Amberg ES History
Opened: 1946
Closed: 2008
Amberg American Elementary School was located in the northern portion of the district of Bavaria. The elementary school was located on Pond Barracks, just a twenty-minute walk from the heart of the old town of Amberg. The school was housed in a former German Army Cavalry building along with three attached prefabricated classrooms. There was also a library, office area, teacher’s lounge, and several smaller storage rooms. Support services were provided by a learning development specialist, social worker, host nation teacher, and learning resource specialist. Additional services were provided by the Nuernberg Educational Services Center.
Amberg was one of the first schools to open in Germany after World War II. It was originally part of the Erlangen District. The district had 115 students in fourteen schools. By the 1953-54 school year, Amberg American Elementary School had sixty-three students in grades one through eight. The principal was Joseph Russo.
Construction of a new school began in 1985. The new school was a multi-room, multi-purpose, red brick building with a large play area and sports complex. By the late eighties support services were provided by a learning development specialist, host nation teacher, and learning resource specialist. Itinerant specialists provided services for art, music, and physical education.
The school enrollment in the eighties started with 135 students and by the end of the decade the student population was 235 students in K-6. By the nineties, the enrollment ranged from 135 for the 1993-94 school year to 163 for 1994-95 to a low of 120 in 1998-99. In 2000-01 there were just over 100 students enrolled at the school.
The school principal for the 1998-99 school year was Carl McClelland. There were six classroom teachers and six specialists. Parent volunteers provided programs for music, art, and physical education.
The school mascot was the Mustang. The school closed in 2008.
Information from DoDDS School Information Guides and school yearbooks