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

Food Donations for the Children's Inn at NIH

Dear Parents and Students of the Elementary School (SEL through grade 4),

This year’s charity project will again benefit the Children’s Inn at the NIH. The collection of canned goods was very successful in the last few years, and we would like to take on this project again this Thanksgiving season.

The Children’s Inn, comparable with a hotel setting, is located by the National Institute of Health providing assistance to the families of children being treated at the NIH for life-threatening illnesses. NIH’s young patients come from all corners of the United States, and even from overseas, to receive long-term and intensive treatments. Many families are not in a financial position to pay for hotels on a long-term basis while also carrying the financial responsibility of medical treatments. The Children’s Inn provides families with a “home away from home” during their difficult and stressful times. This enables families to remain close to their children while they are receiving medical treatments.

The Children’s Inn provides families with a community kitchen in which they have a chance to prepare their own meals and dinners. However, due to logistic and financial issues, many families are often unable to purchase food items.

Starting Monday, November 18th through Friday, November 22nd, 2019, we will collect canned goods and other food donations for the Children’s Inn in front of the Elementary School  library.

On November 22nd, with assistance from all the students (forming a long assembly line), we will move all the food items into vehicles to donate them to the Children’s Inn.

The following items are especially needed for the pantries at the Inn.

  • Rice
  • Oil
  • Individual cereal packets
  • Pudding and Jello cups
  • Jam
  • Pasta sauces, pasta mixes, pizza sauce
  • Canned fruit, fruit cups, dried fruit, raisins
  • Shelf-stable milk
  • Healthy individual sized snacks like granola bars, apple sauce, pretzels
  • Tuna cracker kits
  • Juice boxes and bottled water
  • Spices, oils, etc.
  • Nutella, Nutella kits
  • Condiments (mayonnaise, mustard, honey, BBQ sauce etc.)

Please check the expiration date on food you donate and ensure the items do not need to be refrigerated.

I will also introduce the Children’s Inn project to each class so that the students understand exactly whom the canned goods will be benefitting and why this project is important. Furthermore, the students will assist in making one big, poster-sized, Thanksgiving card for the Children’s Inn in which the Elementary School of the German International School Washington, D.C. wishes them a “Happy Thanksgiving”. The students will each color a picture and glue their it to the card.

We are looking forward to working together on such a great cause!

Sincerely

Ulrike Schweitzer, ES Counselor

In teamwork with the ES Principal and ES Colleagues

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