Our Team:

 
    Svenja Iglesias, Principal
 

Svenja Iglesias was born in Essen- Germany, and has lived and worked there until the year of 2000. Now she lives with her husband and two daughters in Sunrise and enjoys life in the Sunshine State.
She attended the 'University Comprehensive University Essen' and passed the ‘First State Examination for Elementary School Teachers’.
Following that, she concluded a 2 year internship at the ‘Study seminar for Elementary School Teachers – Essen’ and passed the ‘Second State Exam for Elementary School Teachers’, which is the equivalent of the US degree 'Master of Science in Elementary Education'.
Svenja has been principal and teacher of the 'German School of Ft. Lauderdale' since 2002, loves her profession and is a teacher with 'body and soul'.

   
  Olga Bacher
 

Mrs. Olga Bacher was raised in Augsburg, Germany. 
Mrs. Bacher graduated from the Leopold-Mozart-Conservatory in Augsburg with the ‘State Exam for Music teachers’ and went on to teach at the Music School of the City of Königsbrunn, Germany.
She met her husband Neil at the New Jazz School Munich, where she completed a two year program. The couple has two sons, Jonathan and Joshua, who were both born in Germany.
Since 2005 the family is living in South Florida.

For the last four years Mrs. Bacher has been teaching at Miami Dade College and the German School of Fort Lauderdale, as well as performing with various orchestras and ensembles. Also, for the last four years Mrs. Bacher has been continuing her education at the Broward Community College and recently transferred to Palm Beach Community College to be concluded with the ‘Associates of Arts degree’.
   
  Maggie Fleure
 

Maggie Fleure was born in the ‘Münsterland’ - Germany.
At the ‘Franziskusschule’ in Hamm, she has successfully completed an internship to become a nationally certified educator.
Her work experience extends from Preschool to Elementary classes.
She currently concludes her teacher’s training at the ‘Florida Atlantic University’.
Maggie loves to travel, reading, and of course music. Working with children and seeing the success of how children learn from teachers, is the reason why Maggie loves ‘teaching’.

 
     
   
 
 
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