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A small school with a big heart

The primary school Lüneburg Schule celebrated its 150th year in 2020, after the church next door reached the same milestone the previous year. “There were massive celebrations in 2019. (The times before corona… – Eds) We even had people coming out from Germany, including the mayor of the German Lüneburg,” says Angelika Johannes, who teaches German, math and music – specifically the piano and trumpet – at the school.

This is her third year of teaching. She grew up in the area and

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