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Vol. XVI, No. 17
June 5, 2014
Inside
PWOC gears up for future endeavors
Protestant Women of the Chapel launch season with a new board, a slate of service projects and fellowship opportunities. See page 9.
Forum members address school issues
Rise in middle school test scores among topics Exploring an ironworks World Cultural Heritage Site offers a unique look at the industrial revolution, exhibits and more. See page 16.
Jam On 2
German and American students team up for another rousing evening of live music and dance at Wiesbaden High School. See pages 17 and 18.
By Karl Weisel
U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden Public Affairs Office
A dramatic increase in TerraNova scores at Wiesbaden Middle School, traffic concerns and accreditation were topics at the final Installation Advisory Committee meeting of the school year. “We had increases in test scores across the board — in 13 out of 15 of our TerraNova III test scores,” said Dr. Susan Hargis, Wiesbaden Middle School principal. The standardized tests measure student achievement nationally for students in grades kindergarten to 12. In addition to improvements on the TerraNova tests, two local Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Europe in Wiesbaden — Wiesbaden High School and Hainerberg Elementary School — also successfully underwent accreditation reviews. “Our two schools came out fully accredited,” said Peter Witmer, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden school
liaison officer, explaining that results and findings would be announced in the near future. Wiesbaden’s other two schools were fully accredited last year. Traffic issues continue to be a major topic in the vicinity of the three Hainerberg schools and in Aukamm Housing. “There is a real problem Photo by Karl Weisel on Texas Strasse (in Hainerberg Housing) as far as Dr. Dell McMullen, superintendent of the traffic in the morning and DoDDS-Europe Kaiserslautern District, thanks afternoons,” said Sharon Col. David Carstens, U.S. Army Garrison WiesO’Donnell, Wiesbaden baden commander, for his transition support. High School principal. representatives to encourage a grassroots “We’ve lost one sidewalk and we’re approach to ensuring student safety — trying to find an alternative.” parents to teach their children to only Penelope Miller-Smith, Hainerberg cross the street at crosswalks and all Elementary School principal, said the adults to keep a lookout for students construction work is impacting all crossing where they shouldn’t. He also students, not just high school students. suggested that the detour road out of the Col. David Carstens, USAG Wies- Wiesbaden Commissary parking lot be baden commander, asked the school reopened during school drop-off hours administrators and parent organization See School issues on page 11