European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 16 the stars and stripes to Doy March 26, 1968 ski special _ who see school s Snow fun editors note Spring is Here. Mos kids looking ahead to easter and sum Mer vacations hardly regret the pass ing Winter. Not so 11-year-old Ramona Wood daughter of to and mrs. Wayne Wood Heidelberg. As far As she s concerned its going to take a lot for Vaca Tion time to top the fun she had in school this year. She was one of the Lucky sin and 6 the Grade dependent youngsters who spent one week of classroom work at the Chi Emsee recreation area where the three is were combined with instruction in skiing. The recently completed ski school run by the Berchtesgaden recreation area offered the children a Hance to learn the sport from european ski instructors while keeping up wit their Normal school work by Ramona Wood the most important and fun part of ski week was the skiing. I went there to Chi Emsee recreation area with my sixth Grade class from Heidelberg elementary no. 1. Schoolchildren from Karlsruhe Mannheim and Vorms also were there. At first i did t like skiing because we had to go Uphill but i changed my mind As soon As we started Down the slopes. I was t afraid of falling because when you fell it Hurt your Ankles a Little but that s All. The first Day All the beginners were failing and we laughed a lot my instructor was called Anciel the first thing to taught me was How to get up once i fell. One of the funniest sights on the slope was the runaway skis. When Many of the students fell their skis would come come off and go sliding Down the Hill a themselves. During the week we had a schedule to follow. Monday a group Heidelberg elementary schools 1 and 2 would skin the morning and have school from 1 to 4 . A group Karlsruhe Mann Heim and Worms schools would do just the opposite. The next Day it would be reverse sometimes we would do special things for school. For instance we visited a woodcarving shop and King Ludwit a . I was very old and Bare inside the Castle but it was Beautiful Withall i he Gold in the room that were Furm sned the fun i at the hotel tasted very specially when we just came in three hours of skiing. The students my school took up five of the Man tables. After dinner there  either a Ino i slides or a Sovilj fest. One night there i i a Havana show for us to watch. There were Many Havana boys and some adult couples. After the wonderful show was Over i Learned to do a i a Varian dance from two boys and was not a planned part of the is classes were More fun at the he Thiol. We studied about g i a i e cheese i Iol Nii and Swiss and a my anti ski week badges. The week of learning to ski a e  Lynn that has happened bluer i be been ill Kallope. I d lit Back Hie Nim 1 Don t think the enough for anyone learning bavarian Dank r s classes were More fun at the ski school says Ramona shown Here during English studies. On the slopes Ramona proved an Apt Pupil s u to highest Grade Given for course did " " jul  turns but loss pc a Point when Ilu Tell i "