Schools & Youth

Get ready. Get set. Go kindergarten! Child, Youth and School Services’
Kinder Boot Camp helped 13 kindergarten-bound children get ready for
their first day of school.

Starting kindergarten is a major
developmental milestone and can create apprehension in children and
parents, according to Keith Herman, a University of Missouri expert.
Herman recommends that the parents and child visit the school and
classroom before the first day. The U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Kinder
Boot Camp takes that idea a couple of steps further.

The Department of Defense Education Activity is adopting the Common Core
State Standards into its curriculum, instruction, and assessment
programs. The CCSS initiative began more than two years ago as a collaboration
between state governors and education leaders to introduce consistency
in education systems across the nation. This initiative has garnered the
support of 46 states, two territories, and the District of Columbia to
date. All participants in the CCSS initiative are working together to
implement high quality standards in English Language Arts, Mathematics,
and Science for kindergarten through 12th grade. These curriculum
standards are research based, rigorous, relevant to the real world, and
reflect the knowledge and skills America’s students need for success in
college and careers.

The ball careened off the basketball backboard, hit the fire alarm then
boomeranged toward the bleachers, where it ricocheted off the boards,
spinning toward the opposite end of the Panzer gym. Goal!

Classroom walls lined with posters of yearbook photos of his students
from over four decades of teaching are the backdrop for German language
class as teacher Timothy Berg skillfully weaves homespun humor and life
lessons into his review of verb tenses and conjugations.

It was cakes, crumpets and lemon curd at Patch High School May 12, as two separate classes of Advanced Placement English celebrated a school-year’s worth of completed tests, finished essays and Shakespearian sonnets with a traditional “high tea” party. The annual event was hosted by PHS teacher Claire Dickmeyer.

The Educational and Developmental Intervention Services Program at the
U.S. Army Health Clinic Stuttgart provides early intervention services
for children under three years old and related services for school-aged
children.

It takes a community to raise a child, according to educators and service members in the Stuttgart military community.