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Riley Hammond and staff member Thomas Anderson play the card game “Magic Gathering” during Hammond’s visit to the Landstuhl Youth Center May 1. The center offers a variety of recreational and educational activities youths can participate in, including tutoring and academic support.

Youth center takes home educational grant

The Landstuhl Youth Center is abuzz with activity, as bus loads of teens and pre-teens bound through the doors of the facility located on Landstuhl Post.

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AFJROTC hosts awards ceremony

On April 20, cadets from the GR-081st held their annual awards ceremony at the Ramstein Officers’ Club. The ceremony consisted of two parts: the formal dinner and the awards portion.

May 10, 2013 ×

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Fifth-graders perform random acts of kindness

Thinking back, what were some of the things fifth-graders did in their spare time when you were that age? They most likely played sports or video games or just hung out with friends at the local park. For three local 11-year-olds, their focus was to perform random acts of kindness throughout the year.

May 10, 2013 ×

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Academic help is a click away

The pressure is on for military students (and their parents) as we reach those final months of school and everything that comes with them — standardized tests, end-of-term papers and final exams.

May 3, 2013 ×

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Beating the stress of AP exams

After a full school year of preparing, advanced placement course exams will finally be distributed between Monday and May 17. Test taking can be stressful, so it’s important to be fully prepared and ready to tackle the exams.

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David Rubal, certified security information specialist, gives a web security presentation on cyber safety and cyber bullying April 19 on Ramstein. The class was offered to parents in the KMC to help teach them how to keep their children safe while online.

KMC increases awareness on cyber threats

David Rubal, certified security information specialist, visited to give his expert opinion on attacks that potentially could have taken place in the Ramstein community.

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Ramstein Middle School eighth-graders solve science problems in the Advancement Via Individual Determination program at RMS April 25. The AVID program is designed to enhance children’s individual determination and college readiness.

Aiming to advance children’s individual determination

The Advancement Via Individual Determination program is available to more than 4,800 elementary, middle and high schools in 48 states and 16 countries and territories.

May 3, 2013 ×

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Photo by Debra Crenshaw

From left, Vogelweh Elementary School fourth-graders Jacob Queen, Logan Cooper and Ashley Bronner do their part during an Earth Day clean-up drive around the school.

VES students mark Earth Day with letters to editor

To commemorate Earth Day April 22, and throughout the week, students at Vogelweh Elementary School participated in several environmentally friendly projects, including a school-wide cleanup project. As a special assignment, one group of fourth graders composed letters to the editor, which are printed here.

April 26, 2013 ×

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Great grades matter: Force Support for Super Scholars!

As the school year is starting to wind down and the weather is starting to warm up, and children and families are getting ready for great summer adventures, the question on many parents’ minds is how to keep their children learning during the school summer recess.

April 19, 2013 ×

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Children eat lunch at the Ramstein Child Development Center Sept. 18, 2012, on Ramstein. The trained staff at the CDC ensures military youth are provided a safe, healthy and nurturing 
environment while learning early childhood skills such as reading.

Honoring military children around the world

Started in 1986 by former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, Month of the Military Child is held to honor the children of U.S. military members.

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