On International Women's Day, there was a special woman and special guest at the Schmidt School: Sally Azar, a graduate of the Schmidt School and pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land since January 2023 - the first woman to hold this position. Sally attended the Schmidt School from 2000 to 2014 and studied theology in Beirut and Germany. On this year's International Women's Day, she spoke to 11th and 12th graders about her life and the role of women in society. Many thanks to Sally for this inspiring exchange among Schmidt Girls.

Listening skills, not being afraid of challenges and self-confidence. These are the strengths a student committee member of the Schmidt Schule should possess, say Christina Mansour (9B) and Julie Ghneim (10B), the new student representatives. Apart from them, also Leila Athamneh (10B) and Amani Saleh (11S) form the student committee, as well as Wafa`a Abbassi representing the Elementary. Congratulations to the newly elected students’ council! This year topics like school uniform and library opening times are on their agenda. The representatives also want to initiate activities and projects in order to collect donations for needy local organisations.