Schools

Like so many other areas of parenthood (think after school appointments, summer break, television, school projects), feeding children is a love/hate relationship.

Anno Domini 1631 — the situation in Rothenburg ob der Tauber is dire. Sixty thousand starving soldiers are about to ransack the little town in Germany’s Franconia.

Today Digital Promise, a national, independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress to accelerate innovation in education, announced Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe, Kaiserslautern District as one of nine new members accepted into the League of Innovative Schools.

There are many crucial elements that have an effect on a child’s education and the ability of the KMC Department of Defense Dependents Schools to have the right class sizes, the right number of teachers and the right amount of supplies.

Kicking off its 17th year, more than 45 million students, educators and parents celebrated Read Across America in schools stateside and on military installations overseas. Read Across America week ran from March 3 to 7 at KMC schools and child development centers.

Twenty of the 34 years of its existence, the Advancement Via Individual Determination program has helped students at Ramstein Middle School prepare for college.