Alexander M. Patch American High School

School in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Alexander M. Patch American High School (also known as "Patch American High School" or "Patch High School") was an English language high school in Germany, on Patch Barracks southwest of Stuttgart, operated by DODEA (formerly known as DoDDS). Opened in 1979,^[1] its students were largely military dependents whose sponsors were assigned to units of the Stuttgart Military Community, including Patch Barracks, Robinson Barracks, Panzer Kaserne, and Kelley Barracks.

The school was named after United States Army General Alexander McCarrell Patch (1889–1945), the commander of the Seventh Army during World War II.

For its first 27 years, it was a secondary school (grades 7–12), and with the 1992 closure of Stuttgart American High School in Pattonville, it became the only DODEA (DoDDS) high school in the Stuttgart area. In the fall of 2006, the school's enrollment was reduced to a four-year high school (grades 9–12) due to projected increasing enrollment and middle schools created at nearby Panzer Kaserne and Robinson Barracks.^[1]

Following its 36th year of service, PAHS closed in 2015,^[1] officially on 30 June. The new Stuttgart High School on Panzer Kaserne, just east of Böblingen, opened that fall and remains the only DoDEA (DoDDS) high school in the Stuttgart area.

Academics

The school offered the same typical classes as schools in the United States.

Some of the offered courses were as follows

English (AP and Honors courses are also offered)
Mathematics (Algebra through AP Calculus)
Science (Physics, chemistry, anatomy, biology, etc.)
Foreign Languages (German, French, Spanish)
Computer courses
Fine Arts (humanities, art, band (advanced, intermediate, beginning), chorus, show choir, jazz band, string ensemble, harmony express)
History (Government, U.S. History, AP World History, AP Human Geography, AP U.S. History etc.)
Business
Army JROTC (8th Battalion)

Sports

Patch AHS had a large variety of sports including tennis, swimming, cheerleading, volleyball, football, cross-country, track, golf, soccer, baseball, wrestling and for JROTC there was drill and rifle. Many of the teams won Europeans, including rifle, drill, cross-country, and wrestling. The rifle team was second in all of Army JROTC and was home to the second place individual marksman in all of Army JROTC, Leah Lynch. ^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "About Our School". DoDEA. US Department of Defense. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ Lynch, Leah. "Patch edges Hohenfels by two points for marksmanship title".

External links

Official School website
DODEA Webpage
Patch Sports Clips

International schools in Germany

International schools in Germany by state and metropolitan region

Baden-
Württemberg

Stuttgart Region	SIS Swiss International School Stuttgart-Fellbach Stuttgart High School Alexander M. Patch American High School^† Stuttgart American High School^†
Mannheim Region	Heidelberg High School^† Heidelberg Middle School^†
Elsewhere	Bad Saulgau: Toin Gakuen Schule Deutschland^† Freiburg im Breisgau: DFG / LFA Freiburg Friedrichshafen: SIS Swiss International School Friedrichshafen Karlsruhe: European School, Karlsruhe Karlsruhe American High School^†

Bavaria

Munich Region	European School, Munich Lycée Jean Renoir Japanische Internationale Schule München SIS Swiss International School Ingolstadt Bavarian International School Munich International School Munich American High School^†
Nuremberg Region	Franconian International School Nurnberg American High School^†
Elsewhere	Augsburg: International School Augsburg Regensburg: SIS Swiss International School Regensburg

Berlin

Berlin Region	Französisches Gymnasium Berlin Japanische Internationale Schule zu Berlin Russian Embassy School in Berlin Berlin British School Berlin Cosmopolitan School Berlin Metropolitan School Berlin Brandenburg International School John F. Kennedy School, Berlin

Hamburg

Hamburg Region	Lycée Français de Hambourg Japanische Schule in Hamburg International School of Hamburg

Hesse

Frankfurt Region	European School, Frankfurt am Main Lycée français Victor Hugo (Frankfurt am Main) Japanische Internationale Schule Frankfurt Frankfurt International School Metropolitan School Frankfurt ISF International School Frankfurt Rhein-Main Frankfurt American High School^† Wiesbaden High School
Elsewhere	Kassel: SIS Swiss International School Kassel

Lower Saxony

Hannover Region	International School Hannover Region
Elsewhere	Gloucester School, Hohne^† Prince Rupert School, Rinteln^†

North Rhine-
Westphalia

Cologne Bonn Region	École de Gaulle-Adenauer Liceo Italo Svevo King Fahd Academy^† Bonn International School Independent Bonn International School St. George's School, Cologne Russian Consulate School in Bonn Bonn American High School^†
Düsseldorf Region	Lycée français de Düsseldorf Japanische Internationale Schule in Düsseldorf Kent School, Hostert^† International School of Düsseldorf ISR International School on the Rhine Queens School, Rheindahlen^† Windsor School, Rheindahlen^†
Elsewhere	King's School (Gütersloh)^†

Rhineland-Palatinate

Saarland

Saarbrücken	DFG LFA Saarbrücken

Saxony

Leipzig Region	Leipzig International School

Schleswig-Holstein

King Alfred School, Plön^†

^† closed; Note: This list may be incomplete.

Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense Dependents Schools

E. Asia/Pacific

Closed	Seoul American HS

Europe/Mideast

Closed	Bonn American HS Frankfurt American HS Heidelberg HS London Central EHS Munich American HS Alexander M. Patch American HS

North America

Closed	Balboa HS

This list is incomplete.
Some DoDEA communities in the United States are zoned to non-DoDEA public schools for middle school and high school or for high school.
See also: Template:Bureau of Indian Education (federal Native American school system)
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