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School Overview
   

Welcome to Alexander M. Patch Elementary located in Stuttgart, Germany. It is part of  the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DODDS) system which operates schools world-wide for children of military sponsors, Department of Defense civilians, and State Department personnel. Patch ES was opened in 1979 and provides instruction to about 650 students from kindergarten through grade five. The sixth grade was moved out effective  SY06/07 with students attending Robinson Barracks or Böblingen Middle Schools. The school staff averages around 45 and includes two administrators, classroom teachers, specialists, and clerical and technical personnel. The school is located on Patch Barracks in building number 2387. The stallion became the mascot of PES a few years after Stuttgart American High School closed (1992).

   
  Patch Elementary School is one of more than 60 schools in the DoDDS European Region. The headquarters for the Department of Defense Education Activity is located in Arlington, Virginia. Patch Elementary lies within the boundaries of the Heidelberg School District with Mr. Frank Roehl as District Superintendent.
 
 
 
Stuttgart is considered the home of both Mercedes and Porsche. It is the state capital of Baden-Württemberg and is located on the Neckar River. Patch is located on the western edge of Stuttgart in the village of Vaihingen. It is the home of the US European Command (EUCOM), US African Command (AFRICOM) and part of the US Army Garrison-Stuttgart (USAG-S).  Do not confuse Stuttgart-Vaihingen with Vaihingen an der Enz, located northeast of Stuttgart off of highway B-10.
   
 
   

 

     
     
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