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Wiesbaden Department of Defense Schools will hold registration for next school year in the Wiesbaden Middle School gym April 18 from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and April 19 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
English as a Second Language
Army Community Service’s Relocation Readiness Program offers English as Second Language classes March 8 to April 26 at the ACS Training Room (ACS, second floor) in Hainerberg Housing. Classes will be held Wednesdays and Fridays from 4-5:30 p.m.
Parent-teacher conferences
There will be no school for students March 8 at the Wiesbaden Middle and High Schools while parent-teacher conferences are in progress.
Terra Nova testing
Photos by Wendy Brown
Kambria Price plays “Comptine D’un Autre été L’après-midi” by Yann Tiersen on the piano during the Wiesbaden Middle School Black History Month 2013 assembly in the school gym Feb. 20. Photo right: LaTayah Williams reads the poem, “Do you know who I am?” during the assembly. The event also featured singing, historic videos, speeches and a fashion show.
Parents are asked to make sure their children are well rested and ready for school March 11-15 as the schools take part in Terra Nova testing. Make-up Terra Nova testing will be conducted March 18-22.
Teacher work days
There will be no school March 29 and April 5 as teachers take part in professional development activities.
Wiesbaden Middle School celebrates Black History Month broad menu of possibilities for study of the memories and celebration of these extraordinary Wiesbaden Middle School events,” Pearson said. student Akeena Pearson’s inIn addition to Pearson’s troduction to the school’s Black well-written introduction, the History Month 2013 celebration school showcased student talmade note of several historic ent with poems, songs, a piano milestones that make this year’s performance and much more. festivities exceptional. The celebration also includ“In 1863 President Abraham ed Sgt. 1st Class Kevin White Lincoln’s deeply controversial delivering King’s “I Have a Emancipation Proclamation Dream” speech, historic videos was enacted, freeing all the provided by Michael Coleman slaves in the United States,” and a fashion show. Pearson said during a schoolThe historic videos included wide assembly Feb. 20. black-and-white news coverage “A full century later, 1963, of the March on Washington that marked the tipping point in made note of the peaceful nature the civil rights movement, the of the 200,000 people who took March on Washington, an event part in the march. that remains a living memory for “They come by train. They many older Americans today,” come by bus and by air. They she said. come from the north and the Also, 2013 marks the open- south, the east and west,” the ing of President Barack Obama’s broadcaster says in the video. second term as president of the “They come united in one cause, United States, Pearson said, and to urge Congress to pass a civil the movie “Lincoln” has opened rights bill to end the burden of a discussion in popular culture racial inequity.” about Lincoln’s presidency. Another video showed Pres“All in all, 2013 offers a ident John F. Kennedy signing chance to savor the rich and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and By Wendy Brown
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giving one of the pens to King. The act outlawed major forms of discrimination, including voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and in public accommodations. Hannah Cornish sang the national anthem. Alisha Abdon sang “America the Beautiful,” and Krishten Jenkins sang “Tell Him.” LaTayah Williams read a poem called, “Do you know who I am?” and Tiaunte Diggs recited a poem she wrote called, “Good and Bad.” “If there was no hate, could we understand love? And if there was no devil, would we appreciate the man above? Without war, could we understand peace, and if we never lost, would we pride our defeats?” Diggs said while reciting the poem. “We would never be happy if we didn’t feel sad, and we wouldn’t know the good if we never felt bad,” Diggs said. “There’s always a better outcome than what you put in, so sit back and wait, because this is just the beginning.”
Spring break
Students and teachers take a well-deserved vacation April 8-12 during spring break.
FAST classes
The Wiesbaden Education Center offers Functional Academic Skills Training classes for qualified Soldiers from March 11 to April 2, May 13 to June 4 and July 29 to Aug. 20. Classes will be held weekdays from 7:45-11:45 a.m. A pre-TABE test is required within two months of the start of each class and can be taken at the Education Center. Dates for upcoming tests are March 8, May 10 and July 26. The goal of the class is to prepare Soldiers for more advanced schooling, increase reenlistment options and enhance trainability. To be eligible to take a class Soldiers must have a GT score below 110. Soldiers can call mil 337-5559, email Jason.m.thorp.ctr@mail.mil or speak to a counselor at the center in Building 1023 (Room 120) on Clay Kaserne for more information.
Big Bucks Ball
Wiesbaden High School’s Big Bucks for College program holds a ‘70s Retro Ball (dinner and auction) March 1 at 6 p.m. at the Tony Bass Classroom on Clay Kaserne. Cost is $35 per person. The event will include a wine tasting, dinner, dancing and auction. For more information and tickets send email to bbfc.whs@fgroups.facebook.com or wiesbadenbbfc@ googlemail.com.
Medication policy
Parents are reminded that students are not allowed to have prescription or over-the-counter medication in their possession during the school day at Hainerberg Elementary School. Parents should give medicine to the school nurse to administer during the day to students. (Courtesy of the Distinguished Dachshund News)
School closure, weather information
Listen to the American Forces Network radio or check the garrison Facebook page for the latest school closure and traffic delay information. Look under the “Useful Links” button at the bottom of the page.
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