Friday, July 11, 2008, was the highlight of the school year: our neighborhood summer party was on from 3:00 until 6:00 p.m. Students from our schools, their siblings, parents, grandparents, and also our neighbors, young and old – everyone was invited to join in the fun and celebrate. While we had prepared games for every age group, one of the biggest attractions was the trampoline.
Face painting was one of the many other things the visitors were thrilled about. Our school raffle was an undisputed blockbuster. Every other ticket was a winner, and the prizes that had been donated by many sponsors were nothing to sneeze at. The main prizes for example were three train tickets to Hamburg for one passenger each. It goes without saying that we also had plenty of cold beverages, salads, coffee, cakes, and waffles.

Starting at 5:00 p.m., the junior high school hosted a cocktail party for all students and alumni. The small gym was transformed into a beach café and delicious non-alcoholic drinks and the DJ Paul’s music guaranteed good mood. The highlight of that evening was no doubt the fashion show presented by girls from grades 8 to 10, featuring styles from the postwar period until the 60ies. Chatting, hanging out, swapping memories and catching up on news – the evening was much too short.

Another special happening was the announcement of new names for our to-date nameless schools in Prenzlauer Berg. A jury selected these names from all suggestions we received upon our request: The elementary school on Christburger Straße is now officially the Christburg-Grundschule, and the junior high school bears the name Corrie-ten-Boom-Schule (subject to the legal affirmation).

(Excerpt from the Press release 9/2008 from July 14, 2008)