Inside
Self-Help
White water adventures
Housing residents can pick up renovation supplies. See page 10.
To the rescue
Engineers come to the aid of goose family. See page 4.
Wiesbaden youths enjoy thrills. See page 20.
erald Union H Vol. XVI, No. 23
Wiesbaden: Your home in Germany
Welcome back Community teams up for first day of classes By Karl Weisel
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
A
s students and teachers were enjoying some well-deserved vacation time, construction
planners and administrators were hard at work reshaping the face of Wiesbaden’s schools. “This is part of the phased plan to replace
all of our school facilities in the next decade,” said Peter Witmer, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden school liaison officer. “We’ve seen Clay Kaserne transform, and now we’re transforming Hainerberg Housing. “There are a lot of moving parts,” Witmer said, explaining that the most obvious indication of that change is ongoing work on Wiesbaden High
School which sees many students attending classes in temporary classrooms while work continues to remove old structures and to put new ones in place. “The community and Department of Defense Dependents Schools have gone to great lengths to ensure that these are high quality facilities,” he said, adding, “It will See Welcome back on page 16
Aug. 28, 2014
Photo by Chrystal Smith
Photo by Karl Weisel
Parents accompany their children on the first day of classes at Hainerberg Elementary School and Wiesbaden Middle School Aug. 25. Photo above: Aukamm Elementary School Principal Barbara Mueller joins students in singing the school song on the first day.