Boarding school for children who are difficult to educate, stone mill

Learning, living, leisure: holistic development based on the Scandinavian model

The Steinmühle boarding school unites a boarding school and a state-recognized, privately run grammar school under one roof. We focus our pedagogical work on a closed and flexible funding concept. Our models are the very successful models of the Finnish schools. Then we continue to promote our high-performing students according to their abilities, while our underperforming girls and boys receive individual support. In our concept, parents of children who are difficult to bring up find a real alternative to normal school, in which the pressure to perform often hampers the upbringing and free development of talent.

The Steinmühle boarding school at a glance

It is very important to us that the children and young people do not perceive the boarding school Steinmühle as a typical school, but that they understand learning as an experience and experience process that prepares them for the challenges of later life. We want to arouse curiosity, sharpen the senses and promote individual talents. For this we create a good learning atmosphere in our boarding school with small groups and the goal of learning as independently as possible. In the context of holistic education, talents and strengths of the children are to be found and weaknesses are to be reduced. In addition to imparting knowledge and education, our educators work intensively on the development of social skills such as conflict management, teamwork and communication skills. As a sponsoring boarding school, we are a member of the BüZ school association and the INTERNATE ASSOCIATION.

Support offers for children in grades 5 and 6

Grades 5 to 6 are run as a bound all-day school on our boarding school area, which also includes external pupils. An intensive learning atmosphere is created in small class groups. In order to strengthen the class community, there are common meditation offers. In grades 5 and 6 we offer a complex funding model. 5 teachers are responsible for the three classes of the Steinmühle boarding school. The Boys and girls are assigned to smaller learning groups according to their strengths and weaknesses.

Funding offers for children and adolescents in the 7th to 10th year

Classes are held all day on 3 days a week; on Tuesday and Friday it ends in the early afternoon. Every school year starts with the 7th grade with an experience educational offer. Now the children also have the opportunity to take part in bilingual classes and to receive the certificate of the “Hessian International Abitur” at the end of the 10th grade. In order to consolidate the foreign language skills learned, each year goes on a language trip at the end of the school year. The promotion of individual interests is covered by elective teaching.

Funding offers in high school

The upper level is divided into an introductory phase and a qualification phase. The qualification level is organized as an upper profile level. Depending on their interest and talent, the young people choose one in three Profiles that consist of one advanced and two basic courses. Class determination is to be supported as part of project trips. In our boarding school we see the key to successful learning, especially in personal advice. The teachers provide advice to all children and adolescents, especially when entering our boarding school Steinmühle and also during the transitions. The individual performance and development level is also discussed four times a year at a conference of teachers.

Boarding school instead of school: a funding concept with many advantages:

Our funding concept is based on decades of experience, but also takes into account the latest developments in knowledge transfer and education for children and young people who are difficult to educate. The support for our students begins with the fact that we ensure that fewer lessons are lost. As a rule, the failure of a teacher in the team can be compensated for, so that the lessons in the boarding school Steinmühle continue seamlessly. In addition to the hours determined by the state of Hesse, we are still planning 2 to 3 additional lessons for the individual Promotion and Advice to our children and teenagers.