Enloe Deutschverein

unsre Kochparty am 28. Oktober 2010

2010-10-30T06:21:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone who made our cooking/eating event a great success. There were some minor problems, but we think it went well. Attendance was great - we'll try to list all attended.

Herr Kandah
Mary Grayson
Brenna
Brendan
Chris
David
William
Ann
Alexandra
Magdalena
Joanna
Gabby
Nicole
Joel
Jake
Daniel
Emerson
John
Lee
Paula
Sarah
Faith
Andrea
Vishal
Haydon

If we missed anyone, sorry. Be sure to sign the sign in sheet on Monday! The help we got for clean-up was especially appreciated. If you had to leave early, no worries, although we missed you! It takes time to cook German food! We hope everything tasted good and somewhat different.

Pictures forthcoming!

Essen wir etwas Deutsches! - Deutschverein Treffen!

2010-10-24T08:09:00.000-07:00

Here are a few links to the main dishes and side dishes we are planning for this Thursday after school.

Königsberger Klopse - main dish
Spätzle
Tangy Potato Salad, in the German Style
Tomatensalat

For drinks, why don't we make large quantities of Kool-Aid style drinks.
Dessert? Can someone bring the dessert?

Current T-Shirt Design - October 2010

2010-10-17T12:38:00.001-07:00

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T-shirts

2010-02-01T06:59:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! I hope you have enjoyed the snow. At the last German club meeting we designed a T-shirt! We hope to order them soon so we can wear them to German day. There is the link to see what they look like. We aren't sure if we want to add the flag or not. Opinions? I was wondering if since the shirt was black the black of the flag would blend in. Please comment so we know what you want to do!

http://www.customink.com/lab/?cid=15866919-3443367

Here is what it may look like with the German flag: http://www.customink.com/designs/german1/15903363-3443367/hotlink?cm_ven=hotlink&cm_cat=2&cm_pla=Body_txt&cm_ite=link2

Field Day - October 16, 2009

2009-10-17T08:29:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who helped out at our Deutschverein Field Day booth. A partial list of German Club/Class members who made it to the booth are:

Ryan B. - who brought the grill and some brats and grilled them to perfection
David B. and Eric K. - who brought root beers and made an afternoon run to get potato chips and more brats
Lekshmi R and Bailey K. - who helped set up the table and brought stuff down
Mary Grayson - who brought some mustard and buns
Cal F. - who made a last minute Dr. Pepper run
Shapriate H. and Jordan B. - who hung out and socialized
Grant D. - club member who ate some food and hung out
Miles E. - who showed up from his College Club duties
Nicole M. - who hung out with us while promoting her Mock Trial Club table
Kia M. - who made the Gummibären-Ratespiel poster
Hadriane P. - who made the guessing slips
Mr. Uzzell - who provided color commentary

Thanks again everyone.
The winner of the Gummi-Bären is Chessa DeCain, who guessed 313, while they were 310 in the jar. Guten Appetit!

Here are some pictures I took.

New Officers

2009-05-06T11:55:00.000-07:00

Today we elected next year's officers! Hooray!

Präsident: Mary Grayson Brook
Vice-Präsident: Brenna Yellin
Schatzmeister: Brendan McBennett
Sekratär: Carlos Shadoan Floyd

Best of luck, everyone. We are in for a year of writing constitutions and making charters happen. As current co-president Matt says: we need to make it something legit.

2009-05-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

April was a whirlwind month for Enloe German students! We were visited by our Hebel Gymnasium friends and spent a few happy weeks getting to know them through all sorts of activities. They are a great group of people and we were so lucky to have them here. Those of us going on the GAPP trip in a few weeks are very excited to see them again!

Tomorrow we will be having elections for next year's German Club officers. If you are interested in becoming our next president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or service/events coordinator, then please attend the meeting! Even if you don't plan on running, we need voters. It has been a great year, and with the right leadership next year can be one, too!

Diversity Week Update

2009-02-19T14:09:00.000-08:00

German students will actually be participating in Diversity Week on Wednesday the 25th. Do not show up on Monday! Unless you intend to learn about some other cultures, of course. We need volunteers for each lunch period. There is a sign up sheet in Herr Kandah's classroom. Please remember to sign up and show up Wednesday the 25th in the learning lab during lunch!

Diversity Week

2009-02-11T16:13:00.000-08:00

At today's rather low-key meeting, we discussed Enloe's upcoming Diversity Week (February 23-27) and what German Club will be doing to represent German culture. We are going to have a booth set up on Monday the 23rd during all three lunches, and we need volunteers! Please, do not skip class out of enthusiasm for German. Only sign up for your lunch period. We will be displaying all aspects of German culture through flags, soccer jerseys, music, pretzels, and a video of Oktoberfest revelry, among other things. Let us know if you have any ideas or can supply us with anything else. You are encouraged to wear Lederhosen or a Dirndl!

We also discussed Herr Kandah's t-shirt design, which seems to have widespread approval (despite the lack of participation in a related poll). I know it will come as a disappointment to some of you, but Herr Kandah's face will not be appearing on any t-shirts anytime soon.

ein neues T-Shirt Design??

2009-01-31T16:01:00.000-08:00

First, thanks to Mary Grayson for updating the website. Yes, the service project is underway, thanks to Mrs. O'Quinn for allowing us to assist her. German Club members: contribute to those boxes in your English classes! Contribute multiple times. And tell your friends to do the same. After the collection is complete, we'll help Mrs. O'Quinn's Junior Class officers pack the care packages up.

Now, the t-sirts. We need t-shirts! I attempted a design. Let's go with a black t-shirt again. On the front of the shirt, either smallish in the upper corner of the shirt, or larger and centered (I personally prefer the former) would be this image:

Then on the back, a reminder of the great historical personages who changed the world using the German language:

What do you think? Let me know. I want to get this design to Body Billboards in Durham, the folks who made our t-shirts last year, for an estimate on cost, etc. Vote to the left on this design. Let's unify and wear these shirts with pride, people! If we act fast we can possibly get them before German Day.

Alles Gute!

Service Project Success and T-shirt Troubles

2009-01-29T13:51:00.000-08:00

It looks like we're tying up the loose ends we discussed at our January 14th meeting. Thank you to everyone who attended on Wednesday! We finally got our service project off the ground with the help of Mrs. O'Quinn. The project, Love Our Troops, is intended to show the troops we care by sending them items they need just in time for Valentine's Day. A really really big thank you is in order for everyone who carried collection boxes all over the school. If you couldn't make it to the meeting, you can still help us by finding the Love Our Troops collection box in your English class and donating something. We also put up bright pink flyers around the school, which should be hard to miss.

Now all we need is a T-shirt design. If no one submits a design soon, we're going to go with a simple design that gets the job done. If you'd like something with more pizazz (or more cartoon animals or German flags or whatever), then submit a design!

Gingerbread Creations

2008-12-17T18:31:00.000-08:00

I think we can all agree that today's foray into gingerbread house (or Berlin Wall or boat) construction got a little messy but was still a lot of fun! I think we should thank our presidents for orchestrating this. It took a lot of graham crackers, icing, and gumdrops to make that happen. Congratulations to the winning team, who created a very charming structure out of ordinary foodstuffs that managed to impress our judge. Great meeting, everyone! I'm glad we got to flex our creativity together.

Wednesday Meeting, December 3, 2008

2008-12-01T15:59:00.000-08:00

This Wednesday is devoted to the GAPP exchange. There will be refreshments, but the meeting will be called to order at various points so that vital information can be disseminated to host families and Enloe German students travelling to Germany next summer. All German Club members are welcome to attend, but decorum must be maintained during the meeting; we want to make our GAPP Exchange a memorable thing, and we want the German Club to spearhead the welcome mat for our German friends in Schwetzingen. We have to begin seriously planning for the exchange however.

So, come to the meeting but be prepared to listen quietly to important information that might not pertain directly to you. But enjoy hearing about the parameters of our exchange with the Hebel Gymnasium in Schwetzingen!

We will have another meeting before we depart for our Winter Holiday Break - on Wednesday, December 17, 2008. Thejn things will be more festive and light-hearted!

Tschüss!

etwas Neues - Endlich!

2008-11-19T15:00:00.000-08:00

Nice turnout at German Club. Hope everyone had fun. In attendance were: Mary Grayson, Kurt, Kyle, Brendan, Aaron, Henry, William, Ruqiyah, Cal, Lea, Sarah, Miles, Matt, Andy, Kelsey, Michael, Chris, JoJo, and Ashton. If I missed anyone, forgive me. We had some new faces too which is nice, and we had a guest from German 1 last year, Erin, who no longer takes German, but she came to visit us, which was nice.

By the way our officers are:

Sarah and Matt - Co-Presidents
JoJo - Vice President
Mary Grayson - Secretary
Cal - Treasurer

Speaking of the treasury, PAY YOUR DUES! They are only five dollars. They help pay for food and drink.

Extra Service Officers include

Jacob - event organizer
Michael - service project organizer

Their actual duties will be further explicated at a later date.

What we're working on currently:

T-Shirt Designs - a nice, clean, original design, with a motto.
Service project - we need to start thinking about this. Something to outreach to our community.
German Day - Thursday, March 5, 2009 - the theme is Grüner geht's nicht! It'll be held at UNC-Chapel Hill this year. More news later on this.

We're thinking also about the GAPP Exchange. Our exchange students will be her in late March, 2009. We want to use our German Club to make banners, welcome the students, make them feel at home, etc. More news later on their arrival and stay here.

Now the pictures we took today. Here they are!

Matt B. - Präsident

2008-09-23T15:21:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, I'm Matt and I'm running for president. I have taken German since I was in 2nd grade, and am in AP German now. I have been a member of this club since my freshman year. I was nominated to the project cafe(calling all future educators) in the German language. I have competed in 3 different German Days, and have been among those winning awards. And I will support all your ideas. Sarah will not make the club as fun as I will. So vote for me.
And I need something else to put on my college application.
VOTE FOR ME. NOT SARAH.

Andy F. - Vice-Präsident

2008-09-23T02:38:00.001-07:00

Hi guys, I am running for Vice President this year in German Club. I was President last year and really enjoyed the experience. I planned meetings, organized food, helped with German Day (which I recommend you go to) and saw that the meetings ran smoothly. I lead the meetings once they were in session and often took advice from my fellow officers and club members about German Club. I hope that this year as Vice President I can make German Club as good as it was last year.

Sarah B - Präsidentin

2008-09-22T02:31:00.000-07:00

My name is Sarah B. and I am a senior in AP German. I really want to be president of German club this year because I love German and I have lots of experience with this club. Last year I was secretary and I worked closely with the president, Andy, to run the meetings. I took attendance, took notes at meetings, planned activities for the meetings (such as a fussball spiel, games, etc), sent out emails with news, and kept the Facebook group updated. I have been learning German since I was three years old, and it is truly my passion. My goal is to major in German and become a high school German teacher. I would really love to be the president of German club for 2008-09, so vote for me!

Nathaniel v.S. - Assistant Secretary

2008-09-11T02:21:00.000-07:00

Hey I'm Nathaniel v.S. and I'm running for assistant secretary for you, the people, have nominated me. I'm in German 3 with this being my fourth year of German and I have loved it the whole time.

Officer Duties for our German Club

2008-09-10T11:53:00.000-07:00

Here is an overview of the official duties of the officers of the Enloe Deutschverein:

Der Präsident – sets the agenda, leads meetings, organizes activities in consultation with the sponsor of the club and the other officers.

Der Vicepräsident – assists the president in organizing and executing meetings.

Der Schatzmeister – keeps track of the finances of the club, gives reports to club members and officers, assists in writing receipts for monies collected. Assists the secretary in his duties.

Der Sekretär – writes meeting notes, takes attendance at meetings, assists in updating club website, documents club events with picture taking and videography

Der Assistenz-Sekretär – assists the secretary and vice president in organzing club activities, writing letters, updating website, multimedia, etc

If you are interested in being an officer, send me an email with a brief sketch and describe your goals, qualifications, experience with the German language, experience with the German Club at Enloe, and anything else you want to share. We'll get these short biographical sketches posted here for everyone to read in preparation for the next meeting which will be in two weeks, September 24th, on Wednesday after school in room 0727.

Great meeting today!

Update on our GAPP Exchange Program

2008-07-23T20:17:00.001-07:00

Hallo Alle!
I have been in touch with Herr Peter Fuchs and Frau Erika Hammer, two teachers at the Hebel Gymnasium in Schwetzingen. They are still interested in the exchange, only they might not be able to visit us until Fall of 2009. That won't stop us from visiting them next summer, though! Dates have not been hammered out, but they hover around these dates:

Thursday, June 18, 2009: Leave Raleigh.
Saturday, June 20: settled with our hosts in Schwetzingen
Monday, June 22, 2009: Begin attending the Gymnasium for two weeks
Saturday, July 4, 2009: Leave host families in Schwetzingen
Saturday July 11, Leave Germany for America

That leaves us a week, as required by the GAPP to visit other places in Germany. My suggestion is to choose one or two major cities to visit, and use those cities as starting off points for various travel. Keep checking this blog for updates on various itinerary options.

First however, read the the wikipedia entry on Schwetzingen. Visit their offical websites also.

Schwetzingen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Schwetzingen's Official Webpage

Also the Hebel Gymnasium, our Partner School in Schwetzingen, deserves a close web visi t!
At their website they provide a complimentary report of the last GAPP exchange at Enloe High School.

Look forward to seeing you guys again!

Herr Kandah

Group Picture of German Club.

2008-03-20T02:47:00.001-07:00

Nette Fotos, nicht wahr?

Final Proof of the German Club T-Shirt

2008-02-19T16:49:00.000-08:00

So here it is. Hope everyone is ok with it. The design is simple, but elegant. At least the German is correct. The cost is $11 for an XXL and $9.50 for all other sizes. Let's get these shirts before German Day on March 6!

German club t-shirt, revisited.

2008-01-18T11:10:00.000-08:00

Let's get our t-shirts before the German Day celebration at Elon University this March 6. I worked with the winning design/concept from Mary G., with the bear, and came up with the front logo on a heavy cotton white Hanes t-shirt seen to your right.

Then on the back a logo with the German and American flag with the words, Alle zusammen, immer und ewig, which means all together always and forever. If that's too cheesy, then submit a new back logo this Wednesday at our meeting. Take a look at the back of the possible t-shirt:

The cost of the t-shirt from a place called Body Billboards in Durham, who do a lot of Enloe-based t-shirts will be 8.73 for small - XL, and 10.23 for XXL, plus $120 for a screen art fee, split among the number of t-shirts we order. There might could possibly be a $50 dollar art fee if the logos need any adjustment. So if we order 2o t-shirts, then the price will around $20 dollars for a custom t-shirt. We should do this. What say you?

Announcements - den 2. November 2007

2007-11-03T06:13:00.000-07:00

We decided at the last meeting to not do the school-wide fundraiser. Several people mentioned other ways to raise money for the German Club, but we understood that we need to adhere to schoolwide policies about fundraising.

Meeting Tomorrow - den 31.Oktober - Mittwoch

2007-10-29T16:32:00.000-07:00

There is a German Club meeting tomorrow in room 0611. We need to discuss the fundraiser, dues, designing t-shirts, and other things. Dues will be collected also. Bis Morgen!

Ein Tolles Video von Sandra Bullock: Sie spricht schönes Deutsch, oder?

2007-10-18T19:02:00.000-07:00

I thought this was interesting, one of America's most famous actresses, Sandra Bullock, accepting a Bambi Award in Germany, in the German Language!

She speaks impressive German. Könnt ihr das verstehen?

Another cool link, http://www.germanhollywood.com/, highlights the connections that bind Hollywood with Germany.

Meet our new New Officers!

2007-10-17T15:09:00.000-07:00

At our meeting today we elected our new officers. Thanks to everyone for taking part in the nominations, volunteering, voting, discussion and everything else involved in becoming an officer of our club. Everyone was a good sport, and no doubt highly qualified to serve German club members, but you all have spoken and here are the officers:

Präsident: Andy F, Deutsch 4
Vice-Präsident: Andrew M., Deutsch 3
Schatzmeister: Cal F., Deutsch 2
Sekretärin: Sarah B., Deutsch 4
Assistenz-Sekretär: Mary G., Deutsch 2

Now, review the responsibilities of these positions in an earlier post

Next Meeting: How about next week? Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Die Kandidaten

2007-10-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

So far the following have put their hats in the ring:

Präsident - Ashlea T. und Andy F.
Vice-Präsident - Brenna Y. und Andrew M
Schatzmeister - Michael S. und Andy F.
Sekretär - Sarah B.
Assistenz-Sekratär - Brenna Y.

Read their candidacy information, and be at the meeting on Wednesday for the vote!

Update!!

2007-10-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

We almost have enough people to fill our officer positions. Brenna is running for two positions, vice-president and assistant-secretary. So we minimally need one more person to fill our leadership team of the Deutschverein!

I will begin to collect $5.00 dues at our next meeting, on Wednesday, October 17. Please bring either cash or a cashier's check or money order. Dues are mandatory for participating in club activities, and donations are happily accepted.

Look at the left hand side of the screen and see a couple of polls. Express yourselves! I am experimenting with these to get feedback, and I am sure the officers would use it also for their planning this year.

A Youtube Video of a German pop band - Die Prinzen

They were hugely popular in Germany and they still are.

Kandidaten für Präsident

2007-10-10T02:25:00.001-07:00

I am running for president of German Club because I love the language and culture. I have taken German for 4 years. I've also visited Germany and Austria multiple times; this really contributed to my cultural knowledge of German-speaking countries. After I get my college degrees, I aspire to move to Austria, so I think that being immersed in German as much as possible is a smart idea. I am an Junior this year, and I've been in German Club for my past 2 years at Enloe. I'm dedicated, passionate, a great leader, and I love the language and culture. If you vote for me, I will do my best to make German Club successful and fun!

--Ashlea, Deutsch III

I am running for der Präsident this year for German Club. I have been a part of German club for the past two years and would like to push the program to its full potential. In the past, the German Club met every few months and was unorganized, but with a little work the club could become much more. I have also been to Germany, Austria and Switzerland so I have alot of background knowledge. I have a lot of leading experience and have gotten all A's in my 5 years of German so far. I look forward to having the opportunity to be the German Club Präsident.

~ Andy (Deutsch IV)

Kandidaten für Vicepräsident

2007-10-06T17:47:00.001-07:00

While everyone else was taking French and Spanish I decided to take German my sixth grade year. So far this choice has been one of the best I've made, since German inspired me to travel to Germany. I've also accomplished a lot through German. I won in extemporaneous speaking and poetry at German day. I also got the project C.A.F.E . award for German. I believe I could be a good Vice President because I'm dedicated, passionate, willing to learn, and committed. Some aspects of German should be taken seriously but German club is meant to be fun and a way to learn about a culture without being tested on it. If you vote for me I believe I could help make German club fun and successful.

Brenna - Deutsch 2

Ich heiße Andrew Moghaddam. I would like to run for German Club vice-president. I believe I am well suited to be your Vicepräsident. In the sixth grade I decided to take German to get a different experience. I took German even though most of my friends were taking spanish. I have been in German for a total of five years now. I'm a sophmore who is responsible, dedicated, and hard-working. I was born in Germany and have been back once so I have experienced the German culture, Bahns, pubs, und schnitzel von ein imbissbudde (snack stand). I want to make German Club a fun enviroment filled with laughter, friendship, and fun.

Thank you,

Andrew Moghaddam (Deutsch III)

eine Kandidatin für Assistenz-Sekretärin

2007-10-05T02:29:00.001-07:00

Der Assistenz-Sekretär

While everyone else was taking French and Spanish I decided to take German my sixth grade year. So far this has been an excellent choice. I take German seriously but also like to have fun while learning about Germany and the culture. I'd make a good assistant to the secretary because I'm responsible, passionate, dedicated, and experienced. I've attended German day, where I won in extemporaneous speaking and poetry, was nominated for project C.A.F.E because of German, and went to an overnight German retreat. Vote for me and I'll help make German club 07-08 the best German club year yet!

Brenna

Schatzmeisterkandidaten

2007-10-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

Kandidaten für Schatzmeister:

I'm Michael S. (Deutsch 2) and I'm running for Treasurer. I'll be good at it 'cause I'm really organized and good with numbers. I'm also good at writing business letters and I think that we should get some funding from some German companies.

I am running for Schatzmeister this year for German Club. I have been a part of German club for the past two years and would like to push the program to its full potential. In the past, the German Club met every few months and was unorganized, but with a little work the club could become much more. I have a lot of leading experience and have gotten all A's in my 5 years of German so far. Also, I work at a snack bar where a lot of money is handled and detailed tables are maintained. I look forward to having the opportunity to be the German Club Schatzmeister .

~ Andy (Deutsch IV)

eine Kandidatin für Sekratärin

2007-10-04T04:01:00.000-07:00

eine Kandidatin für Sekretärin

I would like to run for secretary of German Club. This is because I love writing and I am very passionate about german. I would like to be a german teacher, so I believe I should be as involved in german as possible. Also I have been a member of german club for the past 2 years, so I feel I am very experienced. I will attend every meeting and do all duties as necessary. I am a good leader, and I also like to help people, so I feel I am very well suited for this position. I also am in German IV so I know german well enough so I could help when we would do german activities. I would really like this oppourtunity to serve as secretary of German Club!

Sarah B. -- Deutsch IV

2007-10-02T17:23:00.000-07:00

Der Enloe High School Deutschverein
http://enloedeutschverein.blogspot.com/

Den 3. Oktober 2007 – unsre erste Versammlung
Offiziere wählen
Nominations for Officers will be accepted.

Der Präsident – sets the agenda, leads meetings, organizes activities in consultation with the sponsor of the club and the other officers.

Der Vicepräsident – assists the president in organizing and executing meetings.

Der Schatzmeister – keeps track of the finances of the club, gives reports to club members and officers, assists in writing receipts for monies collected. Assists the secretary in his duties.

Der Sekretär – writes meeting notes, takes attendance at meetings, assists in updating club website, documents club events with picture taking and videography

Der Assistenz-Sekretär – assists the secretary and vice president in organzing club activities, writing letters, updating website, multimedia, etc

If you are interested in being an officer, send me an email with a brief sketch of why you are well-suited for the position. Describe your experience, ideas, level of commitment.

I’ll post these comments at our website address above

Voting will be done in German class in a secret ballot.

Dues: 5 Dollars, with donations throughout the year for various activities.

Website: http://enloedeutschverein.blogspot.com/