Category: School

The youth red cross (JRK) in the district of kronach has elected a new leadership team. Sebastian gortler from johannisthal took over the post of head of youth work (ldja) on saturday. For the next four years, he will be assisted by florian lemnitzer as his deputy. The man from lauenstein had already held this position since frank muller stepped down as ldja at the beginning of 2012.

"I started with the JRK when i was about nine or ten years old. So I've been on the job for about 20 years now", gortler stated after his election. Despite being only 29 years old, he is an "old hand" at the youth organization of the red cross. And honorary leadership tasks are not unknown terrain for him either. For 13 years, he has been involved in the management of the JRK groups in kronach.
In kronach, he also joined the JRK himself. The camaraderie and diversity attracted him to join the youth red cross and to get involved there, as he emphasized. "Very different types of people can be met there. All walks of life are represented here.", he pointed out that the JRK has a great team spirit.

Several awards were made by the main and finance committee at its meeting on wednesday evening. Three related to the pavilion of the carl square school.
There it was about built-in furniture and wardrobes as well as the interior doors and the wall covering. The first order went to the cabinetmaker schable from goldburghausen for 114,000 euros, the doors were supplied by the cabinetmaker neser from burgebrach for 148,000 euros. This company is also responsible for the wall paneling (111,000 euros). The wardrobes consist of twelve rows with bench, hook and shelf for 25 children each. In addition, 16 fire doors and 19 other interior doors are installed. The wall cladding includes the inner checkroom block as well as the fall protection, i.E. The breastwork in the atrium. Two trades fell short of the estimate by a total of just under 40,000 euros, one exceeded the calculation by 28,000 euros. All three, however, they were very much below the most expensive offered.
Bernhard schwab (CSU) was irritated by the fact that the upper floor is being removed at the same time. Schwab recalled the city council's decision in 2016 that this floor would be prepared but not yet built out. A separate resolution was then needed for this, which schwab missed. Albert geinzer from the building authority affirmed that the city council is aware of the complete expansion. The rooms are also needed as temporary quarters for the renovation of the school next door. Mayor german hacker (SPD) informed the other day in the FT interview that the expansion was approved with the 2017 budget. 

The starting point for an unusual project day at volkach primary and secondary school was the town of volkach’s application for the title of "fair trade" town.

Schoolchildren, teachers and the school administration saw it as an exciting challenge to deal with the topic more intensively in various teaching areas and at the same time to support the city in its application.

As part of the district fire department’s fire safety education program, a four-day course on the proper handling of hand-held fire extinguishers was held at the lichtenfels secondary school. The infomobil "handfeuerloscher" came to the scene of the state firefighters’ association and the bavarian chamber of insurance after lichtenfels.

Practice in the foreground

The fire department wanted to point out the correct behavior in case of danger by a targeted fire protection education and clarification, starting from the kindergarten over the schools up to the adults. Thomas walther of the state firefighters’ association led the campaign "really put out the fire" with the help of district fire chief sigrid mager through. Beside the theory naturally the practice stood in the foreground.

Karl-heinz hofmann reitsch- the students of the all-day class 4a at the "gluck auf-elementary school stockheim underwent a self-defense course in the gym of the school building in reitsch. In addition to their ju-jutsu certificate, they were also presented with the female yellow belt as proof of having passed a self-defense course. You are now entitled to wear this performance belt on your budo clothing.

Principal astrid kestel was pleased that 15 graduates passed the exam in front of their parents as attentive spectators. And congratulated on the award. She quoted from the mission statement of the elementary school, which says: "together we will create a good and safe school for all of us!" One of the goals is that the children entrusted to the school grow up secure, self-confident and strong for life.

Upper franconia's industry is one of the fastest growing in all of bavaria. This was emphasized by minister-president horst seehofer again recently. This may also be due to the fact that the region, located on the border of the former iron curtain, started from a comparatively low level. But numerous innovative ideas and unique concepts have meant that upper franconia is not in as bad a position as its reputation often suggests.

So it's no wonder that our neighbor in saxony wants to learn a thing or two from us. The dual university in kulmbach, for example. A delegation of saxonian and bavarian fdpls therefore visited the vocational school center in kulmbach to find out about the concept.

One day before the start of the new school year, 14 prospective teachers in the area of elementary and secondary schools were sworn in at the district office of kitzingen for their preparatory service. They swore allegiance to the constitution of the federal republic of germany and to the bavarian constitution, a press release states.

The head of the state education authority, krause, described the responsible task that the young padagogues now faced. In fulfilling them, he wished them patience, diplomatic skill and joy, and characterized steadfastness as well as flexibility as necessary prerequisites for the successful pursuit of the teaching profession.

The skilled carpenter has always been fascinated by working with wood. In a conversation with pastor alfred beiber almost a year ago, the idea of building various nativity scenes began to grow in him. "There was no fixed plan, the project is developing in progress", he says today.

His enthusiasm for his new hobby of art is obvious. He benefits from the good relationship with his former employer, holzbau kaul. He learned his trade there and also obtains wood, some of it 300 years old, for his work on buildings for the day nursery.

At the suggestion of the kulmbach district crafts association and the chamber of handicrafts for upper franconia, uwe krautz was awarded the title of "deserving trainer" by the bavarian ministry of economics has been honored. During the presentation ceremony, the head of the kulmbach district craftsmen’s association, reinhard bauer, said that uwe krautz, as manager and operations manager of the lauterbach butcher’s store in kulmbach, had made an extraordinary commitment to training over a period of almost 20 years.

"Over 100 young people have undergone excellent and successful training since the company was founded. If we are talking about an award for uwe krautz, then it is also an award for the lauterbach butcher’s shop", said bauer. Krautz is also the long-standing head of the butchers’ guild in kulmbach, is a member of the journeymen’s examination committee for butchers and the committee for apprentice disputes, and is also responsible for auditing the accounts of the kulmbach district craftsmen’s association.

This time the cheers were particularly loud. With jan heckmann from jean-paul-gymnasium in hof and ann-kathrin ohlmann from e.T.A.-this year, two contestants from the hoffmann high school in bamberg will compete in the bavarian state reading competition of the german book trade on wednesday, 8. May, represented in schweinfurt.

The two upper franconian reading champions prevailed against strong competitors at the district decision in the geratemuseum des coburger landes in ahorn. At the very beginning in the fall of 2012, a good 700,000 schoolchildren from the sixth grades throughout germany are in the 54. German book trade’s reading competition competed for. There are not so many of them left for the district decisions.