November 2016

Contents

Team Update 1 Weihnachtsfeier Baskets 2 Apple Pie Fundraiser 3 Stop & Shop A+ Signup 4 Box Tops Submission GLSC – No School Used Postage Stamps Schlachtfest 5 New Year's Eve Party 6 Our School 7 Inclement Weather Policy HS Youth Exchange

Important Dates

St. Martin’s Day November 5th

No School – GLSC November 12th No School November 26th

St. Nikolaus December 3rd

Basket Donations Due December 10th Set-up for Weihnachtsfeier at St. James December 16th Weihnachtsfeier December 17th No School December 24th December 31st

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On November 5th the children will participate in the German school tradition of

celebrating St. Martinstag by marching in their own parade.

GSC music teacher, Brian G., will begin the procession at 11:40 am. Brian will start

by gathering the E classes. Then, they will march downstairs to gather K and Pre K

to lead them to Fellowship Hall. M1 and G1 will already be in Fellowship Hall.

The children will carry their very own glowing Laterne as they march around a

darkened Fellowship Hall. They will sing their favorite St. Martinstag songs, like:

Laterne, Laterne and Ich geh’ mit meine Laterne.

Students from M1 and G1 will read the book, "Sankt Martin und der kleine Bär."

Then, we will watch a You Tube video about Sankt Martin.

Parents, fellow students from the other classes, and teachers are invited to

Fellowship Hall at 11:30 am. Don’t forget to bring your camera!

Gänse shaped cookies and drinks will be served in Gilbert Hall (the Pause room)

during regular Pause time.

Many thanks to our photographer, Toby Junker, Parent Volunteer. Thanks are also

extended to 6 of our students and parents who volunteered to bake the Goose

shaped cookies.

Team Update & Thank You Parent Volunteer, Nolan Lambert, has taken on the responsibility of publishing

future GSC newsletters. We look forward to the changes he will bring in both setup

and content! Welcome, Nolan!

Parent Volunteer, Zeynep Serdar, is our new Sign Up Genius Coordinator. She has

been sending out requests and reminders for a few weeks now! Welcome, Zeynep!

West Hartford Campus

Newsletter

St. Martinstag Celebration ~ November 5th at 11:40 am

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SAVE THE DATE….

Please check your schedule and reserve Friday, December 16th from 10 am to noon to help set up the hall at

St. James on Farmington Avenue. Set up does not take long if we have a large group. Children are invited to

help, as well!

Weihnachtsfeier Gift Raffle Baskets & Planning

Sign up sheets asking for adult volunteers to help organize Weihnachtsfeier will be

distributed separately. Please check your schedule and reserve some time in

advance. We will need volunteers to help set up the hall a day or two beforehand

(to be announced) and also on the day of the event. We could use all of the help

we can get.

Dear GSC Students and Parents: It is time to begin planning our next big celebration in December. We would like to do a raffle again this year and have decided to involve each of our classes in this project. We ask that each student contribute one (or more) items for the gift basket theme assigned to his/her classroom. There is NO LIMIT (up or down) on what the item should cost. The following is a list of themes that were assigned.

The school will provide baskets and everything else to make for a nice presentation of these items. If you have any baskets you would like to provide, we’d be happy to use them. You may also opt to collect money in your classroom and assign one person to buy the items for the gift basket(s).

PLEASE DROP OFF YOUR ITEMS To Gail McCloud BY

SATURDAY, December 10, 2016

The gift baskets will be raffled off during Weihnachtsfeier on December 17th. 1) Pre-School Fun Basket Pre-K (Meike) 2) Arts & Crafts Basket K / L&S (Anna) 3) Game & Movie Basket E1 & 2 (Evis) 4) Game & Movie Basket E3 (Elisabeth) 5) Christmas Basket E4 (Amy & Lia) 6) Christmas Basket G1 (Leila) 7) Boys or Girls Basket G2 (Diana) 8) Boys or Girls Basket M1 (Christine) 9) Gift Card Tree M5 (Bärbel) 10) Chocolate Lovers Basket A1 (Kristin) 11) Dog or Cat Basket A2 (Betsy) 12) Dog or Cat Basket A3 (Elke) 13) Breakfast Basket A4 (John) 14) Cookies Galore A5 (Dieter)

Thank you for supporting the German School of Connecticut.

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First Baptist

Church is having

an Apple Pie Sale!

If you would like to order

an apple pie use the

order form below. The

pies are made to order.

Write German school on

the order so FBC will

know from where their

orders are coming. Pies

are picked up the

Saturday before

Thanksgiving.

You may submit

payment with the order

or pay the morning that

you pick up your

pie. Checks should be

made payable to

Women's Fellowship

FBC.

The best place to leave

the orders is in the

Women's fellowship

mailbox in the mailboxes

outside the church office

on the second floor.

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G L S C in NYC ~ November 12th

On Saturday, November 12th, the German

Language School Conference will hold its

Annual Conference & Teacher

Development Forum at the German

Consulate General in NYC.

Any photos we receive will be

published in the next GSC Newsletter!

Box Tops for Education Update

Thanks to everyone who turned in their

Box Tops! Our submission for this

period amounted to $119! Special

thanks to Antje Carter, Past GSC Vice

Principal, for sending Box Tops all the

way from North Carolina and Dan

Steinmetz, Magna Group, LLC, for

funding the postage to mail our Box

Tops! Now it’s time to begin saving for

our March 1, 2017 submission.

Box Tops Coordinator position is

awaiting its next volunteer! Click on

Sign Up Genius if you are interested!

Stop & Shop A+ 9 People Have Enrolled. How About You?

Save New & Used Postage Stamps for a Good Cause

Beginning October 7, 2016 through March 16, 2017, GSC (ID#06765) will have the opportunity to earn cash through the

Stop & Shop A+ School Rewards Program.

All you have to do is:

• Log on to www.stopandshop.com/aplus to designate our school online using your Stop & Shop Card, OR

• Call the A+ Hotline at 1-877-275-2758 for assistance

REMEMBER: If you registered your card last year, you DO NOT need to re-register this year. You can visit the website

to verify correct school assignment. Also, don’t forget to encourage your friends and relatives to do the same. It could mean

more CASH for GSC. After you register your card, each shopping trip at Stop & Shop using your Card earns CASH for GSC.

Each month, the amount of CASH awarded will be updated on the Stop & Shop A+ website. You can track the amount of

points you earn for GSC by checking your grocery receipt and online when you create an account at

www.stopandshop.com. GSC will receive a check at the end of the program and the money can be used for any of our

school’s educational needs. Thanks for supporting GSC!

New and used postage stamps are being collected by First Baptist Church for the Chaplain's Fund at CT Baptist Homes. Head down to their Fellowship Hall and look for the white bulletin boards on the left side of the room. A plastic bag is tacked there for collection. Let us know if you have any questions.

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German School of

Connecticut

Stamford Campus

Dr. Renate Ludanyi, Principal Rippowam Middle School

381 High Ridge Road Stamford, Connecticut 06905

(203) 792-2795

E-Mail: stamfordinfo@germanschoolct.org

West Hartford Campus

Gail McCloud, Vice President Administration

Bärbel Röder, Vice Principal First Baptist Church 90 North Main Street

West Hartford, CT 06107 (860) 404-8838

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 370441

West Hartford, CT 06137-0441

Information E-Mail: whgermanschoolct@gmail.com

We’re on the Web! www.germanschoolct.org

Join us on Facebook!

German School of Connecticut

WH Volunteer Sign Up http://tinyurl.com/GSC-Volunteers-2016-17 http://tinyurl.com/GSC-Fall-Pause-2016

or search on whgermanschoolct@gmail.com

Inclement Weather Policy

Fall has just begun, but the German School of CT would like to inform you

early about our inclement weather policy:

In case of school closing or delayed opening, the Principal will call the local

storm center to have that information broadcast and will then notify all

teachers and officers.

The teachers will call their students.

If you are in doubt regarding the closing of the school, please contact your

(child’s) teacher – please DO NOT call the Principal in order not to block the

phone line.

The following stations will broadcast the closing/delayed opening of the GSC -

West Hartford, in the case of inclement weather:

CBS WFSB – Channel 3.1

WWW.WFSB.COM

NBC Connecticut WVIT – Channel 30.1

www.nbcconnecticut.com

Please make sure to have this information at hand throughout the winter

as well as the contact information for your (child’s) teacher.

High School Students:

Apply for Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program

There are a number of ways to spend time abroad, but often teachers and students

forget about high school exchange programs beyond summer or partner school

exchanges. Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) is jointly funded by

the U.S. Congress and the German Bundestag and offers highly motivated high school

students full scholarships for study abroad.

The program has been in place since 1983 and students apply through their

appropriate regional programs.

For more

information,

including eligibility,

please visit the

Congress-Bundestag

Youth Exchange

Program website.

http://www.usagermanyscholarship.org/