Water Main Break / Wasserrohrbruch
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025
Our school has experienced water damage due to a water main break in the neighborhood. Preschool, SEL, and grades 5–12 are operating as usual.
IMPORTANT: The elementary school building is currently being restored to a usable condition; therefore, we are unfortunately unable to offer regular classes or supervision for grades 1–4.
Please keep your children in grades 1 to 4 at home on Friday, December 5.
The Newbees canceled the Newbees Breakfast.
We are closely monitoring the MCPS decision for Friday in case they announce a delayed start due to the weather.
Thank you for your understanding and support.
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Aufgrund eines Wasserrohrbruchs in der Nachbarschaft ist es zu einem Wasserschaden an unserer Schule gekommen ist. Der Kidnergarten, SES sowie die Klassen 5–12 haben regulären Unterricht.
WICHTIG: Das Grundschulgebäude wird derzeit in einen nutzbaren Zustand gebracht, daher können wir für die Klassen 1–4 leider keinen regulären Unterricht und auch keine Betreuung anbieten.
Bitte behalten Sie Ihre Kinder der Klassen 1 bis 4 am Freitag, den 5. Dezember zu Hause.
Die NewBees haben das Newbees-Frühstück abgesagt.
Wir behalten die Entscheidung von MCPS für Freitag im Blick, falls aufgrund des Wetters ein verspäteter Schulbeginn angekündigt wird.
Vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis und Ihre Unterstützung.
Interview with Ms. Köhler - The „Brown Bag“
The days of the brown bag lunches are finally over, and warm lunches are once again being served in the cafeteria. Nevertheless, we’d like to share an interview we conducted some time ago with Ms. Köhler, the Director of Food Services and Operations in the school cafeteria. Together, we discussed how much work goes into the snack and drink filled brown-bag lunches. We also discussed the health and cost advantages and disadvantages between the brown bag lunches and the warm cafeteria food. Of course we also inquired about the environmental impact of these brown-bag lunches. We, the # FuF4future AG, acknowledge that individual packaging is necessary for COVID safety reasons. Unfortunately however, this results in a lot of trash which is sometimes found littered around our school campus. With the step by step reopening of the cafeteria, the trash problem has improved, but there is more to be done to stop the littering issue at the GISW.
If you would like to find out more, here is the full interview:
The #FuF4future Team
