News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
The Backstreet Café is an exclusive, invitation-only 5-star dining experience. Few KMC residents realize this quality restaurant exists on Vogelweh, tucked in to the corner of an otherwise well-used facility.
***image1***Athanasia (Athy) Lionikis of Kaiserslautern American Middle School discusses the differences between Greek and Roman Art with her sixth-grade Social Studies students Ross Orndorff, Jada Robinson and Taylor Carman. Mrs. Lionikis was recently named the Kaiserslautern District 2005 Teacher of the Year.
***image1***Ramstein American High School jazz band members – senior Ben Eller, junior Nick Pettit, senior Josh Brunson, and senior Jorge Paz – perform May 19 in the school gym during a surprise concert in honor of band director Kent Yardley, retiring after 40 years with Department of Defense Dependent Schools.
***image1***Pfc. Melissa Choate, U.S. Army Europe Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine, shares a very large beetle May 23 with Ramstein American Elementary School first-grade students Alexis Lyn, Rachel Barfield, Kirsten McCorquodale, Jeremiah Wilson and Dayton Jenison.
Jane Bellieu, Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School Spanish and Italian teacher and Foreign Language Club sponsor, had been trying to get a student study trip to Italy on the road for two years, but the trip was always cancelled for security reasons. Finally, the approval came through.
Some people dream for a lifetime of seeing their name as author on a book cover. For Ramstein American High School senior Brianna Shaver, the dream became reality in March of this year, just as she begins to pursue other career dreams.
***image1***Dr. Barbara Ferg-Carter, Ramstein American High School principal, chats with 2nd Lt. Abraham Redoble, 435th Air Base Wing commander’s action group, during a volunteer appreciation luncheon May 16.
***image1***“We’re military kids. What’chu think about that. We move it all here. Then we movie it all back. We truck around the states, overall this land. Mom’s a military babe. Dad’s a military man.” A packed circle of more than 20 Ramstein Intermediate School deployment support group students crowded around […]
***image1***Landstuhl Elementary and Middle School third-graders Carsen Glass, Angelina Franco, Courtney McLane and Maddie Walter examine the materials needed to investigate antibubbles in seventh-grader Wes Johnson’s project at the LEMS science fair May 13.
Last updated: 10/19/2026
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