If you’re like many people, you’re petrified of public speaking.
Stephanie Nelson’s sixth-grade language arts students at Böblingen
Elementary/Middle School are not.

The students recently completed a unit on public speaking, and thanks
to Nelson’s extensive preparation, are now armed with the power to
persuade, motivate and inspire.

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On March 11, the Robinson Barracks Elementary/Middle School cafeteria
bore a striking resemblance to the movie “Night at the Museum: Battle
of the Smithsonian.”

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Within Department of Defense Dependents Schools, the mission of a
School Advisory Committee is to advise the principal on educational
matters, such as school policies affecting students and parents,
instructional programs and educational resources within the school,
pupil services and student standards of conduct and discipline.

SACs are comprised of parents of students enrolled in the school, full-time educators at the school and high school students. Read More

The Stuttgart Piranhas swim team ended an impressive season with a
long-coveted divisional championship title, along with a weekend of
intense finishes at Champs, the individual championships for the
European Forces Swim League.  
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Depression in children and teens has become a serious concern nationwide.

Since the school shooting at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999
— a massacre in which two students killed 12 students and a teacher,
injured 24 others, then committed suicide — school systems have
revamped school psychology programs to combat teen depression, bullying
and suicide.Read More

Family Child Care providers, while operating their own home-based businesses, offer children of working parents a “home away from home.”

Opening an FCC home is a business opportunity that helps financially
empower military spouses while providing a much-needed service in U.S.
Army Garrison Stuttgart, said Deborah Mandrell, FCC director.Read More

Excitedly offering up their thoughts about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy, a third-grade Patch Elementary class watched as teacher Robin Tessereau wrote their narrative on the board — in German.Read More

At first glance, it looked like a game of musical chairs.

But instead of walking around the chairs to music, these children
changed chairs in response to statements such as “Move if you have a
parent in Afghanistan” or “Move if you’re sad that your parent is
deployed.”Read More

Those who have been keeping tabs on recent media coverage know that
bullying is a rapidly growing concern in schools today.
“Cyber-bullying” is the latest trend: using the Internet, social media
and cell phones to ridicule or hurt others.

In an effort to bring awareness on bullying to the community, the U.S.
Army Garrison Stuttgart Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation
Stuttgart Theatre Center is performing a one-act play about it: “The
Secret Life of Girls,” by Linda Daugherty.Read More