This year, 6 Abitur students graduated from the German School Nairobi on the 21st of May, after completing 12 years of schooling. Marlene Zenk emerged the best Abitur student, in addition to winning the prize from the German Association of Mathematicians for her perfect score of 15 points in Mathematics.

On the 11th of March 2010, the Headmaster of the school, Mr. Siegfried Schmerbeck opened the Resource Centre of the German School Nairobi. This centre now becomes one of the 14 such centre worldwide. Its role is to promote the German language and culture, in conjunction with colleagues from DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and the Goethe Institut. The Headmaster had the honour of inviting the German Ambassador, Margit Hellwig-Boette, and the East African Coordinator of CARE International Auma Obama, who holds a doctorate in German, as Guest Speakers.

After the first break, on 14th of January 2010 the headmaster Siegfried Schmerbeck welcomed the new Kenyan students of the Parallel Programme who are going to join Class 4. The whole school community gathered as the headmaster called on each of the new students to personally welcome them in English. The new students Chelsea, Celine, Rachel and Josef were given a school calendar and a German School T-Shirt which the headmaster hopes they will wear every day. He advised the attendant students to talk in German with the “new ones” to help them with their restart after a short adaptation phase.

On Thursday 5th of November 2009 the results of the Fun Run were announced at school and the classes which ran the most laps and with raised the most money at the “Fun Run for Schools” got awarded. The balance of the run beat the goal by far: 180 runners participated, they circuited the sports ground 3431 times and collected in total a donation for the St. Augustin Learning Centre of 1,7 Mio. KSh (= ca. 16.000 Euro).

On 23rd and 24th of October the German School Nairobi celebrated its 40th anniversary. More than 200 people came on Friday evening to watch the movie “Serengeti must not die” , a movie produced over 50 years ago by Michael and Bernhard Grzimek. Afterwards dancing was going on in the tent until midnight. The project presentation during the day on Saturday found a large turnout. At the ceremonial act the ambassadors to Germany, Austria and Switzerland appreciated the previous history of the school. The Fun Run for Schools in the afternoon was a great success with more than 150 runners. And in the evening 500 people celebrated a fabulous Bavarian “Oktoberfest” at the pavilion until late at night. Even the raining season which Kenya needs so urgently took a small break and blessed us with a dry weekend.

Class 6 won the award of the “Best Class of the German School“ at the "Bundesjugendspiele" (School Athletics Competition) on Wednesday, 30th of September. The best boy was Mark Stoyke (Class 11) and the best girls were Franziska Baur and Priscilla Seidl-Schulz. The relay final was won by class 9 in an exciting run against class 6, 8 and 11.

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The Board of the German School invites all members of the German School Society to the General Meeting on Tuesday, 29 September, at 6 pm. Please find the invitation and the agenda here. 

For a number of pupils the first week after the holidays is also their first week at the German School in Nairobi. 11 new pupils (including two guest students from Germany) join the classes 2 to 12 and were therefore welcome during the opening ceremony on Monday 24^th  of August.

On Thursday 27^th of August it was the very first school day for 16 girls and 2 boys: They entered the new class 1 of the German School. The school beginner ceremony was arranged very caringly by class 2. The “big” ones welcomed their new schoolfellows with music and presented the play “The pearl” after a book of Helme Heine with great enthusiasm. For the closing of the first school day the parents of the new pupils let colored balloons fly into the sky with good wishes written for the school time of their children. 

The school invites all parents and friends of the school to participate in the adult sports. Football is played from 6.30 pm till 8 pm on Mondays. At the same time on Tuesdays we offer Volleyball and on Wednesday we invite badminton players to our sports hall from 6.30 pm on. On Thursdays Aerobic takes places from 6 till 7 pm. Everyone interested is welcome to join at any time. A list of participants is displayed at the black board of the school. Whoever would like to participate for a longer period can buy an adult sports ticket at our reception.