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Catch the spirit

Catch the spirit

***image2***Students at Ramstein Intermediate School (above) record holiday messages for NBC cameras Dec. 2. The messages will be aired during various NBC news programs until the end of December. Second-grader Alexander Jamison (right) cheers along with classmates during Spirit Day at Ramstein American Elementary School. The event was a Character […]

December 10, 2004 ×

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World history, family history combine at RIS

World history, family history combine at RIS

Cynthia Breedlove, Story and photos
Ramstein Intermediate School

Fourth-grade students in Arrah Holdsworth

December 10, 2004 ×

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Children ‘Go Bananas’ for cheer camp

Children ‘Go Bananas’ for cheer camp

Christine June, Story and photos
415th Base Support Battalion

For more than two weeks, parents have been practicing and watching their children

December 3, 2004 ×

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Outdoor education scales traditional boundaries

Outdoor education scales traditional boundaries

Peggy Hoffman-Schmidt
Kaiserslautern District

These were the words being wailed, screamed and shouted as 24 Kaiserslautern American Middle School seventh-graders rappelled off 25- to 30-foot high rocks

December 3, 2004 ×

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Reduced, free lunch standards changing

For the first time in nearly 25 years, the eligibility for free or reduced-price lunches in Department of Defense Dependent Schools will be calculated for families living on the economy, without including their housing allowance as income.

December 3, 2004 ×

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Invention Convention

Invention Convention

***image1***Second-grader Hayden Peake, 8, shows off his brother Jacob’s invention to his teacher, Suzanne Olsen at the Vogelweh Elementary School Invention Convention Nov. 23. Fourth-graders at the school were challenged to invent something to solve an everyday problem.

December 3, 2004 ×

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Local teachers learn science methods first-hand

Local teachers learn science methods first-hand

Story and photos
by Peggy Hoffman-Schmidt
Kaiserslautern District

Can an inflated balloon power a car? How far can a car go with one push when on a table as compared to on a carpet? How long can a top spin when it is on a table top as compared to when it is on the carpet?

December 3, 2004 ×

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Lions, hyenas and grandkids, oh my!

Lions, hyenas and grandkids, oh my!

***image1***Nasrin Siege, author of “Kalulu and Other African Stories,” an anthology of African folk tales, visits students, including her granddaughter, Paige, at Vogelweh Elementary School. Mrs. Siege, who was born in Iran and raised in Germany, told stories of living and working in Africa as a psychologist and social worker. […]

November 19, 2004 ×

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American students supply Iraqi schools

American students supply Iraqi schools

Christian Johnston and Hailey Reneau
Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School

Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School

November 19, 2004 ×

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Who’s chicken?

Who’s chicken?

DODDS photo by Brooke Johnson

***image1***Ramstein Elementary School kindergarten students Tori Arrowood and Julia Colburn pet a chicken during a recent class visit to the Sunshine Pumpkin Patch and Farm in Gerhardsbrunn.

November 12, 2004 ×