Borscht, Gromperekichelcher and Dodgeball
By Sarah Raparoli, Lex Kleren Switch to German for original article![](/sites/default/files/styles/640_square/public/upload/media/image/2022-04/_LEX6981.jpg?h=b2d9f031&itok=gXwUv4jR)
The first day of school is exciting, thrilling and should be fun. For children from Ukraine, it took on a greater meaning in Luxembourg. Many had to leave their parents behind in the war. Luxembourgish schools try to make their new everyday life as pleasant as possible. A visit to a class at the European School in Mersch.
It is 8 am and the bell that heralds the start of the first lesson echoes through the building. In the corridors of the Anne Beffort International School in Mersch (EIMAB), a few pupils are still on their way to their classrooms. They are talking in English; two girls are speaking to each other in Portuguese. They greet us with a "Moien" as they walk past us. Meanwhile, we make our way to the part of the school that was not used to hold school a week ago. "Some things are still under construction", Guy Even, the deputy director, explains to us, smiling a little sheepishly. A statement that is hardly surprising – since EIMAB, the fifth European school in Luxembourg, only welcomed its first pupils last September.
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