brochure about our school - Offene Schule Babenhausen

Joachim-Schumann-Schule
Open School Babenhausen, June 2001
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Table of Contents page 2
Administration page 3
School Description page 4
Rooms page 5
Canteen page 6
Cafeteria page 6
Student Cafe Wundertüte, "rent-a-toy" page 7
Library page 7
Physical Education page 8
Activities and Projects page 9
Epilogue, Editorial page 12
Contact page 12
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Our headmaster is Mr. Vollmers and his deputy is Mr. Schimsheimer.
The coordinator of the 5 th and 6 th grade is Mr. Schreindorfer, of the 7 th
and 8 th grade is Mrs. Ahle and of the 9 th and 10 th grade is Mrs.
Meuer.Our educational coordinator is Mr. Habel.
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Our all-day integrated comprehensive school has approx. 1200 pupils in
50 classes and approx. 90 teachers. We have had 2 educational and
social workers for five years now.
Our school offers the following final examinations:
Extended elementary school exam (Hauptschulabschluss)
Qualified extended elementary school exam (Erweiterten
Hauptschulabschluss)
Intermediate high school certificate (Realschulabschluss)
Entrance qualification to senior high school (6 th form)
(Zulassung für die Oberstufe)
We have major and minor subjects and have to choose among a few
optional compulsory subjects (ecology, polytechnic, cooking, etc.).
Between the 6 th and 8 th grade, our major subjects are divided into 2 sets:
E for advanced and G for elementary. In the 9 th and 10 th grade there are 3
sets: C elementary, B intermediate and A advanced. We can switch from
one level to the other depending on our performance.
In addition we have remedial teaching, project lessons and extracurricular
activities. Pupils with a foreign background are offered lessons
in various languages.
Each lesson lasts 45 minutes with two longer breaks of 20 minutes in the
morning, 1 hour in the afternoon and other shorter breaks between 5 and
10 minutes.
Our school has got one big library, a canteen and a cafeteria.
We have contacts with foreign schools in Portugal, France, Lithuania, the
Czech Republic and Great Britain.
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There are 7 team staff rooms for each grade and 1 common big staff
room where teachers from all grades can meet.
Big staff room
Team staff room
Each grade has 8 classes and 1 team staff room. Some of the grades
share an inner garden. There are social areas, 1 for each grade, where
students can spend their time during the breaks. In some classes the
students are allowed to use the space for their team work.
Classroom
Social area
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Approximately 250 students visit the canteen on the days it is open The
different meals cost between DM 2.00 and DM 6.50. The students
prepare about 260 meals per day. Students, teachers and also parents
visit the canteen and enjoy the food.
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
during afternoon break (from 12.10 till 14.00)
Our cafeteria has been there for ten years now.About 600 students visit
the cafeteria daily. The most popular food is hot dogs. The cafeteria also
offers delicious sandwiches, pastries, cakes, candy bars, yoghurt and all
kinds of soft beverages.
Opening hours: from 9.00 till 13.00 daily
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These facilities are run by our social workers and volunteer students. In
the so-alled cafe Wundertüte you can buy self-made candy and popcorn
or you can just sit around and enjoy the nice atmosphere. The cafe is
open during the afternoon break.
At the "rent-a-toy" room next to the cafe Wundertüte, the students can
borrow different games in exchange for a deposit.
The library offers a wide range of books from different areas such as the
animal world, different languages, science, adventure, etc. It is a good
place for students when they work on their different projects.
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Six classes can be taught at the same time in our two big gyms. Once a
year there is a sport competition for grades 5 to 8. Our gyms are
perfectly equipped. One gym has seating for an audience.
The sport fields used by our school are situated on the outskirts of the
town
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There are lots of activities and projects in our school, for example:
computer, photo lab, choir, Big Band, wood working, gardening, school
newspaper, theatre, homework help and remedial teaching. Older
students help the younger ones with homework. Students having
difficulties in the so-called problematic subjects can benefit from
participating in remedial teaching.
Photo-lab
Theatre
Choir
Big Band
Our choir and Big Band perform two times a year in front of an
enthusiastic audience and in well-visited concert halls.
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Our school has got two computer rooms with about 18 computers and
some internet access.
There are a few gardens which are cared for by members of the project
group gardening.
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Students can work in the areas of art and polytechnic in our workshops
with different materials (wood, clay, plastic, metal).
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This brochure about our school is the result of the English language
project in the school year 2000/2001.
The participating students (7 th grade) were:
Breuninger, Paul; Hild, Nadine; Jentsch, Julia; Kampfmann, Sophie;
Kangalli, Eda; Klein, Michaela; Lopes, Carla; Moser, Manuel; Möser,
Melanie; Reichel, Inga; Richter, Jennifer; Willand, Sandra; Zindel, Julia.
The project was monitored by our English teacher, Mrs. Ksenija Eger.
Offene Schule Babenhausen
- Joachim-Schumann-Schule -
Poststraße 1
D-64832 Babenhausen
Germany
Phone: 06073 7266-0
Fax: 06073 7266-28
From foreign countries dial +49 instead of using 0
E-mail: OSBabenhausen@t-online.de or: Verwaltung@OSBabenhausen.de
Homepage: http://OSBabenhausen.de
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