Sports

The Sports Department uses the German curriculum (Rahmenplan) as its foundation and supplements the program to enhance the benefits for the students. The German curriculum provides general guidelines allowing for teacher flexibility.

The special JFKS curriculum includes a wide variety of sport disciplines from both the German and American cultures. Typical American sports, such as American Football, Flag Football, Softball, Lacrosse, Basketball, Cross Country, as well as typical German sports, for example, Apparatus Gymnastics, Team Handball, and Soccer are offered.

Sport activities offered this school year
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Physical Education offers the possibility of social interaction through international games and activities taught in both languages, drawing on special events and holidays from both cultures. Besides the highly important issue of physical movement, the development of social skills, fairness and integration of children who are weaker or have disabilities is especially emphasized.

In Entrance Class through 4th grade students take Physical Education classes in their homeroom groups, in 5th and 6th grade boys and girls are taught in separate classes mixed from different homerooms. In Entrance Class, students receive one hour, in 1st through 3rd grade two hours and in 4th through 6th grade three hours of instruction. In 3rd grade P.E. is taught as a year-long swimming program.

Three periods of regular instruction per week are scheduled for all students in 7th through 10th grade. In 11th and 12th grade, students meet once a week for a double-period. In 8th grade, all students travel to Austria for a two-week long ski trip.

P.E. is taught in groups which are composed of different class sections with students of different cultural and language background. The application of various organizational methods promotes permanent interaction and cooperation between students.