Tag: School

We usually slept in on weekends but today, I signed my girl up for Saturday academy or Samstagakademie at third gymnasium. Yes, our dorf/bukid has 3 gymnasium. Can u believe that? Given that Germany has low birth rates similar to South Korea and Japan, I wonder if they have problems filling their rooms with kids….

School System in Germany is confusing for someone like me who came from the carabao island. Primary school from grade 1 to 4 is the same for all. Afterwhich, depending on their grades, kids are segragated between hauptschule (lowest) realschule (middle) and gymnasium (highest). But what is this oberschule and mittelschule about and where do…

Pre-enrolling my girl for gymnasium but it will be finalized only if she gets a recommendation for it. So far her grades is 1 in Mathe, 2 in German and 2 in Science. She just needs to continue working for 1 or 2 until next year and she will surely get the recommendation.  We have…

Girl’s school will have a new meal service provider. Food is prepared on site instead of being delivered from who knows where. There will be a fresh food counter offering fruits, vegetables, salad and desserts for kids to choose by themselves. Its like being in hotel and it costs 4,7 euro or about 300 pesos…