The Tolerance Project 

We finally made it. After a few months of preparation the “Tolerance” installation in the new Secondary Cafeteria was unveiled with a proper celebration. Music of the talented girls from the BCS band Sep10ber made this event an even greater happening! We also had the pleasure to welcome Frau Dr. Obermeier, the Schulstadträtin of Berlin Mitte, and many of the hard working people from the “Freizeithaus am Mauerpark” who initiated this project.

The massive “Tolerance” installation visualises and represents a key value that students think the BCS Secondary School should stand for. The process was fully democratic. A public election for the attitude was held in the beginning of the year. All grades 6-10 were involved in the process and in the making of the installation. Photographs of each student, taken on one of the projects actions days, are the frame of the installation.

By erecting a lasting installation, the outcome of this project is not only a visual reminder of the effort and thought put into this by everyone, but also a physical object that hopefully creates an ongoing awareness of the elected and erected value. Last school year, our Primary School had already created a “Respekt-Denkmal” visible in the back courtyard.