2018
Report from Germany
Pierre de Coubertin Sports High School Erfurt
Our fourth school-based Pierre de Coubertin Award at Pierre de Coubertin Sports High School Erfurt, Germany
The Olympic Winter Games started with an incredible opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Not only the spectators were looking forward to this moment, also the athletes and participants who had been working hard for this moment during the last years.
Every time the number of participants, spectators and athletes rises, the opening and closing ceremonies become bigger and bigger and the number of disciplines is also growing. No Olympic Games today? – Inconceivable!
Without Coubertin’s engagement to recreate the ancient games, we would not even enjoy this big sporting event today. Honouring him and his achievements, the students and teachers of our school celebrate a school-based Pierre de Coubertin Award every two years.
Traditionally, this day starts with an opening ceremony, organised and performed by athletes of our school. This year, we celebrated it on the ice rink for the first time.
Bilingual Module on healthy nutrition
Certainly, one of the most important disciplines of the award was the knowledge test, in which the participants had to prove their knowledge about Coubertin and the history of the Olympic Games. Together with an individual social performance, these five disciplines symbolize the important disciplines, which participants of our school team have to provide during the next international Youth Forum of Coubertin Schools.
The participants’ aim of this award was, to be among the best students of our school to save a ticket for the 12th Youth Forum 2019 in Mâcon, France.
As former participants at the 11th Youth Forum in Ülenurme, Estonia, in 2017, we can say, that it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. We met a lot of nice students from all over the world and enjoyed wonderful moments.
It’s nice to spread Coubertin’s thoughts and ideas with students from other schools and nations. We will never forget these moments! So we hope that the participants of the Coubertin Award 2018 are also looking forward to taking part in the coming Youth Forum.
We thank Mrs. Nikolaus for the organization of these two days and for the opportunity to represent our school in the Youth Forum last year.
During the sports competitions
