Thanks to all for making the annual Weihnachtsfeier on December 15 a wonderful success. Special thanks to the entire event team headed by committee member Darian Neckermann for rising to the challenge once we found out in early December that we had to move our event to a new location. Thanks to all the parents and children for coming and participating, and especially the teachers for preparing the children, most importantly our wonderful music teachers Birgit Danckert and Katja Schoenherr. Not to forget our 9th Grade students who wittingly led us through a colorful program that brought us songs such as "Hämmern, Schrauben, Kleben" (1st Grade), "In der Weihnachtsbäckerei" (3rd Grade), "Fröhliche Weihnacht" (5th Grade); poetic and theatrical presentations incl. "Draussen wirbeln schon die Flocken" (4th Grade) and the "Interview mit dem Weihnachtsmann" (8th Grade) - and much more. We are also happy to report that we have determined the winners of our Christmas quiz. The prizes, an audio CD and MC as well as the iTune gift cards will be handed to the lucky winners in January. We'd also like to extend our thanks to the Vize General Consul of Germany, Dr. Bernd Rinnert, for presenting the Certificates of the "Zentrale Deutschprüfung" to the students of last year's 10/11th grade class - all of whom passed this very demanding and difficult exam. Congratulations and a happy New Year to all our families.