At many schools, parents of pupils often and repeatedly complain about the same things: Overcrowded classes with (sometimes) overburdened teachers and pupils who get lost in this way of learning and are even weakened or blocked in their learning process. This often results in the child losing the desire to learn altogether.
This raises the question: can boarding schools provide a solution?
The boarding school in Kirchberg an der Jagst has always worked against this scenario. The boarding school even imposes the following obligations on itself:
- small class sizes (currently an average of 17 pupils)
- above-average commitment from the team of tutors and teachers
- Intensive supervision and support for pupils when learning and working
- adherence to the principle of focused and specific support for the children's talents
- Seeing each child as an independent personality
A boarding school with offers for a wide range of interests
The boarding school in Baden-Württemberg also offers pupils various opportunities for development outside the classroom - cultural, sporting or handicraft: on the entire grounds of the Schloss-Schule Kirchberg, but above all in the unique "Learning & Culture Workshop" at the Schloss-Schule boarding school, pupils can
- develop their creative streak by painting, drawing or making pottery
- their manual skills in carving, hammering or handicrafts
- a strong sense of rhythm when dancing, singing or making music
- and other talents
and put them to the test. The talented actors, musicians and craftspeople at the boarding school also have the opportunity to showcase their skills and benefit from comprehensive support in this area. For example, as part of a cultural supporting program at concerts or events in which former pupils of the Schloss-Schule also regularly take part, and of course also at internal school performances. Experts repeatedly confirm that children and young people benefit greatly from the community this creates and the specific performance outside the traditional school system.
Boarding schools create a good balance
Pupils from a wide range of educational backgrounds come together at the boarding school and work together respectfully. In order to maintain a certain framework for polite interaction, the pupils must of course also adhere to a number of prescribed rules. Parents can rest assured that the boarding school's reform pedagogical approach conveys values that promote respectful and tolerant interaction without losing sight of the needs of each individual child. Schools must and should set an important example here!
Feel the internationality
Like most boarding schools in Germany, the Schloss-Schule in Kirchberg am Jagst is particularly open to "globalization". The boarding school cultivates intensive school partnerships in various European countries, which is also very positively welcomed by many parents, and welcomes exchange students from abroad to Kirchberg year after year. In recent years, for example, students from China, New Zealand and Russia have visited the boarding school. Their main aim was to improve their German language skills in Central European schools and prepare for the Abitur. At the same time, the international boarders enrich life in the school community in many ways.
Conversely, boarding school students have the opportunity to take part in student exchanges with partner schools in England, France or Poland. The advantages of the international orientation of boarding schools are obvious for the pupils: also and especially in the 2020 school year - but also beyond.
- get to know other languages and cultures
- intensify their ability to speak a foreign language
- gain a certain vision
- experience encounters with other customs and traditions
- get to know other learning methods
Students can only benefit from a stay abroad and the international orientation of a school: Appreciation, self-confidence, organizational skills and independence are, after all, best strengthened and developed in practice. In this way, several cross-continental friendships have already been formed, which are maintained by the former boarding school students even after their time at school.
Internal commitment
The experienced team of tutors and teachers at Schloss-Schule Kirchberg focuses on a holistic educational concept that encourages independence, personal responsibility and responsibility towards others. For this reason, pupils at the boarding school can also get involved in various activities themselves: as mentors for younger pupils or by caring for the school's own animals, pupils at Schloss-Schule Kirchberg learn to take responsibility.