Prüm ES History
Opened: 1966
Closed: 1992
Pruem Elementary School was a small elementary school located in Pruem, Germany. It opened in 1966 and was located on an army/air force radar and communications site. Pruem is a small village located in the Eifel Region of Rhineland Platz.
The school had kindergarten through sixth graders, and the enrollment was usually below eighty students. Middle and high school students attended school in Bitburg.
Delores Culver was the principal for the 1980-81 school year when the first school yearbook was published. Ida Rhodes was the principal in the mid- late eighties.
The school building had a library in the middle, classrooms to the left and the gym/cafeteria towards the back. Other offices for specialists were along the back wall. The right wall facing the library was windows looking outside on a small playground. The front offices were to the right, forming a front wall/hallway.
Students participated in sports programs such as soccer and swimming on the local economy.
The school was closed in 1992.
Information Provided by Kari Bowen-Zilkenat and school yearbooks