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We set off by bus at 8:30 a.m., joining students from Spangdahlem and St.Willibrod-Gymnasium who were already on board, and headed to the reservoir in Biersdorf. Once we arrived, the first task was tracking down our exchange partners in the crowd \u2014 after that, we split into mixed groups made up of students from all three schools. Our challenge for the day: build a raft out of wooden planks and emptybarrels, then actually sail it across the reservoir. After a lot of head-scratching and hard work, every single group managed to pull it off. We then all took tothe water together and spent a solid hour and a half out on the lake \u2014 something that wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the absolutely gorgeous weather. At 1:00 p.m., it was time for all schools to pack up, say their goodbyes, and head home.<\/p>\n
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Looking back, this was just one of three great days we shared \u2014 we also got to visit our exchange partners at their school, and they came to ours in return. All in all, this year\u2019s exchange was an absolute success and honestly just a lot of fun.<\/p>\n
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Another highlight of the exchange program between St. Willibrord Gymnasium and St. Matthias School and the High School at Spangdahlem Air Base was Community Day on May 28, 2026, in Biersdorf am See.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktuelles-en"],"yoast_head":"\n