+++ day 8 +++ New York +++ Student Report by Dennis +++
Today we drove from Fairfield to New York. After the 4 hour bus ride we arrived at the hotel and quickly occupied the rooms. Briefly, we explored Chinatown and then walked to the One World Trade Center. There we visited the 9/11 Memorial. Afterwards we went on a ferry to look at the Statue of Liberty. Then we went back to the hotel, took a little break, and then at 11 pm went to the Brooklyn Bridge at night.
+++ day 7 +++ Gettysburg +++ Student Report by Annalena and Lili +++
On Friday we went to Gettysburg with the whole group. We had a guided tour. The tour guide talked about the civil war around Gettysburg, about the generals and so on. It wasn’t really a tour for us teens because he talked to much about history and sometimes you couldn’t understand him (But as it is a school trip, a few hours of American history had to be part of the programme and didn’t do no harm – Anmerkung der Lehrer).
After the three hours tour we had lunch in a restaurant in Gettysburg where most things are made with some cheese. When we had had lunch we went shopping in the outlet of Gettysburg. The fitting rooms are a bit different to Germany, if you want to try something on you must ask someone of the shop assistants if you can get a fitting room. In the afternoon we ate dinner at home and talked a lot and the host family tried Ahoi Brause which was funny.
+++ day 6 +++ Baltimore +++ Student Report by Maike and Maren +++
On Thursday (18th April) we both and our exchange students drove to Baltimore. Baltimore has a very big and beautiful harbor. In “The Cheesecake Factory” we ate our lunch and everybody ate a very delicious cheesecake. After lunch we were at the promenade and went shopping for a bit. We also were in “The Gallery”, a shopping mall. In Baltimore it was warm (26°C) so we could walk around in a T-Shirt. In the evening we drove on the direct way to Katie (the exchange student of Laura and Sina). There we ate a very delicious pizza and hung out with some people.
+++day 5 ++++Best wishes for Good Friday from Fairfield to Morbach+++by stefan schütz++++05:18am++++
Today was our last at the Highschool so we had to say goodbye to our fellow teachers and the school administration.
This morning we had one last task when we told several classes about our home, Morbach and the Hunsrück.
Student Report by Jannik:
Today I had the incredible possibility to fly a plane myself. My host family took me to an airport in Fredericks County where we had a little flying. After that we took off. Flying a propeller – driven plane was an amazing feeling. One of many wonderful memories I got in the USA.
+++++day 4 +++ washington+++17th of April++++by stefan schütz +++5:36 am +++++18km on foot in sunny 25°C+++
+++We started early in the morning when a real American school bus took us to Washington. There, we first visited the Capitol, then many memorials and the White House, but only from the outside. We ended with visiting John F. Kennedy’s grave and the Pentagon memorial.+++
Im Rahmen des Literaturprojekts Der Troll im Wald und anderswo, das an der IGS Morbach im ersten Schulhalbjahr stattgefunden hat, pflanzten nun einige der beteiligten Jungautoren am Montag, den 15.04.2019, zwei Esskastanien im Erbach-Park in Morbach.
Unter Anleitung der Forstwirte des Gemeindeforsts Morbach lernten die Schülerinnen und Schüler, wie man Bäume richtig pflanzt, und konnten dies – mit Schaufel und Spitzhacke ausgestattet – selbstständig umsetzen. Nachdem mühevoll ein passendes Loch ausgehoben war, konnten die Bäumen ausgepackt und in den Boden gebracht werden. Anschließend wurden Kastanien noch durch eine Holzumgrenzung geschützt.
Die Teilnehmer des Literaturprojektes tragen auf diese Weise zur Nachhaltigkeit bei. Die gepflanzten Bäume bieten den Lernenden zukünftig eine idyllische Anlaufstelle, bei der hoffentlich bereits in diesem Jahr leckere Esskastanien gesammelt werden können.
Ohne die zahlreichen Spenden der Besucher der großen Projektpräsentation am 17.12.2018, wäre die Umsetzung der Baumpflanzung nicht möglich gewesen. Ein herzlicher Dank geht daher an alle Spender, sowie besonders an die Gemeindeförsterin Helena Stein, mit der die IGS Morbach im Zuge des Literaturprojekts zusammengearbeitet hat.
+++students’ reports+++from Tabea, Joanna, Johanna, Maike, Maren and David+++16th of april+++by stefan schütz +++05:27am+++
