Exciting school festival at the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium: Projects that inspire!

On June 27, 2025, students from the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium in Saalfeld presented diverse projects on education, art and sustainability.
On June 27, 2025, students from the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium in Saalfeld presented diverse projects on education, art and sustainability. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Exciting school festival at the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium: Projects that inspire!

On Thursday, June 27, 2025, the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium in Saalfeld celebrated a colorful school festival that had more to offer than just a reason to celebrate. There were 22 exciting student projects here that covered many great topics. The fun was not neglected, because the program ranged from a rousing aerobic performance to a fashionable fashion show to a band appearance on the open-air stage. The students not only demonstrated their talent, but also their creativity and their team spirit. According to OTZ To make the students visible.

The project "History with perpetrators and victims" was particularly revealing, in which the students visited a memorial in Erfurt. Here they dealt with the dark history of the Pot & Söhne company, which made combustion stoves for concentration camps during the National Socialism period. The examination of the survivors of the families Cohn and Cars and the rivalry among the employees was not only instructive, but also stimulated for the deep discussion.

creativity and sustainability

In the field of art and culture, the students were able to demonstrate how versatile writing can be in the project "Calligraphy with Feder and Ink". Based on Friedrich Schiller, the students experimented with various writing instruments and even with hieroglyphs. The ability to work creatively in a historical-cultural context shows that education goes far beyond the classroom.

Another impressive project was the "everything about books", in which students made book boxes, the scenes from popular stories such as the Twilight saga and "The Little Prince". Such initiatives not only promote reading of reading, but also the manual skills of the students.

Sustainable development is a central topic at the school. The "Composter made of pallet wood" project was worked on on the practical implementation of environmental awareness. In addition to the construction of raised beds and composers, the students learned how important and valuable recycling and upcycling are. A student who is new to the school and wants to become an engineer would certainly have acquired a lot of practical knowledge here.

success and awards

Class 6b of the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium also acquired the endurance badge of the DLV in MNT lessons. At the final competition in Ingelheim, the aerobic girls performed excellently and took many awards home with the Mediterranean: seven gold, three silver and two bronze. Boellgymnasium also reports that Tara Lorbert will take part in an aerobics competition abroad next weekend.

Overall, the school festival of the Heinrich Böll-Gymnasium has an urgent shown how much commitment and creativity are in school. The varied projects that promote both creativity and a sense of responsibility are fantastic examples of how education can be designed today. In view of the Federal Government's sustainability goals, which are anchored in the 2030 agenda, for example, such initiatives are more than just a change; They are an important step in the right direction, as well as Environment in class determined.

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OrtSaalfeld-Rudolstadt, Deutschland
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