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
STEM: „All teachers are stupid“!?
Students of the Science-AGs in the elementary school unmask greaseball and earn researcher passports
Research is fun! To ensure that nothing goes wrong, the "Little Explorers" (grades 1/2) and the students of the "Science Kids Club" (grades 3/4) must first earn their researcher passports and prove that they can work like budding researchers. After being introduced to laboratory equipment such as test tubes, squirt bottles and pipettes and trying them out in various experiment checks, an exciting "criminal case" awaited the students:
Someone scribbled "ALL TEACHERS ARE STUPID" on a large poster in the classroom during lunch break! Fortunately, the pens of the possible culprits were recovered, so the young researchers used a chromatography experiment to determine whose pen was responsible for the smearing. The children of the Science-AGs discover that black is not just black, but that every black pencil runs differently when it comes into contact with water - in a very specific color pattern. And since only one of them matches the color stains on the poster, the culprit is quickly identified! In solving this first research task, the children not only realize that research can be quite exciting but in the process they also learn about the principle of the scientific method - from a question and their own assumptions, to the experiment with precise observation and documentation to the conclusion.
After completing the basic research, all the students in the science clubs received a "researcher's passport" from Dr. Marika Haider, certifying that now they can conduct their own experiments and continue their research in the Science Kids Club. What exciting topics are still ahead? In any case, the young researchers are excited and highly motivated!
by Dr. M. Haider
