Just Give Me One Moment Jan Apel
The moment I arrived at the German School, I embarked on an adventure that has lasted over 30 years. I took on this challenge knowing the need to learn the value of what life presents to you with a good attitude. I began to recognize that "what is, just is" and that the key to unlocking the reality surrounding education is not complaining bitterly and immersing yourself in self deprecation but to shift into accepting what you have on hand. How else could a sports program be so versatile and provide so many students with so many opportunities to play? Over the years many names have graced the gym with pride and perseverance. I have always been a believer that persistence propels potential to perfection. German School sports is geared to keep our students active and always looking for another challenge. We have had brother-and-sister combinations like Jascha and Jessica Fields; Alice and Jan Kretschmer; Christina
and Andrew Machanic; and Malena and Andy Lair Ferrari. We have had "family" names that provided years of athletic talent: Grebel, Jaakson, Pollak, Hodges, Reitmaier, Schultz, Von Nordheim, Bechthold, Rose and White. We also had our share of individual talents like, Franzi Martin, Chris Hall, Alex Bernard, Alex Buechler, Luca Veglio, Gregor Gaza, Stephan Deutscher, Vicky Andreas, Angie Woebking, Ludovic Bell, Philip Hinrichsen, and Sebastian Molineus. It is interesting to note that our school has had students who have participated in sports and who now work here as teachers and staff members. Who could ever forget our point guard for girls basketball, now English teacher Ms. Minami or one of our faithful spectators, Klara Hall now Counselor Fabina. The German School can also take pride in knowing it developed the character of one particularly fine student-athlete, Christoph Westphal. Today Dr. Westphak is advancing the field of medicine one cure at a time through
The Green Team throwing a green ball plays dodgeball on the green top of the Upper School during Sports Day 2009.
134 Fifty Years German School
