Although the 9th of November was somewhat overshadowed this year by the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War (Nov 11), we still took the opportunity to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Students could receive some extra credit by visiting a spot where the Wall once stood and submit a picture of themselves there for our display. Here is the result!
Yvonne Wende, Founder and Managing Director of Berlin Cosmopolitan School (EBS gGmbH) was awarded second place as “Berlin Entrepreneur of the Year 2018/19” on Friday, 2 November. This title was awarded for the eighth time and the winners were honoured by Economics Senator Ramona Pop (Green Party). First place went to Milena Glimbovski (Original Unverpackt) and Constanze Buchheim (i-potentials) third. Congratulations to Yvonne Wende for this special award and congratulations to all three Berlin entrepreneurs of the year!
The first BCS Girls Basketball Tournament of this school year at the ALBA Berlin Oberschulliga took place this week. The young team lost two matches against very talented schools and won one match vs. Phorms School with 9:1, said Mr. BCS Basketball coach, Mr. Sven Wehrmeyer. “It was a great atmosphere within the team. We will improve and come back”, he emphasized right after the tournament.
The BCS-Gründerwoche starts at 2:30 pm today with the IHK kickoff talk: “How to be self-employed”. The Gründerwoche is a Germany-wide series of events organised by the Ministry of Economics. The purpose is to inspire people to consider entrepreneurship and to encourage them to pursue their entrepreneurial aspirations.