Joy Morgen, music teacher at Vogelweh Elementary School, leads the third through fifth grade students in a round of the preamble and Star Spangled Banner in honor of Constitution Day.

Kaiserslautern American Elementary School kindergartener Jake Berrett, right, and fifth-grader Michael Forzato try different sized bowling balls Oct. 31 at the Vogelweh Bowling Center. Larry Jackson’s kindergarten class and Sherry Jackson’s fifth grade class are buddy classes, with the older students mentoring the younger ones.

Mong-Lan (a renowned Vietnamese-American poet) speaks at Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School Oct 22. Having just returned from an international poetry convention in Indonesia, Mong-Lan discussed geography and gave a brief overview of Vietnamese history before presenting some of her poetry. She has been an artist-poet in residence at U.S. high schools, and enjoys working with students of all ages. One of the student’s favorite poems was “Love Poem to Spinach.” Above, fourth-graders look on as she shows the illustrations in one of her books.

Students in Mark Wilburn’s fourth grade at Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School studied green and non-green plants in science class. As a follow up activity, the class made their own root beer using yeast (a non-green plant). Here, Nina Popyk and Billie Griffin watch as Michael Bricker opens a cold one!

Ramstein American Elementary School children, (front row) Sebastian Martinez, Libby Magee and Nico Vite visit the fire station on Ramstein Oct. 26.