Dear guests, families, friends and classmates,

On August 5th, 2008, most of us stood here on this stage, with colorful school cones in our hands, not knowing what to expect. Who would have thought that today, June 24th, 2021, we would be on this stage again as the first class to graduate from our high school? Over the years, friends have left and new ones have come and today we are here: Isabelle, Lyel, Elisabeth, Mark, Tali, Leah, Joelle, Slata, Lisa, Jessica and Mascha.

You will seldom find a class community such as the one we have built during the last years. In the yearbook everyone described our class as “crazy,” “sweet,” “a small, crazy, laughing family that shares everything with everyone,” “lots of girls and one tall boy,” “the craziest people I have met so far,” and “the nicest, most attentive and funniest little family.” We all share the feeling of togetherness, security, and craziness. As Mr. Vucelic once said: we talk to each other every day as if we had not seen each other in a long time.

Thank you for making our school days so unforgettable.

Soon we will go our own ways, gain new experiences and face other challenges, and then it will actually come to that day where we have not seen each other for a long time, and we will have more to tell than ever before.
Believe us, it is possible.

We want to thank the Frankfurt Jewish Community, the Lichtigfeld School Association, and Harry Schnabel personally for your great support.

Our families were always by our side. Regardless of whether we were happy about a good grade or complained — thank you for always being there for us during this stressful time.

We would like to express our special thanks to our teachers, who have accompanied and supported us over the years. We will always remember it! There is so much we are grateful for, and these few minutes are not enough to list them all. You have accompanied us on our way to adulthood, you have had a huge impact on our lives.

Toda, Raba Geweret Hartmann. Thank you, Dr. Hartmann, for investing so much energy and love in your work and for making it possible for us to graduate from our school. We also have to thank you for the wonderful, fun, enthusiastic lessons in Hebrew. You have always taught us to believe in ourselves: "Im ein ani li, mi li?"

But before we all burst into tears, let's remember our school days together as a class.

The first reactions of people when they learned that we are only 11 students in our level were always the same: "How does it work?" "Are there only two of you in the courses?" "There is only one boy!"

But that is exactly what is special about our level: We are just a crazy little family with a boy and a lot of girls.

Every day with you was special. Funny, crazy, beautiful, and sometimes emotional. Without you, the school would have been really boring and we are overjoyed that we could be in a class together. We will miss you so incredibly and therefore our greatest thanks go to you. Thank you for making our school days so unforgettable.