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German Reading Competition – JFKS finals

Like every year, the final of the German reading competition took place in the ES Library. We had four strong candidates from the 6th grade German Mother Tongue classes: Nami, Lauryn, Una and Magda. All participants first read from a book

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24th Annual German-American Advent and Christmas Service in the Berliner Dom

On November 30th the JFKS and American Church in Berlin communities came together for their traditional Advent and Christmas Service in the Berliner Dom.

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ES Mixed Tennis Team won 3rd place

Our elementary mixed tennis team won 3rd place at the double tennis tournament! Waldschule and Berlin International School finished 1st and 2nd place. Congratulations to: Max, Carlotta, Lena-Sophie, Nicolas, Nisha, Julius

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ES Mixed Tennis Team won 3rd place

Our elementary mixed tennis team won 3rd place at the double tennis tournament! Waldschule and Berlin International School finished 1st and 2nd place. Congratulations to: Max, Carlotta, Lena-Sophie, Nicolas, Nisha, Julius

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ES Basketball team qualifies for Berlin Finals

The elementary school, WK IV mixed, basketball team finished first place at the tournament on November, 22. They went 3-0 on the day and in doing so they qualified for the Berlin finals, which will be held in the spring

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Honk! – Reserve tickets online for the HS Musical

Honk! is a musical adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen story, “The Ugly Duckling.“  Honk! tells the story of an odd-looking baby duck, Ugly, and his quest to find his mother. Soon after Ugly is born, he is seduced away

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Parent Info Evening: Religion / Lebenskunde and invitation to reading

Elternabend/ Parent Info Evening – Religion and Lebenskunde Date: Wednesday, 14 September 2016 Time: 7 pm Place: Large Aula (JFKS) Invitation to a Reading Session (in German): Rocco Thiede will read from his book “Generationsbrücke Wie das Miteinander von Alt

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New Special Needs Coordinator at the ES: Maike Groth

Starting with the new school year, Frau Maike Groth will be our “Special Needs Coordinator / Sonderpädagogin” for the Elementary School. She works at JFKS and at the SIBUZ (Schulpsychologisches-Inklusions-Beratungs-und Unterstützungszentrum) as well. Please feel free to contact her with

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Elementary School / First Day of School on Monday, 22 August

Grades 1-6 start school on Monday, 22 August at 8:05 h. Grades 2, 4 and 6 have the same classrooms as last year and can go there directly. Grade 1: Teachers will meet the students inside the main gate and

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High School / First Day of School on Monday, 22 August

First Day of School Grades 7-10 Grade 7 should report to the LARGE AULA at 8 A.M. (per 1) Grade 8 should report to the SMALL AULA at 8:52 (per 2) Grade 9 should report to the LARGE AULA at

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