PLAN C
MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2026
Montgomery County Schools decided to close early today, therefore the GISW is running on Plan C.
- Classes end at 1:45 pm.
- Lunch Break takes place in accordance with the regular schedule
- Buses leave school at 1:55 pm only and follow the
- Afternoon Program and Extended Care are cancelled.
- All afternoon and evening events are cancelled.
- For more details, please see the Standard Procedure for Cancellation of Classes at : /cancellation-of-classes.html
Nachdem Montgomery County heute ein vorzeitiges Unterrichtsende beschlossen hat gilt an der GISW Plan C.
- Der Unterricht endet um 13:45 Uhr.
- Die Mittagspause findet gem盲脽 normalem Stundenplan statt.
- Die Schulbusse fahren nur um 13:55 Uhr und folgen dem .
- Das Nachmittagsprogramm und die Sp盲tbetreuung finden heute nicht statt.
- Es finden keine Nachmittags- und Abendveranstaltungen statt.
- Weitere Details finden Sie im Standardverfahren zur Regelung bei Unterrichtsausfall unter: /unterrichtsausfall.html
All-Day Meeting of the Steering Committee
On December 14, 2017, the Steering Committee conducted an all-day meeting and invited a large number of guest participants: students, parents, members of the Board of Directors, faculty members and staff from the Business Office.
In the morning, after a short presentation by the Communications Director Beate Mahious and a vote on the new Steering Committee logo (see left), the following areas of the Steering Committee鈥檚 duties were discussed in small groups:
1. Starting a project group
2. Overseeing the project group鈥檚 work (鈥渃ontrolling鈥�)
3. Closing a project group
4. Promoting the Steering Committee
5. Evaluation of the survey results 2016 on the topic area 鈥淐areer and College Counseling鈥�
6. Evaluation of the survey results 2016 on topic area 鈥淐ommunication between Teachers and Parents鈥�
At noon, two presentations were held. The first was by Marlen Ascensio, coordinator of Knowledge Management at the Elementary School, who gave us very interesting insights into the excellent organization of essential Elementary School documents on the GISW One-Drive. The entire Elementary School faculty has access to folders with relevant documents sorted by topics, i.e. planning, advertising, and executing the lantern walk.
The second presentation was by Andrea Meuschke, coordinator of transition management, who explained her special focus on the orientation of new teachers that are sent to our school from the German government, the so-called Auslandsschul-Lehrkraft (ADLK). Ms. Meuschke supports these new teachers and helps them get settled in the U.S. and at our school.
In the afternoon, all participants were assigned into new groupings to work on SMART-goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic/Relevant, Timely/Timebound) for the following topics:
1. Knowledge Management / Transition Management
2. Responsibilities /Transparence/Processes 鈥� Who does what? Who reports to whom?
3. Communication between Teachers/Parents/Students 鈥� Communications Guide
4. FuF, which are individually-oriented instructional units that focus on extra coaching to improving language skills (German and English) and on challenging our gifted students 鈥� should this also be offered in grades 10-12 and in the Realschule?
5. School Spirit 鈥� How content are all community members with the school?
6. Exchange Program / Concept for Overnight Class Trips
7. School Program
8. Sports/Theatre/Music-Concepts
9. Alumni Club and Network
The members of the extended Steering Committee are:
|
Represented Group |
1st Representative |
2nd Representative |
|
Elementary School |
B. Scholl |
M. Rodrigues |
|
Preschool |
P. Rashid |
M. Khojasteh |
|
Parents鈥� Council (SEBR) |
S. Velasco |
A. Peuker |
|
Student Government (SMV) |
I. Sheldon |
F. Rother |
|
Business Office |
B. Mahious |
|
|
Board of Directors |
K. Dietrich |
D. Tawil |
|
Head of School |
P. Palenzatis |
M. Loeckmann |
|
Coordinator of the Steering Committee |
G. M眉ller |
|