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Courtesy photoMini-Mudders crawl through the dirt during physical training with the Ramstein Youth Program’s Tough Mudder Club, which is an eight-week program filled with challenging, muddy obstacles.

Mini Tough Mudders get fit, dirty at Ramstein Youth Center

by Ronnie Juhans
86th Force Support Squadron Ramstein Youth Programs

Tough Mudder events are hardcore obstacle courses designed to test strength, stamina, mental grit and camaraderie. There are more than 1 million inspiring participants worldwide, and children participating in the Ramstein Youth Program’s Tough Mudder Club recently increased those numbers.

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Photo by Bernd “Bernie” MaiStudents in Wetzel’s Four-Five-Six Learning Lab take the first steps in the Department of Defense Education Activity’s new 21st Century Teaching and Learning concept. Four classrooms have been combined into one large learning lab for fourth, fifth and sixth grade students.

Elementary school launches 21st century teaching, learning program

by Ignacio “Iggy” Rubalcava
U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder Public Affairs

Wetzel Elementary School has taken its first step into a new teaching and learning concept by creating a learning lab consisting of 60 students from grades four, five and six. The students have come together into a large learning environment known as a neighborhood.

October 31, 2013 ×

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Photo by Dijon RolleKleber Child Development Center Facility Director Emilmari Cintron (left) speaks with Installation Management Command-Europe Region Director Kathleen Marin (right) during a tour of the center Oct. 24 on Kleber Kaserne. Marin, U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Commander Bryan DeCoster and members of the garrison staff were there to review recent changes and ongoing upgrades to the facility.

Leaders visit Kleber Child Development Center

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Photo by Elizabeth Behring“Chuck,” played by Daniel Estrada, tries to convince “Michelle,” played by Caitlin Akers, that an easy way to deal with difficult problems – instead of working them out by talking or other healthy ways – is to take drugs. The eighth-graders performed the play “Choices” Oct. 25 at Kaiserslautern Middle School on Vogelweh. The show, directed by drama, business and study skills teacher Iris Abbott and assisted by Adolescent Substance Abuse counselor Nick Seri, was the final event for the school’s anti-drug “Spirit Week,” which supported the Army’s Red Ribbon Week.

KMS students put on drug awareness play

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Tameka Grant enjoys a game of ping-pong with one of her youths Oct. 17 at the Sembach Youth Center on Sembach Kaserne.

Sembach Youth Center still going strong

Story and photo by Dijon Rolle
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs

It’s been a little more than a year since the Sembach Youth Center first opened its doors, and in that time, Tameka Grant has watched, waited and prayed.

October 24, 2013 ×

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Photo by Elizabeth BehringRebeccah Steil (left), a senior at University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, the Netherlands, speaks with prospective student Madison Block (near right), a senior at Bitburg Middle-High School near Spangdahlem Air Base, and her mother, Kelli Block, at the annual Europe-wide College Night Oct. 17 at the Kaiserslautern Special Events Center on Rhine Ordnance Barracks. An estimated 1,500 ID cardholders stationed throughout Europe attended the event, which included representatives from some 80 accredited colleges and universities from the U.S. and across Europe.

KMC hosts College Night

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Seth Stephenson, son of Michael Stephenson, U.S. Army 5th Signal Command unit administrator, plays the guitar during a talent contest Oct. 19 on Ramstein.

Creativity reigns during youth talent contest

Photos by Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 86th Force Support Squadron hosted the Family and Teen Talent Contest Oct. 19 on Ramstein.

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Photo by Maria MahonStudents do lab work in science class at Ramstein Middle School. The eighth-grade science department recently received a donation from the Ramstein Officers’ Spouses Club to purchase new equipment.

ROSC donations help youth grasp scientific principles

by Stewart Coard
Ramstein High School

Members of the Ramstein Officers’ Spouses Club made a donation recently to Ramstein Middle School to aid the eighth grade science department.

October 17, 2013 ×

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Courtesy photoZintkala Eiring, daughter of Chief Master Sgt. Chadwick Eiring, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa public affairs functional manager, was one of the 25 Air Force-wide people selected for the Air Force Personnel Center’s Air Force Club scholarship.

KMC resident awarded AFPC Scholarship

by Senior Airman Aaron-Forrest Wainwright
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Twenty-five individuals were recently selected for the Air Force Personnel Center’s Air Force Club scholarship, including the daughter of a Ramstein Airman.

October 17, 2013 ×

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October 17, 2013 ×