Stuttgart High School (Germany)
Stuttgart High School is an English-language high school in southwest Germany, in Baden-Württemberg. Southwest of Stuttgart on Panzer Kaserne in Böblingen, it is operated by the United States' DODEA.
Opened in 2014, its enrollment is primarily dependents of military, civilian, and contract employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are assigned to units of the Stuttgart Military Community, which includes Patch Barracks, Robinson Barracks, Panzer Kaserne, and Kelley Barracks.
It succeeded Patch American High School, and SHS remains the only DoDEA high school in the Stuttgart area. Patch's school history, panther mascot, and colors were carried over to Stuttgart; black and gold are also the colors of host state Baden-Württemberg.
Another predecessor, Stuttgart American High School, began in 1954 at Robinson Barracks, relocated to Pattonville two years later, and closed in 1993.
Academics
The school offers the same classes typical of a high school in the United States.Courses are offered in a variety of fields:
- English
- Mathematics
- Science
- Foreign Languages
- Career and Technical
- Fine Arts
- Social Studies
- Army JROTC
- 25 AP class offerings
Administration
The current principal is Dr. Seth Stillman, with assistant principal Miata Coleman.Sports
Stuttgart High School has a large variety of sports including:- American football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cheerleading
- Cross country
- Golf
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
- Drill team
- Rifle team
Extra-curricular activities
- Zeitgeist Yearbook
- Several honor societies including:
- *National Honor Society
- *Spanish Honor Society
- *English Honor Society
- *German Honor Society
- *Quill and Scroll Honor Society
- *Thespian Honor Society
- *Mu Alpha Theta
- *National Technical Honor Society
- Model United Nations
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Bavaria District (DoDDS-Europe)