About Our School
Aukamm ES Mission
"Educate, Engage, and Empower Each Student to Succeed in a Dynamic World," supports students success academically, socially, and emotionally.
Aukamm ES Vision
"Committed to Inspiring a Community of Life-Long Learners," reflects that the school's program is diverse and differentiated to meet the needs of every student.
Aukamm Elementary (AES) is located in Wiesbaden, Germany. AES is part of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) and Supported by the DoDEA Europe East School District. AES collaborates with the other schools in the Wiesbaden Complex, which includes Wiesbaden Elementary School, Wiesbaden Middle School, and Wiesbaden High School.
AES services 183 students in grades K-5 who primarily live in the Aukamm military housing area. A small number of students live in the local community, as well as in other housing areas and AES on waivers.
There are 11 classes consisting of two classes in each grade level from kindergarten through 5th grade class. Additional enrichment classes include art, Host Nation, music, physical education, media center instruction, and technology. Instructional specialists are in the areas of reading, math, gifted education, special education, speech/language, and English as a Second Language (ESL.) AES has a full-time school nurse, counselor, and an itinerant school psychologist who assists teachers and students.
To welcome new students and families prior to the first day, the school provides new student orientation tours. The average tour of duty for families in Wiesbaden is three years. The vast majority of students have at least one parent who serves in the military, with the remainder of students having at least one parent who works in a related civilian position.
Through DoDEA's mission statement, "Educate, Engage, and Empower Each Student to Succeed in a Dynamic World," supports students success academically, socially, and emotionally. The mission statement expresses AES's and DoDEA's belief that students must be educated, engaged, and empowered. AES's vision statement, " Committed to Inspiring a Community of Life-Long Learners", reflects that the school's program is diverse and differentiated to meet the needs of every student.
Aukamm School Song
What makes Aukamm special?
What makes Aukamm grand?
Because we go to school here in this German Land
We're proud to be at Aukamm
So give ourselves a hand!
RAH!
A is for awesome
U is for us,
K is for kids who say no to drugs!
A is for achievement
M for memories
M for more for us to explore!
Aukamm is the place to be,
Our friendships make us proud.
Aukamm is the school for me,
We are the Aukamm crowd!
We're proud to be at Aukamm,
So shout it once out loud!
A-U-K-A-M-M, AUKAMM!
Aukamm ES SMART Goals:
Literacy
By the end of SY 2022-2023, Aukamm Elementary School will strengthen implementation of College and Career Readiness for all students by ensuring all classrooms teaching literacy skills reflect standards-based instruction as measured by performance on the DoDEA CCR Summative Assessment by a baseline of 50% on SY 2020-21 initial assessment and a 5% increase of students "meeting or exceeding expectations" on SY 21-22 assessment.
Math
By the end of SY 2022-2023, Aukamm Elementary School will strengthen implementation of College and Career Readiness for all students by ensuring all classrooms teaching mathematics reflects standards-based instruction as measured by performance on the DoDEA CCR Interim and Summative Assessments by a 10% increase of students "meeting or exceeding expectations" over two years. (5% increase during SY 2020-2021.)
