2014

Flying the nest - Off the sofa and into the big, wide world. From the USA to Costa Rica and from Cambodia to Spain - Those who discover a foreign country without their parents for the first time learn a lesson for life.
  • Tips for foreign-exchange visit

    Whether it´s a year abroad, language holidays, work camps or a scholarship we have picked a few useful tips and contacts for you.
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2014
  • A language-learning holiday to Costa Rica

    “An iguana in the garden”: Kristin-Noelle Krapp is 15 years old and a member of year 10 at Phorms Campus Munich. In 2013 she went to Costa Rica for five months, where she attended a bilingual school
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2014
  • Working as a volunteer in Cambodia

    “Scorpions under the pillow”: Fiona Beckmann is 16 years old and a member of year 10 at Phorms Campus Munich. She spent the summer holidays in a small Cambodian village where she volunteered at the local school
    PHOTO: PRIVATE | 2014
  • School exchange visit to Palma de Mallorca

    “Tortilla for breakfast”: Mert Kizilelma is 15 years old and a member of year 9 at Phorms Campus Berlin Süd. As part of the student exchange programme, his partner Juan first came to visit for two weeks in Germany. In May 2013, Mert was then a guest at Juan´s house in Palma, Mallorca for 14 days
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2014
  • A scholarship in Michigan

    “Ice-fishing on Lake Huron“: Laura Lütt, aged 17, spent a year in De Tour Village, Michigan, in the USA. A scholarship from the “Parlamentarisches Patenschafts-Programm” brought her to a small place with just 300 inhabitants on the Canadian border
    PHOTO: PRIVATE | 2014
  • FAMILY FOR A WHILE

    Since 2001, the family of Ursula Weißenfels has regularly welcomed exchange students into their home. She explained to us why this can be so much fun and what influence visiting students have had on family life
    PHOTO: PRIVATE | 2014
  • Every child is an individual

    Josef-Schwarz-Schule in Neckarsulm is the most recent addition to the Phorms School network. Surrounded by nature, children here learn according to a special educational concept
    AUTHOR: SILKE BRANDT | PHOTO: ANDREA USISON | 2014
  • The Facebook Bully

    A short story by Benedikt Zundel
    AUTHOR: BENEDIKT ZUNDEL IS IN YEAR 5 AT PHORMS TAUNUS CAMPUS | PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2014
  • Just what is microfinance?

    At the Phorms School in Frankfurt, students are made aware of economic relationships at an early age – both in theory and with practical examples
    AUTHOR: MAX KLINKE, YEAR 9 AT PHORMS SCHULE FRANKFURT, TAUNUS CAMPUS | PHOTO: M. ROCKSTROH-KRUFT/CARGO HUMAN CARE | 2014
  • Willow Voges Fernandes – Between skate park and film set

    Willow is a member of year 5 at Phorms Campus Hamburg. In January 2014 he played in the film “Wolfskinder” by director Rick Ostermann
    PHOTO: MEEKE VOGES | 2014
  • A school day in Tajikistan

    We look to the wider world with Mufazzal Kalandarov, 16 years old, year 10, from Shurmashk in north-west Tajikistan
    AUTHOR | PHOTO: YASEMIN ERGIN | 2014
  • Fighting hunger

    At Phorms Campus Berlin Mitte, a summit meeting is taking place for the international community. The working title is “Feed the People”. Among the representatives from 42 countries are undercover al-Qaeda agents, Julian Assange and the Pope
    AUTHOR: MARIE SCHÜTZ | PHOTO: ANDREA USISON | 2014/1
  • Foreign-exchange visit: Flying the nest

    Off the sofa and into the big, wide world. From the USA to Costa Rica and from Cambodia to Spain – those who discover a foreign country without their parents for the first time learn a lesson for life
    PHOTO: PIXABAY | 2014