A New Beginning
Hello everyone, and welcome to the very first post on our brand-new exchange blog connecting NORD Gymnasium in Potsdam, Germany and O’Gorman High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA ! This space was created to bring our two school communities closer together—across languages, cultures, and an entire ocean. Here, students and teachers from both schools can share experiences, ideas, questions, and insights about daily life, education, traditions, and everything inbetween. Whether you are participating in the exchange program, interested in international perspectives, or simply curious about how teenagers live and learn in another part of the world, this blog is for you. In the weeks ahead, we hope to upload videos of our students showing our new friends at O’Gorman High School our new building, as well as how the Christmas spirit has arrived in our school. We invite all readers and contributors to use this space respectfully, openly, and creatively. Let’s learn from one another, di...