About Our School
Mission
Educate, Engage, and Empower military-connected students to succeed in a dynamic world.
Vision
Excellence in Education for Every Student, Every Day, Everywhere.
Ansbach Elementary School (generally referred to as AES), is a part of the Europe East School District and is located in Katterbach, Germany. AES is a modern, two story brick facility with general purpose classrooms, media center, and a multi-purpose room. The school opened in August 1986 and accommodates PSCD-5th grade children residing in the Bleidorn, Katterbach, and Urlas housing areas as well as several nearby German communities.
Core Values
Student Centered: Students are at the heart of all we do.
Excellence: We strive to exceed expectations in all we do.
Continuous Improvement: Our organization, its systems, and processes will be continually reexamined and improved.
Individual Potential: Individuals develop within an environment that nurtures intellectual, social, physical, and creative growth.
Lifelong Learning: Learning is an active process of discovery where we cultivate curiosity, perseverance, and the desire to learn.
Shared Responsibility: Partnerships among families, students, staff, and community members are characterized by mutual commitment and collaborative effort and enrich the lives of our students.
Trust: We value relationships based on integrity, mutual respect, and open two-way communication. We cultivate a safe and risk-free culture that encourages and inspires innovation.
Strategic Goals
Goal 1 Student Excellence: Challenge and prepare each student to maximize his or her academic growth and well-being for college, career, and life.
Goal 2 School Excellence: Develop and sustain each school to be high performing within a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and caring relationships.
Goal 3 Talent Excellence: Recruit, develop, empower, and retain a high-performing workforce.
Goal 4 Organizational Excellence: Build an enduring, accountable, and responsive organization that provides appropriate resources, direction, and support to accomplish the Mission.
Ansbach ES Principal's Vision
To provide an exemplary education that inspires and prepares all DoDEA students for success in a dynamic, global environment.
AES Literacy Goal 1:
By the end of SY 2024-2026, Ansbach Elementary School will strengthen literacy instruction for Prosed Constructed Response according to standards-based instruction (guaranteed and viable curriculum) with an increase overall by 5% in meet and exceed performance levels by students for grades 3-5 on the DoDEA CCR Summative Assessment or Benchmark Assessments (K-2 see Milestones) as well as a decrease of 3% in partially meet and do not meet performance areas
AES Math Goal 2:
By the end of SY 2024-2026, Ansbach Elementary School will strengthen constructive responses according to standards-based instruction with an increase by 5% in the meet and exceed performance levels for grades K-5 students on the DoDEA CCRSM Summative Assessment (3-5) and End of Unit Tests (K-5) with a 3% decrease in the do not meet or partially meet performance levels.
AES Behavior/Resilience in Learning Goal 3:
By the end of SY 2024-2026, Ansbach Elementary School will strengthen Tier 1 instruction for all students by ensuring all classrooms support resilience to enhance instruction and a guaranteed and viable curriculum (DoDEA adopted materials) as measured by 80% in “tier 1” in Attendance, Behavior, Grades (AGB) data.