Birla High School (Senior Section)

THE GERMAN  YOUTH CAMPS (2023)

Niilesh Ghosh of class 10A attended the International Youth Camps, or “Jungendkurse”, organized by the Goethe Institut to promote cultural and educational exchange among international student communities. The International Youth Camp was held in the town of Hinterzarten, in the state of Baden Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. Niilesh was one among the nine students who were chosen to represent India at the camp, which featured 97 German learners, hailing from 19 countries. Niilesh came back with a memorable experience and said “They serve as a vehicle into different cultures, allow us to gain new insights, and most importantly, they help us forge new friendships that often last a lifetime.”

Virtual Exchange 2020-2021

THE GERMAN EXCHANGE PROGRAMME

“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” — Loren Eiseley

The German Exchange programme focusses on the magic element of the Blue Planet along with aspect of climate change. In the joint venture collaborating Birla High School, Sushila Birla Girls School (Kolkata, India) and the partner school Amandus Abendroth Gymnasium (Cuxhaven, Germany), students delve deep into various aspects of water segregated in various sub-projects. The current project tentatively focusses on the study of the Marine Habitats, socio-cultural impact on the locations and the ways of conservation. The researches would be done by both the partner schools in their respective locations and then a comparative analysis of the findings of the schools to be made to get a transcontinental view. The project has been designed in a such a way so that most of the collaborative activities can be carried on various virtual platforms, well acclimatised to the new normal pandemic situation.

VISIT TO AMANDUS ABENDROTH GYMNASIUM, CUXHAVEN, GERMANY

Fourteen students from Birla High School and Sushila Birla Girls School , accompanied by two teachers, visited Amandus Abendroth Gymnasium, Cuxhaven, in the month of May this year. This was a reciprocal visit for the ongoing Exchange programme with the partner school in Germany.

Ms Heike Keuser and Ms Katja Steinmetz teachers and the students of Amandus Abendroth Gymnasium,Cuxhaven , Germany to Birla High School from 9th-23rd January 2019.

Germany- Amandus Abendroth Gymnasium(AAG)

Nineteen students and two teachers from Birla High School and Sushila Birla Girls’ School travelled to Germany for the second part of the Student exchange programme  with the Students of Amandus Abendroth Gymnasium, Cuxhaven, Germany to work on the Project "Water" from 28th May to 12th June 2016.

The school had successfully registered on the “Partnerschulnetz” to officially look for a partner school to start an Exchange Programme and then apply for the “BOSCH” grant. In September 2011, Amandus Abendroth- Germany (AAG) and Birla High School were connected and started working on the “Carbon Footprints” Project along with the Sushila Birla Girls School and completed the Project successfully. The schools were keen to apply for the BOSCH Foundation Grant along with our German Partner AAG.

The Schools are working on the Project “Water” this year and visits are scheduled for January and May 2016. Thus this partnership too has been nurtured and is continuing successfully.