Observer 09/2011 - Leipzig International School

Content 

2 From the Headmaster 

3 Message from the Board 

LIS Annual Calendar 2012/2013 

4 About the LIS Observer 

LIS Summer Circus 2011 

5 CIS/NEASC Accreditation Visit 

Counsellor's Corner 

6 Welcome to LIS 

8 Leipzig Zeitgeist Collaboration 

9 Examination Successes 

Newness in the Secondary 

10 "What comes out of my closet" 

Playground Buddies at LIS 

11 Summer Holiday Hort 2011 

Welcome to Hort 

12 Living in Leipzig 

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September 2011 

LIS Einschulung 2011 

Our students were all smiles as they officially 

entered Grade One and, using their special 

magic, brought out the sun on Einschulung 

Day! 

With parents, grandparents and friends 

present, our First Graders heard stories form 

Ms Werndl (Primary German) and Mr Pola- 

Rivera (Primary Principal) about learning in 

school about oneself. Our Headmaster, Roel 

Scheepens, had a very special message of 

encouragement for the children through the 

story “The Little 

Engine That 

Could”. Like 

the little train 

engine, 

children were reminded, i d d 

not only of the “climb” each one will need to 

make in facing the challenges that lie ahead, 

but also of the potential each one has in 

Welcome to the 

New School Year! 

We have turned towards a new year – a year that lies before us full 

of possibility, potential and of course adventure! I would like to take 

this opportunity to welcome you all; those returning and especially 

those who have recently joined us – new families and teachers. 

Life is like riding a bike; it is impossible to maintain 

your balance while standing still. Well, at LIS we 

will definitely not be standing still. We will be 

moving forward; we will be making progress and 

we will be reaching our goals. 

It will be an exceptionally busy year and one that 

we will all need to tackle with determination, 

forward driven momentum and commitment. But it 

is also a year where we will need to look at balance. 

For those of us who like to plan one year ahead, we 

have included in this issue of the Observer an 

achieving 

their goals. 

With the 

words, “I think 

I can, I think I can, I 

think I can!” everything is 

possible in Grade One! 

Continued on page 2 

overview calendar for 2012–13 that shows all the 

school opening and closing dates from July 2012 to 

August 2013. 

Many thanks to all those parents who joined us in 

organising our LIS Summer Fair in June. Parent 

volunteers are always needed! If you would like to 

volunteer around the school in various areas please 

let me know and we can arrange accordingly. I am 

looking forward to a great year! 

Liane Lindenlaub, Parent Community Coordinator 

Photos: Peter Usbeck 

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LIS Einschulung 2011 Message from the Board 

Continued from page 1 

The official welcome into the grade began as 

each child’s name was individually called. With 

the traditional “Zuckertüte” in hand, each 

student successfully made the “climb up the 

hill” and was warmly received by their new 

classroom teacher and into Grade One. 

Ms Crossman (Class 1KC), Ms Greer (Class 1KG) 

and Ms Fischer (Class 1DF) are all the proud and 

happy teachers of our Grade 

One students this year. 

Each class then spent time 

From the Headmaster 

The start of the school year was 

hot. On Friday 26 August we had 

to temporarily suspend lessons 

on the fourth floor after the 

temperature had reached 

35 °C in some of the classrooms 

up there. Students were not sent 

home; instead, teachers took their 

classes down to the cafeteria or 

outside into the forest. 

Other than temperatures, we had to deal with a 

number of teacher absences which we were 

fortunately able to cover with very 

competent substitutes. Our new 

members of staff have all been 

able to settle in quickly and have 

been introduced to parents during 

the Secondary and Primary parent 

evenings that have already taken 

place. The Pre-School evening is 

coming up this week as I write 

this. Further on in this Observer 

you will have another opportunity 

to meet the new staff. 

On 23 August we were delighted to 

be visited by Todd Becker and his 

wife Christa (who is from Leipzig!). 

Todd was US Consul General in Leipzig in 1992, 

and one of the four founders of the school. Since 

then, he has retired three times and was called 

back into work three times, which has left him 

currently working in the Baltic States. Todd and 

Christa took a great interest in the school and 

used the opportunity to speak with students 

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with their new teacher in their beautifully 

decorated classroom where they spent time 

learning about the adventures that are in store for 

them this year. Parents were treated to 

refreshments while the children met with their 

teachers and, to finalize the day, everyone 

gathered for the LIS traditional balloon release. 

whenever they had a chance. Todd told me that 

seeing his “baby” turn into a major international 

school is a source of great pride and satisfaction 

for him, which is something I am sure we can all 

empathise with. Astrid Pietrus, who is writing a 

school history for the twentieth anniversary, 

had an opportunity to do a lengthy interview 

with them. I am looking forward to seeing the 

result of that interview on 21 April 2012, when 

the full book will be launched as part of our 20th 

anniversary celebrations. 

Speaking of which, I would like to invite you all 

to contribute your thoughts as to what else we 

could do to really mark that twentieth 

anniversary. We would of course like to use the 

opportunity to do something special that will 

really grab people’s attention. Here are two 

ideas to start us off with: 

How about setting up an 

art exhibition with paintings 

and photographs on huge 

panels, all around the school 

campus and along the street? 

How about bringing back 

the three fl ag poles that used 

to adorn our façade 100 

years ago, but this time with 

the fl ags of the school, the 

city and the United Nations? 

If you would be interested in participating in the 

“think tank” for this special occasion please let me 

know. We will certainly be asking our parent 

representatives for their input on this, as well. I am 

participating in the elections as a parent, as I hope 

we all are, and I look forward to working with the 

elected parent representatives from the end of 

September onwards. 

The start of the year is now over and we are all 

in full swing. At the moment I’m looking at grey 

skies outside and we don’t expect to be 

overheated again until June 2012 … 

I teach one grade 10 class that only meets once 

a week and I counted that we will have only 

about 30 sessions together before these 

students sit their IGCSE examinations in May 

2012. As I am writing this we have already had 

3 double lessons, so 10% of the year has come 

and gone already. School years are short but 

intense! 

Roel Scheepens 

Grade Enrolment 

PS 1 41 

PS 2 44 

Reception 54 

G1 55 

G2 60 

G3 58 

G4 60 

G5 53 

G6 53 

G7 55 

G8 43 

G9 36 

G10 19 

G11 35 

G12 18 

TOTAL 682 

Enrolment on 31 August 2011 


LIS would like to wholeheartedly thank Ms 

Fahrenkamp for playing such a central role in 

the overall organization of the event as well as 

Miss Schilling and her students for the beautiful 

music that accompanied the ceremony. 

Orlando Pola-Rivera/Primary Principal 

Photo: City of Leipzig 

Starting the new school year is 

always exciting. The teaching 

staff come back from vacation 

completely re-energised, the 

students can’t wait to get back 

into the classroom, and there are 

a large number of new 

colleagues (15 new members of 

staff this year, most of whom are 

additional members of staff 

rather than replacements), and 

an even larger number of new 

students (some 120). 

And each new school year brings with it 

improvements to the way that we do things and 

an expansion of the school’s educational 

programme and support services. In particular, 

we would like to single out the music 

educational programme and the school 

counsellor. 

The new school year is no less exciting and 

challenging for your Board. What do we have 

on our agenda? The first thing is the satisfactory 

completion of the accreditation process. The 

inspection committee will be visiting the school 

in November, and we are looking forward to 

presenting the results of all the hard work 

which has been done by the staff, the parents, 

the students and above all the headmaster over 

the past year. The process has already helped us 

to become a better school, partly because it has 

forced us to formalise on paper many of the 

things which to date had been unwritten, but 

mainly because it has given us the opportunity 

to identify the areas in which we can improve. 

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So the granting of accreditation will therefore 

not be the end of a process, but rather a 

waypoint on the course we are charting towards 

becoming a very, very good school – and maybe 

even one of the best. 

Part of the process of charting this course will 

be the Board's Strategy Day which takes place 

at the beginning of October. The board will get 

together with members of the Management 

Team, some of the teaching staff who headed 

up accreditation committees and representation 

from the parents to discuss and agree on the 

broad outlines of our development over the 

next 3 to 5 year period. We will be thinking 

about topics such as the development of the 

educational programme, the use of technology 

in the classroom (and outside it), premises and 

other resources needed, finances, teacher 

professional development, governance and 

sustainability. This will provide the long term 

framework which will guide our short term 

decision-making. 

Internal communication, transparency and the 

desire to create a vibrant parent community are 

other pressing issues on the table. We believe 

that we are making strides forward on all these 

fronts. We were very pleased to note that there 

were more candidates for election to the 

position of parent representative than there 

were places available and this is a good sign 

that parents are becoming more and more 

engaged in the school community in a 

constructive fashion. There will be two Open 

Forum meetings this school year as usual, at 

which we as your Board will have a chance to 

meet you in a more formal setting and you as 

the parents will have the opportunity to ask 

questions and get answers. There is a similar 

meeting between the Board and the staff which 

takes place at the beginning of each school 

year and gives staff the chance to get to know 

how the Board thinks. 

One of the major challenges facing the school 

and therefore the Board over the next 2 to 3 

years will be the expansion of our premises to 

accommodate the increasing number of 

students, and above all the expansion of the 

school's offerings. The first stage in this process 

will be the construction of a new facility 

provisionally dubbed “LIS Early Learning Centre” 

which will house a newly created nursery 

("Krippe") for some 80 children and Pre-School 1 

and 2. After more than two years searching for 

an appropriate location, we have found an 

attractive site just five minutes from the current 

school campus. We are actively pursuing the 

purchase of this property and simultaneously 

entering into the planning process with the aim 

of opening the new facility towards the end of 

2012. In parallel, we are progressing existing 

plans to build a new floor on top of the 

multipurpose hall which will house an expanded 

auditorium, a properly equipped stage for 

drama and music productions and some 

additional classrooms. Building work on this 

extension will begin when Pre-School 1 and 2 

have moved to the new LIS Early Learning 

Centre. And lastly, we are negotiating to 

upgrade the playing fields behind the school 

currently used by the local sports club in order 

to be able to offer state of the art sports 

facilities both to our students and to the club's 

own members. 

So, we hope you understand what we mean 

when we say that a new school year is always 

exciting. We hope you share this excitement! 

Have a good school year. 

Jana Näther, Dr. Nikolaus Petersen, 

Christopher Smith, Elke Urban 

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The purpose of this type 

of newsletter is: 

1. To inform the LIS community about the 

achievements and accomplishments of its 

members 

2. To communicate to the community news of 

past and future events 

3. To inform the community about the 

educational developments at the school 

4. To assist community members in their 

communication with each other 

5. To enable the community, as well as 

external visitors, to gain a better 

understanding of LIS. 

You are encouraged and welcome to contribute 

articles and photographs to the LIS Observer. 

Please meet the deadlines shown below so that 

we can issue the LIS Observer punctually. Kindly 

send your contributions to 

. Please submit pictures (as 

jpg files only!) and word documents separately. 

Those of you who were there 

will remember: games and 

happy children made the 

Summer Fair a special day for 

everyone. 

We proudly present the winners 

of the LIS balloon contest: 

Sonique Sonique Baldauf Baldauf – 1DF 1DF 

Dotty Dotty & Minnie Minnie Brown Brown – PS2SV, PS2SV, 3TC 3TC 

Both postcards were found in a forest near 

Annaburg about 90 km away from Leipzig. 

Congratulation! 

About the LIS Observer 

LIS Summer Fair is one 

of the great summer 

events of the Leipzig 

International 

School. Our thanks 

go out to all those 

who helped make 

this day happy and 

wonderful for everyone. Your 

support was demonstrated by 

your strong turnout, it was really 

appreciated. 

Our motivated Summer Fair 

organisation committee started off with lots of 


There will be six issues per school year and the dates 

of deadlines for your contributions and publications 

are shown below. Please be aware that articles may 

have to be edited on space grounds. 

The Observer will usually consist 

of the following sections: 

• Messages and news from the Board of 

Governors 

• Headmaster’s news 

• Messages and news from the elected parent 

LIS Summer Circus 2011 

representatives 

• Articles from school counsellor, school nurse, 

Hort, Pre-School, Primary School and 

Secondary School 

• Educational topics: Secondary School, 

Primary School, Pre-School, Hort 

• Staff News 

• Projects, extra curriculum activities 

• Parents, LIS community 

• Förderverein, Trägerverein 

• Calendar items, Living in Leipzig 

• Miscellaneous 

Deadlines Comments Publication Dates 

5 September 2011 23 September 2011 

31 October 2011 Articles due immediately after October break 18 November 2011 

15 December 2011 Articles due before December holidays 06 January 2012 

27 February 2011 16 March 2012 

16 April 2011 Articles due immediately ly after Easter 

r break 04 May 2012 

04 June 2011 22 June 2012 

creative ideas and the grit to meet for several 

months in a row to work out every single detail. To 

make this event a great day for all students and 

the whole community the organisation committee 

was kindly supported by many parents and 

volunteers, who helped with preparations, setting 

up games and food stalls, supervising and running 

games. There was a strong back-up support from 

the school, fantastic sponsors, enthusiastic 

caterers and finally a good crowd that wanted to 

have a fun afternoon. 

» Apotheke am Sanct Georg 

» Bank für Sozialwirtschaft AG 

» Bilfinger Berger Hochbau GmbH 

» Bürgerhaus Lützschena 

» Cafébar Deutschland GmbH 

» Centraltheater & Skala Leipzig 

» Cinestar Leipzig 

» Coca Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG 

» Culinaris Küchenaccessoires 

» DHL Hub Leipzig 

» Eis an der Kö 

» The Anton-Sieben family 

» 

The Bajwa family 

» 

The Curti family 

» The de Vette family 

» The Gregorian family 

» The Künzle family 

» The Moeller family 

» The Thamm family 

» The Thiemann family 

» The Upmeyer family 

» Flughafen Halle Leipzig 

» Hotel Novotel Leipzig City 

» IKK Leipzig 


Our appreciation goes to the topnotch 

volunteers who made this Summer Fair 

possible. Special thanks to Dominique, Iris, 

Fabrizia, Elena, Tanja, Giovanna, Mariette, 

Alya, Zeynep and Astrid. Thumbs up for our 

Hausmeisters, and all other wonderful 

volunteers! Additionally, our gratitude goes 

to those who helped with either financial or 

material support: 

Liane Lindenlaub 

» Linde AG 

» LPE Naturwissenschaft & 

Technik GmbH 

» MDR 

» MS-Umzüge GmbH 

» Sax Racing GmbH 

» Sobotta Bürobedarf GmbH 

» The Westln Leipzig 

» Theater der jungen Welt 

» Zoo Leipzig 

» and silent contributors who wish 

to remain anonymous. 

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CIS/NEASC Accreditation Team Visit 

November 7 th to 10 th 2011 

You know that the Self Study 

stage of the Accreditation 

Committees that met regularly 

last year is now finished and we 

are working to update the facts 

and figures on the reports before 

submitting them to Bill McIntyre 

and his team who will be coming 

to Leipzig in November. 

The visiting team will be made up of 8 people 

from other international schools (teachers and 

administrators) who will be looking at our 

reports and out day-to-day practice to see that 

Counsellor’s Corner 

I would like to take this first issue 

of the Observer and the 

Counsellor’s Corner to introduce 

myself and explain a little bit 

about school counselling. 

I am Susan McCullough and have worked as a 

school counsellor in the U.S. for 22 years. I hold 

Master’s degrees in Counselling and Elementary 

Education and earned National Board Certification 

in School Counselling (U.S.) in 2006. I’ve worked 

in a wide variety of communities and schools, with 

children from many different backgrounds. 

I am a storyteller, a mild water kayaker and have a 

host of odd skills like being able to play string 

games, recite the alphabet backwards and make 

animals out of chenille sticks. 

The one question I have been asked more than 

any other by parents and students at LIS is, “just 

what does a school counsellor do?” 

School counsellors believe that while all children 

can learn, a student who is troubled or facing 

various difficulties and challenges will usually not 

learn as easily or as well as other students. 

Parking 

they correspond and to see that they are 

working towards what the Council of 

International schools (CIS) and the New 

England Association of Schools and Colleges 

(NEASC) agree are best practice. We will be 

welcoming them with a reception at school on 

Sunday November 6th and they will be on the 

ground in the school for 4 days before leaving 

use with verbal feedback and then a detailed 

report of their finding which will follow some 

months later. 

Whatever the content of the report, we have 

worked very hard as a collection of committees 

and between us have identified what we need 

to do to improve the school from the perspective 

of student learning and well being. The schools 

governors will be meeting with parent and staff 

Academic success in today’s rapidly changing 

world is dependent in large part on how well 

students can manage these various circumstances 

and challenges. Professional school counsellors are 

certified and trained mental health professionals 

who work with students, parents and teachers to 

help students with the personal, social and 

emotional areas of their lives. We also address 

academic and career concerns such as developing 

organizational and study skills and exploring 

career options. We do this through classroom 

lessons with all students, small group counselling 

and one-to-one counselling. The school counselling 

program is for all students, to help them develop 

responsible and compassionate behaviours such as 

empathy, resourcefulness, self-discipline, selfconfidence 

and respect for self and others 

regardless of personal or cultural differences. 

If you would like to learn more about what I do at 

LIS, would like to look at any of my lessons or 

discuss your child with me, please contact me at 

. I would 

be happy to speak with you. 

Susan McCullough, School Counsellor 

We are a city school and realise that parking is difficult. To accommodate the greatest number 

of families, the on campus parking area is to be used as a drop-off area only. We would be most 

grateful if you could follow the correct procedure. If you plan to stay more than 5 minutes, park 

in a side street near the school and walk to school with your child. Sidewalks and fire lanes are 

not for parking. Thank you for your co-operation. 

representatives as well as 

the management team on October 1st to use 

the committee reposts as a basis for the school’s 

strategic planning and then, with the feedback 

of the visiting team, will create the plan that 

will take the school forward. 

In three years time when we have a new Early 

Years centre and 3 classes per grade level all the 

way through to grade 10 we will be one of 

Germany’s larger international schools and with 

the work we have done together I think that we 

will also be one of Germany’s best. Thank you to 

everyone who has contributed to this enormous 

effort for the benefit of the students; the next 

few years are certainly going to be exciting. 

Matthew Raggett/Secondary Principal 

First Aid Courses 

Each summer as 

the school year 

begins, LIS hosts 

two days of first 

aid training for 

our teachers, and 

staff by the 

Deutsches Rotes 

Kreuz. 

This informative 

day includes 

many immediate 

life-saving 

measures. Our 

instructor Frank, 

started us off by 

informing the class about the correct way to 

make an emergency call, followed by 

removing a victim from a dangerous life 

threatening situation. The class then learned 

how to check for responsiveness, and initiate 

cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). We 

learned how to place the affected person in 

the recovery position and how to properly 

use a defibrillator (AED). 

We finished our training by stopping severe 

bleeding, applying a pressure bandage, 

and stabilizing 

other wounds 

and burns for 

transport to a 

medical doctor. 

Christa Cichowicz 

School Nurse 


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Johanna Audley, 3JA, 

Australia 

MA Development Studies, BA Teaching 

Johanna is from Melbourne, Australia and she 

is the new Grade 3 teacher at LIS. Last year she 

was working as a teacher in India and moved to 

Leipzig with her husband in February. She is 

thrilled to have the opportunity to live and work 

in Germany and is looking forward to a 

wonderful year of learning with the Grade 3 

students. She started substituting last year and 

quickly became indispensable. 

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Romnick M. Cajigal, 7RC, 

Secondary Science, 

Philippines 

Bachelor of Science + teaching certificate 

Romnick comes from the Philippines. Prior to 

working here at LIS, he was in Indonesia for two 

years teaching at an international school and 

the USA for three years teaching at a high 

school in South Carolina. He is handling Grades 

7 and 8 General Science, Grade 10 Physics, and, 

Grade 11 IB Biology for this school year. He is 

delighted to work with this wonderful 

community of LIS parents, teachers and 

students. 

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Elissa Colvin, 4EC, 

Australia, 

Bachelor of Teaching (Primary Education) 

Elissa is one of the new teachers to arrive this 

year to work at LIS. She is currently teaching in 

Grade 4. Elissa worked in Japan, Austria and 

Australia. She has moved from Sydney, Australia 

with her husband and two children who are 

also now attending LIS. She is looking forward 

to a wonderful year full of learning and fun. 

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Miko Sloper, 8MS, Secondary 

Mathematics and TOK, USA 

BA in Mathematics and Philosophy; MA in 

Philosophy 

Miko has degrees in philosophy and 

mathematics, and has also taught linguistics 

based in the international language Esperanto. 

He enjoys playing Renaissance & Medieval 

music, and has had great fun acting and 

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Carola Kriester, Secondary 

GSL, Germany 

BA "Deutsch als Fremdsprache" 

Carola did her traineeship with Katja Jacobi 

and when Katja needed a maternity leave 

replacement she was the natural choice! Carola 

studied Foreign Language German in Leipzig 

and is glad that she got the opportunity to 

teach at LIS. 

Paul Foulkes, Secondary 

Music, UK 

BA Music; PGCE 

Paul studied music at the Royal Welsh 

College of Music and drama in Cardiff. 

Principal instruments are the trumpet and 

piano. He has been Director of Music at 

Aiglon College, Switzerland. Paul joins us 

from Hockerill Anglo-European College 

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He is married arried to Tanj Tanja a 

(German teacher at LIS). 

Paul has had a lot of 

experience training choirs, 

orchestras and bands and 

has arranged a large 

amount of repertoire for 

them. Paul would really love everyone’s help 

and support in making music at LIS alive and 

something to be extremely proud of. 

Sandra Markow, Hort, 

Germany 

Sandra just came back from 10 years of 

exploring the world. She travelled and lived in 

England, India, Africa, South-East Asia, 

Indonesia and Middle America. India was her 

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big step into the world. Besides studying 

Paradise for skaters. 

Hindi there she helped in a Mother Teresa 

Orphanage for disabled children. The following 

years she worked for families with different 

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joined LIS Hort in August. 

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Anja Thörmer, Primary 

German, Germany 

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Anja previously worked at LIS in Hort, library 

and learning support until 2007. She now 

rejoins LIS as Primary German teacher. Anja 

thanks all colleagues and students for the warm 

welcome at LIS and their support for a 

professional start. 

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Christiana Engelmann, 

Secondary German, Germany 

2. Staatsexamen Germanistik und Anglistik 

Christiana is teaching German Language and 

Literature and looking forward to tapping the 

students’ creative potentials, familiarising 

them with interesting writers as well as diverse 

cultural issues. And last but not least explore 

with them the spectrum of vocabulary, the 

rules and exceptions of the German language 

and hopefully encounter all sorts of 

serendipities. 

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Aodhnait Donnelly, 7AD 

Secondary English, Ireland 

BA in English and Philosophy; MA in Creative ve 

and Life Writing 

Before coming to Leipzig, she worked as a 

secondary school English teacher in London. n. 

Previous to her life as a teacher, she worked for r 

a literary agency in the publishing industry. . 

She is teaching English in Grades 6 to 9 and is s 

delighted to be a form tutor to Grade 7. . 

Aodhnait is excited to be part of the LIS S 

community and looks forward to the year 

ahead. 

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Tanja Kröger-Foulkes, 9TKF 

Secondary German, Germany 

2. Staatsexamen English and German 

Tanja originally comes from the beautiful 

Lower Saxony. She studied English and German 

at University and spent a year in Hertfordshire, 

England and fortunately met her husband 

there. 

After finishing her teacher training in Germany, 

she taught at a European Boarding school, 

before moving to gorgeous Leipzig. Tanja 

enjoys music a lot and tries to get involved in 

as many clubs as possible that her husband 

runs. 

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Cesar Roldan, Secondary 

Spanish and ESL, Colombia 

Master of Arts in Linguistics 

Cesar is certified to teach both Spanish & ESL. 

He has 18 years experience in teaching and 

school administration. He considers himself 

very fortunate to be a language teacher, 

working in a field that is both challenging and 

exciting, and to be doing something he is very 

passionate about. Cesar joins us after having 

been Head of Foreign Languages at a school in 

Atlanta, USA. 

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Jacinta Simasi, Kenya 

B.Ed. (Science); M.Sc. (Zoology) 

Jacinta will be teaching two science classes 

until the autumn break. She comes originally 

from Kenya, lives here in Leipzig since 2007 

and is married with one child. Jacinta is working 

on her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology. 

Christiane Bergelt, Pre- 

School Educator, Germany 

Staatlich anerkannte Erzieherin (expected 

summer 2011) 

Has been a member of the team – as a trainee 

and as a substitute – for several years now. 

Five Gap Year Volunteers: “Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr“ 

Jenny Jenn Trompler, 

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Jenny just finished 

grammar school this year. Her 

hobbies are reading, musicals, theatre, 

swimming and playing volleyball. Now she is 

volunteering at LIS for one year. During this 

year she will work together with Melinda 

Rabach in Learning Support. 

Jessica El-Hassan, an, 

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dancing, cycling and playing volleyball. 

Nathalie Walther, Reception 

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LIS Observer Collaborates with Leipzig Zeitgeist, Leipzig‘s International Voice 

The Leipzig Zeitgeist is Leipzig’s English 

language magazine and, like the LIS 

Observer, appears six times per year. LIS 

students will be given the opportunity to 

contribute to Leipzig Zeitgeist. Each edition 

Trust the tap – 

or is bottled better? 

But even this seemingly simple instruction is not so simple; 

depending on where you live, it might be impossible 

counsel to follow. Some 1.1 billion people worldwide lack 

access to safe drinking water, according to the World 

Water Council. Here, in Germany, we are fortunate that we 

do not have to question whether we have clean water to 

drink. Rather, we can ask which water we should drink. 

What is best for our bodies and the earth? It is a question 

of bottle versus tap. 

In the United States, where I am from, there is a growing 

movement to abandon bottled water. Numerous college 

and university campuses have mounted campaigns 

against this new enemy. The city of San Francisco prohibits 

serving bottled water at municipal events. A small town in 

the state of Massachusetts even went so far as to ban the 

sale of bottled water within city limits. From landfills, to 

concerns about the amount of oil used in the production 

and transport of bottles, word is getting out that the 

disposable plastic bottle, while convenient, is not 

sustainable. 

When I first moved to Leipzig, I was surprised by the 

number of people I saw walking out of the Rewe 

supermarket with shopping carts filled with bottles of 

water. I was even more surprised to find that many 

restaurants and cafes will not serve free tap water. And 

where are the drinking fountains? In most public buildings 

in the U.S.—from libraries and office buildings, to stadiums 

and shopping malls—you are never far from a drinking 

fountain. I have yet to lay eyes on one in Leipzig. 

of the Observer will contain a reprint of an 

article from Leipzig Zeitgeist, giving us all 

an insight into our home city. Leipzig 

Zeitgeist is available for sale at the LIS 

reception desk. 

Water – drink plenty of it. Amidst ever-changing nutritional 

advice, this is the one consistent recommendation. 

Mother Tongue at LIS 

LEIPZIG ZEITGEIST IS 

TURNING 3 

THIS SEPTEMBER. 

CONGRATULATION! 

Germany is sixth in the world in per-capita consumption of 

bottled water (the US is 10th). In a culture that values 

both environmental stewardship and thrift, why do so 

many people pay more for the less environmentally 

friendly option? 

Leipzig’s water is supplied by the Kommunale 

Wasserwerke Leipzig (KWL), which took over operation of 

the municipal water supply and wastewater removal in 

1991. In 2010, they supplied 32.5 million cubic meters of 

water to 628,000 people in Leipzig and the surrounding 

area (1 cubic metre is equivalent to 1,000 litres). 

70 % of Leipzig’s water comes from local wells. The rest is 

piped in from the Elbe Valley and the Rappbode Reservoir 

by Elbaue-Ostharz GmbH. So, how does the local water 

measure up? “Leipzig’s water is high in minerals, such as 

calcium and magnesium,” I was told by Katja Gläß of 

KWL, making it “a healthy and tasty thirst-quencher.” 

Clearly KWL is interested in promoting their water as 

drinking water, and they are doing so through concrete 

measures, in addition to promotional words. Although I 

have not seen any drinking fountains in Leipzig, they do 

exist. Since 2006, KWL has helped to install drinking 

fountains at 30 schools, as well as 4 fountains at the 

Leipziger Herzzentrum. 

What provisions are in place for the safety of Leipzig’s 

water? A team of 13 scientists and technicians at the KWL 

plant in Probstheida check, on a daily basis, that biological 

and chemical elements in the water meet standards set by 

the national drinking water law that has been in place 

Leipzig International School understands the importance of encouraging literacy in students’ 

mother tongue (or home language). We will be running after school language classes which are 

partly subsidized by the school. If you would like your child to attend, please contact the Mother 

Tongue Coordinator . A commitment of 5 students of 

similar age/grade level is needed in order for the language class to run. 

In addition,we need volunteers to read books, do various language activities, etc. 

We are specifically looking for speakers of 

“Our native 

Russian / French / Arabic / Amharic / Chinese / Hebrew / Punjabi 

language is like a If you can volunteer to come in once or twice a week (or even help record 

second skin, so much a some stories in your native language from home) please let us know! 

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Why have a bottle, when you can have a 

tower! Möckern water tower, one of 

Leipzig's 15 historic water towers. 

photo credit: Javier Santos 

since 2003. Over 12,000 tests are performed annually. 

However, these tests tell us only the quality of water in the 

KWL tanks, and not necessarily what comes out of our 

faucets. Buildings constructed before 1973 could, 

potentially, have lead pipes, and other home ‘pipe’ issues 

can diminish water quality. For those who would like to 

check the quality of their water at home, the 

Environmental Information Centre at the Technisches 

Rathaus offers periodic walk-in testing services. 

When comparing the US and German consumption of 

bottled water, it is important to consider two things. The 

first is what happens to the bottles. In the US, only an 

estimated 20% of plastic bottles are recycled; the rest end 

up in landfills. Germany, on the other hand, has one of 

the highest recycling rates in the world, and for bottles, 

this is promoted by the Pfand system. The second 

consideration is what exactly is in the bottles. Most 

bottled water in the US is still water. Here, carbonated 

mineral water is the more popular choice. There are over 

500 different brands of mineral water sold in Germany, 

and these are subject to stricter labelling regulations than 

in the US, where a bottle of “natural spring water” could 

potentially be municipal tap water. For these reasons, the 

difference between tap and bottle in Germany is more 

profound, while the environmental impact of bottles is not 

quite as severe. This might help explain the preference for 

bottled water, but it still leaves me and many other 

Ausländer scratching our heads. 

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Examination Successes for G10 and G12 Students 

We know that the feedback from 

the ISA tells us that we are doing 

a good job with the students 

across the school in Literacy and 

Numeracy; those are the results 

that Roel Scheepens wrote about 

in the last edition. This time we are 

able to congratulate our students 

who took their IGCSE and IB 

examinations in the summer. 

IB University entrance qualifi cation 

Of the 15 students who graduated in June 1 was 

completing a special distance program, 2 were 

following the High School diploma program and 

12 obtained the IB Diploma. Of the 45 points 

possible for the Diploma Kris Hampton gained 41 

points to be our top scoring student and our 

students averaged 31 points per candidate which 

puts them ahead of the curve for the world. It was 

a mixed year because although everyone passed 

their diploma not everyone got what they 

expected; some did significantly better and some 

were disappointed. Of course this happens with 

examinations and we are learning what we can 

from the experience by going through the exam 

Newness in the 

Secondary School 

One of the nicest things about the new school year 

is the new start for people. 

It gives you a chance to make those resolutions again that don’t coincide 

with Jan 1 st when you work in a school. Last year I tried to write onto my 

blog regularly and, as some of you know that reached a point where 

other things got in the way too often (I am trying again, see how I do at: 

https://lis.dyndns.biz:5443/secondary_blog/ 

This year we have 37 students in secondary who are new to the school as 

well as the new grade 6 students who have joined us from the primary 

school. We have also welcomed 9 new teachers who have been sharing 

their experiences and their passion for learning with our students. As I 

walk around the school, pop into classrooms and talk to the students 

during their break times I know that their new teachers have made a good 

impression on them and I am delighted that they have chosen to come 

and join us in Leipzig. They join what I think is a wonderful group of 

people who are dedicated to doing things as well possible for our students. 

scripts that we have back from the IBO to see 

what advice we can pass on to the next cohort 

who take the exams in May 2012. The graduating 

class has now started their degree courses or their 

volunteer year ahead of their studies. 

IGCSE Further education qualifi cation 

The IGCSE results this year were, we all agree, 

remarkable. Congratulations to all of the 

students, their parents and their teachers. The 

IGCSEs are awarded a diploma for the 

completion of 7 subjects with sufficiently high 

grades and our students were awarded 17 

diplomas at Merit (5 C grades or above) and 11 

at Distinction (5 A grades or above). We are 

delighted for Connor McChesney and Cita Ebert 

who only got A or A* in their examinations. The 

IGCSE results are one of the few tangible things 

that our students have on their university 

applications in G12 so this means that when 

this cohort is applying for places they will be 

well ahead of the curve; this also means that 

they have been well prepared for the IB program 

that many of them have started here. 


IB results at LIS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 

Number of diploma and retake candidates 15 17 12 18 20 16 12 

Number of candidates obtaining the diploma 14 14 9 15 19 16 12 

Percentage of successful diploma candidates 93% 82% 75% 83% 95% 100% 100% 

LIS average full diploma candidate score 31 34 31 32 34,3 32,0 31 

LIS range of full diploma candidate scores 24–41 18–42 23–38 23–39 23–45 27–38 26–41 

LIS average subject score (bonus points excluded) 5,0 5.4 4.9 5,0 5,5 5,2 4,8 

IGCSE results at LIS 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 

Number of diploma and retake candidates 18 18 17 11 14 15 29 

Percentage that obtained the ICE diploma 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 

Distinction 3 2 6 2 4 6 11 

Merit 7 8 8 8 8 9 17 

Pass 8 8 3 1 2 0 0 

Percentage of subject grades A*–C 61% 64% 80% 83% 73% 81% 95% 


Kinder in Uniform Exhibition 

and Workshop 

In June Grade 9 History students visited the schulmuseum and the 

exhibition “Kinder in Uniform”. We participated in live simulation of a 

Heimatkunde class in the GDR. The students took on roles as “Inofficial 

Mitarbeiter” or members of 

oopposition 

groups. In a discussion 

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the totalitarian regimes 

of the Third Reich and the German 

Democratic Republic and some of 

the parallel methods they used 

for State control. 

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“What comes out of my closet” 

Masterclass Art rt workshop with Israeli Artist Gili Avissar 

Right after the beginning of the 

school year LIS was given the 

unique opportunity to host a 

visiting artist workshop in 

collaboration with the Leipzig 

Artist in Residence programme 

Blumen e.V. 

We, as part of 11 pupils of Grade 7, spent 2 

exciting days with the artist and learned about 

his art and how to do stop-motion-animations. 

On Monday we visited Gili in his residency and 

then went to see his exhibition at the 

Kunstverein, which was called “In my 

grandma’s closet”. His sculptures were made 


out of wood and old clothings, which 

transformed into animals. Also he presented 

animations and drawings. Afterwards we 

started to plan our own. On Tuesday we made 

short animation films in the Auditorium at LIS. 

We also used clothings from our own closet and 

coloured cardboards. to arrange our 

backgrounds. 

Playground Buddies at LIS Primary School 

We took a lot of photos and in the end we had 

our own short film! 

A big thanks to Gili Avissar and Mrs. Balsters, 

who organised this project! 

Chantal Steinke (7CS), 

Juliane Diederich (7RC) 

Learning the game Timebomb. LIS Playground Buddies Training Weekend. Practicing Active Listening. Role play understanding feelings. 

Starting in the end of September, some 4 th and 

5 th Grade students will become Playground 

Buddies. This means that they will support 

peers, together with the Playground Buddy 

Coordinator, during recess by teaching and 

sharing with them games, organizing teams, 

playing with children who are lonely, and 

helping new students to settle in. Through 

their invaluable support, the Buddies will 

encourage children to play safely together 

which in itself will help reduce the number of 

accidents on the playground and thereby 

create happier playtimes. It takes a certain 

kind of student to be a Playground Buddy. 

They should be kind and friendly, willing to 

listen to and help other students as well as 

act as positive role models. The Buddies were 

nominated by their fellow students and 

interviewed by the three members of the Primary 

staff that make up the Playground Buddy team 

before being chosen to participate. This team 

includes Student Support Services members 

Romy Döring and Kristina Stellmach, as well as 

Gerd Relitz, a Hort staff member. 

In order to set up this support, it was essential 

that the Buddies were provided with training so 

they developed the necessary knowledge, skills 

and confidence in order to carry out their job 

well. Therefore, a workshop was specifically 

developed with this goal in mind. At the 

beginning of September, 17 Buddies spent a 

whole weekend at Gut Wehlitz in Schkeuditz to 

get trained by the three Primary staff members. 

The training course gave the Buddies a good 

insight into conflict management. 

Now the Buddies are looking forward to 

getting started. They are going to introduce 

themselves at assemblies and in each Primary 

classroom in order to have a successful start 

at the end of September thereby contributing 

towards building a safer, more inclusive and 

happier school. 

The Playground Buddy team is very 

appreciative and would like to say “thank you” 

to the Giesecke family for providing us with 

accommodation and meals at Gut Wehlitz. 

KrisTina Stellmach,Playground Buddy Coordinator 

Summer Holiday Hort 2011 

... meant to be a child and play but 

also to become a scientist, an 

explorer, an adventurer, a 

craftsman or a captain … 

Another Summer Holiday Hort has passed and it 

was an exciting one. Have you ever looked behind 

the scenes of the Central Stadium or LEJ Airport? 

We enjoyed a guided tour and got to know where 

little dog Waldi has to check in when he goes on 

a big vacation. And at the Central Stadium we 

could see where our favourite football team gets 

changed before winning an important match. 

Another day we explored the length and width of 

the lake Cospuden and all of us had the chance 

to steer the boat and be a real captain. A trip to 

the Kindertischlerei and Lipsikus allowed us to 

give our imagination and making, printing and 

crafting a lot of space. We made beautiful 

candles, amazing wooden pieces and 

extraordinary prints. 

But even the biggest explorers and craftsmen need 

to relax. So we went swimming, to the cinema, to 

Important Information 

from Hort Leader 

Morning Hort starts at 8:00 o’clock – if you 

bring your children to the school yard or the 

indoor Hort facilities before 8:00 you need 

to stay with them and supervise them till 

Hort staff takes over. Thank you very much, 

Janka Krasselt 

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 

8 October, 10 am – 15 pm, English Room 

Book Fair 

10 October, 8.30 am in the cafeteria 

Monthly coffee morning 

for all parents at LIS 

17–30 October 

Autumn Break 

10 November 

Latern Walk in Pre-School 

17 November in Secondary 

Parent-Student-Teacher 

Conference 

21–25 November 

Mother Tongue Week 

The next issue will be published in November 

2011. Please send your articles and pictures 

by 31 st October by e-mail: 

the playground Clarapark, 

played games and made 

muffins to create a 

wonderful relaxed summer 

fun atmosphere. To take it 

a step further and to get 

some rhythm into our 

Summer Hort feeling we 

made our own colourful and noisy drums. To get to 

know other geographical and physical regions of 

the world we became adventurers and our trip 

took us into the rainforest centre. Here we learned 

a lot about the region and its creatures. We 

popped in one of the horse farms and learned all 

about keeping and feeding horses. A ride with the 

carriage made it a lovely day. 

So far we had something for the little explorers, 

adventurers, craftsmen and swimmers in us – but 

Welcome to Hort 

We are very pleased to welcome 

all of you who attend Hort in 

school year 2011/2012. 

We are looking forward to seeing you on the 

playground and in the newly rearranged Hort 

rooms: Our former Play Room has changed in 

to the Construction Room and offers more 

space to play with new blocks to build traffic 

landscapes. Furthermore you can also spend 

your Hort time in the Quiet Room, where you 

can read books and play chess. 

In the Play Room 

you find many 

new board 

games, like 

Monopoly and 

Blokus. Our 

multifunctional 

activity space, 

called Hort 

kitchen, will be 

used for Arts 

and Crafts with 

Ms Simone and 

Ms KrisTina as 

well as for the 

Cooking Club 

what about the 

scientists amongst 

us? The INSPIRATA 

science exhibition 

was the place to let 

a scientist’s heart 

beat faster. The visual 

illusion was great fun and made us believe to be 

in a giant’s world. 

Who said Hort is just a place to play? With a 

sparkle in our eyes and a wink we say bye to 

Summer Holiday Hort, all the Primary Hort 

children and we are looking forward to welcome 

you to Autumn Holiday Hort to become a … 

Miss Sandra 

with Ms Romy for signed up students. If you 

want to dance, you can join Ms Maria’s Dancing 

Club in the Hort kitchen, too. 

This school year upper Primary students can 

also take part in Mr Gerds Risk Takers Club. The 

1 st and 2 nd Graders can explore the forest whilst 

participating in the Explorers Club with Mr 

Goodwin. In addition sporty children can play 

Football in the Gym with Mr Alen. 

As you can see, Hort offers a variety of afterschool 

activities for everybody. 

Enjoy your time in Hort!!! 

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Living in Leipzig 

By boat from the city centre into the green surroundings – 

Water City Leipzig and its New Lakeland Area 

Leipzig is extending its broad network of waterways. Just in time for the summer holidays, the first 

continuous water route between the Leipzig City Marina and Lake Cospuden was opened in July 2011 – 

the so-called Route 1. 

A total length of 

11 kilometres, the 

way is framed by 

beautiful park 

landscapes left 

and right, 

magnificent late- 

19th century 

villas and finally the unparalleled flora and 

fauna of the Leipzig floodplain forest. Paddlers 

and canoeists should plan two to three hours 

for the route – two locks included. As 

environmental protection is the city’s top 

priority, motorized boats will require special 

permits. 

Lake Cospuden, also known as the “bathtub of 

Leipzig” and located about 10 km south of 

Leipzig‘s city centre, is one of 19 lakes around 

Leipzig that developed and are still developing 

from former opencast mines. 

Then Leipziger Neuseenland (Leipzig New 

Lakeland) area south of Leipzig will spread over 

an area of about 44 square kilometres and will 

be connected with Pleiße, Weiße Elster and 

Neue Luppe rivers as well as the canals. Several 

cafés and restaurants have already settled 

along the canals. Young people and artists feel 

especially drawn to this fascinating mix of 

impressive industrial architecture and diverse 

leisure activities. There will be a total of eight 

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water routes. The passage between city centre 

and Lake Cospuden is the first section of “Route 

1” of the waterways network which is expected 

to be fully navigable all the way up to Lake 

Zwenkau in 2014. 

A unique recreation area, Leipzig New Lakeland 

area does not only offer various activities for 

nature lovers and water sports fans but also 

invites you to discover the region’s diverse 

history and culture during a guided tour – by 

land or by water. Opened in June 2011, the 

floating church VINETA on Lake Störmthal 

commemorates the region’s turbulent history. 

VINETA is a memorial for all 14 villages that 

once had to yield to opencast mining. 

Visitors can reach VINETA with the amphibious 

vehicle “Krysta”, the latest attraction in the 

New Lakeland Area. The Krysta is an American 

troop carrier, a DUKW 353 from the year 1942, 

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which was used in World War II and which is 

both landworthy and seaworthy. During the 

“Amphibious Tour”, which is unrivalled in 

Germany, guests can learn interesting facts 

about the region’s history and enjoy a picnic on 

the viewing platform of the floating church. 

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