50th Jubilee Booklet - The School for the German Language Inc

50th Jubilee Booklet - The School for the German Language Inc

Celebrate!
We are the German School 2009
50
th
Jubilee
50 years School for the German Language in Adelaide, South Australia
Message from the Principal
2009 is the year in which the German Language School
celebrates its 50th Jubilee in Adelaide. Founded in 1959
by Josef Landherr with one teacher and ten students, the
school has steadily grown to an enrolment of around 135
students and 13 teachers. It maintains a good reputation as
one of the most respected Ethnic Schools in Adelaide.
From the Playgroup via Kindergarten to Year 12
level from which students may matriculate to University, the
children come voluntarily every Saturday morning to learn
and maintain the German language and culture.
The school is grateful for the ongoing financial support
from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany,
the Commonwealth Government of Australia and the State
Government of South Australia. This enables school fees to be
kept at a minimal level and thus affordable for all families who
Jens Sandström, Principal
wish to take advantage of the opportunity for their children to
learn the German language in such a supportive environment.
Highly qualified teachers from Germany, Austria and
Australia ensure that the curriculum is both academic and of
high quality. The element of fun plays a vital role as students
do come in their own free time from 9.00 am to 12 noon
every Saturday. Speaking, listening, understanding, reading
and writing is taught in the framework of songs, poems,
stories and games that introduce the children to the culture
and customs of the country.
The Josef Landherr and Hermann Thumm Foundation
Inc. started ten years ago, financially supports two or three
students each year to be sent on a study tour to Germany.
This provides experience for students born in Australia, to further develop their German language.
On such a momentous occasion as the celebration of 50 years of the school, it is important
to recognise the contribution of the many teachers and families who have passed through our
school in that time. As we reflect on their good work and strong foundation, the future teaching
and learning of the German language and culture within the school in the years to come, is firmly
within our grasp. I commend you all to continue with enthusiasm, the work begun so long ago.
Jens Sandström
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50 Jahre Schule der deutschen Sprache in Adelaide / Südaustralien
Vom Schulleiter
2009 ist das Jahr, in dem die Schule der Deutschen Sprache, the German
Language School in Adelaide, ihr 50-jähriges Bestehen feiert. Die1959 von
Josef Landherr gegründete Schule, welche damals mit einer Lehrerin und
zehn Schülern startete, ist ständig gewachsen und wahrt auch heute mit rund
135 Schülern und 13 Lehrkräften ihren guten Ruf als eine der angesehensten
ethnischen Schulen in Adelaide.
Von der Spielgruppe und dem Kindergarten bis hinauf zur zwölften
Klasse, die zur Universität führt, kommen die Schüler freiwillig jeden
Samstag in die Schule, um die deutsche Sprache und Kultur zu lernen oder
beizubehalten.
Die Schule ist dankbar für eine kontinuierliche finanzielle Unterstützung,
die sie von der deutschen Bundesregierung sowie auch von der australischen
und südaustralischen Regierung erhält. Hoch qualifizierte Lehrkräfte aus
Deutschland, Österreich und Australien sorgen für einen Lehrplan, der nicht
nur rein akademisch ist. Der Unterricht soll in erster Linie Spaß machen, denn
letztlich kommen unsere Schüler in ihrer Freizeit von 9.00 bis 12.00 Uhr am
Samstagmorgen zu uns. Das Deutsch sprechen, Hören, Lesen und Schreiben
wird mit Hilfe von Liedern, Gedichten, Geschichten, und Spielen gelernt, die
den Schülern die deutsche Kultur, Sitten, Gebräuche und das Land vorstellen.
Die Josef Landherr and Hermann Thumm Foundation Inc. ermöglicht
zwei oder drei Schülern jährlich einen Schüleraustausch in Deutschland.
Für die in Australien geborenen Schüler ist das natürlich ein einmaliges
Erlebnis und eine hervorragende Gelegenheit zur Förderung ihrer deutschen
Sprachkennntnisse.
Das 50-jährige Jubiläum der Schule gibt auch Anlass, für die
Leistungen von Lehrern und Eltern zu danken. Wir freuen uns über den
großen Enthusiasmus, mit dem die Eltern und Lehrer von heute die
erfolgreiche Zukunft der Schule garantieren.
Sturt Street School Campus.
Jens Sandström
Adelaide High School Campus.
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Josef Landherr gründete die heute anerkannte Musterschule der
ethnischen Gemeinschaft Brief English Translation
Once born out of necessity and tradition …..Now an asset for the future
German Ethnic and Bilingual
Schools in South Australia
50 Years of learning at the School
for the German Language Jens Sandström
Hans Renner
In 2009 the School for the German Language celebrates its fiftieth anniversary.
On the 26 September 1959 Mr Josef Landherr founded the
German Saturday School at the German Association (Südaustralischer
Allgemeiner Deutscher Verein) in Flinders Street Adelaide with ten pupils and a
female teacher.
Since its inception in 1959 the school has grown steadily. In 2009
we have 13 teachers teaching 135 students, beginning in Pre-school and
Reception through to Year 12. In 2002 the school, together with a group of
parents began the German Playgroup.
The Playgroup provides an opportunity for children under 4 years to
hear and use the German language in everyday situations. The playgroup also
provides an opportunity for German speaking parents to get together.
Over the past few years, the school has moved premises due to the
increasing number of students attending the school. The majority of classes
are now held at Adelaide High School on West Terrace, while the Pre-school
and Reception years meet at Sturt Street Primary School. The Playgroup
meets casually at the German Association after drop-off for older siblings.
The school is grateful for the financial support it receives from the German
Government, the Australian Commonwealth and State Education Department
which deserve recognition for their commitment to assist multicultural education.
The German post-war migrants to Australia have grown up and most
of our present day students are from mixed Australian and German speaking
backgrounds of young families.
Qualified teachers, specialised books, games and methods have made
our school a model for Multicultural Education in South Australia.
Our curriculum is not restricted to academic learning, especially in the
classes for beginners. We teach by the use of songs, poems, stories and games to
let the children become familiar with German speaking culture and its customs.
In memory of our founder the “Josef Landherr Memorial Trust Fund” was
initiated for the benefit of selected diligent and deserving students of our school.
The Josef Landherr and Hermann Thumm Foundation Inc. was
subsequently established as part of the fortieth year celebrations.
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Schülerinnen and Schüler der Deutschen Sprachschule Adelaide bei Freizeitaktivitäten (St Marys Campus).
Pastor Kavel.
Klemzig.
“The day’s studies were just being finished. Mr Kavel (the pastor) was teaching
some dozen male urchins and his wife, a like number of females. These
disappeared in all directions on the word of permission being given.”
So wrote a septuagenerian in the “South Australian Register” in 1878
recalling his visit to Klemzig early in 1839, three years after the first white settlement
in South Australia. The children and Pastor were German Lutherans. Almost
certainly the first ethnic school in Australia.
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cultural and linguistic diversity in 19th century Australia
German Lutheran Schools
Although most of the work was done outdoors, the children kept regular
school hours and received in the words of the “South Australian” newspaper
from 1839: “tuition from the excellent and indefatigable pastor”. “Der
Lutherische Schulbote fuer Australien”, the teachers’ magazine of one of the
Australian Lutheran churches of the time, declared in its issue dated July
1895: “After biblical history and catechism, German language is the most
important subject in our schools.” Because German is our mother tongue it
takes the first place in our practical lives. But it is of great harm to a citizen of
this country not to have learned the English language of the land sufficiently. In
no way of life can the citizen of this country do without the English language.”
The German School in Wakefield Street, Adelaide, was founded in 1866
The Founding of the German School
There were some 20 German Lutheran
schools by 1870 and in 1900 there were 48.
There is considerable evidence of cultural and
linguistic diversity in 19th century Australia
which was reflected in schooling. Prior to
World War I education was not necessarily an
exclusively English domain. There were, for
instance, 60 bilingual German-English schools
run by Lutheran churches in the year 1916
(49 in South Australia, 10 in Victoria and 1 in
New South Wales).
“DIE DEUTSCHE SCHULE” (The
German School) in Wakefield Street, Adelaide,
was founded in 1866 by Theodor Niehuus and
Adolph Leschen. In “THE HISTORY OF ST
PETERS” by Elisabeth Warburton, the school,
its founders and students are mentioned in
relation to the “Maid and Magpie Hotel”.
The Maid and Magpie Hotel held an
The German School.
annual festival for children from “Die Deutsche
Schule” Wakefield Street. This school was run
by Adolph Leschen and Theodor Niehuus, a gymnast and a linguist from Kiel
who were highly regarded in their new country. The newspapers followed the
events in detail, admiring the way in which they passed off successfully.
Over ninety children would assemble in front of the school at 8.00 am
and march in procession behind a band, as they loved to do, with banners and
streamers flying. They were off to a VOGELSCHIEßEN, or bird-shoot, held at
the back of the Maid and Magpie. The boys shot with a crossbow at a wooden
eagle fixed high on the end of a pole. Elisabeth Warburton goes on quoting
the ‘Register, 10 November 1868,’ “The shooting commenced about 10 and
continued until 2 o’clock. After the various parts of the body of the bird had
been shot away and nothing was left but the trunk, the boys competed for
the kingship. At the conclusion of the firing the children were liberally regaled
with coffee and cake, after which various pastimes occupied them. They again
assembled at 6 o’clock and marched back in procession to the school.”
Time Table for the German Lutheran School, 1896.
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the school was founded by Josef Landherr On September 26th 1959
the school was founded by Josef Landherr On September 26th 1959
Early Days
The School’s First Day
Rosemarie Gerken with students on the first day of German School 26 September, 1959.
from left to right Rosemarie Gerken (Teacher), Monika Busemann,
Ingrid Ikkert, Margitta Krause, Rosalie Molkenthien, Anthony Molkenthien,
Wolfgang Ebert, Thomas Demmler, Stefan Landherr, Siegfried Ebert,
Rolf v. Hedenström.
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Josef Landherr and teachers.
from left to right Fr. Krievs, Hr. Büssing, Fr. Bihari, Frl. Köllner,
Hr. Landherr, Fr. Sanders, Fr. Kieslinger, Hr. Hans Kieslinger.
During the 1960’s the German School expanded rapidly, with classes for
students from junior primary to senior high school. By arrangement with
the local principals and the Department of Education, the German School
was able to use (on Saturdays) several classrooms in the old Flinders Street
Primary School and later in Gilles Street Primary School.
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the begininings of the School for the German Language in Adelaide
The Josef Landherr and Hermann Thumm Foundation Inc
Josef Landherr the Founder
Josef Landherr.
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On 26 September, 1959 the school was founded by
Josef Landherr whose vision it was, to keep alive the
German language brought to this country by the many
migrants of German origin in the early 1950’s. It was
his fervent wish that a school should evolve that would
cater for the children of those migrants and for future
generations.
Josef Landherr was born in 1913 in the village of
Putinci in the Ost-Syrmien region of the Austrian Empire
(now part of Serbia). He learned the trade of cabinetmaker and moved to the town of Novi-Sad where he
met and married Adelheid and they had two children.
When the Second World War broke out, he was drafted
into the German Army and later spent some years as
a prisoner of war. Meanwhile his family, like millions of
others of German descent in Eastern Europe, had been forced to abandon
their homeland and flee to West Germany where he eventually joined them.
The family lived for several years in a refugee camp in the town of Nürtingen
in Baden-Württemberg, where his third child was born. In 1954, Josef and
Adelheid decided to seek a better life for their children in a new country and
the family migrated to Australia, settling in Adelaide.
Josef continued his trade as cabinet-maker and also became very
involved in the Adelaide German Club. He remembered that he was not
allowed to attend a German school after 1918 when all German village
schools in the newly created Yugoslavia had to close, and he did not want
the children of the post-war migrants to suffer the same fate in their new
country, Australia.
On 3 February 1977, Josef Landherr was awarded the
BUNDESVERDIENSTKREUZ AM BANDE (the German Cross of Merit) for his
work in founding and leading the School for many years. He was one of the
pioneers of the modern multiculturalism in South Australia. He died on
1 February 1991, but his legacy lives on.
The Josef Landherr and Hermann Thumm Foundation Inc
The Josef Landherr and Hermann Thumm Foundation was established in
September 2000 with generous assistance from Mr Hermann Thumm to
commemorate the dedication and achievements of Mr Josef Landherr, the
founder of the German Language School in Adelaide.
The Foundation’s purpose is to assist the School for the German
Language Inc. with financial aid and to facilitate an Australian-German student
exchange program for students from the School. Since 2004, the Foundation
has sponsored 11 student exchanges with schools and families in Alzenau
(Bavaria), and another 3 students are going later this year. The Foundation
is governed by a Board headed by Mr Henry Ritter, a long-serving former
President of the School Committee. Other Board members include the School
Principal (ex-officio), a representative of the German Club, parents of previous
exchange students, and several former teachers and students of the School.
For further information contact the Secretary, Stefan Landherr, via the School.
GERMAN VOICE ON RADIO 5EBI-FM -
From 15 Year Jubilee Publication of the German Voice in 5EBI Radio 1992
For the last few years students and teachers of the School for the German
Language, founded in 1959 by Mr Josef Landherr, produced and presented
radio programmes on 5EBI-FM.
Under the enthusiastic direction of the school’s Principal, Mr Jens
Sandström with the help and guidance of EBI Chairman Walter De Veer and
the technical assistance of EBI Production Co-ordinator Henk de Weerd and
Technician Andy Wlodarczak, these programmes went to air directly from the
schoolrooms and from the studios of 5EBI.
The students sang, read and recited German and brought tears of
joy to the eyes of listeners, who were reminded of their own school days
and childhood.
The yearly Christmas programme during the time of Advent has many
grateful listeners.
The School of the German Language is the first Ethnic School to
produce such programmes on Radio 5EBI-FM.
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The Landherr Thumm Foundation
The Landherr Thumm Foundation
An Exchange Experience in Bavaria
Ingos’ Student
Exchange in Germany
In the last summer holidays I
spent 8 weeks in a small town
called Alzenau in Bavaria.
I lived with a very nice
host family. The name of my
host brother was Niklas and we
got on very well. My exchange
was great fun and I learned a
lot about Germany as well as
the German language. The first
two weeks I found it a bit hard
to communicate but after that I
understood everything.
I was greeted by my host brother and we could speak easily
about music, movies and sport. I watched many films during my stay
where the actors spoke slowly so that I did not need sub-titles. My
host family gave me many books which are no longer so difficult for me
to read titles such as: ‘Chocolate for Breakfast’, ‘Bridget Jones’ Diary’
and ‘Harry Potter’.
My time was so terrific that I am already saving up for another
trip as well as to visit my host family.
I loved the Alzenau Exchange very much and it was a wonderful
opportunity to improve my language skills.
Austausch Erfahrung in Bayern
Ingos Austausch
Erfahrung
In den letzten Sommerferien
habe ich 8 Wochen in einer
Kleinstadt, namens Alzenau, in
Bayern verbracht. Ich habe bei
einer sehr netten Gastfamilie
gewohnt. Mein Gastbruder hieß
Niklas und wir sind sehr gut
miteinander ausgekommen. Mein
Austausch hat großen Spaß
gemacht und ich habe auch sehr
viel gelernt über Deutschland
wie auch die deutsche Sprache.
Die ersten zwei Wochen habe
ich etwas schwer gefunden mich mit anderen Leuten zu unterhalten
aber danach habe ich fast alles verstanden. Die Klasse von meinem
Gastbruder hat mich auch begrüßt und wir konnten ohne Probleme
über Musik, Filme und Sport reden. Als ich da war, habe ich sehr viele
Filme angeschaut, wo die Schauspieler langsam genug redeten, so
dass ich keine Untertitel brauchte. Von meiner Gastfamilie habe ich
auch viele Bücher bekommen, die ich jetzt nicht mehr so schwer finde,
zum Beispiel Schokolade zum Frühstück: Das Tagebuch der Bridget
Jones und auch Harry Potter. Meine Zeit dort war so schön, dass ich
jetzt schon darauf spare wieder nach Deutschland zu fahren und auch
meine Gastfamilie wieder zu besuchen. Der Alzenau Austausch hat mir
so gut gefallen und ich glaube es ist eine wunderbare Gelegenheit die
Sprache zu verbessern.
A short report from Ingo Block about his exchange experience
(in Nov 2008 - Jan 2009).
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CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION from the Ethnic schools board
The Committee Members
Meeting the Criteria
Front row
Jens Sandström, Gabriele Hilpert, Jacqueline Schaare and Jeffrey Colby.
BACK rowBeate DeMaria, Leo Gaggl, Dr. Petra Lietz, Klaus Köfer, Anne-Marie Giles.
Absent
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Verena Colby, Ante Donjarkovic, Renee Fenton-Mair.
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2009 STURT STREET COMMUNITY SCHOOL CAMPUS teachers
Pre-School and Reception
2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS teachers
Years 1 to 12
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Jacqui, as far as I know Alexandra Emmerich and Tina Demann are
teacher aides and only Denise Dejung is actually the teacher (see also
page 20 were it is correct)
Front rowAlexandra Emmerich (Teacher’s Aide), Sabine Williams (Year 6/7/8), Ulrike
Glinzner (Year4), Sylke Roberts (Teacher’s Aide), Jens Sandström (Principal),
Monika Campbell (Muttersprachler/Mother Tongue).
left to RIGHTAndrea Tschoner (Reception/Preschool),
Dr. Sabine Orchard-Simonides (Reception/Preschool/Deputy Principal),
Carola Ascher Tharp (Reception/Preschool/ Teacher’s Aide).
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BACK rowWaltraud Parker (Year 10/11), Jutta Fiebig (Year 5),
Tina Demann (Teacher’s Aide), Iris Strobl (Year 3),
Erika Schrefl-Wurzer (Year 2), Mechthild Timmins (Year 12).
AbsentDenise Dejung (Year 1), Oliva Handt (Relief Teacher),
Karen Noblet (Adult Class).
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2009 STURT STREET COMMUNITY SCHOOL CAMPUS classes
Pre-School Class
Reception Class
TeachersDr. Sabine Orchard-Simonides, Andrea Tschoner,
Carola Ascher Tharp (Teacher’s Aide).
TeachersDr. Sabine Orchard-Simonides, Andrea Tschoner,
Carola Ascher Tharp (Teacher’s Aide).
Front rowMia Jersmann, Oliver Hallam, Anika Ganama, Jakob Struve, Skye Demann,
Chiara Kukowetz, Karoline Steiner.
Front row Liam Böttger, James Pope, Daniel Potter, Oliver Thöny, Cody Scanlon,
Madeline Dumuid, Kira Otterbach, Stephanie Jersmann,
Enoch Matheson Fandrich.
BACK rowLouis Regenberg Drew, Sophia Potter, Emma Guenther, Stephanie Dumuid,
Abigail Fandrich, Mary Riding.
Absent
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2009 STURT STREET COMMUNITY SCHOOL CAMPUS classes
Jayden Bertram, Raphael Schmidt, Rommy Snoad.
BACK rowJannis Krampe, Maximilan Söster, Eleanor Colby, Ellen Voss, Noah Wiebe, Eva
Marker, Sebastian Kruse.
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2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
Year 1
Year 2
TeachersSylke Roberts (Teacher’s Aide), Tina Demann (Teacher’s Aide), Denise Dejung,
Alexandra Emmerich (Teacher’s Aide).
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Erika Schrefl-Wurzer
Front rowLeah Roberts, Jessica Glaetzer, Eliza Fenton-Mair, Adelyn Lovas-Tiong,
Adden Chin, Kurt Thöny.
Teacher
BACK rowJoseph Riding, Noel Burkhardt, Oliver Snoad, Helen Mulder, Evelyn Lietz,
Samara Ball.
Front rowMoa Zingg, Lilly Drapaniotis, Hagen Steiner, Oliver Shacklock,
Felix Otterbach.
AbsentLexi Martin, Lucas Martin, Zane Brunnthaler, Cielo Essling,
Konstantin Lobmayr.
Middle rowAnna Wiebe, Saskia DeMaria, Lillian Griffith.
BACK row
Judah Tan, Jacob Marker.
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2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
Year 3
Teacher
Year 4
Iris Strobl
Front rowJo Roberts, Louise Sansone, Rafael Gysin-Webster, Markus Bleicher,
Daniel Riding, Michael Riding.
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Teacher
Ulrike Glinzner
BACK rowZahra McDonald, Naomi Burkhardt, Emilee Böttcher, Sophie Williams,
Angela Lovas-Tiong.
Front rowJennifer Mulder, Saxon West, Amelia Orchard, Aina Guidolin, Liv Zingg.
AbsentAnna Bajerke, Romy Grasel, Niklas Lobmayr, Alexandra Schmidt, Joel Wiebe.
AbsentMorris Colby, Conner Tharp, Franziska Bunkenburg-Lee.
BACK row
Liv Giles, Zara Fenton-Mair, Sascha Demann, Meg Pope.
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2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
Year 5
Years 6, 7 and 8
TeacherSabine Williams
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Teacher
Jutta Fiebig
Front row
Lucy Shacklock, Sophie Griffith, Sonja Hilpert.
Front row Paul Manser, Catherine Balnaves, Sasha Guidolin, Eleanor Pope,
Casey Tharp.
BACK row Ryan Richards, Aaron Hin Chin, Daniel DeMaria, Leonard Steiner,
Matthias Orchard.
BACK rowDaniela Gaggl, Martina Ilic, Jaide Vogler, Seren West, Emma Jensen,
Joshua Earle, Stephan Köfer.
AbsentLaura Köfer, Sebastian Gaggl.
Absent
Kristie Cox, Kimberley Fiedler, Jasmin Manetta.
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2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
Muttersprachlerklasse Mother Tongue Class
Years 10 and 11
Teacher
Teacher
Front rowElisabeth Schrefl, Johannah Clezy.
Front rowThea Debler-Depold, Lily Robinson, Grace Banner,
Katherine Murray-Smith, Heidi Miller.
BACK rowTom Fiebig, Benjamin Kropf, Jonas Humaid.
BACK rowEmma Stone, Veronica Pletiak, Martin Manser, Mitchell Jensen.
Absent
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Waltraud Parker
Monika Campbell
Marieke Andersson, Julia Köfer.
Absent
Dylan Spillane
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2009 Adelaide High School CAMPUS classes
Year 12
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Jacqui, I would delete the hyphens for all three exchange students. The absent
exchange student’s family name could be Böhm instead of Böhn.
Teacher
Mechthild Timmins
Left to RightJessica Gysin-Webster, Austauschschülerin Katarina Muhn, John Clezy,
Austauschschülerin Tina Koch, Kate Jensen, Andrea Kaunesis.
AbsentIngo Block, Anna Köfer, Alexander Kropf, Austauschschüler - Niklas Böhn.
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