalten und Schutz im Gebäude gewährleisten, bis eine sichere Situation gegeben ist.
Falls Sie aufgrund von Verkehr oder Wetter nicht genau um 12:55 Uhr zur Abholung eintreffen können, werden wir die Kinder weiterhin in den jeweiligen Gebäuden – Preschool, Elementary School und im Hauptgebäude – betreuen und im Gebäude lassen, bis Sie sicher an der Schule angekommen sind, um Ihr Kind abzuholen.
Bitte fahren Sie vorsichtig, versuchen Sie jedoch so zeitnah wie möglich zur Schule zu kommen, da wir bemüht sind, die Gebäude für die Sicherheit aller Beteiligten so bald wie möglich nach 12:55 Uhr zu leeren.
Sollte es zu Verzögerungen bei der Abfahrt der Schulbusse kommen, werden wir Sie selbstverständlich umgehend mit einem weiteren Update informieren.
Wir danken Ihnen für Ihr Verständnis und wünschen Ihnen und Ihrer Familie, dass Sie gut und sicher durch das heutige Wetter kommen.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Die Schulleitung
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Due to the severe weather alert in our region, and in the interest of the safety of all students and staff, classes and the preschool program will end early today at 12:55 pm. School buses will depart campus at 1:05 pm.
To estimate the approximate arrival time at your bus stop, please refer to the times listed on the regular bus route schedule.
If your child does not ride the bus please pick them up at 12:55pm.
If the situation warrants it, we will certainly keep all students safely sheltered inside the buildings and ensure everyone remains safe until conditions allow otherwise.
If you happen to be delayed in traffic or by the weather and cannot arrive exactly at 12:55 pm for pickup, students will remain inside their respective buildings - Preschool, Elementary School, and the Main Building - and will be supervised until you arrive safely to pick up your child.
Please drive carefully and do your best to be on time, as we are for everyone’s safety hoping to have the buildings cleared as soon as possible after 12:55 pm.
If bus departures are delayed, we will certainly provide another update promptly.
Thank you for your understanding. We wish everyone a safe afternoon and hope you stay safe during the weather.
Kind regards,
School Leadership
Second Place for German School Washington D.C.
Rashid H.
On Tuesday, May 10, the German School Washington D.C. was represented by Head of School Mrs. Palenzatis, project lead Mr. Zemek, and the students Viktoria B., Athena D. and Rashid H. at this year’s “Industrie und Handelskammer (IHK) World Conference” in Berlin. The delegation proudly accepted the second place prize of the biennial “German Schools Abroad Competition”, sponsored by the IHK. The DSW, as well as the DS Pretoria (1st Place) and the Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule Kairo (3rd Place), were kindly welcomed by the leadership of the IHK, Mr. Schweizer (President) and Mr. Wansleben (CEO) in the “Haus der Wirtschaft”.
We were very honored to be congratulated by the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German Minister of State in the Federal Foreign Office, Prof. Dr. Maria Böhmer.
The IHK is an umbrella organization for 79 local chambers of commerce across Germany that represent the interests of German industry. In conjunction with the AHK (Auslandshandelskammer), an international business network for German companies abroad, the organization hosts a biennial competition where German Schools Abroad compete by presenting an extracurricular project that connects their students with their communities or the business world. Forty-three schools submitted projects, which were presented to panels of the IHK leadership. The DSW “Wirtschaftspreis” gives students in 10th grade the opportunity to apply their academic knowledge in developing their own business idea and business plan. This one-year-long project comes to a close at a presentation-event in front of a panel of jurors from the German Executive Roundtable of DC. These jurors are seasoned businessmen and women from a spectrum of fields who have helped the students along their business journey and critique them in this final event.
The DSW delegation received the 40,000 Euro prize and brings it back to DC for future investment in our school and student experiences. The delegation also met with members of German industry and education in the hopes of new, strong relations for future cooperation. We were happy to see that there were many open ears in this crowd of 500 business people the DSW “Wirtschaftspreis”-Project. If you are inspired to read more about this success, please take a look at the posted articles and the DSW’s video .
We would like express our sincere gratitude to Lufthansa for sponsoring the students’ flights to and from Germany.
